18. Spatholobus.] 43. TATILIONACEM. [24. Abbu*. 



of the dense racemes. Pods 3-4" by f-lf ', brown velvety, 

 stipitate. 



Common, especially in the Sal forests in the valleys. Fls. Aug.-Dec. 

 Ft. Decr.-Jany. 



The seeds give an oil nsed for cooking anu for anointing. The bark 

 gives a fibre. The red gum resembles that of Bntea. Lac is sometimes 

 collected from b<<th it and the Butea. 



Clitoria ternatea, L. The Mussel-shell creeper. 



A very pretty slender climber with large blue flowers 1J-2 7 .. 

 Usually near houses, not indigenous. 



Uicei arietinum, L. Moraijam, K. > Bhut, 8., H. ; Cbana. 

 Beng. The Gram, Chick-pea. A pretty much branched viscous herb 

 6-9" high. The rachis with pinnate leaves 1-2'' long, toothed leaflets 

 and single axillary bluish-purple flowers §-|''. Pod oblong f-1", 2-seeded. 



A common cold-weather crop. Fls., Jany.-Feby. 



Horses are largely fed on it as well as sheep. 



X>ens esculenta, Moench. (Cicer Lens, Ervnm Lens, L.) Masur, 

 Masut, Masuri-dal, H. The Lentil. Has a somewhat similar habit, 

 1-2 ft. high. The rachis of the leaves ends in a bristle or small tendril, 

 as also does the short axillary peduncle which bears about two small 

 white or pale-blae flowers. Lflts. pubescent narrow. Pod 2-seeded. 

 Fls. Jany. -March. Occasionally cultivated . 



Lathyrus sat.ivus, L. Kansari, K-, E. is a very pretty little 

 plant with winged stems, L. with 2 linear lflts. and a tendril, and solitary 

 bright blue flowers §*. Cultivated on a small scale and apparently wild.. 

 The dal if eaten largely produces paralysis both in oattle and human 

 beings. 



Tjathyrus Aphaca, L. is a small herb very interesting morpho- 

 logically from the entire reduction of the leaves to tendrils, and the 

 large development of its stipules which assume the leaf functions. Fls. 

 yellow. Not uncommon in fields. 



Pisum arvense, L. Batura, K.; Batui, Eo. ; Mata, E. The Field 

 Pfla is often cultivated. Fls. March. 



34. Aforus, u 



Shrubby or suffrnticose twiners with pari-pinnate leaves, 

 numerous lflts. and rachis ending in a point. Fls. small 

 pedicelled fascicled on the swollen nodes of axillary racemes 



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