234 FABACE*. 



burgh, these and the four last mentioned cultivated varieties of L. 



vulgare, may be called the kidney-beans of the Asiatics. 



n. rectum ; Pods straight ; seeds reddish ; flowers, white, large, «tt?^ f*f5T 



Panch-shim. 

 ^.falcatum minus; Pods falcate, size of the little finger; flowers 



white, largish. ?t*nTC^ f«fsr Bag honuko- shim, 

 ■y.falcatum majus ; Pods falcate, much longer than inj3; flowers pur- 

 ple. TS^ f^F^ f^fSf Dood-pituli-shim. 

 §. gladiatum, flore albo ; Pods gladiate-clavate, length of the little 



finger. -^^ STt^Itt" ^f^ t^ Sada-jamai-puli-shim. 

 8. gladiatum, fiore purpurea ; Flowers reddish purple ; pods as in 7. 



f<1^^ Wtsrt'^ *tf^ t^T Pitulee-jamdi-puli-shim. 

 p. macrocarpum ; the largest of all. Fl. red ; pods 6-8 inches long ; 

 seeds black with a white eye. t^f^ f*W Gychi-shim. 

 Pachyrrhizus, Rich. (DC.pr. 2, p. 402; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 251.) 

 1. angulatus. Rich. (DC. I. c; — W. and A. I. c. ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 53. — Dolichos bulbosus, L. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 309 ; — Rumph. 5, 

 t. 132.) *f<P? ^^ Shukur-aloo. % r^ S. America. Cultivated in 

 India. Fl. largish, blue, R. and C. S. ; fr. Feb. and March. Root 

 tuberous, like a turnip in consistence and taste, eaten by the Malays. 

 No other part of the plant is used. 

 PsoPHOCAEPus, Neck. (DC. pr. 2, p. 403; — If. and A. pr. 1, p. 

 252.) 

 1. tetragonolobus, DC. (/. c. ; — IV. and A. I. c. ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 52. — Dolichos tetragonolobus, L. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 305 ; — 

 Rumph. 5, t. 133.) Ftf? C^«l1 f*f^ Chart- kona-shim. Goa Bean. 

 Chevaux de Prize Bean. © /^ S. America ? Cultivated in India, and 

 the Mauritius. In the latter place it is called Pois carr^. Fl. large, 

 blue, C. S. ; fr. Feb. and March. Pods used like French beans. 

 Canavalia, DC. (pr. 2, p. 403 ;— fF. and A. pr. I, p. 252.) 



1. gladiata, DC. (0. c. p. 404 ;— fT. and A. o.c.p. 253 ;— J. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 52. — Dolichos gladiatus, Jacq. icon. rar. 3, t, 560 ; — Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 3, p. 300. excl. syn. Sloane. D. ensiformis. Lour. ex. pte. ; — 

 L. }—Rheed. 8, t. 44 ,— Rumph. 5, t. 135,/. 1.) STt^^ f*f5r Makhnn- 

 shim. Q/. v^ Fl. large, R. S. ; fr. C. S. Its half-grown pods afford a 

 passable vegetable. 

 a. erythrosperma, flore rubra. Flowers and seeds red. ?^ STt^'^T f^fSf 



Rung.makhvn-shim. Cultivated, 

 p. erythrosperma, flore albo. Seeds red ; flowers white. C^tF *tW 



^\'^ f^fSJ ChotO'Sada-makhun-shim. Cultivated, 

 y. leucosperma. Flowers and large seeds white. ^^ *ftlf1 STt^ f*f^ 

 Buro-sada-makhun-shim. Pods about two feet long, often twenty- 

 seeded, 'i'his variety is considered the most wholesome of them 

 all, and is extensively used at the tables of Europeans, as well as 

 by the Natives of Silhet, where the plant is indigenous. 



