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food in Japan and to some extent in the Southern States where 

 the dry beans are used in making soup. The following description 

 is after Irish (1. c.) : 



"Plant an annual, 15^-2 ft. high, diffuse or suberect; stems 

 subterete, glabrous. Leaves on long petioles, trifiolate, leaflets 

 3-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, ovate-lanceolate, smooth. Flowers white 

 or yellowish white, pink at base of petals, small, in twos or threes, 

 on long peduncles. Pods 4-10 in. long, less than ^ in. thick, 

 subterete, spreading or pendent. Seed small, usually with trun- 

 cated ends, variously colored in different varieties, usually with 

 dark area around the hilum. 



" Many varieties are to be found in cultivation known as cow- 

 peas, differing from each other mainly in size and color of seed." 



Glycine hispida, Maxim ^ 

 (Soy, Soja, or Coffee Bean) 



This bean is a native of Japan and China. The following descrip- 

 tion is after Irish (1. c.) : 



" Plant an annual, erect, hispid, 13^-2 ft. high or more. Leaves 

 trifoliate, on medium long petioles; leaflets ciliate, ovate-elliptical, 

 smooth, thin, entire. Flowers small, in short axillary racemes. 

 Pods 1/4-3 "1- lo"g' y& i"- broad, constricted between the seeds, 

 short-mucronate, hispid, on short peduncles, 3-4 seeded, pendent. 

 Seed black, brown, yellow, green, or white in different varieties, 

 subglobose, 34 i"- thick, pea-like, smooth. 



" There are many varieties, differing mainly in color of seeds, 

 which have been in cultivation for centuries in China and Japan 

 where they are extensively used as human food in soups and as 

 a substitute for coffee. It was unknown in this country until 

 twenty-five years ago, since which time it has been grown much 

 as a forage plant." 



Acknowledgement 



The Author's grateful acknowledgments and thanks are extended 

 to Professor John Craig, from whom he received many valuable 



^Glycine hispida, Maxim. Bull. Acad. Sci. St Petersb. 18:398 (1873).— 

 Franch. & Sav. Enum. PL Jap. 1:108 (1875).— Irish, Mo. Bot. Card. Kept. 

 12:147 (1901).— Bailey, Cyclop. Am. Hort. 3:653 (1906). 



Phaseolus niger, Rumphius, Herb. Amb. 5:388 (1747). 



Dolichos Soja, Limi. Sp. PI. 727 (1753).— 3 :i05i (ed. Willd.) (1800). 

 — Miller, Card. Diet. (1807). 



Dolichos Soia, Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 441 (1790). 



Soja hispida, DC. Prodr. 2:396 (1825). 



