130 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
Princess Bismarck.* Plant climbing, 2-3 ft. high, mod- 
erately vigorous, with few runners. Leaflets deep green, 
21-23 in. long, 13-2} in. broad, much wrinkled, thick. 
Blossoms white. Pods green, 33-4} in. long, 3-;°5 in. 
wide, 4 in. thick, a little flattened, slightly curved; spur 
straight, slender, 4 in. long. Seed white, 3-3 in. long, 
13 in. broad, +—%; in. thick, oblong, elliptical, subreni- 
form, usually truncated at ends. A very prolific sort. — 
Plate 42, f. 3. 
GoLpEN C.usteR.{ Plant climbing 5-6 ft., extremely 
vigorous. Leaflets bright green, 3-3} in. long, 25-3 in. 
broad, somewhat wrinkled. Blossoms white. Pods yel- 
low, 5-8 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, quite flat, curved. — Seed 
dingy white, +- in. long, 7%—% in. broad, 3%;—+ in. thick, 
subreniform, slightly bulged. Rather late, but one of the 
most productive sorts. — Plate 42, f. 4. 
Case Knire.{ Plant climbing 2-34 ft., vigorous, with 
many runners. Leaflets light green, 24-24 in. long, about 
as broad, rather thin and papery, considerably curved and 
wrinkled. Blossoms white. Pods light green, 43-6} in. 
long, 3-4 in. broad, 4-# in. thick, with strong tendency to 
bend sidewise but not to curve edgewise, usually very irregu- 
lar in shape owing to the abortion of someseeds ; spur slen- 
der, curved, } in. long. Seed white, }-} in. long, 1-% in. 
broad, 1-1 in. thick, reniform, slightly wrinkled, usually 
rounded at ends. — Plate 42, f. 5. 
Wax Case Knire.§ Identical with the preceding, ex- 
cept that the pods are of a waxy yellow. — Plate 42, f. 6. 
* Buschbohne, Fiirstin Bismarck. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1890). 
+ Greiner, How to Make Gard. Pay 153. (1890). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10558, Pazardjik, Bul- 
garia; 10775, Tirnova, Bulgaria. 
t Stangenbohne, Riesen-Zucker-Brech; Zucker-Brech-friiheste; Schwert 
weisse. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1870). 
§ Stangenbohne, Wachsschwert; Korbfiiller-Wachs. Haage & Sch. 
Haupt-Verz. (1899). 
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