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III. PHAsEoLUS LUNATUS, L. —The Lima Bean. 
No. 92. Large White Lima. — A tall-growing pole bean, pods 
leathery, short, very broad, flat, not much distended by the beans, 
beans large, broad, flat, more or less kidney form, white, or greenish- 
white, with veins radiating from the eye. 
Synonym. Haricot de Lima. ‘ 
Bliss’ Early, Dreer’s Improved, New Challenger and Potato are said 
to be distinct varieties of the Large White Lima, but owing to unfa- 
vorable seasons we have been unable to mature them sufficiently to 
bring out their variety characteristics. , 
No. 93. Small White Lima.— A smaller, earlier and more prolific 
variety than the preceding. 3 
Synonyms. Frost, West Indian, Carolina, Carolina Sewee, Sieva, 
Saba, Haricot de Sieva. 
No. 94. Red Jiima.— Entirely similar to No. 92, except that the 
seeds are deep, dark red. 
No. 95. Speckled Lima.— Entirely similar to No. 92, except that 
the seeds are white, striped and speckled with deep, dark red. 
IV. DoticHos SEesquireparis. The Asparagus Bean. 
No. 96. French Yard Long. A tall pole bean, needing a warmer 
climate than the Northern United States for full development ; leaf-. 
lets halberd-shaped, long and narrow, taper-pointed, very slightly 
_ pubescent. Flowers very large, purplish yellow, pods very long, 
‘eighteen to twenty-four inches, borne in pair's, almost cylindrical, not 
swollen by the beans, when nearly ripe very leathery; beans very dis- 
_ tant in the pod, small, oblong, kidney form, flattened sidewise, not 
compressed on the ends, dark brown with a black ring about the eye; 
First Report, 1882, p. 115, No. 58. 
V. DoLicuos (sinensis?) ‘he Southern Cow Pea. | 
We have been unable to mature the different varieties sufficiently to 
characterize them. 
VI. Viena( \  ?) The Chinese Bean. 
No. 97. Chinese—— In general appearance resembling dwarf varieties 
of the kidney bean, flowers yellow, pods small, cylindrical, straight, 
bean small, crowded in the pods, therefore strongly truncate at the 
ends, nearly cylindrical, not kindey shape, pale yellowish dun, hilum 
white elongated. 
No. 98. Azuki (from Japan),— Entirely similar, to the preceding, 
with the exception of the dark reddish brown color of the beans. 
VII. Sosa Hisprpa, Moench.— The Soja Bean. 
The study of the varieties of the Soja bean has not been entirely 
satisfactory because some of them were cut off by the frost before 
ripening. ‘The following appear to be sufliciently distinct : 
No. 99. Soja hispida d’Etampes.— Seeds nearly spherical, yellowish 
green, often with a brownish cast, flowers yellow and purple. 
No. 100. Yellow Soja.— Seeds slightly elongated, creamy yellow, 
- often with a greenish tinge, flowers white. 
Synonym. Daizu (from Japan.) 
No. 101. Red Soja.— Seeds nearly spherical, dark reddish brown, 
flowers white. | 
No. 102. Soja hispida a grain noir.—Seeds nearly spherical dull 
- black, flowers purple and white. 
