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Vilmorin-Andrieux (PI. Potageres, pp. 339-341) describes fourteen 

 varieties. Irish (12th Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard 1901, pp. 88-93) 

 describes five well-marked varieties under Phaseolus lunatus, and 

 seven varieties under P. lunatus macrocarpus. These include, 

 among white-seeded forms, " Carolina," an early variety and one of 

 the oldest in cultivation ; " Henderson ;" "Willow leaf," frequently 

 planted for ornamental purposes ; and with black, brown or variegated 

 seeds ; " Black Lima," and " Jackson," both objectionable for table 

 purposes because of the colour ; " Large White ; " Jersey ; Burpee, very 

 productive and early, one of the best dwarf Limas ; "Speckled;" 

 " Dreer," very productive, medium early and of excellent quality ; 

 " Kumerle " and " Challenger." 



Ref. — " The Cultivation of the Dwarf or Bush Lima Bean {Phaseolus 

 lunatus)'' Turner, in Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, iii. 1892, pp. 644-647 ; 



Sowing, Harvesting and Uses. " Phaseolus lunatus" inDict.Econ. 



Prod. India, Watt, vi. 1, 1892, pp. 186-187. "Phaseolus lunatus;' 



Irish, in 12th Rep. Missouri Bot. Garden, 1901 : " Garden Beans 



Cultivated as Esculents," pp. 88-93. " Phaseolus lunatus" in Bull. 



Imp. Inst. i. 1903, pp. 15-16. "Rangoon Beans," I.e. pp. 16-17. 



" Phaseolus lunatus" 1 c. pp. 112-115. " Rangoon, Paigya, or 



Burma Beans," I.e. p. 115. "Haricots de Lima, Phaseolus lunatus" 



in PI. Potageres, Vilmorin-Andrieux, pp. 339-341 (Vilmorin-Andrieux 

 & Cie, Paris, 1904) : English Translation, Robinson, pp. 95-97, 



(John Murray, London, 1905). "Phaseolus lunatus, Lima or 



Duffin Bean " Dunstan, in Agric. Ledger, No. 2, 1905, pp. 11-16. 



" Poisonous Properties of the Beans of Phaseolus lunatus" Bull. 



Imp. Inst. iii. 1905, pp. 373-375. " Phaseolunatin," I.e. iv. 1906, 



pp. 334-339, with table showing quantities of prussic acid in various 

 samples of Java, Mauritius, Burma, Provence, and Madagascar Beans. 



" Poisonous Beans," Skinner, in U.S. Cons. Rep. Washington, 



No. 309, June, 1906, pp. 104-106. "Poisoning of Cattle by Java 



Beans," in Journ. Bd. Agric. xii. 1906, pp. 742-746. " Lima Beans," 



Tracy, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bureau PI. Industry, Bull. No. 109, 1907. 

 " American Varieties of Garden Beans," pp. 41-53, with descrip- 

 tions of 22 varieties. "The Poisonous Properties of the Beans of 



Phaseolus lunatus" Dunstan & Henry, in Journ. Bd. Agric. xiv. 1908, 



pp. 722-731. Phaseolus lunatus, in Comm. Prod. India, Watt, 



p. 880 (John Murray, London, 1908). " Phaseolunatin," Dunstan, 



in Col. Rep. Misc. No. 71, 1910, pp. 216-220. 



Phaseolus Mungo, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 193. 



III.— Duthie, Field Crops, i. t. 10 ; Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, iii. 

 1892, t. 31 ; Engl. Pflan. Ost. Afr. t. 24 ; Banks & Solander, Bot. 

 Cook's Voy. i.t. 75. 



Vernac. names. — Chirokko (Tanga, German, E. Africa, Bull. Imp. 

 Inst. i. 1903, p. 126); Urd or Udid (India, Watt) ; Woolly Pyrol 

 (Barbados') ; Soroko (Shire Valley, Kirk) ; Tawi (Sierra Leone, 

 Scott Elliot) ; [Mofiggos (Guam), Munggo, Moflggo, Balatang 

 (Philippines) Safford']. 



Grown throughout Tropical Africa, India, &c. 



The green pods and ripe seeds are used as food and the plant as 

 fodder, and for green manuring. In India it is one of the most 

 important crops. 



Soil appears to be of secondary consideration, and, provided 

 drainage, heat and rain are sufficient, the cultivation is easy. The 

 plants come to maturity in little more than two months. An average 



