"54 Dr Christie on the Agriculture, d^'C. of the 



tioned, are cultivated in most parts of the district, and both on 

 the regur and mussub lands. 



5. Cytisus cajan, Lin. ; Toour, Duk. Dale. — This is al- 

 ways sown in rows among different kinds of grain. It is much 

 esteemed as an article of food by the natives, and is also fre- 

 quently used by Europeans in soup. There are two varieties 

 of it, the large and small. 



6. Glycine tomentosa, Lin. ; Kooltee, Duk. Madras Gram. 

 — This is extensively cultivated on different kinds of soil 

 throughout the district. It is principally used, (as in other 

 parts of the Madras territories), as food for horses. 



7. Dolichos Lablab) Lin. — It is not improbable that the dif- 

 ferent varieties of this plant, which are extensively cultivated 

 over the peninsula of India, will hereafter be found to constitute 

 several distinct species. I will notice two of these, which have 

 come under my own observation, and which have hitherto been 

 described by authors simply as varieties. The first is the Saim 

 kee pullee, Duk. This is biennial or triennial ; attains many feet 

 in length ; legumes racemed, long, scymitar-shaped. Requires 

 irrigation during the dry season, and is cultivated in gardens. 

 There are three varieties of this species, which are distin- 

 guished from each other by the colour of their flowers and seeds, 

 viz. the white, red, and green. The green legumes and ripe 

 seeds of all these varieties are favourite articles of food with the 

 natives, The white variety is Uttle inferior to French beans, 

 and is sometimes eaten by Europeans. The second is the Bul- 

 lur, Duk. This is annual, and much smaller than the former. 

 Legumes broad, 4-seeded. It is cultivated all over the penin- 

 sula. The beans ai'e generally used as food for cattle ; but in 

 many places they are also a favourite article of food with the 

 natives *. 



8. Dolichos Catiang, Lin. ; Suffaid Lobeh, Duk. — The lo- 

 beh is called Dolichos sinensis by Marshall ; but it certainly 

 agrees much better with the characters of the D. Catiang, as 

 given by Persoon. Its legumes are erect, linear, in pairs. It 

 is usually cultivated on the mussub lands, in rows, among dif- 

 ferent kinds of grain. 



• Buchanan confounds together the above two plants. At the same time, 

 he expresses a doubt whether the plant be the D. Lablab of Linnseus. 



