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21538A. This proved to be identical in every respect with 21539C. 

 21538B. Nearly, if not quite identical with 21539. both as to habit and seed 

 characters. 



21539. From Nagpur, Central Provinces, India, November, 1907, under the ver- 

 nacular name " Khed jhunga." Procumbent, vigorous, very viny, 

 the row mass 10 to 12 inches high. 3 to 4 feet broad; trailing 

 branches few, 3 to 6 feet long; leaflets large, pale, much affected 

 by rust, but without leaf-spot; not blooming at Arlington in 1909 

 in 130 days ; original seed white with a large maroon saddle which 

 commonly extends over the micropylar end, and usually a few 

 scattered spots, subreniform. about 5 by 7 mm. 



21539A. Procumbent, very viny, vigorous; the row mass 18 inches high, 36 

 inches broad; trailing branches many, 6 feet long, coarse; leaflets 

 medium in size and color, little affected by rust and leaf-spot; 

 flowers pale violet purple; pods few, scarcely maturing in 1909 in 

 133 days, about 6 inches long ; original seeds maroon, subreniform, 

 varying in size from 4 by 6 mm. to 6 by 7 mm. 



21539B. Procumbent, moderately vigorous, the row mass 1 foot high, 5 to 6 feet 

 broad ; trailing branches 3 to 6 feet long, green, not coarse ; leaflets 

 large, pale, much affected by rust, apparently free from leaf-spot ; 

 flowers pale violet purple ; pods few, none ripening in 131 days ; 

 seeds oblong, mostly 6 to 7 mm. long, the ground color white, with 

 maroon covering the micropylar end and more or less of the 

 chalazal end. the back remaining white ; iris black. Too prostrate 

 as well as too late to be of much value. 



21539C. From Nagpur, Central Provinces, India. Procumbent, very viny, vig- 

 orous, the row mass 10 inches high, 2 feet broad ; trailing branches 

 rather many. 4 to 5 feet long, green, medium coarse; leaflets 

 medium in size and color, much affected by rust, little subject to 

 leaf-spot ; flowers pale violet purple ; no pods ripening at Arlington 

 in 1909 in 132 days ; seeds oblong, about 4 to 6 mm., white with a 

 medium brown eye, the edges not sharply defined. None of this 

 21539 series is of high value under American conditions except for 

 green manuring. A large field of 21539 planted in 1908 made a 

 dense, tangled mass of vines 2 feet deep, but no pods matured. 



21558. Asparagus bean. From Buitenzorg. Java, November, 1907. Vernacular 



name, " Katjang pandjang." Plants procumbent, very viny, the 

 row forming a mass 8 to 12 inches high, 18 to 24 inches broad; 

 trailing branches rather few, 3 to 9 feet long; leaves apparently 

 immune to rust, and but little affected by leaf-spot; flowers pale 

 violet purple ; prolific ; pods pale, moderately inflated. 10 to 20 

 inches long, the first maturing in about 70 days ; seeds 5 by 10 to 

 12 mm., brick red, longitudinally striate. 



21559. Asparagus bean. From Buitenzorg, Java, November, 1907. Vernacular 



name, " Katjang dadap." In growth and general appearance this 

 can scarcely be distinguished from the preceding ; the seeds, how- 

 ever, are different, buff with longitudinal stria?, 6 by 9 mm. Inter- 

 mixed were four other varieties of practically identical appear- 

 ance; 21559A, seeds reddish buff, striate, 5 by 10 mm.; 21559B. 

 with similar seeds, 5 by 7 mm., nonstriate; 21559C, with smooth, 

 buff seeds, 6 by 11 mm.; and 21559D, with smooth, buff seeds, 5 

 by 9 mm. 



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