LABLAB, OR EGYPTIAN KIDNEY BEAN loi 



Stringless Lablab Asparagus Bean. — The tendency in the 

 ordinary Bean of the stringy fibres to disappear under careful 

 cultivation is also seen in the Lablabs. The variety under considera- 

 tion is exceedingly vigorous in growth, and yields an enormous 

 quantity of pods. Stem light green, very branching ; leaves large, 

 very pointed, and smooth ; flowers white, in large trusses ; pods 



Lablab or Egyptian Kidney Bean, 



very numerous, in bunches, yellowish white, slightly downy, short, 

 broad, and rounded at the end. Seed brown^ provided with a 

 curious white aril or keel along one of the edges; .it is about J m 

 in length and a little more than J in. broad and thick.,"' • 



