136 AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



and larger than 17329; grown four seasons under temporary 

 No. 0145. 



29277. From Nairobi, British East Africa, 1907. Medium tall, half bushy, the 



row mass 16 to 20 inches high, 2 to 2\ feet broad ; trailing branches 

 few, 1 to 3 feet long, usually purple; leaflets medium sized, dark, 

 more or less tinged with purple, somewhat subject to rust but not 

 much affected by leaf-spot; flowers pale violet purple; moderately 

 prolific; pods well filled, held medium high, purplish, 4 to 5 

 inches long, the first maturing in about 100 days; seeds varying 

 from buff to purple, usually buff more or less clouded with pur- 

 ple, rhomboid, about 5 mm. in diameter. The pods of this variety 

 spread out horizontally. It has comparatively slight merit; 

 grown four seasons under temporary No. 0509. (See PI. XII.) 



29278. From the Botanic Garden, Tokyo, Japan, May, 1907, as Vigna sinensis var. 



Mcontorta. Low, half bushy, viny, not vigorous, the row mass 

 10 to 12 inches high, 18 inches broad; trailing branches few, 1 

 to 2 feet long; leaflets decidedly angular, medium in size and 

 color, much affected by leaf-spot but immune to rust ; flowers 

 violet purple; prolific; pods well filled, held medium high, the 

 first maturing in about 75 days; seeds vinaceous, oblong to rhom- 

 boid, about 6 by 8 mm. The pods are strongly flattened and much 

 curved, varying from half a circle to three full turns, their length 

 varying from 4 to 6 inches. A curious variety of little value; 

 grown for four seasons under temporary No. 0511. (See PI. VII.) 



29279. From the Missouri Botanic Garden, St. Louis, August, 1907. Suberect, 



half bushy, somewhat viny, moderately vigorous, the row mass 

 18 inches high, nearly as broad; trailing branches purple, few, 

 about 1 foot long; leaflets medium in size and color, shed early, 

 subject to rust and to leaf-spot ; flowers pale violet purple ; pods 

 fairly well filled, held medium high, straw colored, 5 to 6 inches 

 long, the first maturing in 75 days; seeds oblong, vinaceous cin- 

 namon, 5 by 8 mm. An early, moderately prolific variety of 

 medium value; grown three seasons under temporary No. 0531. 



29280. From Leghorn, Italy, November, 1907. Half bushy, weak, the row mass 



14 inches high and as broad; trailing branches few, a foot or so 

 long; leaflets small, shed early, slightly subject to rust, much 

 affected by both red and white leaf-spot; flowers white; pods 

 many, poorly filled, held medium low, straw colored, 5 to 7 inches 

 long, the first maturing in about 65 days ; seeds oblong, about 6 to 

 8 mm., black and white, variable, the black mostly about the 

 hilum and the micropylar end of the seed. Grown four seasons 

 under temporary No. 0536A ; an early but very poor variety. 



29281. From Leghorn, Italy, November, 1907. Low, half bushy, weak, the row 



mass 12 inches high, 16 inches broad; stems purplish; leaflets 

 large, medium dark, much affected by rust, and considerably by 

 red leaf-spot; flowers almost white; not prolific; pods fairly well 

 filled, held rather low, straw colored, 5 to 7 inches long, the first 

 maturing in about 80 days; seeds oblong, transversely wrinkled, 

 white with a large saddle of buff which often extends over the 

 micropylar end and with occasionally a few isolated spots of the 

 same color on the back, about 5 by 8 mm. A very inferior va- 

 riety; grown four seasons under temporary No. 0536B. 



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