112 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, 
Wuite Asparacus.* Plant vigorous, climbing 3-4 ft., 
with fewrunners. Leaflets 1}in. long, bright green, slightly 
wrinkled, quite thick. Blossoms white. Pods green or 
yellowish green, 3-4 in. long, 3-} in. broad, subterete ; spur 
slender, curved, } in. long. Seed dingy white, irregularly 
ovate, 3} in. long, }-4%; in. broad, a little wrinkled. — 
Plate 39, f. 18. 
Ep1ste Pop.f Plant strictly dwarf, 12-15 in. high, 
stout, much branched. Leaflets 3-3} in. long, 23-3 in. 
broad, yellowish green, considerably wrinkled. Blossoms 
white. Pods light green, 3-5 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, 
nearly as thick, much curved ; spur slender, nearly straight. 
Seed snow white, with well-defined but faint line about the 
hilum, 73-y°5 in. long, }-;'s in. broad, terete, oblong, 
scarcely tapering towardends. Very productive and of good 
quality. — Plate 39, f. 19. 
Lone Princess.{ Differs from the preceding only in 
color and shape of seeds which are dingy white, and with 
no line around the hilum, tapering, and slightly wrinkled. — 
Plate 39, f. 20. 
** Black. 
Earty Neero.§ Plant strictly dwarf, 12-15 in. high. 
Leaflets 3-4 in. long, 23-3 in. broad, yellowish green, but 
* Stangenbohne, Spargel oder Zucker. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. 
(1876). — Haricot Quatre-a-quatre. Vilmorin-And. Cat. (1896). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 5056, “‘ Frijoles blancos,”’ 
Dept. San Salvador, Salvador; 1075, Japan; 10509, “ Frijol blanco,’’ 
Sacatepéquez, Guatemala; 10726, ‘ Frijol mantequilla,” Jalisco, Mexico; 
10728, Metztitlan, State of Hidalgo, Mexico; 10729, Guanajuato, Mexico; 
10748, “‘ Engen mame,” Japan. 
¢ Early Dwarf White Edible-Podded. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 
66. (1885). — Haricot nain blane hatif sans parchemin. Vilmorin-And. Pl, 
Pot. 275. (1883). 
{ Haricot Princesse nain & grosse cosse. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 263. 
(1883). 
§ Buschbohne, friiheste schwarze. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1873). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 1094, Japan; 5084, “‘ Fri- 
joles negros,’’ San Ramon, Costa Rica; 5538, “ Frijoles negros,’’ Puris- 
