232 fabacejE. 



f*f5T ^t^tSnt Shim-batrajee. © r^ Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Fl. largish, yellow, and fr. C. S. 

 2.umflorus, Lam. {BC. pr. 2, p. 398; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 248; — 

 J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 52, — D, biflorus, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 313 ; not 

 L.) ^5f«t <p3rt^ Kooltho-kulay . /^ Coromandel, where it is chiefly- 

 found in a cultivated state, and called Horse-gram plant. Also culti- 

 vated in the Deccan and Bengal, (Serarapore.) Fl. small, sulphur, 

 and fr. C, S. Seeds grey. Produce about sixty-fold in a good soil and 

 favorable season. 



p. melanospermus. Seeds jet black. 



Seeds of both varieties are employed on the Coast of Coromandel pro- 

 miscuously to feed cattle, and in times of scarcity, as an article of 

 food among the Natives. Cattle are fond of the straw. (Roxb.) 

 d.falcatus, Klein. (DC. pr. 2, p. 398 ■,—W. and A. pr. \,p. 249 ,—Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 3, p. 311, excl. syn. Pluk. and Lour. — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 52.) % r^ Peninsula of India. Fl. large, bluish purple. In H. C. G. 

 fl. and fr. Jan. and Feb. {Roxb.) 

 4.pilosus, Roxb. (fl. ind. 3, p. 312 i—DC. pr. 2, p. 397 ;—W. and A. 

 pr. I, p. 249.) ^t<t>r<l <P^t^ Takuri-kulay. %. /^ Circars. Travancore. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Prome. Nepal. Fl. large, blue, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 Cattle eat the straw of this plant. (Roxb.) 

 5. sinensis, L. (W. and A. pr. 1, p. 250. excl. omnibus syn. prseter Cat- 

 jang.) ?<f1% Burbuti. © r\ Commonly cultivated. Fl. largish, R. S. ; 

 fr. C. S. 

 a. eccremocarpus. (D. sinensis, DC. pr. 2, p. 399 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 



302, excl. D. sesquipedalis, L. ;—B. M. 48, t. 2232;—/. Grah. 



Cat. B. pi. p. 52; — Rumph. 5, t. 134.) Fl. lilac-purplish; fr. pen- 

 dulous. 



aa. leucospermus. Seeds white. Most esteemed for the table. 



(3B. phceospermus. Seeds brown. 

 |3. orthocarpus. (D. tranquebariensis, Jacq. hort. vind. 3, t. 70 ; — DC. 



pr. 2, p. 400.— D. Catjang, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 303 ; — not L— 



Rheed. 8, t. 41 ?) Fl. pale blue, greenish yellow ; fr. erect. 



(la. leucospermus. Seeds white. 



(ilB.phoROspermus. Seeds brown. 



-yy. melanospermus. Seeds black. 

 e. vexillatus ? Kth. (DC. pr. 2, p. 339.) Fl. pale blue. S. America, R. 

 S. 1840. 



7. unguiculatus, Jacq. (Hort. vind. 1, t. 23; — DC. pr. 2, p. 400; — Roxb. 

 H. B.p. 55.) © ^ Barbadoes. In H. C. G. fl. and fr. C. S. (Roxb.) 



8. gangeticus, Roxb. (/. ind. 3, p. 310.) <f- % /^ Banks of the Ganges. 

 Fl. large, yellow. In H. C. G. fl. and fr. whole year. (Roxb.) This 

 species we have not seen. In Wall. Cat. it is only marked: " Hb. 

 Roxb." The Bengalee name, bun-burbuli, is by the Natives here ap- 

 plied only to P. rostratus, Wall. 



