94 Notes on the Flora of Lucknow. [No. 2. 



From the tanks or ponds, the fields are irrigated by the water 

 being raised to the necessary height, by rude locks which are alter- 

 nately filled, and emptied, by means of closely worked wicker baskets, 

 with ropes attached, held at arm's length, between two men. From 

 the highest lock, the water ramifies in water-courses all over 

 the fields. The species of plants cultivated are numerous, and 

 consist almost entirely of those of temperate regions and which pro- 

 bably have been established in Northern India for many ages. The 

 following list, though professedly including only the plants found 

 near Lucknow, from the extensive distribution of the wheat aud 

 vetch cultivation over Northern India, comprises in reality nearly 

 all the species, cultivated in the cold season, in the couutries north- 

 west of the Soane to the Indus. 



Cultivated plants of the cold season. 



Papaver somniferum, Linn. 



Lepidium sativum, Linn. Cultivated in gardens and near wells 



in fields. 



Eruca sativa, Lam. 1 T T ,,. , •, c ,, . ., . , ,. 2 



c . . • ' T • > Largely cultivated lor their oil vieldm^ seeds, 



femapis juncea, Linn. J ° J * ° 



Brassica Napus, Linn. 



oleracea var. B. vulgaris, J) C. 



var. F. Botrytis a cauliflora, ~D C. 



Kaphanus sativus, Linn. 



Linum usitatissimum, Linn. Cultivated only for the oil yielded 

 by its seeds. 



Trigonella fcenugrsecura, Linn. Seeds used as a condiment in 

 curry. 



Cicer arietinum, Linn. Gram, of Europeans ; a white flowered 

 and large-white seeded variety is cultivated at Lucknow under the 

 name of Kaboolee chunna. 



Medicago sativa, D C. Cultivated very sparingly by the natives, 

 as fodder for horses. 



Vicia Faba, Linn. 

 „ Lens. 

 „ sativa, Linn. 



Lathy r us sativus, Linn. 



Pisum sativum, Linn. 



