AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE CEREALS. 



Mag, Guz. Harie-moong, Dec. Cheroo-poiaar, Mai. Hasaroo, 

 Can. Patchay-pyre, Panny-pyre (a var.), Tarn. Patsa-pesaloo, 

 Tel. 



Habitat. China. Cultivated widely in Northern India. 



Remarks. " Is the most esteemed of all the Legumince, and bears the 

 highest price" (Roxburgh). See P. Mungo. 



Phaseolus VUlgariS. W. Common Kidney Bean, Haricot nain. 



Linn. Syst. Diadelphia Decandria. 



Vernacular. BaJda, Loba, Hind. Dambala, Geylon. 

 Habitat. ? Cultivated widely over the world. 



Remarks. Erroneously called French Bean. Is the SoXt^os of Hip- 

 pocrates and Theophrastus, and the " Phaseolus" of Pliny according to 

 Fraas. According to Sprengel it is also the o-/zi'Xa of Dioscorides. P. 

 multiflorus (W.), is the Scarlet Kidney Bean, Scarlet Runner ', or Harricot 

 a rames. None other than the above species of Phaseolus have been, 

 returned to the Museum, but several more are cultivated in Hindoostan, 

 and in finishing with the genus it may be useful to enumerate them. 



Phaseolus alatus, W. P. cultratus, Wall. Winged Kidney Bean. 



Vernacular. Bun-burbultee, Hullounda, Hind. Katon-paera, 

 Mai. Kar-alsanda t Tel. A native of Bengal and tropical 

 America ? 



Phaseolus lunatus, W. Scymetar-podded Kidney Bean, Duffin Bean. 



Vernacular. Ooru-dumbala, Cey. A native of the East Indies. 

 Phaseolus maximus, Sloan 



No vernacular. Widely cultivated, having probably been intro- 

 duced from America. There are six varieties. 



Phaseolus trorsus, Rox. 



Vernacular. Seeta maas of the Newars. Cultivated in Nepaul. 



Phaseolus trilobus. W. Three-lobed Kidney Bean. Is edible, but 

 not cultivated. 



Vernacular. Moodaa-purnee, Sans. Triangguli, Sans. Hind. 

 Rakhal-kulay , Hind. Arkmutt, Mooganee, By. Pelli-pessara, 

 Tel. Bin-mce, Cey. A native of the East Indies. 



Pisum arvense. W. Field Pea. 



JAnn. Sygt. Diadelphia Decandria. 



Vernacular. Keiao, Beng. Bisilleh t Egypt. 

 Habitat. The Mediterranean countries. 

 Remarks. See Pisum sativum. 

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