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44203 to 44238— Continued. 



44214. "(No. 2342a.) Hei tou, meaning 'green bean.' A small, 

 shining, black soy bean, generally used, when boiled, as a food 

 for hard-working horses, mules, donkeys, and oxen, mixed with 

 chopped straw and kaoliang grains." (Meyer.) 



44215 to 44217. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacese. Common bean. 



" From Malanyu, Chihli Province, China, November 25, 1916. Yiin tou, 

 meaning ' fragrant bean.' Garden beans eaten mostly when green, as a 

 vegetable." (Meyer.) 



Selections made from No. 2343a. 



44215. Bluish black. 



44216. Pure white mixed with ivory white. 



44217. Maroon mixed with gray. 



44218 to 44221. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea. 

 " From Malanyu, Chihli Province, China, November 25, 1916." 



44218. "(No. 2344a.) No ling tan chiang tou, meaning 'wren's egg 

 precious bean.' A speckled variety of cowpea with white top. 

 Cowpeas are in great favor with the Chinese as a human food; 

 they are eaten boiled with rice, stewed in meat dishes, and cooked 

 in soups ; they are believed to promote speedy excretions of waste 

 in the body." (Meyer.) 



44219. "(No. 2345a.) Hung chiang tou, meaning 'red precious 

 bean.' A small brown variety of cowpea." (Meyer.) 



44220. "(No. 2346a.) Hei yen pai chiang tou, meaning 'black-eyed 

 white precious bean.' A small, wrinkled, white cowpea, with 

 black hilum." (Meyer.) 



44221. "(No. 2347a.) Hung yen pai chiang tou, meaning 'red-eyed 

 white precious bean.' A small, wrinkled, white cowpea with red- 

 dish hilum." (Meyer.) 



"A brown-eyed variety of cowpea, quite similar to S. P. I. No. 

 34103, which seems fairly promising as a table variety." (C. Y. 

 Piper. ) 

 44222 to 44226. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fabacese. Mung bean. 



" From Malanyu. Chihli Province, China, November 25, 1916." 

 Selected from No. 2347a, which was a mixed lot of seeds. 



44222. " Apparently ordinary green mung. Seed much like S. P. I. 

 No. 17289, which was grown from seed received from China." 

 (C. V. Piper.) 



44223. " Green mung. Seeds rather shiny, much the same as S. P. I. 

 No. 28053 from Manchuria and F. C. I. 01896, a green mung 

 selected from No. 31806, which is a field pea received from Chinese 

 Turkestan." (C. V. Piper.) 



44224. " Brown mung, much like S. P. I. No. 13395. Newman bean." 

 (C. V. Piper.) 



44225. " Seeds green to brownish, densely speckled with black, giv- 

 ing a black appearance to the seed. We have never had seed 

 exactly like this, but S. P. I. No. 16323 is somewhat similar." 

 (C. V. Piper.) 



44226. " Apparently the same as S. P. I. No. 44225. but seeds dull, 

 the dullness due to crenulation." (C. V. Piper.) 



