VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 



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Fig. 39 I.— Kidney Bean (Phaseolu.s vuhjaris. Pulse Family, LcguminoscE). 

 Plant of a twining, "running" or "pole" variety in flower and fruit 

 X iV- (Vilmorin.) — The plant is a rough hairy annual vine or, in cer- 

 tain "dwarf" varieties, a hush>' herb; flowers of various colors in- 

 cluding white and lilac; fruit and seeds also of different colors and very 

 variously marked. 



