296 UIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. PhttSeoluS. 



13. P. radiatns. Willd. iii. 1036. 



Annual, diffuse, hairy. Leaflets elliptic. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate. Horn of the keel very long-. Legumes cylindric, 

 straight, hairy. Seeds from four to six, black, with gray 

 spots. 



Benq. Mash-Kwh/y ; in some provinces of Hindoosthan it 

 is called Dord. 



Tekeree, is a small black-seeded variety. 



Sans. Maslia. 



Telhifj. Minoomoo the name of the plant, and mimoomooloo 

 the grain. 



This like the former two I have found only in a cultivated 

 state ; it is also annual. 



Stem scarcely any. Branches many, from one to three feet 

 long, procumbent, winding, somewhat angular and a little 

 twisted ; it is less hairy than the former two species, and the 

 hairs less harsh. Leaves alternate, ternate, Leajlets nearly 

 equal, oblong, pointed, slightly scolloped, both sides hairy, 

 three or four inches long and one and a half, or two broad. 

 Petioles longer than the leaflets, channelled, hairy. Stipules 

 of the petioles adjoined, oblong, pointed at both ends ; those of 

 the leaflets narrow-lanceolate, ending in a bristle. Peduncles 

 axillary, erect, shorter than the petioles, hairy ; the apex sur- 

 rounded with many flower-bearing glandular tuberosities. 

 Bracles as in the former. Floicers from four to eight in each 

 peduncle, middle-sized, yellow. C«/?/a- pretty smooth. Bayi- 

 ner, opposite to the horn of the keel is a pit, which receives 

 the horn till the flower opens. Keel, the horn mentioned in 

 the former two is here remarkably large. Leyumes nearly 

 erect, straight, cylindric, acute, two inches long-, very hairy. 

 Seeds small, from four to six, black, with gray spots. 



This sort is the most esteemed of all the Ler/ntuince, and 

 bears the highest price. Of the meal they make bread for 

 many of their religious ceremonies. It requires a similar soil 

 to green and black pessaloo, and is generally sown about the 

 latter part of the rains in November, either alone or mixed 



