PHASEOLUS RADIATUS. 



best on the heavier classes of soils, and differs in this respect from mung, which prefers 

 light sandy ground. It is harvested similarly to mung, and the fodder afforded by its 

 stems and leaves forms no unimportant portion of its produce. The plants suffer 

 greatly from mildew if there is a long continuance of damp winds from the east, and the 

 flowers are reported to be often damaged by thunderstorms, by the lightning as popular- 

 ly supposed, but more probably by the heavy downpour of rain which accompanies it. 



Its average outturn per acre when grown alone is about 5 maunds grain with three 

 times this weight of straw. When grown with other crops its outturn varies enor- 

 mously, since it is not sown in any definite proportion. In seasons of good rainfall it 

 is often choked by the luxuriant growth of its principal crop, but when rain is scanty 

 or ill-timed, it comes to the fore and contributes the greater proportion of the outturn. 



The following table shows the average area under urd alone during the past three 

 years in the 30 temporarily settled N.-W. Provinces Districts : — 





Meerut 

 Division. 



Rohilkhand 

 Division. 



Agra 

 Division. 



Allahabad 

 Division, 

 excluding 

 Jaunpur 

 District. 



Benares 

 Division, 

 including 

 Basti and 

 Gorakhpur 

 Districts 

 only. 



Jhansi 

 Division. 



Knmaun 

 Division, 

 including 



Tarai 

 District 

 only. 



Total. 





acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



Irrigated, 



2,614 



126 



68 



178 



6,898 



20 



160 



10,064 



Unirrigated, 



87,369 



1,12,142 



4,375 



5,092 



27,007 



8,750 



3,696 



2,48,431 



Total, 



89,983 



1,12,268 



4,443 



5,270 



33,905 



8,770 



3,856 



2,58,495 



This represents, however, but a very small fraction of the total area on which urd is 

 grown, and if the area be included on which it is sown as a subordinate crop, the total 

 would be at least twelve times as large as this. No statistics are available respecting 

 the area under urd in Oudh and in the 5 permanently settled N.-W. Provinces Districts. 



It may be mentioned that the seed of urd (or mdsli) is the reputed origin of the 

 weight known as mdsha, twelve of which go to the tola, and 960 to the seer. 



Explanation of Plate X. 



This plate should have been arranged so as to have been looked at lengthways in order to show the trailing habit 

 of the plant. 



1 . Flowering extremity of plant, 



2. Single leaf, J nat. size. 

 3 & 4. Back and front views of flower, 



I nat. siz 



5. Side view of flower with standard and \ 



wings removed, >nat. size. 



G. Raceme of pods, J 



