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6377. Progeny of No. 2083. 
6569. From China, 1901. Seeds black purple. No field notes. 
8258. From Nice, France, 1902. No further data. 
8355. From Morioka, Japan, 1902. A vigorous variety, the plants in 3-foot 
rows growing 24 inches high and 30 inches broad ; stem and petioles 
purplish; leaflets green; flowers purple; pods falcate, broadest at 
apex, 4 inches long, fleshy, green with purple margins, the first ma- 
turing in about 120 days; seeds purple black. Very similar to No. 
31716, but the pods are broader and the seeds somewhat larger. 
8356. From Morioka, Japan, 1902. Rather viny, the plants growing to a 
height of 24 to 30 inches and making a solid mass ; stems and branches 
purple ; leaflets green, but purple veined ; flowers purple, numerous, 
on short, erect peduncles; immature pods falcate, somewhat fleshy, 
reddish purple, 4$ inches long, shrinking irregularly at maturity, the 
first ripening in about 115 days; seeds large, plump, nearly black. 
One of the most ornamental sorts. No. 25155, from Shanghai, China, 
is not distinguishable. 
8357. From the same source as the preceding, with which it proved to be 
identical. 
8545. From Nagpur, India, 1902. No cultural data. Seeds like No. 8686. 
8686. From Surat, India, 1902. Half bushy when planted in 3-foot rows, grow- 
ing to a height of 30 inches ; herbage pale green, somewhat hairy ; 
flowers white, on short peduncles ; pods green at first, broad, 2 inches 
long, the first maturing in 110 days ; seeds rather small, compressed ; 
nearly white, excepting the micropyle and the strophiole, which are 
purple. 
Identical with this is No. 28032, from Poona, India, received under 
the name of " kadra wal." Nos. 8545 and 13373 from Nagpur, India, 
have identical seeds and are probably the same variety. 
9431. From Nice, France, 1903. No notes or specimens of this number. 
13373. From Nagpur, India, 1903. Seeds identical with No. 8686. 
13374. From United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India, 1903. Seeds identical 
with No. 8686. 
13376. From Bombay, India, 1903, under the name " val." Notes insufficient. 
17534. Progeny of No. 4383. 
17884. From Peking, China, 1906. Plants very viny, 20 inches high, 40 inches 
broad ; stems and petioles purple ; leaflets green, purple veined ; flowers 
purple, on short, erect peduncles ; pods falcate, 4 inches long, green with 
purple margins, somewhat fleshy, the first maturing in about 115 
days ; seeds black purple. Very similar to No. 31716, but apparently a 
little later. 
17885. From Hawai-jou, China, 1906. Seeds black purple or somewhat spotted. 
Cultural notes insufficient. 
18448. From Shanghai, China, 1906. Seeds identical with No. 21998, but none 
germinated. 
18746. From the Bahamas, 1906. Seeds dark brown; flowers purple. No 
cultural notes. 
18747. From the Bahamas, 1906. Seeds white ; flowers white. No cultural data. 
20447. " Stringless," from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie., Paris, France. A vig- 
orous, very viny sort when planted in 3-foot rows, making a solid mass 
of herbage 30 inches deep ; herbage green ; leaflets large ; flowers rather 
large, white, in compact panicles, on short peduncles; immature pods 
