THE BONAVIST, LABLAB, OR HYACINTH BEAN. 11 
23215. From Tangsi, China, 1908. A very late, viny variety, which barely comes 
to bloom in 130 days; herbage green; flowers white; seeds subglobose, 
entirely cream colored. 
Apparently identical with this variety are No. 25440, from Yachow, 
China, where it is called " beh pien don," and No. 24912, from Herra- 
dura, Cuba. No. 25915, from Hangchow, China, has identical seeds, 
but these did not germinate. 
23329. Prom Canton, China, 1908. Seeds cream colored ; flowers white. Grown 
only one season ; notes too brief for identification. 
23330. From Canton, China, 1908. Seeds dark red purple ; did not germinate. 
23953 to 23956. From Peking, China, 1908. Seeds of No. 23953, black purple ; of 
No. 23954, dark reddish ; of No. 23955, red ; of No. 23956, cream colored. 
identical with those of No. 27195. No cultural notes were obtained 
from these four lots. 
24912. From Herradura, Cuba, 1909. This variety proved indistinguishable 
from No. 23215. 
24913. From the same source as the preceding. Very viny and late, not bloom- 
ing at Arlington Farm in 1909. Seeds reddish chestnut, rather small. 
24914. From the same source as the preceding. In habit and maturity not 
different from No. 24913, but seeds large, plump, and nearly black. 
25018. From Khartum, Egyptian Sudan, 1909. A very late, vigorous variety, 
not blooming at Arlington Farm in 1909. Seeds medium sized, com- 
pressed, varying in color from dark purple to nearly black. 
25132. From Soochow, China, 1909. A vigorous variety, producing a dense 
mass of herbage 1\ feet deep ; stems and petioles purple ; leaflets green 
with purple veins; blossoms numerous, purple, and in large, erect 
panicles ; immature pods falcate, flattened, green with purple margins, 
3 inches long, the first maturing in about 130 days ; seeds medium 
sized, subglobose, black. This variety has foliage and pods very 
similar to No. 17884, but is later. 
25152 and 25153. From Shanghai, China, 1907. Both proved to be identical 
with No. 21998. 
25154. From Shanghai, China, 1907. Not very vigorous ; herbage green ; flowers 
pale purple; pods falcate, white, somewhat fleshy, shrinking when dry, 
barely maturing in 130 days; seeds plump, dark purple. This variety 
agrees very closely with Jacquin's illustration of Dolichos benghalensis 
in Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis (6). 
25155. From Shanghai, China. Grown in 1908 and 1909. Identical with No. 
8356. 
25156. From J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, 1906. Very similar in growth. 
appearance, and maturity to No. 25157. Seeds slightly larger, more 
compressed, and cream colored except for a purple line at the margin 
of the hilum. Identical with this variety is No. 27531, from Naples, 
Italy, received as Dolichos lablab var. albus. 
25157. From British Guiana, 1907. Half bushy, when planted in 3-foot rows, 
making a solid mass 36 inches deep ; branches 3 to 5 feet long ; herbage 
wholly green ; flowers white, on short peduncles ; immature pods green, 
not fleshy, broad. 1.5 to 2 inches long, not shrinking at maturity, the 
first pod ripening in about 115 days ; seeds very small, somewhat com- 
pressed, entirely cream colored. 
25158. From Barbados, 1908. Bushy, not at all vining when planted in 3-foot 
rows, each plant about 30 inches high and as broad; herbage green; 
flowers white, on short peduncles; very fruitful; the immature pods 
