LABLAB, OR EGYPTIAN KIDNEY BEAN 101 



Stringless Lablab Asparagus Bean. The tendency in the 

 ordinary Bean of the stringy fibres to disappear under careful 

 cultivation is also seen in the Lablabs. The variety under considera- 

 tion is exceedingly vigorous in growth, and yields an enormous 

 quantity of pods. Stem light green, very branching ; leaves large, 

 very pointed, and smooth; flowers white, in large trusses; pods 



Lablab or Egyptian Kidney Bean. 



very numerous, in bunches, yellowish white, slightly downy, short, 

 broad, and rounded at the end. Seed brown, provided with a 

 curious white aril or keel along one of the edges ; it is about \ in 

 in length and a little more than \ in. broad and thick. 



