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grown as shell beans or for the ripe dry product; both 

 bush and pole varieties. — Phaseolus lunatus. 



5. Tepary, grown as ripe beans in the dry far South- 

 west, and for land improvement, annual in- 

 digenous bush beans, with a viney or semi- 

 twining habit on good land. — Phaseolus 

 acutifolius var. latifolius (Figs. 131, 132). 

 6. Metcalfe bean, an indigenous long- 

 131. Tepary bean running perennial species introduced in 

 (X 1 1/3). -j-j-^g Southwest for forage. — Phaseolus 

 Metcalfei {P. retusus). 



7. Various oriental beans, mostly bush, grown for the 

 dry seeds, yet little known in this country but likely to at- 

 tract attention. Among them Adzuki, Urd, Mung, Moth, 

 Rice beans, all represent different species of Phaseolus. 



8. Soybean, grown mostly in this country 

 and soil improvement. 

 — Glycine Soja. 



9. Cowpea and re- 

 lated beans, cultivated 

 chiefly for forage and 



for forage 



Vigna species. 



10. Velvet beans, 

 planted far south for 

 forage. — StizoloUum ^.p,,^ 

 species. 



In this book, only the first four groups are discussed. 

 There are other types of cultivated beans, in other species 

 and genera, but so little grown in this country that they 

 do not require listing here. 



