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QUARTERMASTER CORPS 



I. Lima bean iPhaseolus lunatus) . — ^This vine has small 

 flowers, greenish, sometimes white or violet within. It is 

 cultivated and naturalized, the wild form occurring in 



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FiGTTRE 101. — Hyacinth bean {DoUchos lablab) . 



thickets. The very young tender pods may be cooked and 

 eaten as one would prepare string beans. Warning: The 

 mature seeds are often very poisonous ihydrocyanic acid!), 



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