Agricultural varieties of the cowpea and immediately related species . From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, June, 1908. In all respects except seed like the preceding and 22929, procumbent,very vigorous, the row mass about 2 feet high, 3 to 4 feet broad;branches many, 3 to 5 feet long; leaves large, rather dark; notblooming in 1908 in 130 days. In greenhouse-grown specimens theflowers were violet purple; the pods are reddish purple, 7 to 8inches long; seeds maroon purple, rhomboid, 8 by 9 mm. 22960. From Mount-Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, June, 1908. In vegetative characters not dis
Agricultural varieties of the cowpea and immediately related species . From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, June, 1908. In all respects except seed like the preceding and 22929, procumbent,very vigorous, the row mass about 2 feet high, 3 to 4 feet broad;branches many, 3 to 5 feet long; leaves large, rather dark; notblooming in 1908 in 130 days. In greenhouse-grown specimens theflowers were violet purple; the pods are reddish purple, 7 to 8inches long; seeds maroon purple, rhomboid, 8 by 9 mm. 22960. From Mount-Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa, June, 1908. In vegetative characters not distinguishable from the preceding; in greenhouse-grown specimens the pods are purple or purple spotted, 6 to 7inches long; seeds buff, rhomboid, 5 to 6 mm. long, rather angular,and practically indistinguishable from those of Iron. This is verysimilar to 22929, but lacks the violet color on the seeds. No. 26405from the same source proved identical. It is also very similar to24341, from Bui. 229, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agricultur Plate Greenhouse-Grown Plant of Cowpea No. 22958, Showing the PeculiarSwelling on the Base of the Stem Characteristic of This Variety. (Natural size.) CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 121 23214. Asparagus bean. From Tangsi, Chekiang, China, July, 1908. Chinesename Chang kiang tou. Vigorous, procumbent, very viny, the rowmass 12 inches high, 2 to 1\ feet broad; branches few, 3 to 4 feetlong; leaves dark, much affected by rust; flowers pale violetpurple; prolific; pods much inflated, 10 to 14 inches long, pale, thefirst maturing in about 100 days; seeds 6 by 10 mm., reddish topurplish buff, longitudinal striae. The longitudinal darker linesthat occur on the seeds of this and other varieties are vary in number, sometimes appearing on only one side ofthe seed. In general they are all parallel to the margins of theseed. They present somewhat the appearance of being due topressure from the pod, but as the
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