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0. ensiformes. A large smooth twiner ; leaflets ovate, pointed ; 

 Hewers rather large, of a beautiful pink; sometimes purplish, 

 in long-sfcalked i*acemes ; pod large, plautain-shaped. Oaora. Pretty 

 common in hedges. A variety is commonly cultivated for food. 



21. Phaseolus. Bracts usually conspicuous ; keel much twisted ; 

 pod more or less cylindrical. 



P. trilobus. A straggling plant ; leaflets ovate, usually 3-lobed ; 

 flowers small, yellow, in long- stalked racemes or heads, Arkmath, 

 jangli math. Common and unattractive. It varies greatly in hairi- 

 ness. P. mungo, urid, mung ; P. aconitifolius, math ; P. rostratus, 

 haldhonda ; and P. vulgaris, French bean, are all cultivated. 



22. Vigna. Like the last, but the keel much less twisted. 



V. vexillata. Twining, with broad ovate acute leaflets ; flowers 

 rather large, pink, few together at the end of a long stalk, fragrant; 

 pod 3 or 4 inches long, many-seeded, hairy. Birambol, halula 

 Pretty common in the Konkan and found at Mahableshwar. The 

 haadsome flowers remind one strongly of the sweet-pea, but 

 without its delicacy. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. H. 



V. catiang is the cultivated chaoli. 



23. Clitoria. Flowers very showy; leaflets up to 7; standard 

 spoon-shaped, very large. 



C. ternatea. A beautiful climber; leaflets ovate ; flowers solitary, 

 deep blue and white, with 4 long bracts ; pod straight and thin. 

 Bhovera, Kdjali. Common in hedges in many parts, and atonce 

 noticeable by the size and shape of the standard. 



24. Dolichos. Petals usually equal in length ; pod flat, recurved. 



D. lablab, pauti. Cultivated in the Konkan as a cold- weather 

 crop, and D. biflorus, hulti, cultivated in the Deccan. 



25. Cylista. Corolla enclosed in a large scarious calyx, and petals 

 equal in length ; pod small, oblique, enclosed in the calyx. 



C. scariosa. Leaflets ovate, wrinkled, downy; flowers in racemes; 

 corolla yellow, red streaked, hidden in the large, withered-looking 

 calyx ; a bract of the same shape soon falls off. Bdngdora. The 

 Konkan and Ghauts. Very common in Salsette. 



26. Cajanus. An erect shrub ; petals equal in length ; pod 

 straight, tipped with the style. 



0. indicus. Pigeon pea. Silky, leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, 

 lanceolate ; flowers yellow, often veined with red, 2 or 3 inches 

 loug. Tur, Ddl. Cultivated all over India for the grain, and the 

 stalks used in making gunpfNrder. 



