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CHOWLIE. 
Dolichos sinensis. 
This is a very variable plant both in flower and 
seed, the latter being white, red, dun, brown, black, 
&c., and also varying very much in size. It is at 
any rate extensively cultivated and the seeds are used 
as Dal or ground up and mixed with other grains as 
flour. The green legumes are eaten as a vegetable. 
1,518. Dolichos sinensis. Dr. G. Bidie. Madras. 
5,900, 5,932. Dolichos sinensis. Kattywar. 
5,971. Dolichos sinensis. Baroda. 
6,041. Dolichos sinensis. Dharwar. 
6,083. Dolichos sinensis. Aden. 
(225.) Dolichos sinensis. Surat. 
6,134. Dolichos sinensis. Ahmednugger. 
6,140, 6,155. Dolichos sinensis. Nassick. 
6,231-2. Dolichos sinensis. Mr. V. Fretwell. Khan- 
deish. 
6,294. Dolichos sinensis. Kutch. 
386. Dolichos sinensis. Gangee Cutchee of Karachi. 
865. Dolichos sinensis. Indore. 
3,356, 3,358. Dolichos sinensis. Amritsur. 
2,209. Dolichos sinensis. India Museum. 
BURBUTTI. 
Dolichos catjang. 
This pulse is grown alike in fields and gardens, 
and is eaten dry or green. The young pods are 
esteemed as a vegetable, and the ripe seeds are split 
as Dal and used in soups and in other ways. As 
this is a strong climber it yields a considerable 
return, flowers and legumes being produced succes- 
sively as the plant continues to grow. It is difficult 
to make accurate, or even approximate estimates 
of the relative cultivation of these plants, but it 
seems to be true that this is not so much cultivated 
for its pulse as the allied species Dolichos sinensis. 
Whether botanically they are really distinct species, 
as some doubt, is not important economically, only 
that the two are so often confounded, and the names 
applied interchangeably to the seeds in collections 
sent to Europe, that it is difficult to ascertain loca- 
lities for each form separately. It is the Pee-yan of 
Pegu. 
1,517. Burbutti. Dr. G. Bidie. Madras. 
3,590. Burbutti. Oude. 
2,206. Burbutti. India Museum, London. 
MORSE GRAM. 
Dolichos uniflorus. 
The fiat, almost lenticular seeds of this gram are 
so peculiar that they are easily recognised. The 
plant is extensively cultivated in Southern India, 
where it is known as Horse gram, from its forming 
the staple food of horses and cattle. The poorer 
classes also employ it as a Dal in their soups, &c. 
It is rather a free producer, Colonel Sykes having in 
the Deccan counted 309 seeds from a moderate- 
sized plant. Roxburgh observes that “in a good 
“ soil and favourable year the produee will be sixty- 
“ fold.” In the Himalaya Dr. Stewart notes that it 
is commonly cultivated for its pulse up to 7,000 feet 
or more. It is a very useful plant since it will grow 
in a very meagre soil. 
1,515-6. Horse gram. Dr. G. Bidie. Madras. 
Used for feeding horses in the south of 
India. 
Composition in 100 parts :— 
Water ... 12'03 
Nitrogenous substances - 23 - 27 
Fat .... 2 - 20 
Starch ... 59'38 
Mineral matters - - 3T9 
961. Horse gram. Nagpur. 
6,263. Horse gram. Mr. V. Fretwell. Khandeish. 
6,291. Horse gram. Kolkapoor. 
5,913. Horse gram. Kattyawar. 
858. Horse gram. Indore. 
3,355. Horse gram. Amritsur. 
3,383. Horse gram. Kangra. 
3,413. Horse gram. Kashmir. 
6,060. Horse gram. Dharwar. 
6,117. Horse gram. Ahmednuggar. 
6,153, 6,163, 6,148. Horse gram. Nassick. 
6,177- Horse gram. Beigaum. 
2,211. Horse gram. India Museum. 
GOWAR. 
Cyamopsis psoralioides. 
This pulse is not much cultivated in fields, but is 
common as a garden vegetable in many parts of 
India. The green pods are employed as a vegetable 
in the same manner as “ French beans.” The seeds 
are relished by cattle, but do not enter largely into 
human food. The plant produces its legumes 
abundantly in succession as it grows, and is so culti 
vated that the green pods can be obtained all the 
year round. In the Punjab, Dr. Stewart States that 
it is occasionally cultivated as a hot weather crop for 
its pulse, west to the Ravi at least. The Rohtak 
Local Committee communicated to the Punjab 
Exhibition of 1864 the information that the pulse is 
there “ made into Dal, to be used principally for 
“ cattle; it is boiled in a pan, and then the grains 
“ are rubbed and worked about with the hand tili a 
“ frotli rises on the mass ; a little mustard seed oil 
“ is then added; it is given to cattle to fatten 
“ them.” 
5,930. Gowar. Kattyawar. 
5,960. Gowar. Baroda. 
(226.) Gowar. Surat. 
387. Gowar. Gangjee Cutchee of Karachi. 
2,205. Gowar. India Museum, London. 
SOY BEAN. 
Soja hispida. 
The “ Soy Bean,” called also “Japan Pea,” is 
of two kinds, one yellow, the other green. As will 
be seen below, both varieties are very identical in 
composition. 
The nutritive power of the “ Soy Bean ” is superior 
to any vegetable food substance yet discovered. It 
grows in the Himalayas, but appears to be chiefly 
cultivated in the north of China, and partieularly in 
the province of Shantung. It is calculated that 
upwards of 3,000 junks are employed in its export 
to Southern parts of the country. It is compressed 
for its oil, and the cake then used for feeding men 
and animals; it is also extensively employed for 
manure. 
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