164 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
J] Gh fap, 440, Canavallia ensiformis, Dl. Cy, 1256. 
A., XV, 147. Pr, 294, also IK H€ B- ; 
bd BL Fap., 1462, Mucuna capitata, Wight & Arn. 
i Ea GB Fap., 1235, Lathyrus palustris, L., var linearifolins, 
a 
iy Fap., 832, Dumasia truncata, S. & Z. 
ae 
iE RE Fap., 1899, Rhynchosia volubilis, Lour., also La ia 
8 compare below Pr., 241, and 77, 473. 
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fal Bl a? | - 
855.—In the Shi king we have the term #E #% jen shi, 
which Lreae translates hy “large beans.” 468 :—Hou TSI 
planted large beans which grew luxuriantly. 
In the Rh ya [29] jen shu is given as a synonym of 7K a 
jung shu, Sux yen identifies it with the KB ta tou or 
great bean, which latter name seems to appear first in 
Fane Cuenc-cut’s book on husbandry [Ist century B.C.) 
This is the soy bean, Soja hispida, Monch. [See P» 
XXIV, 1A good drawing of the plant is found in Ch., 1, 8. 
This bean has always been considered by the Chinese as the 
most important of the cultivated leguminous plants. It is 
arewn in numerous yarieties all over the Empire, especially 
i the north, and is much esteemed for the oil yielded by its” 
seeds. The name great bean refers to the plant, not to the 
seeds, which are small, of the size of a pea. ; 
The soy bean is also largely cultivated in Japan. It is 
described and figured under the Chinese name «Hi 
Amen, evot., 838, and So moku, XTLL, 18-21. 
The soy bean is much employed in China and Japan for 
ee ing the so-called “bean-curd” and the sauce called 
ie The first is prepared by macerating the beans ™ 
as _— and milling them together with the water. The liquid 
Pap is filtered, To this fluid is added gypsum, in order 10 
