3 BULLETIN 318, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



3288. From Algeria, 1899. Chinese white-flowered No. 4. Seeds indistinguish- 

 able from No. 3286. Apparently all three are the same as No. 20447. 



3597. From Smyrna, 1899, under the name " Saliakakia." Seeds dark red 

 with black spots. No cultural notes. 



4378. From Naples, Italy, 1900, erroneously labeled Pachyrhizus tuberosus. 

 Seeds dark reddish, just like No. 5040. 



4380. From Naples, Italy, 1900. Probably the same as No. 20447. 



4383. From Naples, Italy, 1900, under the name Dolichos atropurpurens. 



This is a bushy variety of only medium vigor, when planted in rows 

 growing to a height of IS to 24 inches, with vining branches 3 to 4 feet 

 long ; herbage dark purple ; flowers numerous, in erect panicles ; pods 

 dark purple, broad, 1.5 inches long, somewhat fleshy, the first matur- 

 ing in about 100 days; seeds small, dark purple to nearly black. This 

 variety is quite ornamental in its purple foliage, and is apparently 

 identical with the colored plate of Dolichos purpureas L. in the Bo- 

 tanical Register, vol. 10, plate 830. At Arlington Farm it readily 

 volunteers year after year where once planted. 



4384. Received from Naples, Italy, 1900, under the name Dolichos semper- 



virens. A viny variety making a dense mass of herbage 3 feet deep ; 

 stems purple ; leaflets green ; flowers purple, on short peduncles ; im- 

 mature pods green, broad, 1.5 inches long, the first maturing in 100 

 days ; seeds compressed, small, varying from dark purple to nearly 

 black. 



For forage purposes this variety is one of the most satisfactory, 

 on account of its vigorous growth, bushy habit, and the abundance of 

 pods which it produces. These pods are not fleshy, and they mature 

 without shrinking. This variety volunteers more abundantly than any 

 other. No. 25160, from a stray plant at Arlington Farm, differs only 

 in the color of the seeds, these being reddish with black marblings. 

 No. 22025, also the progeny of a stray plant, is identical with No. 

 4384. 



5040. From Naples, Italy, 1900, erroneously labeled Pachyrhizus tuberosus. 

 Seeds identical with No. 4378. Notes insufficient, but plants were too 

 late to bloom at Arlington Farm. 



5070. From Hawaii, 1900, but originally from Australia under the name 

 " tongan bean." Seeds large, nearly black, with a few buff specks. 

 No cultural notes preserved. 



5402. From Calcutta, India, 1900, erroneously labeled Canavalia virosa. Seeds 

 large, black. No cultural data. 



5412. From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, 1900, under the name 



Dolichos lablab falcatum majus. Seeds black purple, medium sized. 

 No cultural data. 



5413. From same source as preceding, under the name Dolichos lablab falca- 



tum minus. Seeds medium sized, dark purple. No cultural notes. 



5414. From same source as No. 5412, under the name Dolichos lablab pur- 



pur ascens. Seeds dark reddish purple. No cultural notes. 

 5519. From Lombok, Dutch East Indies, 1900, under the name " Katjang ussi." 

 Seeds large, black purple. No cultural notes. 



6319. From Tokyo, Japan, 1901. Seeds red purple, indistinguishable from No. 



20447. No field notes. 



6320. From Tokyo, Japan, 1901. Seeds dark purple, medium sized. No 



cultural notes. 



