15 





ft 



la. ix. 2 (1911), " Phaseolus," pp. 224-228, 

 2. Jan. 1919, "The Use of Brazilian Beans for Feeding 

 Purposes/' pp. 1239-1240. 



Vigna Catiang, Walp. ; Cow Pea, Catiang Bean. 



Annual, climbing upwards of 6 ft. Tropics, Sub-tropics and 



countries with long hot summers. The green pods and ripe seeds 



are used everywhere as food and the plant as fodder. There are 



many varieties under cultivation, differing in size and colour 

 I of the seed and in habit, the white seeded kinds being generally 



I considered the best. A form with long pods is sold by market - 



I gardeners in India (Watt) and the young pods of " Doliqu 



Mongette " are eaten in France and Italy (Vilmorin) as a 

 I substitute for "French Beans." The Cow Pea is one of the 



f standard forage crops, for hay and pasture, in the S. United 



States (Lyon and Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. PI. Ind. 



Bull. No. 59, 1904, p. 47). As a forage crop it is recommended 

 W in N.S. Wales for cultivation with "Maize" (Zea Mays) up the 



stems of which the vines climb (Hadfield, Agric. Gaz. N.S. 

 ^ Wales, Aug. 1914, p. 657), and it is similarly grown in India 



(Watt). For feeding pigs it is estimated that an acre of ripen- 

 [ ing cow-peas will pasture 15 to 20 animals for several weeks 



[ , (Queensland Agric. Journ. vi. 1900, p. 269). 



la. ix. 2 (1911) pp. 228-230. 



I Dolichos biflorus, Linn. ; Horse Gram, Kulti or Kulthi (India). 



Annual,. 3 ft. India, Burma, Ceylon. Tropical Africa, etc. 

 I The imports into the United Kingdom are in the main probably 



I from British India, the returns not being readily separated from 



those of other kinds of M gram." Important as food and fodder. 

 I Church states that the long continued use of the beans as food 



I is regarded as injurious; they are reputed in some districts to 



cause oedema tous swellings. 



la. ix. 2 (1911) p. 234. 



Dolichos Lablab, Linn.; Lablab Bean, Indian Butter Bean, 

 Hyacinth Bean, Bonavist Bean (West Indies). 



Annual climber, 10 to 15 ft. There me two well marked 

 varieties — one with white flowers and white seeds, the other 

 with violet flowers and seeds dark-brown to black. Tropical Asia. 

 Africa, and America. Used as food, both the green pods and 

 ripe seed. Dr. Leather ( Agric. Journ. India, i. 1906, " Cyano- 

 genesis in Plants," p. 224) has found prussic acid in the seeds: 

 but some seeds (brown) recently submitted to Kew for identifica- 

 tion were found by Dr. Yoelcker to be free from any cyanogenetie 



glucoside. 



la. ix. 2 (1911) pp. 



Cajamis indicus, Spreng.; Pigeon Pea, Congo Pea, Angola 

 Pea, Dhol or Dhal (India), Bombay Tare.* 



Perennial, usually grown as an annual, 8 to 9 ft. The 

 principal source of supply to the United K ingdom is B ritish 



* Seed submitted to Kew, for identification, under this name. 



