Pimm. DIADEI.PHIA DECANDUIA. . 321 



1. C. Ternatea. Willd. iii. 101)8. 



Shrubby, twining-. Leaves pinnate. Peduncles axillary, 

 one-flowered. 



Teling. Nella dintana, the blue flowered variety; and tella 

 diutana the white. 



Sans. Asphota, f/parajUa. 



Beng. t/'^paraj/ta. 



Flos coeruleus. Humph. Anih. v. f. 31. 



Schanga cuspi. Rheed. Mai. viii. t. 38. 



Common in every hedge all over India, and in flower the 

 greater part of the year. Its root probably is not inferior to 

 jalap as a cathartic ; the powdered seed is also purgative. 



2. C. heteropkylla. Lamarck. 



Perennial, twining. Leaves pinnate. Leaflets three, five, 

 seven, or nine, from round to linear. 



It is in flower and seed the whole year. Its delicate twin- 

 ing habit, variously shaped leaves, and beautiful azure flowers 

 render it very ornamental. 



PI SUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1184. 

 Style triangular, above keeled, pubescent. Calyx with the 

 two upper segments shorter. 



P. sativum. Willd. iii. 1070. 



Petioles round. Stipules rounded at bottom and crenate. 

 Peduncles many-flowered. 



Hind, and Beng. Mutur, the Patna or common white field 

 pea, and Choota Mutur a small, round greenish variety of the 

 common gray field pea. The former is cultivated extensive- 

 ly in the fields about Patna ; and to the westward ; the other 

 variety is cultivated in every part of Bengal during' the cold 

 season. 



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