. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1741. Sieva Bean— Phaseoluslunatus (X ^'o) 1742. Pods of Sieva, Large Lima. Potato Lima (X ^3}, Tlie two last are forms of P. lu- natus, var. macrocarpus. south. —Lately recommended as a forage plant in the dry regions of the Southwest. The Ivs. are thick and heavy and well adapted to dry, hot climates. Stems g
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1741. Sieva Bean— Phaseoluslunatus (X ^'o) 1742. Pods of Sieva, Large Lima. Potato Lima (X ^3}, Tlie two last are forms of P. lu- natus, var. macrocarpus. south. —Lately recommended as a forage plant in the dry regions of the Southwest. The Ivs. are thick and heavy and well adapted to dry, hot climates. Stems grow 8-10 ft. or more long. AAA. Annual {at least in the JV.), either twining or ^^busli," the Ivs. rnostly pubescent, cult, for food. — Garden beans of various kinds. B. Pod usually K in. or less broad: usually not climbing. 5. aconitlSolius, Jacq. Moth Bean. A diffuse, bushy or somewhat trailing plant with loosely brown hairy. 1743. Henderson Dwarf Lima, a form of Phaseolus lunatus (X %). slender stems, growing 1-2 ft. tall: Ifts. mostly ovate to rhombic-ovate, 2-3-lobed at the apex for one-fourth to one-half their length, the lobes narrow and obtuse; 82 stipules small, narrow and pointed: fls. very small, yel- lowish, in heads on the ends of hairy axillary peduncles; pod becoming 2 in. long, nearly cylindrical, glabrous. India, where it is cult, for human food and for forage, but only rarely seen in collections in this country. It is said to be able to withstand much dry weather. 6. Mungo, Linn. Gram. Erect or nearly so, 1-2 ft., stout,with the fur- rowed stems densely clothed with long brown hairs; Ivs. large and long-stalked : Ifts. very broadly ovate or nearly rhomboid-orbicular, usually entire, thin, short-acute; stipules large, ovate ; fls. rathei- .small, yellowish, in a capitate clus- ter of 5 or 6 on the end of the stout hairj' peduncle: pod 3 in. or less long, nearly cylindrical, some- what curved, bearing 10-15 beans. S. Asia, where it is everywhere cul-
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