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Lens ewulenta, Mooncli. ; Erouin Lens, Liun. The lentil, widely culti- 

 vated throughout India, but not very hirgi.'ly iu the Bombay Presidency, 

 where ifc would not perhaps occupy in all 2<»,0UU acres. Its native 

 country is uncertain. UeCandoUe says that it appears to have existed 

 in W. Temperate Asia, Greece, and Ital}' from early prehistoric times. 

 See AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. G21. — A'eiix. Masiir. 



Pachyrhiziis inir/idaliif!, Kich. ; Fl. B. I. v. 2, p, 207. The Vam bean. 

 Occasionally, though not commonly, grown in gardens, for its tuberous 

 root which is eaten boiled. It is not known in a wild state, but is 

 cultivated more or less widely throughout the Tropics. See Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 0, part 1, p. 1. 



Pmphocarpus tetvaijoiwlohas, DC; El. B. 1. v. 2, p. 211; Woodr. 

 Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 207. Tlie Ch'vavx de /rise henn. A twininj; 

 plant with square pods G-9 in. long, with much crisped and toothed 

 wings on the angles. The young fruit is sliced and boiled as a vegetable. 

 — Vkiix. Chaudhciri; Gherda. 



Pisum satii'um, Linn. ; Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 181 ; "Woodr. Gard. in Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 263. The cultivated pea. The white round-seeded variety is 

 cultivated, but not largely, in Bombay as a field-crop. The garden 

 varieties are grown, as a rule, only iu the gardens of Europeans. In 

 the Deccan, if sown after the first rain has fallen, they produce excellent 

 crops of well-flavored peas. The native country of the cultivated pea 

 is uncertain, but the species seems to have existed in AV. Asia before ifc 

 was cultivated. See AVatt, Diet. Ejon. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 277. 

 — Vkun. Matd)'. 



Pisum arvense, Linn. ; Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 181. The gvey or field-pea. 

 This is also grown as a cold-weather field-crop, and the small marbled 

 seeds used by the natives in the same w-ay as Dhdl. See VA^atfc, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 276. 



SuBORDEii II. CJESALPINE^. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves 1-2-pinnate, simple or 3- 

 foliolate, usually stipulate. Leaflets usually many ; stipels 0, or very 

 rarely present and verv minute. I'lowers various in size and color, 

 irregular (rarely regular), usually hermaphrodire, racemose, rarely 

 cymose, very rarely spicate, the racemes axillary, lateral, or panicled at 

 the apices of the branches. Calyx usually 5-, sometimes 4-merous from 

 the fusion of the 2 upper lobes, divided to the summit of the disk that 

 lines the short or long calyx-tube, very rarely (some Bauhinias) gamo- 

 sepalous ; sepals imbricate, rarely valvate. Petals usually 5 (rarely 

 fewer or 0), the upper innermost in bud, the others variously imbricate. 

 Stamens 10 or fewer (very rarely oo ) ; filaments usually free, rarely 

 coherent, more or less unequal ; anthers various. Ovary free or sup- 

 ported on a stalk which is more or less adnate to the disk-bearing 

 calyx-tube. Pod dehiscent or indehiscent, sometimes divided by many 

 transverse septa. Seeds various ; albumen copious, scanty, or ; 

 radicle straight or slightly obliq)ie, hidden between the cotyledons or 

 shortlv exsin-led. 



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