GARDEN BEANS CULTIVATED AS ESCULENTS. 115 
compact. Leaflets deep green, 3-4 in. long, 2-3 in broad, 
considerably wrinkled. Blossoms white. Pods green, 
3-4} in. long, +-% in. broad, subterete, curved; spur stout, 
curved, } in. long. Seed variegated, reddish or yellowish 
brown in various shades, darker around the hilum, 3—;% in. 
long, 33;—} in. broad, ovate, oblong, usually with truncated 
ends. Moderately productive.— Plate 40, f. 3. 
Barses.* Identical with the preceding except that the 
seeds are somewhat larger and lighter in color.— Plate 40, 
f. 4. 
Dieoin.t Differs from the preceding only in having 
yellow pods.— Plate 40, f. 5. 
Wurre Pop.} Plant strictly dwarf, 10-12 in. high. 
Leaflets often broader than long, 23-3 in. long, deep green, 
not wrinkled. Blossoms white. Pods grayish white with 
green along the edges, 3-4} in. long, 3} in. broad, slightly 
flattened, curved; spurs slender, curved, 4 in. long. Seed 
reddish or yellowish-brown, darker around the hilum, 4—} 
in. long, 3;—} in. thick, ovate-oblong. — Plate 40, f. 6. 
Ros Roy.§ Plant 12-15 in. high, producing few run- 
ners a foot long. Leaflets deep green, 3-3} in. long, 2-24 
in. broad, smooth. Blossoms white with purplish tinge. 
Pods green, 3-34 in. long, }-% in. thick, slightly curved ; 
spurs stout, straight, in. long. Seed light or creamy 
yellow, with dark ring around hilum, }—;% in. long, }-; 
in broad, 33,—} in. thick; ventral edge straight, rounded on 
dorsal edge. — Plate 40, f. 7. 
* Dwarf Barbes. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 53. (1885). — Haricot 
Barbes nain. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 260. (1883).— Buschbohne, Barbes 
nain amélioré. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1891). 
¢ Haricot beurre nain de Digoin. Vilmorin-And. Cat. (1898) 
+t Gray Seeded. [Wing], Rept. N. Y. Exp. Sta. 23 250. (1883).— 
Buschbohne, Zucker, Spargel. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1891). 
§ Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 472. (1863). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10455, ‘‘ Cuarentona 
amarilla,’? State of Carabobo, Venezuela. 
