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white, often with traces of purple. Pods green, 4—5 in. 
long, 3-3} in. broad, subterete, slightly curved. Seed 
dark chocolate or coffee brown, with dark ring around the 
hilum, 3—% in. long, 75;—% in. broad, ovate-oblong, often 
subreniform, occasionally with truncated ends. — Plate 40, 
rerLO, 
Srrinetess.* A subvariety of the preceding with decid- 
edly thicker pods and seeds. — Plate 40, f. 10. 
++ Seed variegated. 
t No white markings. 
Rervuces.t Plant strictly dwarf, 9-12 in. high, with few 
branches. Leaflets light green, 3-3} in. long, 2-2} in. 
broad, smooth and thin. Blossoms purplish. Pods green 
blotched with purple, 3-5 in. long, 3—} in. broad, subterete, 
curved; spur stout, curved, } in. eet Seed dark brown 
splashed and dotted with yellow, 74-y°s in. long, }-’¢ in. 
broad, nearly as thick, usually tapering from the middle, 
rounded at ends. — Plate 40, f. 12. 
RerucEr Wax.t Identical with the preceding except 
that the pods are yellow. 
Oszorn.§ Plant strictly dwarf, 9-12 in. high, branchy, 
compact, vigorous. Leaflets light green, 3-3} in. long, 
* Stringless Green Pod. Thorburn, Cat. (1898). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10678, Morelia, Mexico; 
10679, Mexico; 10690, Temascaltepec, State of Mexico, Mexico; 10709, 
Hochinilco, Federal District, Mexico; 10902, Buenos Ayres, Argentina. 
+ Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 470. (1863). —Refugee or Thousand to One. 
Browne, Rept. U. S. Pat. Off. 337. (1854). —[Wing], Rept. N. Y. Exp. 
Sta. 13111. (1882). . 
¢ Thorburn, Cat. (1892). 
Phaseolus oblongus turcicus Savi, Martens, Gartenbohnen 54. (1860). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds belonging to this or the pre- 
ceding variety, No. 10990, Illinois. 
§ Osborn’s Early Forcing. Piietucena. Veg. Gard. 54. (1885). — 
Emile. Thorburn, Cat. (1883). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 5082, “ Frijoles porates 
del Brazil,’”? Escasu, Costa Rica; 5091, “ Frijoles porates,”? Santa Ana, 
