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" Wall " of India {DolicJios Lahlab, L.).— A climbing 

 perennial largely cultivated in the Tropics for its 

 unpalatable seeds, which are considered to form 

 wholesome and substantial food largely used by the 

 poorer classes. In India cattle feed on the seeds, 

 and readily eat the straw. The young pods are 

 cooked and eaten. — ' Useful Plants of India,' H. 

 Drury, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District, Cape de Verd Islands. 



Horse Gram of India {Dolichos biflonis, L. ; D. 

 icniflortis, Lam.}. — A wide-climbing plant cultivated 

 in India for the seeds, which are used for food in 

 curries, &c., by the natives, and also to feed cattle. 

 This plant yields abundantly in a good soil. — 

 ' Treasury of Botany,' Lindley and Moore, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District, Cape de Verd Islands. 



Pigeon Pea, Congo Pea, "Dhal" of \r\A\2,{Cajanus 

 indiciLs, Spreng.). — Erect shrub, eight to ten feet 

 high, cultivated throughout the Tropics for the seeds, 

 which are used as food by the poorer inhabitants and 

 negroes, and is esteemed as a wholesome pulse. The 

 seeds are commonly used in Jamaica for feeding 

 pigeons, hence the name Pigeon Pea. Horses and 

 other cattle are said to thrive on the seeds and young 

 branches. The Wahiyou strike a light by using its 

 wood and a reed. — ' History of the Dichlamydeous 



