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Plants of the Punjab. 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Phaseolu: lunatus, 

 Lima Bean, 



Lohija. 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. i. 200. 

 The Plains. 

 Cultivated. 



biennial, stems twining first minutely downy, then 

 almost smooth ; leaves of 3 leaflets, leaflets nearly equal, 

 usua ly lobed, margins entire, lateral almost sessile, end 

 one long-stalked, stipules small, basifixed flowers small, 

 greenish yellow, in loose short-sta ked, many -flowered 

 racemes, 6 'n. long, bracts small, soon falling off, bracteoles 

 minute, calyx y-g- in., teeth all very short, corolla hairy 

 outside, keel very long forming a spiral beak, stamens 10, 

 all united but the upper one, style much twisted, bearded 

 down the side ; pod 2-3 by |-|in., upper suture recurved, 

 lower rounded, oblong, seeds 2-4 large, wh te or mottled. 

 The young beans are cooked like French beans, w^hen older 

 they are shelled, the seed- alone are boiled and eaten. 



Phaseolus vulgaris, 

 French or Kidney 

 Bean, 



Bakia, loha, hahri. 

 Leguminos.®. 

 F. B. 1. li 200. 

 The Plams to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Cultivated. 



like the last species, but annual, flowers white, pint, 

 or lilac, longer, racemes few-flowered, bracteoles persistent, 

 ovate, pods 4-6 in., linear, straight. Cultivated for its 

 green pods. 



Phaseolus Mungo, 

 A ar. radlatus. 

 Green Gram, 



Mung. 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 203. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 



like the last species, but more hairy, stipules ovate, 

 leaflets rarety lobed, flowers yellow, crowded in a round 

 raceme, pods much smaller, a little recurved, seeds green, 

 3'ellow or black. Cultivated for its seeds which are eaten 

 as dal. 



Phaseolus 

 calcaratus, 



Gliurush. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 203. 

 The Plains, 

 7,000 ft. 



Valleys below Sin 

 Col ett). 

 Bruffh. 



like the last species, but stipules 'anceolate, racemes 

 not round, bracteoles linear, seeds red o" cream colour. 

 Cultivated both for food and fodder. 



