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This bean is by far too rieh for employment as a 
food alone, and should therefore be mixed with sub- 
stanees poor in “ muscle-giving ” constituents, in 
Order that the one may be brought up and the other 
down to the nutritive Standard of wheat. Properly 
employed in this ivay, the “ Soy Bean ” is likely to 
prove of great value. 
The plant itself has the charaeter of a shrub. It 
branches near the ground, and attains a height of 
from three to nearly four feet. The stalks are too 
woody for fodder in the dried state. 
COMPOSITION. 
Yellow variety. 
Per cent. 
on Moist. 
Per lb. 
on Moist. 
Moisture ----- 
Nitrogenous matter* 
Patty matter - 
Starcli, &c. - 
Potash - 
Soda ------ 
Sesquioxide of iron - - - - 
Lime ------ 
Magnesia - 
Phosphoric acid - 
Sulphuric acid - - - - 
Clilorine - 
Sand, &c. ----- 
Nitrogen in nitrogenous matter 
Sulphur in ditto - - - - 
12-000 
36-089 
18*075 
29-762 
1-716 
0-068 
0-039 
0*218 
0-354 
1-061 
0-241 
Trace 
0-150 
ozs. grs. 
1 403 
5 340 
2 392 
4 337 
119 
5 
3 
15 
25 
74 
17 
11 
99-773 
16 000 
—9 
5-73 401 grs. 
0-137 10 grs. 
COMPOSITIOX. 
Green variety. 
Per cent. 
on Moist. 
Per lb. 
on Moist. 
Moisture - 
Nitrogenous matter* ... 
Patty matter - 
Starcli, &c. 
Potash - 
Soda ------ 
Sesquioxide of iron ... 
Lime ------ 
Magnesia - 
Phosphoric acid - 
Sulphuric acid - - - . 
Chlorine ----- 
Sand, &c. * 
12-000 
38*919 
16-966 
28-215 
1-731 
0-026 
0-034 
0-237 
0-355 
1-162 
0-240 
Trace 
0-114 
ozs. grs. 
1 403 
G 98 
2 315 
4 224 
121 
2 
3 
17 
25 
81 
17 
7 
99‘909 | 16 000 
♦Nitrogen in nitrogenous matter - 
Sulphur in ditto - 
G’180 434 grs. 
0*191 14 grs. 
2,257. Soy Bean. India Museum, London. 
HORSE BEAN. 
Faha vulgaris. 
The common field bean or horse bean of Britain is 
rare in India, but it seems to have been cultivated 
in a few loealities, especially in the north of India, 
although not of much repute. Its Hindustaniname 
is Bakla, and in the Punjab it is known as Chastang, 
modified in Ladak to Nakshan. 
3,408. Horse Bean. Kashmire. 
MUTT. 
Phaseolus aconitifolius. 
The plant is low and herbaceous, the leaves are so 
deeply cut as to be almost palmate. It is seldom 
sown alone, and ripens in November-December. 
Split, it forms one of the Dals, and ground into flour 
is used for bread and cakes by the natives, and sotne- 
times is used mixed -with wheat flour. The steeped 
grain is also given to cattle. The plant after the 
seeds are removed is used as fodder. Two varieties 
are cultivated, the white and black, in the higher 
provinces of India. It is commonly cultivated as a 
hot-weather crop all over the Punjab plains, hut 
chiefly in the arid parts with light soil. 
385. Mutt. Thawur Hindoo of Boobuc. Sind. 
813. Mutt. Berar. 
3,352. Mutt. Amritsur. 
3,412. Mutt. Kashmir. 
3,620. Mutt. Oude. 
971. Mutt. Motedall. Nagpur. 
5,965. Mutt. Baroda. 
2,240. Mutt. India Museum, London. 
3,612. Phaseolus sp. (Bhutwan). Oude. 
GREEN GRAM. 
Phaseolus Roxburghii. 
According to Walter Elliot, “this is perhaps the 
“ most esteemed of all the pulses, thougli not the 
“ most extensively grown. It bears a higher price, 
“ and is more in request among the better classes, 
“ entering largely into many of the more delieate 
“ dishes, and cakes, such as the paparam or relish 
“ cakes, and those baked for religious ceremonies. 
“ Mixed with grain it is considered to be strengthen- 
" ing for horses; the straw makes good fodder for 
“ cattle.” 
There are several varieties distinguished by the 
size and colour of the seeds, and the plant has awide 
distribution in India. The grain is split for Dal, or 
ground into meal. In the hills it is cultivated up to 
6,500 feet. There has been, and still is, considerable 
confusion of this species with Phaseolus mungo, and 
P. max. so that it is difficult to determine in many 
cases which is really intended, and the native names 
alike seem to partake of this uncertainty, and there 
fore give very little help towards the determination 
of species in the absence of specimens. 
1,519. Green gram. Dr. G. Bidie. Madras. 
3,566, 3,606, 3,568. Green gram. Oude. 
8,808,8,818. Green gram. Rajshahje. 
7,831. Green gram. 
8,804. Green gram. Howrah. 
7,898. Green gram. 
8,801. Green gram. 
5,934-5. Green gram. Kattyawar. 
5,947, 5,961. Green gram. Baroda. 
6,033, 6,037 ?, 6,038. Green gram. Dharwar. 
6,079. Green gram. Aden. 
6,111,6,113. Green gram. Surat. 
6,14.9, 6,154, 6,157, 6,173. Green gram. Nassick. 
6,179. Green gram Beigaum. 
6,208, 6,213. Green gram. Tanna. 
6,259-62. Green gram. Mr. V. Fretwell, Khan- 
deish. 
6,280, 6,282. Green gram. Ahmednugger. 
6,292. Green gram. Kolkapoor. Ahmednugger. 
6,298. Green gram. Kutch.