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TurTLE Sovup.* Plant climbing 3-4 ft., moderately 
branched, rather stout and compact. Leaflets light green, 
3-34 in. long, 2-24 in. broad, slightly wrinkled, a little 
rough, thin. Flowers purple. Pods light green, after- 
wards becoming blotched with purple, 33-4} in. long, 3-4 
in. wide, + in. thick, strongly curved; spur slender, slightly 
curved, 1-4 in. wide, a little flattened, often with truncated 
ends. A very old variety, having been mentioned in 
England in the early part of the last century. Not very 
generally grown at the present time. — Plate 42, f. 14. 
Buack Simirar.t Plant climbing 4-5 ft., with stout 
stem. Leaflets pale green, 3-4 in. long, 2—3 in. broad, 
considerably wrinkled. Blossoms purplish. Pods green 
with splashings of violet, 5-7 in. long, ?—} in. broad, in- 
* Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 475. (1863.) — [Wing], Rept. N. Y. Exp. 
Sta. 1: 100. (1882). 
Phaseolus vulgaris nigerrimus Zuccagni, Martens, Gartenbohnen 26. 
(1860). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 15959; 16523: Philadelphia Com- 
mercial Museum, seeds, No. 5070, “‘ Frijoles negros,’’ Puriscal, Costa Rica; 
5071, ‘‘ Frijoles,’? Escasu, Costa Rica; 5073, ‘‘Frijoles negros,’’ Aserri, 
Costa Rica; 5076, “ Frijoles,’’ Puriscal, Costa Rica; 5085, “‘ Frijoles negros 
del Brazil,’? Escasu, Costa Rica; 5086, ‘ Frijoles negros,’? Santa Ana, 
Escasu, Costa Rica; 5093, “‘ Frijoles negros,’’ Puriscal, Costa Rica; 5100, 
‘‘Frijoles negros,’’? Puriscal, Costa Rica; 5502, “‘ Frijoles negros,”’ Santi- 
ago, Puriscal, Costa Rica; 5508, ‘ Frijoles-‘negros,’’ Puriscal, Costa Rica; 
5512, *‘ Frijoles negros,’”’ Ficafres, Puriscal, Costa Rica; 10501, Tenango, 
State of Mexico, Mexico; 10503, ‘‘Frijol negro,’’ Sacatepéquez, Guate- 
mala; 10505, *‘ Caraotas negras,’’ State of Miranda, Venezuela; 10630, 
“ Caraotas negras,’’ District of Zamon, State of Carabobo, Venezuela; 
10631, ‘‘ Caraotas negras,’? Valencia, State of Carabobo, Venezuela; 
10650, Kochinilco, Federal District, Mexico; 10651, Metztitlan, State of 
Hidalgo, Mexico; 10652, Tampico, Mexico; 10798, Angola, West Africa; 
10813, ‘‘ Feijaéo preto,’’ Parahyba, Brazil. 
+ Edible Podded Black Scimitar. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 60. 
(1885). — Haricot sabre noir sans parchemin. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 268. 
(1883). 
Phaseolus compressus niger Martens, Gartenbohnen 39. (1860). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10657, ‘‘ Frijol Ayacote,”’ 
Mexico; 10912, Buenos Ayres, Argentina. 
