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white than in the case of the DoHchos. They are yellow, hke 

 many peas, which at first glance they appear more to resemble 

 than beans, though smaller and of attenuated shape. 



7. Tsuru-adzuki, twining Adzuki. 



\c) StLbtrilobatus, Jap. Bundo and Yayenari, each having from 

 four to six cylindrical, hanging pods. 



4. The Japanese sword-bean, "le haricot du Japon," Jap. 

 Nata-mame {Canavalia inciirva, D. C. ; DoHchos inairvus, Thunb.), 

 a kind of climbing bean with somewhat large, pink blossoms in 

 simple clusters. Leaves three-cleft, as with all species of beans ; 

 the leaf-divisions oval, pointed, smooth. Pods hanging, curved 

 somewhat like a sword, thick, broad, and often 20 cm. long, with 

 large beans. In the case of one variety, they are pink (Aka-nata- 

 mame) ; of another, white (Shiro-nata-mame). The young pods 

 are cooked with the beans or eaten pickled. 



5. Coast sword-bean, Jap. Hama-nata-mame {Canavalia lineata, 

 D. C. ; DoHchos Hneatus, Thunb.), growing wild in several reaches of 

 the southern coast ; seeds little used. 



6. The common bean, Jap. Ingen-mame {Phaseoius vulgaris^ 

 L.), is also cultivated in the climbing form, though mostly as a 

 dwarf-bean. But it is evident from its small number of sub- 

 species (not more than twelve or fifteen) that its cultivation has 

 not the antiquity, and certainly not the importance, which it has in 

 many other countries. The seeds are generally eaten when ripe, 

 though sometimes with the young pods. 



7. Phaseoius uiuitiflorus, L. The scarlet-runner is mentioned 

 by Kinch, but without native names. It appears to have been 

 only lately introduced, as no older botanist refers to it, and I have 

 never come across it. 



8. Phaseoius Mungo, L. I noticed beans of this kind, probably 

 the smallest of all, in the Kew collection from the Japanese division 

 of the Vienna Exhibition, with the note, " Used for food in Japan." 

 How far this is the case, I cannot say, nor do I find them else- 

 where mentioned as Japanese. 



9. Vigna Catjang Walpers {DoHchos Catjang, L.). 



10. Pachyrhizus angulatus, Rich. {DoHchos bulbosus, L.). Of 

 both these kinds, which I also saw in Kew as from Japan, the 

 same thing is true as of No. 8. 



1 1. Umbellate-blossomed dolichos-bean, Jap. Sasage or Sasagi 

 {DoHchos imibellatus, Thunb.). The stalk, which is sometimes a 

 climber, puts forth from the bases of its leaves long blossoms. 

 These umbels are followed by as many long, slender, cylindrical 

 pods with small seeds. The latter are eaten sometimes ripe, some- 

 times with the green pods. There are also a number of sub-species 

 belonging to this species, which are distinguished and named partly 

 after the colour of their beans, and partly after other features ; 

 Midori-sasagi, Haku-furo-sasagi, Hata-sasagi, Adzuki-sasagi 

 Yekko-sasagi, etc. 



