226 LEGUMIN08M. [ Phaseolfs. 



is known tinder the name of Krishna mung. It is nndoulDtedly an intro-^ 

 duction and proba^Dly from China. The mung of the Upper Gangetic Plain 

 is invariahly sown as a mixed crop in fields of millet or cotton. Excessive 

 rainfall is injurious to it, but in seasons of scanty rainfall, it comes in as 

 a very vaKiable subordinate crop. The grain is very nutritious, and ia 

 much eaten in the form of ddl. The stalks and leaves, though not so 

 valuable as those of moth, Sire in Upper India much used as fodder. 

 The flour of green gram is said to be an excellent substitute for soap. 



6. P. Mungo, Linn Mant.i, 101 ; Train in Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. LXVI, 

 ft. a, 50 Sf 423 P. Wightii, ir , ^ ^. Proc? 24:5. Yevn. TiJcarL Stems 

 scandent or subscandent, seeds black. This is the typical and wild 

 form of urd as Tiamed by Linnaeus ; and, in the opinion of Dr. Praia, may 

 not be varietably distinct from the next. 



Form 2. Eoxburgbii ; Prain. l.c P. radiatus, Boxh. Fl. Tnd. Hi, 296 

 (not of Linn.) ; Royle III. 190, P. Eoxburghii, W. ^ A. Prod. 246. P. 

 Mungo, var. radiatus, F. B. I. ii, 303 (in part) ; Watt E.D. Vern. Urd, 

 mdsh-kalai. 



Stems longer and more trailing than those of the mung (P. radiatus) ; 

 whole plant much more hairy with reddish-brown pulDescence, which 

 gives the foliage a lighter tint ; leaves larger ; the pods are nearly erect, 

 very hairy, and with fewer seeds, which are larger and longer than 

 those of m,img, and usually dark-brown, and sometimes of a dull 

 greenish-grey colour. 



Urd is very largely grown in the Upper Gangetic Plain, especially in the 

 Meerut and Kohilkhand divisions. It is the most highly valued of 

 all the P^aseoftis pulses. Two distinct kinds are cultivated, the one 

 with large black or dark-brown seed- ripens in August and September, 



. the other with rather smaller greenish seeds ripening in October 

 and November. Both prefer rather a heavy class of soil. It is 

 generally sown as a subsidiary crop, but sometimes alone. Like 

 m.ung it is liable to suffer when the rainfall is excessive. The grain is 

 often given as a fattening food to cattle and horses, and the straw is 

 considered to be an excellent fodder. The seed is the reputed origin 

 of the weight known as m,asha, twelve of which goto thetol^, 43'") 

 to one pound. 

 1' "P. svLblolasitns, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 54; Fl. Ivd. Hi, 2^8; Prain in 



Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. LXVI, %>t. ii, 423. C. trinervius, Heyne; W. Sf A. 



Prod. 245 ', D.^ U.Bomh. Fl 71; F. B I. ii, 203; Watt E. D.-Vera. 



Gora-rnung (Beng.). 



Annual or perennial. Stems twining, 3-5 ft. long, densely clothed with 

 long spreading reddish hairs. Leaflets 2-4) in. long, ovate, acute, entire 

 or slightly lobed, dark-green, persistently pilose on both snrff\ees. 

 Eacemes 6-12 fld., on long and very hairy peduncles. Corolla greenish- 

 yellow or reddish, 3-4 times the calyx. Pods 2-2^ in. long, 10-15-seeded, 

 densely silky at first. 8eeds dark-grey, separated by membranous 

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