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thick, a little tumid, variously colored. The cotyledons 
remain below ground when the seed germinates. 
VARIETIES OF P. MULTIFLORUS. 
Seed one colored. 
Black. BLack RUNNER. 
White. 
Pods 4-5 in. long. 
Seed 4-4 in. long. WHITE RUNNER. 
Seed §-13 in. long. MAMMOTH. 
Pods 7-9 in. long. CHELSEA. 
Seed variegated. 
Black and reddish brown. 
Pods 4-5 in. long. ScaRLET RUNNER. 
Pods 6-8 in. long. , BEstT OF ALL. 
Brown and yellowish; blossoms red and white. PaINTED LaDy. 
Buack Runner.* A variety with pure black seed, 4—} in. 
long, }-$ in. broad. — Plate 43, f. 17. 
Wuite Ronner.f Plant vigorous. Blossoms white. 
Pods 4—5 in. long. Seed snow white, 3-4 in. long. — Plate 
43, f. 18. 
Mammortu.t Identical with the preceding except that the 
seed is decidedly larger. — Plate 43, f. 19. 
CuewsEA.§ Identical with White Runner except that the 
pods are 7-9 in. long. — Plate 43, f. 20. 
* Black-seeded Runner. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 71. (1885). — Hari- 
cot @’Espagne & grain noir. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 277. (1883).— 
Stangenbohne, arabische schwarze. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1870). 
Phaseolus multiflorus niger Martens, Gartenbohnen 82. (1860). 
+ Browne, Rept. U. S. Pat. Off. 338. (1854). — Vilmorin-And. Veg. 
Gard. 72. (1885). — Haricot @’ Espagne blanc. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 277. 
(1883). — Stangenbohne, arabische weisse. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. 
(1870). 
Phaseolus multiflorus 8 Linn. Sp. Pl. $: 1031. [ed. Willd.]. (1800). 
Phaseolus multiflorus albus Martens, Gartenbohnen 82. (1860). 
t¢ Large white. Veitch, Cat. (1897). 
§ Veitch, 1. c. — Stangenbohne, arabische, Czar. Haage & Sch. Haupt- 
Verz. (1895). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 440: Philadelphia Commercial 
Museum, seeds belonging to this or the two preceding varieties, No. 
3021, ‘‘ Bab,’”? Hungary; 10873, “ Porates cola,’’? Buenos Ayres. 
