242 JOTTUNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, rol. XXVI. 



Pkuseotus Tnungo L. var. Roxburghii Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXVI 

 (1898) 423. 

 Vern, N. : Mung. 

 Log. : Cultivated in Jodhpur State (Erskine) and Jaisalmer. 



Vigna Savi. 



Vigna sp. 

 Loc. : Jodhpnr : Osian (No. 7000 !). 



Dolichos L. 



Dolichos bijiorus L. Spec. PI. (1753) 727. Horse ^ram. 

 Vern. N. : Khulat. 



Loc. : Cultivated in Jodhpur State (Erskine). 

 Distrib. : Tropics of the Ohl World. 



Cicer L. 



Cicei' arietinum L. Gram, Chickpea. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : termination of Luni river when dry ; in the following 

 parganas : Parbatsar, Bali, Sojat (Adams). 



Native country uncertain, widely cultivated throughout India. 

 Note : Gram is a '' cold weather crop, ffrown usually alone, but sometimes 

 mixed with barley ; it is found mostly in Bilara, Merta, Sojat and Pali, 

 and requires a lig^ht loamy soil, but is neither irrij?ated nor weeded. The 

 land is ploughed four times before the seed is sown in October, and is then 

 harrowed once ; if rain falls in December and January, a fine crop is 

 almost a certainty, but there is always danger of damage by fe-ost, and 

 lightning- is supposed to be injurious if the pulse be in blossom. When 

 the seedlings begin to branch and before flowers are produced, the leading- 

 shoots are sometimes nipped ofE to make the plants bushier and more 

 productive, and the cuttings are usnd as a vegetable called pansi. Gram 

 ripens from February to April, is reaped with a blunt sickle, and is gene- 

 rally uprooted ; the out-turn averages only 8| cwt. of pulse per acre, the 

 grain being split and used as dal and the fine chafl" making an excellent 

 fodder" (Erskine! 



Rhynchosia Lour. 



Rhinchosia minima DC var. laxiflora Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ' II, 223. 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Mandor (No. 6953!), Kailana (No. 69591,6958!, 



69571,6951), Barmer, rocks (No. 6950!), Kotda near Sen (No. 



69511), 25 miles N.E. of Luni (No. 6954!). Jaisalmer: Amarsagar 



(No. 6956!, 6955 !), Vinjorai rocks (No. 6952 !). 

 Distrib. of type : Tropics generally. Of variety : Deccan, S. M. 



Country, Rajputana, Siud. 

 Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 

 Note : The plants do not agree with Cooke's statement that R. minima 



has black seeds ; the ground colour is a pale olive green, mottled 



with grey and black to a varied extent. The pod is very often 



only 1 seeded, when it is about 8 mm. long and 5 mm. broad. The 



2-seeded pods are 20 by 5 mm. 



RItgnchosia rhnmhifolia spec. nov. 



Herba gracilis volubilis, circa 75 cm. longa, minutim cinerascens- 

 pubescens. Caiilis subteres. Folia membranacea, pinnatim 3-folio- 

 lata, 7 cm. attingentia, petiolo angulari, 4 cm. longo, petiolnlis 1 mm. 

 excedentibus. Foliolus terminalis rhomboideus, latior quam longus, 

 .30 mm. longus, 37 mm. latus, angulo apicali circa 120 gradus mensur- 

 ante, angulo basali largiore, apice rotundus, basi rotundus vel inter- 



