1859.] Notes on the Flora of Lucknow. 99 



Canavalia gladiata, D C. Common in gardens and near native 

 houses. 



Mucuna capitata, W. and A. In gardens only. 



Batatas edulis, Choisy. 



Solan um Melongena, L. 



Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill. 



Piper Betle, L. It is extensively cultivated at some villages near 

 Bunnee, eighteen or twenty miles from Lucknow. 



Amaranthus polygamus, L. 



oleraceus, L. 



gangeticus, L. 



Basella alba, L. 



Zingiber officinale, Eoscce. 



Curcuma longa, Roxb. 



Dioscorea alata, L. 



Colocasia autiquorum, Schott. 



Zea mays, L. 



Oryza sativa, L. 



Paspalum scorbiculatum, L. 



Oplismenus frumentaceus, Roxb. 



Pennisetumi talicum, R. Br. Setaria, Beauv. 



Panicum miliaceum, Willd. 



Penicillaria spicata, Willd. 



Sorghum vulgare, Pers. 



Saccharum officinarum, L. Flowers in the rainy season, but the 

 crop is not cut until the end of the cold weather. 



Eleusiue coracana, Gartn. 



■ stricta, Roxb. 



IV. The long established plants of the native gardens, the fruit 

 and common ornamental trees of Northern India form the last portion 

 of the vegetation of Lucknow, to which I shall advert, before detail- 

 ing the indigenous Flora. 



In European gardens, are to be found in the cold season, most of 

 the annuals, common in gardens in England, and several of them 

 have become favorites with the natives, but I shall pass them over as 

 they are here without interest to the botanical student. These plants 

 of native gardens have probably been cultivated for many gener- 



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