FIVE ORIENTAL SPECIES OF BEANS. 25 



S. P. I. No. 



22000. Prom Tientsin, Chihli, China, 1907. Chinese name "huang-lu-tou." In 



1909 not distinguishable from No. 17283 in habit and time of maturing, but 



seeds yellow. 

 22409. From Hongkong, China, 1908. This proved to be identical with No. 17283, 



the progeny of No. 1161. 

 22510. From Yokohama, Japan, 1908, under the name "bundo-mame (runda-mame)." 

 24570. From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan, where called "mash (masch)," 1908. In 



1909 this was found to be identical with Nos. 24813 and 10527. 

 24813. From Tashkend, near the northern limit of cotton culture in Turkestan, 1908. 



"It is largely grown in Turkestan under conditions similar to those obtaining 



in New Mexico and Arizona." (Hansen.) This proved to be identical with 



N6. 10527. 

 25706. From Poona, India, 1907. Seeds olive. No cultural notes. 

 26361. From Malkapur, Berar, India, in 1909. This proved to be the same as No. 



17283, the progeny of No. 1161. 

 28053. From Mukden, Manchuria, 1910. The Chinese name is "lu-tou." Grown at 



Arlington farm for two seasons. Plants 2 feet high, bushy, maturing nearly 



all their pods in 100 days, but not at all prolific. Seeds olive. Probably 



the same as No. 17283. 



28992. From Kizil-Arvat, Russian Turkestan, 1910. This variety was not distin- 



guishable in 1912 from No. 10527. 



28993. From Old Bokhara, Turkestan, 1910. Grown at Arlington farm in 1912. 



Plants 15 inches high, bushy. Some pods mature in 100 days and about 

 half in 120 days. Seeds yellow. 

 29445 . From Manchuria, 1911 , under the name ' ' toza luida. ' ' As grown in 1912 at Arling- 

 ton farm this was not distinguishable from No. 17283, progeny of No. 1161. 



30731. From Moro Province, P. I., 1911. Grown at Arlington farm in 1913. Plants 



very similar to No. 30732. No pods were mature when killed by frost in 

 140 days. Seeds brownish red. 



30732. From Jolo, P. I., 1911. Grown at Arlington farm in 1913. Plants erect, 36 



inches high, 24 inches broad. No pods were ripe in 140 days when killed by 

 frost. Seeds green. This variety is apparently identical with the old 

 Chickasaw pea, that is, the Newman bean (No. 12775). 



30733. From Iloilo, P. I., 1911. Plants very similar in all respects to No. 30732, but 



seeds golden. A few pods ripened at Arlington farm in 1913 in 132 days. 

 30748. From Wulukai, Manchuria, 1911. Chinese name "hsiao-lii-tou (hsiao-liu-tou)." 



As grown at Arlington farm in 1912 and 1913, not distinguishable from No. 17283. 

 32363. From Soochow, China, 1911. Grown at Arlington farm in 1913. Plants 3 feet 



high, 2 feet broad, the branches somewhat viny near the tips; pods few, 



maturing in 130 days; seeds bright green, nearly smooth. Some of the plants 



of this lot had the leaflets deeply trilobed. 

 32608. From Trichinopoly, India, 1911. Grown at Arlington farm in 1913. Plants 



weak, decumbent, 24 inches high and broad; about half the pods maturing 



in 140 days. Seeds dark brown. 

 34776. From Beira, Portuguese East Africa, 1913. On the Zambesi River called 



"soroko" and in the interior "zoombi." Grown at Arlington farm in 1913. 



Plants 24 inches high, 30 inches broad, rather sprawling in habit; not prolific; 



a few pods maturing in 132 days. Seeds olive. 



The above 91 lots of seeds represent at least 16 distinct varieties. 

 By the seed characters alone 11 varieties can be distinguished. 

 While there is great difference in value between the varieties, even 

 the best are not as desirable as the cowpea for forage or green manure, 

 and all are inferior to the adsuki bean in seed production. 



