THE BONAVIST, LABLAB, OK HYACINTH BEAN. 9 



6377. Progeny of No. 2083. 



6569. From China, 1901. Seeds black purple. No field notes. 



8258. From Nice, France, 1902. No further data. 



8355. From Morioka, Japan, 1902. A vigorous variety, the plants in 3-foot 



rows growing 24 inches high and 30 inches broad ; stem and petioles 

 purplish ; leaflets green ; flowers purple ; pods falcate, broadest at 

 apex, 4 inches long, fleshy, green with purple margins, the first ma- 

 turing in about 120 days; seeds purple black. Very similar to No. 

 31716, but the pods are broader and the seeds somewhat larger. 



8356. From Morioka, Japan, 1902. Rather viny, the plants growing to a 



height of 24 to 30 inches and making a solid mass ; stems and branches 

 purple ; leaflets green, but purple veined ; flowers purple, numerous, 

 on short, erect peduncles ; immature pods falcate, somewhat fleshy, 

 reddish purple, 4J inches long, shrinking irregularly at maturity, the 

 first ripening in about 115 days ; seeds large, plump, nearly black. 

 One of the most ornamental sorts. No. 25155, from Shanghai, China, 

 is not distinguishable. 



8357. From the same source as the preceding, with which it proved to be 



identical. 



8545. From Nagpur, India, 1902. No cultural data. Seeds like No. 8686. 



8686. From Surat, India, 1902. Half bushy when planted in 3-foot rows, grow- 

 ing to a height of 30 inches ; herbage pale green, somewhat hairy ; 

 flowers white, on short peduncles ; pods green at first, broad, 2 inches 

 long, the first maturing in 110 days ; seeds rather small, compressed ; 

 nearly white, excepting the micropyle and the strophiole, which are 

 purple. 



Identical with this is No. 28032, from Poona, India, received under 

 the name of " kadra wal." Nos. 8545 and 13373 from Nagpur, India, 

 have identical seeds and are probably the same variety. 



9431. From Nice, France, 1903. No notes or specimens of this number. 



13373. From Nagpur, India, 1903. Seeds identical with No. 8686. 



13374. From United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India, 1903. Seeds identical 



with No. 8686. 



13376. From Bombay, India, 1903, under the name " val." Notes insufficient. 

 Progeny of No. 4383. 



17884. From Peking, China, 1906. Plants very viny, 20 inches high, 40 inches 

 broad ; stems and petioles purple; leaflets green, purple veined ; flowers 

 purple, on short, erect peduncles; pods falcate, 4 inches long, green with 

 purple margins, somewhat fleshy, the first maturing in about 115 

 days; seeds black purple. Very similar to No. 31716, but apparently a 

 litt le later. 



iT -.",. Fn,in Hawai-jou, China, 1906. Seeds black purple or somewhat spotted. 

 Cultural notes Insufficient. 

 -. From Shanghai, China, 1906. Seeds identical with No. 21998, but none 

 germinated. 



18740. From the Bahamas, 1906. Seeds dark brown; flowers purple. No 

 cultural note-. 



isitT. From the Bahamas, 1906. Seeds white ; flowers white. No cultural data. 



20447. " Stringless," Crom Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie., Paris, France. A vig- 

 orous, very viny soil when planted in 3-f00l rows, making a solid muss 

 of herbage 30 Inches deep; berbage green ; leaflets Large; flowers rather 

 large white, in compact panicles, on short peduncles; i iture pods 



