408 XLvin, leguminos.t:, 



pubescent and glaucous beneath, reticulatelv veined ; niiiin nerve.s 

 numerous, fine, branched towards the apex, the midrib prominent, 

 fulvous-hairy ; petiolules j\ in. long. Flowers in leaf-opposed racemes 

 about as long as the leaves; pedicels |-5 in. long, sh'uder, brown- 

 pubescent; bracts \ in. long, subulate. Calyx ^-f*^ in. long, brown- 

 velvety; mouth oblique, truncate or obseuri'ly toothed. Corolla ^ in. 

 long, yellow ; standard ^ in. broad, narrowly oblong. Pods stalked, 

 '3-4 in. long, indehiscent, dee])ly constricted between the seeds and with 

 a long point at the apex, glabrous ; joints ellipsoid-oblong, veined on 

 the faces. Seeds bright-red, shining. Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 77. 

 ^\ heptajTlujlla, "Wight, Icon. t. 1155 (»o< of Linn.) ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 7!K 



Rare. Koskax ; Sfocls I S. M. Covntky : near Bclgaum, Sfoc/i;< ! ; hills K. oC 

 Eel£rainii. Dohrl/'. — DtSTinn. India (hills of W. Peninsula and Mysore). 



Sophora ionienfom, Linn., is often grown as an ornamental shrub in 

 gardens throughout the Presidency. Leaflets 15-17, alternate or 

 sometimes opposite, broadly elliptic. Corolla nearly 1 in. long, yellow. 

 Pods -jC) in. long, clothed with grey velvety down, 8-S-,iointed. Fl. B. 

 T. V. 2, p. 249 ; Grab. Cat. p. 44; Dcih. & Gibs. 8uppl.'p. 20 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420. 



The follo\\ing non-indigenous plants, not belonging to any of the 

 foregoing genera of the Suborder, are cultivated (often largely) throughout 

 the Bombay Presidency : — 



Arachh hypogaa, Liini.; Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. IGl. The Grovnd -nut or 

 ]\a-md. A native of S. America, largely cultivated throughout India. 

 After the flowers wither, the pod is forced iniderground by the plant 

 and ripens beneath the soil ; hence its specific name. The parched 

 seeds are eaten and furnish a very valuable oil resembling olive-oil. for 

 \\hicli it is used as a substitute. The pods are exported to Europe in 

 considerable quantities. See AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, ]). 2^2. — 

 Vi;rtN'. Bhui-mur/. 



Cajamis india's, Spreug. ; Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 217. The Piycon or 

 CatJJfin pea, known also as Dhil. This pulse is very largely gro^ii 

 and consumed throughout India. There are 2 varieties, one {C, Jiani.t) 

 with the standard wholly yellow and the other (0. hicolor) in which 

 it is veined with red. Its native country is uncertain. DeCandolle 

 considers it to be a native of Tropical Africa. The stalks are used for 

 making charcoal for gunpowder. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 12.-A^i;nN. Tvr. 



Cicer arutinum, Linn. ; Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 1 7t'). The Gram or Chicl- 

 piea. "Widely cultivated throughout India, where it is, in most Provinces, 

 the chief food of horses. The parched seeds are largely eaten by the 

 poorer natives. It should not be confounded with the horse-gram 

 of jNIadras, which is the seed of Dolichos hijlorus. An acid liquid 

 is obtained by collecting the dew from the leaves (see Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 274). The native country of the plant is uncertain. It 

 is not improbable that it is indigenous in the south-east of Europe. — 

 Yebn. Harhara : Chenna, 



