324 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Ciccr. 



Beng. Miisoor chuna. 



Hhid. Jhunjhuni-ankari. 



Stems numerous, slender, four-sided, smooth. Peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves, from three to six-flowered. Tendril 

 three-cleft, from ten to twelve-leaved. Leajlets sub-alter- 

 nate, linear, smooth. Stipules subulate, often pinnatifid. 

 Legumes hairy, two-seeded. Seeds globular. 



This is a small, delicate annual, a native of Bengal. It ap- 

 pears during the cold season on cultivated lands. In the in- 

 terior provinces it is cultivated for fodder. 



CICER. Schreb. gen. N. 1189. 

 Calyx five-parted, the length of the corol ; the four seg- 

 ments incumbent on the banner. Legume rhombed, turgid, 

 two -seeded. 



1. C. arietinum. Willd. iii. 1113. 

 Leaflets serrate. 



Chick pea. 



Sunaga, the Telinga name of the plant, and Sunagalloo the 

 grain. 



Beng. Boot, Boot kuluy, or Chola. 



Very universally cultivated throughout India during the 

 cold season. 



2. C. Lens. Willd. iii. 1114. 



Erect, ramous, pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, entire. 

 Peduncles two-flowered, with an abortive pedicel. Calyx 

 rather longer than the corol. Legume two-seeded. 



Beng. and Hind. Mussoor. 



This plant is cultivated to considerable extent by the na- 

 tives of Bengal, and other adjoining provinces, during the 

 cold season. 



Stem short, erect, very ramous. Branches sub-erect, angu- 

 lar, doM'ny ; whole plant from one to two feet high. Leaves 



