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



tnais, the tall Penicillaria spicata and Sorgum vulgare are the most 

 striking, so tall and so thickly planted are they that even on horse- 

 back the view is obscured by them. Several species such as, Paspa- 

 lum frumentaceum, Elemine coracana, yield grains little known to 

 Europeans. They are used by the poorer natives, but so inferior is 

 the nourishment they afford, that sloughing of the cornea, and other 

 diseases of debilitated constitutions are ascribed to their use. 



Tropical weeds, of the orders Lythracese, Leguminosse, Convolvu- 

 laceae, Scrophulariacese, Acanthacese, Amaranthacese, Commelynaceae, 

 are abundant. Among them are the various species of Ameletia, 

 and Ammannia, Crotalaria sericea aud niysorensis, Cassia pumila, 

 Mucuna prurita, Rhyncosia and Besmodium, Ipomoea pestigridis 

 sessiliflora and pilosa, Bonnaya serrata aud veronica/oUa, Herpestes 

 monniera, Striga densiflora, Dlgera arvensis, Amaranthus spinosus, 

 Achyranthes lappacea, Commelyna communis and Benglialensis. 

 Anileima nudiflorum, several cyperacese and graminese, priuci pally 

 of the genera Panicum, Eleusna, and Andropogon. The rains culti- 

 vation of India being widely difFused, the following list of Lucknow 

 plants consists of species found nearly all over India. 

 Cultivated Bains Plants. 



Hibiscus cannabinus, L. 



sabdariffa, L. In gardens only, introduced from the 



W. Indies. 



Abelmoschus esculentus, W. and A. 



Gossypium herbaceum, L. Produces two crops in the year, 

 one at the end of the rains, another in April. 



Crotalaria juncea, L. Largely cultivated for its fibre. 



ludigofera tinctoria, L. 



Phaseolus lunatus, L. In gardens only. 



Mungo, L. 



radiatus, Eoxb. 



. aconitifolius, Jacq. 



Dolichos sinensis, L. Three varieties with white, brown, and 

 black seeds respectively. 



Lablab vulgare, Savi. Several unimportant varieties. 



■ cultratum, D C. This species with L. vulgare, though 



rains plants, are to be found in fruit all through the cold season, 

 though otherwise then nearly dormant. 



