^0^ OlADELrHIA DECANDKIA. DoUchos. 



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. Tclhuj. Annapa chikurkai. 



Cacara alba. Rvmph. jimb. 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, (.^nnapa) in being- a little 

 downy, with the legumes a little inclined to a curved, w edge 

 shape, and is void of the disagreeable smell o^ Annapa. The 

 lender legumes of this, and the three following- varieties are 

 much used by the natives in curries ; the ripe seed is never 

 eaten. 



3rf. Beng. Geea-shim. 



Cacara, sive Phaseolus perenniis. Rumph. Amb. t. 136. 



This is larger than any of the former, is tinged with red. 

 Peduncles short, with red fiowers. Is also cultivated like the 

 last, and much esteemed by the Hindoos. 



Aih. Be?u/. 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. 



5///. DoVichos ptir])irreus. Lour. Cochin Ch. 534. Wilid. iii. 

 p. 10N4. 



D. fabfab. Hot. Mag. 896. 



1 cannot consider this as any thing more than a variety of 

 /a/i/o6, 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. 



