CICER ARIETINUM (CHICK PEA) 



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Water 



Ash 



Fat 



Starch 



Nitrogenous matter 



In Balland's work, " Les Aliments," is a series of 

 analyses of chick peas from Algeria, Tunis, JNIadagascar, 

 &c., which show the nitrogenous matter to vary from 

 I5'96 to 2 1' 14. The average weights of 100 seeds are: — 



Algeria ... 

 Tunis 



Madagascar 



41 '60 grm. 



40-38 „ 

 33"8o ,, 

 4650 „ 



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[Sketch by P. A. Desrziisseaiix. 



Fig. 10. — Stem and fruits of Cicer arietinum (Gram). 



A few trials made in Mauritius with the large edible 

 chick pea gave rather unsatisfactory results. This plant 

 is one which could be very useful in a mixed cultivation, 

 but is destroyed by a number of enemies. 



To begin with, hares sever the young plants; also an 

 aphis attacks the roots of the adult, which quickly withers; 



