Phaseolus. diadelphia decandria. 295 



Aveaken if. The native farmers are perfectly sensible of tli's 

 important fact; from them it is more than likely that the 

 western parts of the old world first learned the art of chang- 

 ing' their crops. 



12. P. Max. Willd. iii. 1036. 



Annual, sub-erect, every part very hairy. Leaflvts cordate. 

 Stipules lanceolar. Legumes ascending, hairy. Seeds from 

 six to twelve, black. 



Katu uliriu. Rheed. Mai. viii. t. 50. 



Benff. Kriishna moog. 



1 doubt if this be any thin2f more than a variety of P. 

 3Innf/n, ov jMnvgo of thi>:. Nella-pessara is the Telinga name 

 of the plant, and Nella-pessaloo of the grain. 



Benff, Kala-moog. 



Hind. Kali-mung. 



Enfjl. Black Gram. 



This, like the former, I Lave only found in a cultivated 

 stale. It differs from it only in being more ramous, and if pos- 

 sible more hairy, in having the stem and branches darker co- 

 loured, and often clouded with still darker coloured spots. 

 The colour of the seeds is the only specific mark, if so trif- 

 ling a distinction can be so called. It is constant, and so far 

 as 1 have learned no change of soil, situation &c. alters it. 



This is less cultivated than Moog, the gfrain beino- some- 

 Avhat less esteemed, and of less value, the same soil suits it, 

 and it is frequently mixed and sown with other sorts of grain, 

 viz. Holcns saccharains, and Holcus sorgum, Linn. These cul- 

 miferous plants rise high and shade the black pessaloo while 

 it occupies the surface of the ground, keeping it cooler and 

 moister than it would be without it. It is sown earlier than 

 the green pessaloo, generally just before the close of the 

 rains, because it likes moisture more than the other, requires 

 about the same length of time to ripen, and yields nearly the 

 same produce. 



