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broad, abruptly pointed, slightly wrinkled, quite thin. 
Blossoms white. Pods green, 23-3} in. long, $-} in. 
broad, + in. thick, straight or nearly so; spur short, stout, 
nearly straight. Seed sulphurous yellow, with light line 
around hilum and brownish veiny markings, 3-3 in. long, 
subovate, uniformly smooth and regular. Said to be uni- 
versally cultivated. — Plate 39, f. 9. 
tt Seed variegated, but with no white markings. 
ZeBRA.* Plant climbing 5-6 ft., extremely vigorous. 
Leaflets 3-4 in. long, 24-31 in. broad, slightly wrinkled. 
Blossoms white, tinged with lilac. Pods green, faintly 
purplish violet tinged, 3-5 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, much 
flattened, nearly straight; spur stout, straight, 4 in. long. 
Seeds reddish brown, faintly splashed with a lighter shade, 
more or less solidly striped with black, 7,—y; in. long, 
pst in. broad, ovate. — Plate 39, f. 10. 
HorticutTurau.f Plant climbing 3-4 ft., with few run- 
* Gray Zebra Runner. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 62. (1885).— Har- 
icot zébre gris & rames. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 270. (1883). 
+ Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 483. (1863). —[Wing], Rept. N. Y. Exp. 
Sta. 1395. (1882). — Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. Thorburn, 
Cat. (1883).— New Zealand Runner. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 57. 
(1885). — Haricot de Prague marbré. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 265. (1883). 
Phaseolus sphaericus haematocarpus Savi, Martens, Gartenbohnen 75. 
(1860). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds belonging to this or the three follow- 
ing varieties, Nos. 435, 437, 1789, Japan: Philadelphia Commercial 
Museum, No. 3014, “ Bab,” Hungary; 3017, “ Bab,’? Hungary; 3022, 
“Bab,” Hungary; 5096, “ Frijoles de Color,”” San Ramon, Costa Rica; 
5509, ‘¢ Frijoles porates,”” Santa Ana, Escasu, Costa Rica; 10801, Caucasus 
Agric. Society, Russia; 10475, Japan; 10476, Leon, Spain; 10478, Varna, 
Bulgaria; 10480, Brazil; 10551, Medina del Campo, Spain; 10552, *‘ Frijol 
curedavor,” Sacatepéquez, Guatemala; 10746, ‘ Zicen,” “ Nozura,’’ 
Japan; 10782, Harkavo, Bulgaria; 10846, ‘‘ Coco marbre,’’ State of Santa 
Fé, Argentina; 10891, ‘‘ Porates balines romanes,’’ Buenos Ayres, Argen- 
tina; 10901, Buenos Ayres, Argentina; 10950, Lograno, Spain. 
The following are small forms of Horticultural group: No. 5501, 
‘¢ Frijoles porates,’”” Santa Ana, Escasu, Costa Rica, 5542, ‘* Frijoles por- 
ates,’? Atenas, Costa Rica; 10949, Medina del Campo, Spain. 
