122 DOLICHOS LABLAB (BONAVIS BEAN) 



111 100 brown In 100 yellow In 100 black 



Water ... ... 1170 ... ii"io ... 12-00 



Ash ... ... 3-50 ... 3-70 ... 3-75 



Cellulose ... ... 5-90 ... 7*55 ■■• 5*65 



Fat ... ... 1-50 ... i-io ... I-I2 



Non -nitrogenous matter 54-68 ... 53'^5 ••• 5478 



Nitrogenous matter ... 22-72 ... 22-70 ... 22-70 



loo-oo ... 100-00 ... 100-00 



Specimen seeds of D. lablab without their coats, for- 

 warded by M. de Vilmorin, gave a weight of 47*90 gr. for 

 the hundred seeds. Their proximate composition was as 

 follows : — 



Water 



Ash 



Cellulose ... 



Fat 



Non-nitrogenous matter 



Nitrogenous matter 



The proportion of phosphoric acid in these seeds varies 



with the species. M. Balland finds the figures to be as 

 follows : — 



From Tonkin ... ... ... ... 1*50 per cent. 



,, Madasgascar ... ... ... 0-85 ,, 



,, Reunion .., ... ... • ... 1-15 ,, 



,, Sudan ... ... ... .. 0-85 ,, 



M. Advisse Desruisseaux states that in Anjouan a wild 

 variety is found with villous stems, leaves only two-thirds 

 the size of those of the ordinary species, and covered with 

 hairs. The fiowers are small, reddish yellow, the standard 

 marbled with purple-red, and in erect groups. 



The pod in the young state is reddish, covered with erect 

 hairs, each ending in a gland containing a shining, sticky, 

 yellowish-coloured fat body, which encloses two dark 

 roundish seeds. 



M. Desruisseaux considers that this legume might be 

 used as an improving crop. 



