96 Notes on the Flora of Luchnow. [No. 2. 



Clcer arietinum. The borders of the field, where they are conti- 

 guous to a footpath or road, are often lined by plants of castor-oi* 

 or Sesbania jEgyptica, in a single row, with Lablab vulgare and 

 cultratum twining round their stems. As the natives seldom clean 

 the seeds before sowing them, weeds spring up abundantly with 

 all the crops, and are left almost unmolested. The commonest of 

 these are Argemone tnexicana, Fumaria officinalis, var. Vaillantii> 

 the species of Sinapis cultivated for economic purposes, Saponaria 

 vaccaria, Medicago denticulata and lupulina, Melilotus parviflora, 

 Fhalaris canariensis, Ciehorium Fndivia, Convolvulus arvensis, Ana- 

 gallis arvensis, f3, ccerulea, Chenopodium album and liybridum, Asplw- 

 delus clavatus, and in wheat and barley fields, Avena fatua and 

 Lolium temulentum. 



II. — The season of Cucurbitaceous cultivation. 

 This season commences at the return of the hot weather in the 

 beginning of April, contemporaneously with the harvest of the cold 

 season crops. The most characteristic plants are Cucurbita citrullus i 

 Cucumis melo, inomordica, and utilissimus, which are extensively culti- 

 vated until the rains. During this season, the mangoe ripens its 

 fruit, also Grewia Asiatica, Mimusops Kanlci, and Artocarpus inte- 

 grifolius. These Cucurbitacese are most successfully cultivated on 

 the sandy beds of rivers, and on low lying ground, which from being 

 under water during the rains, is not available for the crops of that 

 period. 



The following species I observed, commonly cultivated in Oude, 

 in April, May and Juue. 



Cucurbitacece. 



Cucurbita Citrullus, Linn, 



— maxima, Duch. 



Pepo, Linu. 



Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser. 



Cucumis melo, Linn. 



i momordica, Eoxb. 



sativus, Linn. 



— utilissimus, Eoxb. 



Lufia pentandra, Eoxb. 



acutangula, Eoxb. 



