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



25158— Continued. 



fleshy, white, not distorted when dry, falcate, 2 to 24_ inches long, 

 only one-half inch wide, straw colored ; seeds very small, entirely cream 

 colored, the first maturing in 100 days. Seeds very similar to No. 

 25157, but pods very different. 



25159. From a stray plant at Arlington Farm of unknown origin, 1907. A mod- 



erately vigorous variety, producing a mass of herbage 2J feet deep and 

 as broad; leaves green; flowers on rather stout peduncles; immature 

 pods white and somewhat fleshy, the first maturing in about 100 days ; 

 seeds rather small, plump, reddish purple. 



25160. Same source as the preceding. Identical in all respects with No. 4384. 

 25256. From Paris, France, 1909. Identical with No. 20447 in all respects. 

 25440. From Yachow, China, 1909. Seeds indistinguishable from No. 23215, 



and the field notes indicate no difference. 



25648. From Yachow, China, 1909. Very viny, the branches 6 feet long or 

 more, sprawling, stems purple; leaflets purple veined; flowers purple, 

 on very short peduncles ; pods falcate, fleshy, green, with purple mar- 

 gins, 3 inches long, shrinking much in drying; barely maturing in 120 

 days; seeds purple black, medium sized, plump. This resembles both 

 Nos. 8356 and 31716, but is distinct from both. 



25648. Mixed with the preceding. A bushy variety, 24 feet high ; stems and 

 foliage green ; flowers white, on short peduncles ; pods whitish, fleshy, 

 becoming slightly distorted when dry, 3 inches long, the first maturing 

 in about 120 days ; seeds large, plump, black. 



25726 to 25728. From Baroda, India, 1909. Seeds of No. 25726, black purple; 

 of Nos. 25727 and 25728, dark purple. No cultural notes for these 

 numbers. The seeds of the first two closely resemble No. 20447. 



25915. From Hangchow, China, 1909. Seeds cream colored, quite like those 

 of No. 23215. None of them germinated. 



26358. From Malkapur, Berar, India, 1909. Bushy in habit, growing to a 

 height of 3i feet, forming a dense mass ; stems green ; leaves whitish, 

 owing to the pubescence; flowers white, on short peduncles; young 

 pods green, broad, 2| inches long, not shrinking, the first maturing in 

 about 110 days; seeds small, much compressed, tan colored. 



27195. From Shanghai, China, 1910. Somewhat bushy when planted in 3-foot 

 rows, forming a solid mass 3 feet deep; herbage green; flowers white; 

 immature pods green, somewhat fleshy, the first maturing in about 140 

 days ; seeds plunip, subglobose, cream colored except for the micropyle 

 and strophiole, which are purple. The seeds of this variety resemble 

 very closely No. 21998, but lack the purple spots on the back. The 

 pods, too, are quite different, and the plant is considerably later. No. 

 23956, from Peking, China, has identical seeds, but no field notes con- 

 cerning this number are at hand. 



27531. From Naples, Italy, 1910. This has proved to be indistinguishable from 



No. 25156. 



27532. From Naples, Italy, 1910, under the name of Dolichos lablab var. dtro- 



purpureus. Stems purple ; flowers purple ; seeds just like No. 4384, with 

 which it is probably identical, judging from insufficient notes. 



27533. From Naples, Italy, 1910. A very viny variety, producing a mass of 



herbage 2 feet deep and vines 6 to 8 feet long; stems and petioles 

 purple ; leaves dark green, purple veined ; flowers purple, on short, 

 erect pedunclrs; pods bright, shiny purple, broad, 24 inches long, 

 slightly fleshy but retaining their form when dry, the first maturing in 



