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43492 to 43543— Continued. 



43521 to 43523. Phaseoll's calcaratus Roxb. Rice bean. 



An annual half-twining plant cultivated in Japan, China, India, etc., 

 for its edible beans and as a forage and cover crop. 



43521. " Variety 2, race 1." 43523. " Variety 2, race 2." 



43522. " Variety 1, race 1." 



43524. Phaseolus mungo L. TJrd. 



" Variety 1." 



A plant very similar to the mung bean (Phaseolus aureus), but of 

 lower growth and more spreading. It is used like the mung bean, the 

 seeds for human food and the straw for fodder. It is also used as a 

 green-manure crop. 



43525. Phaseolus kadiatxjs L. 



" Variety 2, subvariety (c)." 



A leguminous plant, native to India, of which the mung bean (Phaseolus 

 aureus) is thought to be a cultivated derivative. 



43526. Phaseolus tkilobatus (L.) Schreb. 

 (P. trilobus Ait.) 



A trailing legume, native of India, the Malay Archipelago, and eastern 

 Africa, allied to the mung and rice beans. 



43527. PisuM ab\t:]S'se L. Field pea. 



" A." 



A angular-seeded pea, often placed as a variety of Pisum sativum, 

 grown largely for forage and green manure, 



43528. PisuM SATIVUM Lr. Garden pea. 

 "B." 



A strain that has proved valuable in Burma. 

 43529 to 43533. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soybean. 



(Glycine hispida Maxim.) 

 An important leguminous plant valuable for food and forage. 



43529. " Variety 1, race 1." 43532. " Variety 2." 



43530. " Variety 1, race 2." 43533. "Variety 3.'' 



43531. " Variety 1, race 3." 



43534. Stizolobium niveum (Roxb.) Kuntze. Lyon bean. 

 " Var. iitilis. Race 1." 



A climbing legume closely allied to the Florida velvet bean, but entirely 

 devoid of stinging hairs. It is valued in India for its edible seeds. 



43535. Stizolobium atekeimum Piper and Tracy. Mauritius bean. 

 " Race 3." 



A leguminous forage plant related to the Florida velvet bean. 



43536. Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.) Piper and Tracy. 



" Race 2." Velvet bean. 



A species of velvet bean more or less extensively cultivated in .Java. 



43537. ViciA faba L. Broad bean, 

 "Variety 1." 



This plant is grown largely for cattle feed in America, but the beans 

 are extensively used for human food in other countries. 



