. The history of the cowpea and its introduction into America . olichos sesf/i/ipedalis, the asparagus bean, is considered adistinct species by most authors, and the writer can not agree withKoei-nicke that all the other names apply to the same species or thatcentral Africa is the home of any of them. It is true that the habitof growth, whether low or a climbing form, is of no specific value, forVigna vngiiiritlata at least seems to vary in this respect. The color of the seeds likewise fails as a distinguishing specificcharacter. Dolichos vnguicalatvs L. Avas founded on specimensgiown in the g
. The history of the cowpea and its introduction into America . olichos sesf/i/ipedalis, the asparagus bean, is considered adistinct species by most authors, and the writer can not agree withKoei-nicke that all the other names apply to the same species or thatcentral Africa is the home of any of them. It is true that the habitof growth, whether low or a climbing form, is of no specific value, forVigna vngiiiritlata at least seems to vary in this respect. The color of the seeds likewise fails as a distinguishing specificcharacter. Dolichos vnguicalatvs L. Avas founded on specimensgiown in the garden at Upsala, but came to Linnieus from Bar-bados. Dolichos sinensis was based on Dolichos silicosis or KatjangSina of Rmnphius, and the figure in Rumphius Ilerbarimn Am-boinense shows a climbing i)l!iiit with two-flowered racemes and pen-dulous j)()(ls. Dolichos catjaiig is likewise based on a species ofKumphius, Phaseolus minor or katjang poeti. The figures of this lirj—VI Bui. 102, Pt. VI, Bureau of Plant Indust-y, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Plant of Vigna catjang ( Walp. Bui. 102, Pt. VI, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate
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