W00DH0USE AND TAYLOll. 12,7 



Type lA. A batch of similar but slightly larger seed 



obtained from Darjeeling was found also to have bullate leaves, 



but to be made up of a number of constituents differing in time of 



ripening, the seeds were larger than the acclimatized t} r pe and 



weighed from 375 to 590 grams per 100. This variety is listed 



as variety 3 by Goodwin (13) in the Bengal Quarterly Journal, 



Vol. IV, No. 3. 



Type 2. — " Kala Bhetmas." 



Stem and branches long, weak, reclining, leaves bullate. 

 Stems, leaves and pods with tawny pubescence. Flowers purple, 

 6 to 7 mm. long, usually sessile in short racemes. Pods 1*2 to 

 15 inches, 1-3 together. Seeds black, 3*5 to 7 mm. long, by 3 to 

 4 - 5 mm. broad, elliptical, much flattened. Germ yellow. The 

 seeds contained 6*1 to G'5 per cent, of nitrogen and 12 4 to 

 14*3 per cent, oil in 1911. 



This type differs from Type 1 only in having a more pros- 

 trate habit and in ripening considerably earlier. When this type 

 was first selected the seed was found to be smaller than that of 

 Type 1, but this difference has disappeared during its second \ T ear 

 of cultivation. In 1910 seven individual plants of this type gave 

 an average weight per 100 seeds of 3*2 grams (extremes 2*45 to 

 3 9 grams), whereas the offspring of these 7 plants in 1911 gave 

 an average weight of 100 seeds of 3 "9 grams (extremes 3*4 to 

 4*25 grams) which is the same as that for Type 1. This t} 7 pe can 

 be distinguished from Type 1 in the field by its lower habit of 

 growth, but it is extremely difficult to give a morphological ex- 

 planation for the difference. The chief difference between the 

 two types lies in their period of maturity. In 1911 the plots of 

 Types 1 and 2 were both sown on July 12, but Type 2 was in full 

 flower on September 24, whereas T} T pe 1 did not commence flower- 

 ing until October 3. Type 2 was ripe on December 5 and Type 

 1 on December 1 5. This type was obtained from Bankipur 

 Exhibition in 1910 and has been under observation for two } T ears. 



Type 3.— " Safed Bhetmas" 

 Basal portion of stem stout upright, apical portion weak, re- 

 clining, secondary branches long, weak, reclining, some tertiaries 



