136 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
long, ;°;-% in. broad, + in. thick, with rounded ends. — 
Plate 42, f. 20. 
PurrPLe Pop.* Plant climbing 4-5 ft., extremely vigor- 
ous, with stout purple stems and leaf stalks. Leaflets pur- 
plish green, 23-3 in. long, 24-22 in. broad, much wrinkled, 
thin, few. Blossoms purple. Pods purple, 3-5 in. long, 
%—3 in. broad, subterete, more or less curved, torulose. 
Seed in various shades of yellowish green with dark ring 
around the hilum, 3-;°; in. long, 33;—-;5; in. broad, 3%,—} in. 
thick, irregularly flattened, often with truncated ends, 
slightly kidney shaped. A very old and productive French 
variety not in cultivation in America. — Plate 42, f. 22. 
Dwarr Purpte Pop.t Identical with the preceding, ex- 
cept that the plant is strictly dwarf, 8-10 in. high. Of 
German origin, introduced into America in 1888. 
Supers.{ Plant dwarf, 8-10 in. high. Leaflets yellow- 
ish green, 2-2} in. long, 14-2 in. broad, slightly wrinkled, 
thin and papery. Blossoms light pink. Pods green, 3-5 in. 
long, §{—-} in. broad, subterete; spur slender, nearly straight, 
4in. long. Seed bright yellowish brown, splashed with fine 
flecks of a lighter shade, 4-3 in. long, }-% in. broad, 33,1} 
in. thick, reniform. Very productive. —Plate 42, f. 23. 
TuHirincGEen.§ Plant climbing 3-4 feet, with few slender 
* Purple-podded. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 60. (1885 ).— Haricot a coase 
violette. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 268. (1883).— Stangenbohnen, Speck vio- 
lette schotige. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1878). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 11391: Philadelphia Commercial 
Museum, seeds, No. 5094, ‘ Frijoles rosados,’? Puriscal, Costa Rica; 
10618, “‘ Frijoles bayos medianos,’’ Santa Ana, Costa Rica. 
+ Burpee, Cat. (1894). 
t Superb Early Forcing. Veitch, Cat. (1897). — Haricot jaune trés hatif 
de Chalandray. Vilmorin-And. Cat. (1891). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10692, Tenancingo, 
State of Mexico, Mexico. 
§ Stangenbohne, Ruhm von Thiiringen. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. 
(1895). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10685, Tenancingo, 
State of Mexico, Mexico; 10694, Tenancingo, State of Mexico, Mexico. 
