LARGE LIMA BEAN 



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LARGE LIMA BEAN 



Phaseolus lunatus, L. 



French, Haricot de Lima. German, Breitschotige Lima Bohne. Italian^ Fagiuolo di 

 Lima. Spanish, Judia de Lima. 



Native of South America. Annual. Stem climbing to the 

 height of nearly 10 ft. ; leaves composed of three triangular leaflets > 

 longer and narrower than 

 those of ordinary Kidney 

 Beans ; flowers small, 

 greenish white, in numer- 

 ous stiff long clusters ; 

 pods short, very flat and 

 very broad, rough on the 

 outside, like those of the 

 Scarlet Runner Beans ; 

 seeds flat and short, 

 slightly kidney-shaped, 

 with one half nearly al- 

 ways larger than the other, 

 and usually marked with 

 wrinkles or flutings from 

 the hilum outwards. The 

 varieties of the Lima Bean 

 are grown in the same 

 manner as the ordinary 

 Tall-growing Kidney 

 Beans, but they are later, 

 and seldom ripen seed in 

 the climate of Paris. The 

 seeds are sent to table 

 either fresh or dried. 

 They are farinaceous, and 

 are highly esteemed in 

 the United States and in 

 some warm countries. 



Common Lima Bean. 

 Rather late - growing, 

 never ripening more than 

 a portion of its pods in 

 the climate of Paris, and never ripening there at all in cold damp 

 seasons. Stems thick, and pale green ; leaves medium-sized, 

 smooth, and gray-green ; seed broad and flat, white, slightly tinged 

 with yellow, over f in. long, about f in. broad, and about J in. 

 thick. There is a green-seeded variety, and another which has 



Large Lima Bean (^ natural size). 



