THE BONAVIST,, LABLAB, OR HYACINTH BEAN. 13 



27533— Continued. 



about 110 days; seeds medium sized, plump, dark purple to nearly- 

 black. This variety is exceedingly ornamental, especially in its brigbt 

 purple pods. 



27678. From Goa, India, 1910. No field notes. Seeds large, dark purple to 

 nearly black, very similar to tbose of No. 27533. 



27882. From Malkapur, Berar, India, 1910. No cultural data and no seeds pre- 

 served. 



27S83. From same source as preceding. Very viny, but too late to bloom at 

 Arlington in 1910. No seeds preserved. 



25032. From Poona. India. 1910. Plants vigorous, rows becoming 3 feet high 



and 40 inches broad ; herbage green, pale, with short pubescence ; 

 flowers white, in a small panicle ; pods green, not shrinking when dry, 

 broad, compressed, 2 inches long, the first maturing in 120 days; seeds 

 small, somewhat compressed, -cream colored, with a purple margin 

 about the hilum and a purple spot on the micropyle and on the strophi- 

 ole. Very similar in all respects to No. 8686, but larger and later. 



25033. From Poona. India, 1910. A very viny, very late variety that did not 



bloom at Arlington Farm in 1910 in 126 days. Seeds cream colored, 

 with the micropyle and the strophiole purple. 



2S730. From Nairobi. British East Africa, 1910. A very vigorous late variety, 

 with green herbage, not blooming at Arlington Farm in 1913. Seeds 

 large, plump, reddish chestnut. 



31363. From Paris. France, 1911. Same as No. 20447. 



31716. From the Philippine Islands, 1911, where it is called " batao." An early 

 variety, when planted in 3-foot rows making a mass of herbage 18 to 22 

 inches deep ; stems and petioles purple ; leaflets green, with purple 

 veins ; flowers purple, in short, erect panicles ; immature pods, 4 inches 

 long, green, with purple margins, falcate, somewhat fleshy, the first 

 maturing in about 110 days; seeds large, mostly black, but some of 

 them reddish, marbled with black. 



This variety is commonly grown in Philippine villages as a vege- 

 table. At the Lamao Experiment Farm, near Manila, the vines persist 

 for two years. This closely resembles Nos. 8355 and 17884, but all three 

 are different. 



31729. From Canton. China, 1911. Seeds subglobose, entirely cream colored. 

 No field notes. 



32610. From Trichinopoly, India. 1911. Very vigorous and viny, but not bloom- 

 ing at Arlington Farm in 1913. In growth and appearance, as well as 

 in seed characters, indistinguishable from No. 35352. 



31100. From Pacasmayo, Peru. 1912, under the name " yuna bean." A very 

 rigorous late variety, producing a mass of herbage Si feet deep when 

 planted in 3-fool rows; herbage green; leaflets very large; very late, 

 nol blooming in 130 days; seeds entirely cream colored, medium sized, 

 different from any other lot received. 



34501. from Seharunpur, India, 1912, undei the aame "makhan sem." A very 

 viny variety when planted in .".foot. rows, making a mass of herbage 

 ■i to 2\ foot high; foliage green; (lowers white, large, on long, stout 

 peduncles; pods falcate, fleshy, white when Immature, 31! Inches long, 

 none maturing in 120 days; seeds reddish brown. 

 151. From Bangalore, India, 1913. in babil and general behavior Indis- 

 tinguishable from \o. 34106, bill the seeds are different, being quite 

 like those of No. 27195, 



