THE BONAVIST, LABLAB, OR HYACINTH BEAN. 11 



23215. From Tangsi, China, 1908. A very late, viny variety, which barely conies 

 to bloom in 130 clays ; herbage green ; flowers white ; seeds subglobose, 

 entirely cream colored. 



Apparently identical with this variety are No. 25440, from Yachow, 

 China, where it is called " beh pien don," and No. 24912, from Herra- 

 dura, Cuba. No. 25915, from Hangchow, China, has identical seeds, 

 but these did not germinate. 



23329. From Canton, China, 1908. Seeds cream colored ; flowers white. Grown 



only one season ; notes too brief for identification. 



23330. From Canton, China, 1908. Seeds dark red purple ; did not germinate. 

 23953 to 23956. From Peking, China, 190S. Seeds of No. 23953. black purple : of 



No. 23954, dark reddish ; of No. 23955, red ; of No. 23956, cream colored, 

 identical with those of No. 27195. No cultural notes were obtained 

 from these four lots. 



24912. From Herradura, Cuba, 1909. This variety proved indistinguishable 



from No. 23215. 



24913. From the same source as tbe preceding. Very viny and late, not bloom- 



ing at Arlington Farm in 1909. Seeds reddish chestnut, rather small. 



24914. From the same source as the preceding. In habit and maturity not 



different from No. 24913, but seeds large, plump, and nearly black. 



25018. From Khartum, Egyptian Sudan, 1909. A very late, vigorous variety, 

 not blooming at Arlington Farm in 1909. Seeds medium sized, com- 

 pressed, varying in color from dark purple to nearly black. 



25132. From Soochow, China, 1909. A vigorous variety, producing a dense 

 mass of herbage 2| feet deep; stems- and petioles purple; leaflets green 

 with purple veins ; blossoms numerous, purple, and in large, erect 

 panicles ; immature pods falcate, flattened, green with purple margins, 

 3 inches long, the first maturing in about 130 days ; seeds medium 

 sized, subglobose, black. This variety has foiiage and pods very 

 similar to No. 17884, but is later. 



25152 and 25153. From Shanghai, China, 1907. Both proved to be identical 

 with No. 21998. 



25154. From Shanghai, China, 1907. Not very vigorous ; herbage green ; flowers 



pale purple; pods falcate, white, somewhat fleshy, shrinking when dry, 

 barely maturing in 130 days; seeds plump, dark purple. This variety 

 agrees very closely with Jacquin ? s illustration of DolicJios benghalensis 

 in Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis (6). 



25155. From Shanghai, China. Grown in 1908 and 1909. Identical with No. 



8356. 



25156. From J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, 1906. Very similar in growth, 



appearance, and maturity to No. 25157. Seeds slightly larger, more 

 compressed, and cream colored except for a purple line at the margin 

 of i lie liiluni. Identical with this variety is No. 27531, from Naples, 

 Italy, received as Dolichos labial) var. alius. 



25157. I'ri. in British Guiana, 1907. Half bushy, when planted in 3-foot rows, 



making a solid muss 36 Inches deep; branches 3 to 5 feel long; herbage 

 wholly green; flowers white, on shorl peduncles; Immature pods green, 

 not. fleshy, broad, 1,5 to ^ Inches long, not shrinking at maturity, ihe 



first pod ripening in about 115 days; seeds very small, somewhat coni- 



pressed, entirely cream colored. 

 26158. From Barbados, 1908. Bushy, not at all vining when planted in 3-foot 

 rows, each plant about .■;<> Inches blgh ami as broad; berbage green; 



flowers while, on diorl peduncles; very fruitful; the immature pods 



