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Wittmor.* Plant dwarf, 10-12 in. high, often producing 
runners 6-12 in. long. Leaflets deep green, 23-24 in. 
long, 21-24 in. broad, thin, papery. Blossoms purplish. 
Pods green, 3-5 in. long, 3—} in. broad, slightly curved ; 
spur stout, nearly straight, } in. long. Seed yellowish 
brown, with dark ring around the hilum, 35—} in. long, 
1 in. broad, 33; in. thick, compressed, usually truncated. — 
Plate 42, f. 19. 
== Seeds more than 4 in. long. 
JAPAN.{ Plant climbing 4-5 ft., with few runners. 
Leaflets light green, about same breadth as length, 23-3 in., 
wrinkled, quite thick. Blossoms purplish. Pods green, 
4-6 in. long, }-$ in. broad, flat, greatly curved; spur 
slender, curved, } in. long. Seed coffee-brown, 3-4 in. 
long, 3-74 in. broad, bulged, reniform. Quite productive. — 
Plate 42, f. 20. 
Rep Sorssons.{ Plant climbing 5-6 ft., with few runners. 
Leaflets 24-3 in. long, 2-24 in. broad. Pods yellow, 
5-7 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, straight or nearly so, flat; spur 
stout, nearly straight. Seed bright reddish brown, 4—5 in. 
* Buschbohne, Willmot’s Zwerg. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1878). 
Phaseolus ellipticus Willmotianus Martens, Gartenbohnen 64. (1860). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 16516: Philadelphia Commercial 
Museum, seeds, No. 10823, Espiritu Santo, Brazil; 10829, “Feijao guru- 
tuba,’’ Parahyba, Brazil. 
+ Giant Japan Butter. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard.61. (1885).— Haricot 
beurre géant du Japon. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 269. (1883). 
¢ Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 42. (1885).— Burpee’s Sunshine. Burpee, 
Cat. (1893).— Haricot de Soissons rouge. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 249. 
(1883). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 431; 12019; 16510; 16518: 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10646, “ Frijol prieto,”’ 
Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Mexico; 10686, State of Guerrero, Mexico; 10688, 
State of Mexico, Mexico; 10704, Tenancingo, State of Mexico, Mexico; 
10705, “‘Frijol bayo,’” Puebla, Mexico; 10711, Metztitlan, State of 
Mexico, Mexico; 10712, “ Ayacote,” Tenancingo, State of Mexico, Mexico; 
10961, Salamé, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala; 10988, Sacatepéquez, 
Guatemala. 
