CRUOCIFERZE.  . 129 
Commerce.—Mustard is grown in most parts of India, the 
price ranges from Rs. 20 to Rs. 40 per candy according to 
quality and cleanness of seed. Rape is worth about Rs. 7 per 
e cwt. ; 
RAPHANUS SATIVUS, Linn. 
Fig.—Lam. Ill., t=. 566. Radish (Eng.), Radis (F'r.). 
_ Vernacular—Mula, Muro (Bomb., Hind.), Mallangi (Tam., 
 Can.), Mulaka (Sans.). a1 
Description.—A large, coarse white radish, is univer- 
sally cultivated in India. The seeds Bazr-el-fujl ( Arab.) are 
used as a diuretic, laxative and lithontriptic; also the juice 
of the fresh leaves. The root and seeds yield with water a 
milky distillate, from which a small quantity of oil may be 
obtained by rectification ; it is colourless, heavier than water, 
contains sulphur; it forms a white precipitate with corrosive 
sublimate, and yellow with bichloride of platinum. » It dis- 
solves with tolerable facility in water.—(Pless, in Gmelin’s 
Handbook, X., 5 
_ The following percentage analyses of Radishes are given by 
_ Konig (Zusamm. d. mensch. Nahrungs, &¢c., p. 187) :— 
| 2 St g In dry 
& ooh o 2-5] 2 . | Substance. or 
_ When collected) 4 S:) Saee Fee oe ee y whom 
: * eh oo) Bag, | meat | ged) ie examined, 
Pyne me ™m os © > 2 rs 
— — A bo t) ont "Sa 
Zi 3 o 7, ah 
Fa : On 
.| 94°31/1°15/0-09|1'14)1 -9710-6510 67|3°23|} 54-66 
yy» -ee| 98°47|1- 4510-1110 = 80:0 °73/0°93.355| 59-84 
 :1876 ...| 92-2311 0910-26, 4-92 (0-87/0-63\2 24) 63-32 
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02-9411 Bain. icin-eoi?e.ain. 
tentee vo L wevly* low sat vi ‘ 
D°011 per cen 
+ It contained Phosphoric acid 0°090, and Sulphar: * 
_ 0°023 per cent. 
Re “* Tee contained Phacphers. acid 0° 057, and Sulphur organically 
cent. 
d has the taste but not the smell of radishes. The oil © 
