CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 107 



21297E. Catjang. Plants vigorous, the row mass 24 to 30 inches high, 3 feet 

 broad; trailing branches many, 2 to 6 feet long, reddish; leaflets 

 medium in size and color, considerably attacked by rust, and a 

 little by red leaf-spot ; flowers pale violet purple ; not prolific ; pods 

 well filled, held medium high, straw colored, 4 to 6 inches long, 

 the first maturing in about 100 days; seeds dull black, rhomboid, 

 5 by 6 mm. This is a very distinct variety. It was much attacked 

 by rust in 1908, but entirely free from it in 1909. In 1909 it was a 

 good deal better than 20980A grown alongside. 



21299. From Piracicaba, Brazil, August, 1907. See 21006. 



21299A. See 21006A. 



21299B. Plants identical in every respect with 21299A. Seeds reniform, 

 purplish buff to purple, speckled with blue, about 7 by 9 mm. ( See 

 PI. IX.) 



21508. Catjang. From the Botanic Garden, Tokyo, Japan, May, 1907. Perfectly 



erect, bushy ; the row mass 12 to 18 inches high, 12 inches broad ; 

 trailing branches very few, 6 to 12 inches long ; leaflets, medium in 

 size and color, much affected by rust and by leaf-spot ; flowers pale 

 Tiolet purple; moderately prolific; pods well filled, held high, pale, 

 turning whitish before maturity but not becoming inflated, about 5 

 inches long; seeds black, rather dull, oblong, about 5 by 7 mm. 

 This variety is interesting in that it is strictly erect and bushlike 

 and the branches vine only a little at the tips. The pods have 

 something of the character of the asparagus bean, but do not 

 become inflated; the pod valves when dry are very thin and 

 brittle. On account of its erectness, this variety possesses some 

 promise for hybridizing and has thus been utilized. It has been 

 grown four seasons. (See PI. II.) 



21509. From the Botanic Garden, Tokyo, Japan, May, 1907. Erect, bushy, not 



at all viny, medium vigorous, the row mass 18 to 24 inches high, 

 12 to 18 inches broad ; no basal branches ; leaflets medium in size, 

 pale, rather angular, shed early, much subject to rust and con- 

 siderably to leaf-spot; flowers pale violet purple; moderately pro- 

 lific; pods held high, well filled, very thin valved, pale, 5 to 6 

 inches long, the first maturing in 85 days ; seeds vinaceous cinna- 

 mon, about 5 by 7 mm. Remarkable for being not at all viny, in 

 this respect like the preceding. The immature pods become pale 

 like the asparagus bean but not inflated, though shrinking much 

 when dry. The variety may have value for breeding on account 

 of its erect vineless habit. It has been grown four seasons. 

 21509A. Suberect, half bushy, moderately vigorous, the row mass 18 inches 

 high, 1 foot broad; trailing branches moderately coarse, 2 to 3 

 feet long; leaflets medium sized, free from rust, considerably af- 

 fected by both red and white leaf-spot; flowers pale violet pur- 

 ple; prolific; pods well filled, held high, straw colored, 4 to 5| 

 inches long, the first maturing in about 75 days; seeds subreni- 

 form, 5 by 7 mm., buff ; iris brownish yellow. A prolific variety of 

 good habit with small pods. 



21510. From the Botanic Garden, Tokyo, Japan, May, 1907. Very similar in 



habit to 21508; erect, with very slight tendency to vine; flowers 

 white; pods as in 21508; seeds subreniform, 5 by 7 mm., white 

 with a large black eye. All the remarks under 21508 apply also 

 to this variety ; grown four seasons. 



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