12G SOY BEANS IN BENGAL, BIHAR AND ORISSA. 



the shorter tertiary branches are more ascending anrl attain to a 

 height of about L8 inches from the ground. A plot of this type 

 is slightly taller than the early black but lower than the other 

 types. Measurements were made of a typical plant at the end 

 of September, and a main stem of 26 internodes was 83 inches 

 long, the secondary branches were produced from the 2nd to the 

 17th node and measured up to 32 inches, the lower internodes 

 of the main stem were less than 1 inch and the upper ones as 

 much as 3*5 inches long. The reclining stems often root at the 

 nodes. Red stains are often produced wherever the stems are 

 injured. The lower leaves are usually darker green, and a typical 

 measurement of an apical leaflet of a leaf subtending of a lower 

 branch is 3 7 inches by 2 "3 inches. The leaves at the apices of 

 the branches are slightly smaller (3*3 inches by 1*6 inches), are 

 distinctly bullate and are usually dotted with yellow. The whole 

 plant is covered with tawny pubescence. The plants commence 

 flowering at the end of September and are usually in full flower 

 at the beginning of October ; the terminal inflorescences are 

 produced at the end of October and the pods ripen by the middle 

 of December. The brownish pods are slightly curved and from one 

 to three seeded. Not more than three pods are usually produced 

 on one raceme. Unripe seeds are larger and purple in colour but 

 become blacker and smaller as they ripen. The weight of seed 

 produced per plant for an average of about 250 plants grown in 

 the Botanical Experiment Area in 1911 worked out at 25 grams 

 per plant. The weight of 100 seeds varies from 3 '2 to 4*9 grams 

 (mean 3'9). In connection with the fact that the seed has given 

 a consistently high percentage of nitrogen, it is interesting to 

 note that the prepared dal is considered by cultivators to be 

 more heating than that of the other varieties. This type has 

 been collected most frequently at exhibitions in the province. It 

 has been grown at Sabour during the seasons 1909, 1910, 1911, 

 and has kept its distinctive characters. 



It appears to be grown as a pure crop without impuri- 

 ties, though types which vary in their time of ripening may 

 occur. (Plate I). 



