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issue from the nostrils. Animals apparently prefer the recumbent 
position, extend the head on the ground, and seem entirely oblivious 
to all surroundings. At first there is constipation, but later diarrhoea 
may set in and the excreta be tinged with blood. In the chronic form 
the symptoms are not so violent. Jaundice may be entirely absent, 
and emaciation and anaemia may be the chief signs. 
Chesnut and Wilcox record a case in which two sheep were each 
given 150 medium-sized pods of a native lupine, and seemed to like them. 
In 45 minutes, however, they became frenzied and died an hour later. 
They give the symptoms as practically the same as those caused by 
European species of Lupinus; acute cerebral congestion, with great 
mental excitement, the sheep rushing about and butting into things; 
following is a stage characterized by irregularity of movement, violent 
spasms, and falling fits ; in most cases collapse and death occur within 
half-an-hour to an hour and a half ; the pulse is strong and regular ; the 
convulsions resemble to some extent those caused by strychnine; the 
excretion of the kidneys is much increased and sometimes bloody. In 
post-mortem examination the kidneys are found affected, the lungs 
slightly congested, the cerebral membranes in all cases congested, and 
in violefnt cases small blood vessels are ruptured in different parts of 
the body. 
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4, 16, 20, 21, 42, 57, 63, 69, 82, 93, 128, 161, 
166, 170, 190, 203, 213. 
"Java" Beans (Phaseolus lunatus). Though not native to Great 
Britain, the so-called Java Beans have been imported in considerable 
quantities for stock feeding, and in the past nine years have caused the 
death of a large number of animals. For example, in March, 1906, the 
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries published an account of the poisoning 
of animals by these beans at eight centres; at six of the centres 133 
cattle were involved and 43 died. The beans are of varying origin, and 
pass under the name of Java beans, Rangoon beans, Burma beans, 
Lima beans, and Paigya beans. They are considerably different in 
colour according to origin, the Java beans being pale brown to almost 
black ; Rangoon, Burma or Paigya beans smaller, plumper, and lighter 
in colour ("red Rangoon beans" are pinkish with small purple splotches, 
and "white Rangoon beans" are pale cream); and Lima beans are 
much larger than the last-named and pale cream or white in colour (see 
Frontispiece). 
It has long been known that beans of certain forms of Phaseolus 
