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Crotalaria jnncea (Sunn ; sunn hemp). A fibre plant, indigenous 

 to southern Asia. It is cultivated in India to feed milch cows, and 

 is suited for cultivation in the warmest portions of the United 

 States. In rich, friable soil, under favorable circumstances, it often 

 grows to a height of ten feet. 



FIG. 7. Gram (Ciccr aricliniiin.] 



Cv/v/7/s t'si-iilt'/ihts (Chul'as ; hngnut ; ground almond. Fig. 8). 

 A perennial sedge, spreading extensively by underground stolons, 

 which produce enormous numbers of edible tubers. In rich, sandy 

 loams it is often cultivated as a food for hogs, which are turned 

 into the field in autumn to root up the nuts. The tubers contain 

 from 17 to jS per cent, of oil, 27 to 29 per cent, of starch, and 12 



