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KUKREE. Cucumis Utilissimus. Green Cucumber. A large, 

 coarse kind of cucumber, sown with the melons and other fruit, 

 in the beds of rivers. 



KULAEE. Phaseolus Trilobus. Three-lobed Bean. Sown like 

 other Native beans. 



KULMEE SAG. Convolvulus Repens. Creeping Bind Weed. 

 This grows wild ; the leaves are eaten by the Natives. 



KULT'HEE. Dolichos Biflorus. Two-flowered Bean. This is 

 grown in fields after the rains, and chiefly used for cattle ; when 

 given to horses it must first be boiled ; they soon become very 

 fond of it, and keep in as good condition as upon any other 

 grain. 



KUEBOOZAH. Cucumis Melo. Melon. See Melon. 



KUREELA. Momordica Charantia. Bitter Hairy Gourd, This 

 is a creeper, sown at the commencement of the rains, and may 

 be continued during the cold season ; it is a bitter fruit, very 

 rough skinned, and from four to five inches long ; the edges 

 have a very wrinkled appearance ; when ripe it is of a beautiful 

 deep red and yellow. The Natives fry and eat them, but they are 

 principally used in curries ; they require to be soaked in salt 

 and water before dressing. They sell from one to two pice a 

 seer. 



KURSUMBUL KE PuLLiE. Dolichos Lunatus. Duffin Bean. 

 This is a very fine sort of large bean, and when dressed resem- 

 bles the Windsor ; it is grown like all other beans that require 

 sticks for support. 



LAL SAG. Amarantus Giganticus. Spinach. The leaves of 

 this plant is eaten as a spinach ; it is generally sown broad-cast, 

 and procurable all the year round. 



LOOBEA. Dolichos Sinensis, Asparagus Bean. This bean is 

 sown at the commencement of the rains ; it has a very long and 

 slender pod, and is boiled and eaten as French beans ; the bean 

 itself is small. 



LUSSTJN. Allium Sativmn. Garlic. See Garlic. 



MATKEE BHAJEE, Amarantus Oleraceus. Greens. There are 



