GARDEN BEANS CULTIVATED AS ESCULENTS. 137 
runners. Leaflets light green, 2}-3 in. long, 2-2} in. 
broad, quite thin, much wrinkled. Blossoms white, tinged 
with pink. Pods a light or yellowish green, 4—5 in. long, 
1_5 in. broad, 1-2 in. thick, flat; spur stout, curved, } in. 
long. Seed yellowish brown, 7;—-3 in. long, 7s—-% in. 
broad, 33; in. thick, subreniform, usually bulged sideways. — 
Plate 42, f. 24. 
tt Seed variegated. 
Forty Days.* Plant dwarf, 8-12 in. high, bushy, pro- 
ducing many short runners. Leaflets variable, 3-5 in. long, 
2-4 in. broad, lower much larger than the upper ones. 
Blossoms purple. Pods green, 34-4} in. long, % in. broad, 
flat, straight or nearly so. Seed red or yellowish brown 
striped with black, 3—-} in. long, }-;5; in. broad, 3; in. 
thick, flattened, rounded or rarely with truncated ends. 
Late, moderately productive. — Plate 43, f. 1. 
Frsee.f Plant dwarf, 10-12 in. high, with numerous 
runners 2 ft. long, making a very bushy plant. Leaflets 
light green, 24-24 in. long, 2-2} in. wide, scarcely wrinkled. 
Blossoms white tinged with purple. Pods green often 
blotched with purple, 3-5 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, y;—} in. 
thick, very flat, usually slightly curved. Seed varying in 
color from grayish white to mixed drab, slate and brown, 
4—,% in. long, nearly as broad, 33;,-} in. thick. Early and 
moderately productive.— Plate 43, f. 2. 
Rerme.}{ Plant climbing 3-5 ft., extremely vigorous. 
* Buschbohne, vierzigtigige. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1876). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 16520: Philadelphia Commercial 
Museum, seeds, No. 5072, “‘ Frijoles de Las Pavus,’’ San José, Costa Rica; 
5547, ‘*Frijoles,’’ Puriscal, Costa Rica; 10483, ‘‘ Frijoles gris negros,” 
San José, Escasu, Costa Rica; 10613, “ Frijoles coquillos octeados,’’ San 
Antonio Belen, Costa Rica; 10664, Tenancingo, State of Mexico, Mexico; 
10677, Federal District, Mexico; 10699, Mexico; 10707, Tenancingo, 
State of Mexico, Mexico. 
+ Early Fejee. [Wing], Rept. N. Y. Exp. Sta. 13109. (1882). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 13229. 
+ Stangenbohne, Reine de France. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1891). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 12018. 
