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Proximate organic analysis of the leaves at different stages of 

 growth, calculated with the water. (Salisbury.) 



284. Dr. Jackson found 100 grains of the Chit yield 6.4 

 grains of ashes (279. ii) which consisted of: 



2.4 

 0.8 

 32 



Phosphate of lime, 



Phosphate of magnesia, ... 



Phosphoric acid, a little potash, silica, and oxide of iron, 



6.4 



In composition, the Chit difTers materially from the rest of the kernel 

 in containing a very large per centage of oil and albumen, and a small 

 percentage of starch. In the analyses of the Chit, the oil amounts to 

 from 26 to 30 percent., and the albumen from 17 to 20 per cent, of the 

 dry matter, while the starch langes from about 10 to 12) per cent. 



