132 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
with few leaves and slender stem. Leaflets 3-3} in. long, 
24-3 in. broad, inclined to diamond shape, slightly wrinkled, 
quite thin and papery. Blossoms white. Pods green, 4-6 
in. long, 3-$ in. broad, } in. thick, much flattened, slightly 
curved, often bent sidewise; spur slender, curved, $—% in. 
long. Seed an ivory white, $-+ in. long, 5—;4, in. broad, 
3-4 in. thick, strongly reniform, quite irregular in shape, 
occasionally a little wrinkled. —Plate 42, f. 10. 
Dwarr Sorssons.* Plant strictly dwarf, 10-12 in. 
high, spreading, branchy. Leaflets deep green, 3-3} in. 
long, 2}-24in. broad, considerably wrinkled. Blossoms 
white. Pods green, 3-44 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, 1-3 in. 
thick, slightly curved. Seeds snow white, 2-+ in. long, 
4-3 in. wide, flattened, subreniform. Resembles Soissons, 
but is a little smaller. Very productive. —Plate 42, f. 11. 
GREEN Sorssons.{ Identical with the preceding, except 
that the seeds are dingy white with a trace of green, 
flattened, reniform.— Plate 42, f. 12 
tt Seeds black. 
SmytuH’s Hysrip.t Plant strictly dwarf, 6-8 in. high, 
compact. Leaflets small. Blossoms pink. Pods green, 
later becoming faintly blotched with purple, 3-4 in. long, 
#2 in. broad, } in. thick; spur stout, 4 in. long. 
Seed black or brownish black, 34,2; in. long, 4-35; in. 
broad, 34;—} in. thick, subreniform, often with truncated 
ends. — Plate 42, f. 13. 
* Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 51. (1885). — Haricot de Soissons nain. 
Vilmorin-And, Pl. Pot. 258. (1883). 
Phaseolus compressus humilis Martens, Gartenbohnen 42. (1860). 
+ Haricot de Soissons nain vert. Vilmorin-And. Cat. (1898). 
¢ Veitch, Cat. (1897). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 5058, ‘‘ Frijoles negros,’’ 
San Martin, San Salvador, Salvador; 5059, “ Frijoles negrotos,’”? San 
Martin, Dept. San Salvador, Salvador; 5066, “ Frijoles negros,’’ San 
Martin, Dept. San Salvador, Salvador; 10507, Sio Lourenco, Brazil; 
10649, State of Mexico, Mexico. 
