■jon natural cross-fertilization in india. 



5. Beans. 



One case of natural crossing in beans {Vicia faba, L.) has been 

 met with at Piisa. In 1909, eight single plants were sown, of which 

 seven bred true and one split as regards the colour of the seeds. 

 The eight cultures belonged to two varieties, one with green seeds 

 the other with black seeds. The four lines with green seeds bred 

 true, one line of the black seeded variety gave six plants with 

 green seed and eight with black or blackish seeds. The other 

 three black seeded Hnes bred true. 



5. Othee leguminous crops. 



Lentil. The flowers of the lentil [Lens esculenta, Moench.) 

 have not yet been studied in detail by us. Eight single plant 

 cultures were made in 1908 and in all cases bred true. 



Gram. Several distinct varieties of gram {Cicer arietinum, L.) 

 occur mixed together in the crop as ordinarily grown in India. In 

 1909, 12 single plants were selected which bred true. 



San. In San {Crotalaria juncea, L.) no cases of natural cross- 

 ing have been observed yet between the two varieties of this crop 

 described by us in a previous paper.' 



I Howard and Howard, Memoirs of the Drpartmcnt of Adiirulturc in India (Botanical 

 Series), Vol. Ill, No. 3, 1910. 



