AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE- PULSE. 



Habitat. East Indies. 

 Remarks. First noticed by Rumphius. 



DolicllOS Uniflorus. Lam. Two-flowered Dolichos. 



Linn. Sy*t. Diadelphia Decandria. 



Vernacular. Kolutha, Sans. Kooltee, Hind. Moothera, Mai. Kol- 

 loo t Tarn. Woolawooloo, Tel. 



Habitat. East Indies. 



Remarks. The D. biflorus of Willdenow. First mentioned by Plu- 

 kenet. 



Ervum Lens. Linn. Lentil. 



Linn, Syst. Diadelphia Decandria. 



Vernacular. Mussoora, Sans. Mussoor> India. Adz, Egypt. 



Habitat. France. Widely cultivated in the Mediterranean coun- 

 tries and India. 



Remarks. Referred to Gen. xxv. 24, and the (fraicbs of Hippocrates 

 according to Sprengel, and of Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Galen, accord- 

 ing to Fraas. See Dolichos Catjang. Pliny describes it under the name 

 of " Lens" his " Ervum" being referred to Ficia Ervilia (L.), the opopos of 

 Theophrastus and Dioscorides. The "Ervilia" of Pliny, or &xp* f 

 Theophrastus, is now referred to Lathyrus Cicera (L.). The dc^a/o; of Theo- 

 phrastus and Dioscorides is the Vicia Cracca (L.), not Lathyrus Aphaca 

 (L.), which, according to Fraas, is the opopdyxrj of Theophrastus, although 

 Sprengel refers dtpaKr) to L. Aphaca. It is the Cicer Lens of Willdenow. 

 Roxburgh mentions an Ervum hirsutum (Will.) cultivated in Northern 

 India for fodder under the names of Mussoor-chuna, and Jhunjhuniankari. 

 Revalenta arabica is nothing more than Lentil bread, the name being a 

 juggle of Ervum Lens, notwithstanding the illustrated advertisement of 

 negroes digging at the roots of strange palms. 



Lablab VUlgaris. Savi. Black-seeded Dolichos. 



Linn. Sytt. Diadelphia Decandria. 



Vernacular. Bullar, Saim-ke-puttee, Walpapree, By. Wall, Sindh. 

 Mutcheh, Tota-pyre? Tain. Lobiya, Pers. Liblah, Egypt. 



Habitat. Egypt. Widely cultivated in India. 



Remarks. The Dolichos Lablab of Linneeus, first mentioned by 

 Avicenna and Serapion. There are numerous varieties, and the following 

 are enumerated by Roxburgh : 



1st. Annapa) Tel. 



2nd. Annapa-chikurkai, Dolichos albus (Lour.) and D. bengalen- 



sis, Linn. 

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