i ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY, 
( Pisuny sativum ) the bean ( Faba vulgaris) the tare or horse pea ( Vicia sativa ) the chick 
pea, Bengal or Chinna gram of this country, ( Cicer arietinum ) and the lintel Keerum lens, all 
of them being extensively employed as food for both man aad cattle. ‘The seed of some other 
Species are considered poisonous, the seed of the bitter vetch (Ervum ervillia, D.C.) when — 
mixed with flour and made into bread are said to produce weakness of the limbs, and horses a 
fed on them become almost paralytic. The ripe seeds of the yellow vetchling ( Lathyrus 
aphaca) are narcotic, producing intense headache if eaten abundantly, but when young like — 
green peas, are harmless. The leaves of Cicer arietinum secrete an acid which the natives of 2 
India collect by spreading a cloth over-night on the plant and wringing out the dew in the — 
morning. They then use it as vinegar, or for forming a cooling drink. ee 
neral use by native jewellers as a weight, and almost unif 
young legumes as well as the seed of man 
Sat saan eans, and foe more oo the beans only, 
pods of Psophocarpus ( Dolichos) tetragonolobus or G 
able vegetable, so does the Sabre b 
itta 
bright scarlet flowers, att 
of which is well known under the name 
these toy makers, it is also generally used | 
mployed as a prop for pepper vines. : 
_ eeootenee rd, being so much used b 
es socatqnetng Catamarans, and the tree itself Sas 
: a ‘Tribe 7. Datsercier—Stamens 
