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120 AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



7 inches long; the seeds are very similar to those of New Era, 

 21088, though hardly as thick. 



22932. From Mount Belinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, May, 1908. See 22929, 



with which it is practically identical in growth and habit. Pods 

 grown in the greenhouse are straw colored, 6 to 7 inches long ; seeds 

 black, mostly about 6 by 7 mm. ; Nos. 26399 and 26400, from the 

 same source, grown in 1910, are apparently identical. 



22933. From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, May, 1908. See 22929, 



w T ith which it agrees in habit ; original seeds rhomboid, 8 by 9 

 mm., buff, thickly speckled with blue, almost identical with those of 

 Speckled Crowder, 22051. 



22935. Asparagus bean. From Tekhoe, via Foochow, Fukien, China. June. 



1908. Plants procumbent, viny, not very vigorous, the row forming 

 a mass 10 inches high, 16 inches broad ; trailing branches few, 1 

 to 3 feet long; leaves much affected with rust, and also with 

 leaf-spot; flowers pale violet purple; prolific; pods purple, mod- 

 erately inflated, 12 to 20 inches long, the first mature in about 70 

 days ; seeds 6 by 10 mm., vinaceous, with darker longitudinally 

 impressed striae; iris dark. 



22935A. Asparagus bean. Mixed in 22935; differs only in having pale pods and 

 reddish-purple smooth seeds. 



22938. From Para, Brail, June, 1908, as " Feijao manteiga." Original seeds 

 subreniform, variable, 3 to 4 by 5 to 7 mm., white. None would 

 germinate. 



22958. From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, June, 1908. Very similar 



in habit and general appearance to Nos. 22929, 22930, 22931. 

 22932, 22933, and 22959, all from the same source. The original 

 seeds are rhomboid, about 6 by 6 mm., black more or less marbled 

 with buff, or buff more or less marbled with black, the buff 

 speckled with fine blue dots, as in Taylor. From the color of the 

 seeds, this is evidently a cross between a black, such as 22932, and 

 a speckled, like 22933. All of the plants grown in the greenhouse, 

 however, produced seeds like the original with one exception, in which 

 the seeds were buff, and practically identical with 22960. The 

 variety is remarkable for the swollen base of the stem, which 

 character is also transmitted to its hybrids. (See PI. XI.) 



22959. From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, June. 1908. In all 



respects except seed like the preceding and 22929, procumbent, 

 very vigorous, the row mass about 2 feet high, 3 to 4 feet broad : 

 branches many, 3 to 5 feet long; leaves large, rather dark; not 

 blooming in 1908 in 130 days. In greenhouse-grown specimens the 

 flowers were violet purple; the pods are reddish purple, 7 to 8 

 inches long; seeds maroon purple, rhomboid, 8 by 9 mm. 



22960. From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, June, 1908. In vegetative 



characters not distinguishable from the preceding; in greenhouse- 

 grown specimens the pods are purple or purple spotted, 6 to 7 

 inches long; seeds buff, rhomboid, 5 to 6 mm. long, rather angular, 

 and practically indistinguishable from those of Iron. This is very 

 similar to 22929, but lacks the violet color on the seeds. No. 26405 

 from the same source proved identical. It is also very similar to 

 24341, from Pretoria. 



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