146 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
Yarp Lone.* Plants twining or trailing but not climbing. 
Pods 13-2 ft. long. The most popular sort. — Plate 44, 
f. 5. 
Cupsan.f Plants climbing 8-10 ft., with a few pods 2-24 
ft. long. 
VIGNA CATJANG Walp. 
Phaseolus minor Rumphius, Herb. Amb. 5: 888. [t. 739. f. 1.]. (1747). 
Dolichos Sinensis Rumphius, Herb, Amb. 6: 375. [t. 134]. (1747). — 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 1018. (1763).— Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 436. (1790). — 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 8: 1038. (1800). —DC. Prodr. 23 399. (1825). 
Dolichos Catiang Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 442. (1790). — Linn. Sp. Pl. 8: 
1051. [ed. Willd.]. (1800). — Miller, Gard. Dict. (1807). — Curtis, 
Bot. Mag. 48 3 [t. 2232]. (1821). — DC. Prodr. 23399. (1825). 
Vigna Catjang Walp. Linnaea 18: 533. (1839). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 1793, 5097, 5106, 11290, 11388, 
13225, 18234: Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 1577, “ Cat- 
iang; ’’ 10576, “ Catiang,’”’ Japan; 10578, “ Frijolitos,” Barcelona, State 
of Bermudez, Venezuela; 10580, ‘ Frijoles ojos negros,’? Santa Marico 
Dote, Costa Rica; 10582, Hudavendighiar, Turkey; 10620, “ Frijoles,” 
San Diego, State of Bermudez, Venezuela; 10621, ‘‘ Frijoles bayos,” State 
of Carabobo, Venezuela; 10622, “‘Frijoles bajos,’? Venezuela; 10636, 
‘« Frijolitos pequefios,” State of Carabobo, Venezuela; 10751, “‘ Sasange,”’ 
Japan; 10764, “Sacace;” 10791, Smyrna, Turkey; 10794, Morocco, 
Africa; 10831, “‘Feijao macassar fradinho;”’ 10832, “ Feijio macassar 
bocca roon,”? Parahyba, Brazil; 10834, Pernambuco, Brazil; 10835, 
‘ Feijaio ervilho,”’ Parahyba, Brazil; 10994, Midway, Ala. 
Plant an annual, 13-2 ft. high, diffuse or suberect; stems 
subterete, glabrous. Leaves on long petioles, trifoliolate ; 
leaflets 3-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, ovate-lanceolate, 
smooth. Flowers white or yellowish white, pink at base 
of petals, small, in twos or threes, on long peduncles. 
Pods 4-10 in. long, less than 4 in. thick, subterete, 
* French Yard Long. [Wing], Rept. N. Y. Exp. Sta. 13115. (1882).— 
Asparagus. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 16. (1885). — Dolique asperge. 
Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 280. (1883).— Stangenbohne, Riesen-Spargel 
stidamerikanische. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1878). 
+ Cuban Asparagus. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 16. (1885). — Dolique 
de Cuba. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 281. (1883). — Stangenbohne, Riesen- 
Spargel cubanische. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1878). 
