306 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, Dolichos. 
They are not palatable, but reckoned wholesome substantial 
food, : 
Cattle are also fed with the seeds, and they are remarkably 
fond of the straw. It is said to make cows yield much milk. 
The other six varieties are :— 
2d. Teling. Annapa chikurkai. 
Cacara alba. Rumph. Amb. v. t. 137. 
Dolichos albus. Lour, Cochin Ch, 534. 
D. Bengalensis. Linn, Syst. 657. 
Cultivated in gardens and supported by poles or pendals, 
often forming arbours about the doors of the poor natives. 
Differs from the first variety, (.4nnapa) in being a little 
downy, with the legumes a little inclined to a curved, wedge 
shape, and is void of the disagreeable smell of Annapa, The 
tender legumes of this, and the three following varieties are 
much used by the natives in curries; the ripe seed is never 
eaten. 
_ 3d. Beng. Geea-shim, 
_ Cacara, sive Phaseolus perennus. Rumph. Amb. t, 136, 
This is larger than any of the former, is tinged with red, 
Peduneles short, with red flowers, Is also cultivated like the — 
last, and much esteemed by the Hindoos, 
Ath. Beng. Goordal-shim, 
Is a still larger variety with purple flowers in nearly sessile 
heads. Legumes broader, with the seeds more remote than 
in any of the other varieties. Is also cultivated here in the 
same manner as the two last. 
5th. Dolichos purpureus. Lour. C ochin Ch, 534, Willd. iii, 
p- 1084. 
D. lablab, Bot, Mag. 896. 
1 cannot cousider this as any thing more than a ‘pusiotal of 
lablab ,differing in colour only; the whole plant being deeply 
"tinged with red, the flower is deep red, and the legumes of a 
bright reddish purple. It is rare in Bengal, The seeds of all 
the cultivated varieties are sown about the close of the rains, 
and produce their crop during the cold season. e- 
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