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22887. Asparagus bean. From Swatow, Kwangtung, China, May, 1908. Plants 

 procumbent, very viny, vigorous, the row forming a mass 14 

 inches high, 2 to 3 feet broad; branches 3 to 5 feet long; leaflets 

 large, apparently not subject to rust; flowers nearly white; not 

 very prolific; pods much inflated, pale, 8 to 12 inches long, the 

 first maturing in about 100 days; seeds white, red about hilum, 

 this color usually extending over the micropylar end, 5 by 9 mm. 

 A vigorous late variety. 



22S88. Catjang. From Swatow, Kwangtung, China, May, 1908. Not vigorous 

 nor viny, the row mass 10 to 14 inches high, 12 to 18 inches broad ; 

 branches few, 1 to 3 feet long; leaflets medium in size and color, 

 much affected by rust and leaf-spot ; flowers violet purple ; prolific ; 

 pods well filled, held medium high, straw colored, 4 to 5 inches 

 long, the first maturing in 80 days; seeds pinkish buff to ochra- 

 ceous buff, oblong, 4 by 6 mm. This is similar in all respects to 

 21295E and 21293A, but is better than either. One of the best of 

 the early catjangs but too subject to rust. (See PI. VI.) 



22902. Asparagus bean. From Paoting, Chihli, China. Chinese name " Tsai 



don." Plant procumbent, very viny, the row forming a mass 12 

 inches high, 18 inches broad ; branches few, 1 to 3 feet long ; leaf- 

 lets dark, very much affected with rust; flowers pale violet pur- 

 ple; not very prolific; pods pale, much inflated, 6 to 12 inches 

 long, the first maturing in about 70 days; seeds 6 by 9 mm., 

 vinaceous cinnamon. 



22903. From Paoting, Chihli, China, April, 1908. Low, half bushy; the row 



mass 12 inches high, 18 inches broad ; trailing branches few, 2 

 feet long; leaflets medium sized, dark, considerably affected both 

 by rust and leaf-spot; pods well filled, held high, straw colored, 

 often purplish tinged, 5 to 6 inches long, the first maturing in 

 about 85 days; seeds oblong rhomboid, about 5 by 7 mm., white 

 with a maroon saddle that extends over the micropylar end and 

 usually in a few scattered spots. This variety is nearly identical 

 in habit with 18617, as well as in the color of the seeds. 



22929. From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, May, 1908. Plants vigor- 



ous, nearly prostrate, the row mass 6 to 12 inches high, 6 feet 

 broad, rather sparse ; trailing branches 3 to 9 feet long ; leaflets 

 large, pale, not affected by rust, but with some red leaf-spot; very 

 late, not blooming at Arlington Farm in 1908 in 130 days, nor in 

 1909 in 129 days. As grown in the greenhouse, the pods were 

 purple, 6 or 7 inches long; seeds buff, more or less tinged with 

 violet, subreniform, about 6 by 8 mm. Grown two seasons. This 

 and the following four numbers from the same source are very 

 similar in growth, the principal differences being in the seeds. All 

 are too sprawling to be desirable. 



22930. From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, May, 1908. Differs from 



the preceding only in the seed and the purple coloration of the 

 stems and leaves. In greenhouse-grown plants the pods are purple 

 violet, 7 to 8 inches long; the seeds vary from buff to dark violet 

 even on the same plant, but are mostly buff, more or less clouded 

 with violet, rhomboid, about 6 by 7 to 8 mm. This variety is very 

 similar to, if not identical with, 21006. 



22931. From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, May, 1908. See 22929. 



In greenhouse-grown specimens the pods were straw colored, 6 to 



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