AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 



12. Megane-sasagi {Dolichos bicontoriuSy Durieu), lately intro- 

 duced from France. 



13. Kidney-bean {Lablab ailtratiis, D. C. ; Dolichos cultratus, 

 Thunb. ; and D. ejisiforiniSy Thunb.). The different forms of this 

 bean, which has sometimes white blossoms, sometimes red, are 

 named in Japan Sengoku-mame, Fuji-mame or Azi-mame, Shiro- 

 hana-azi-mame, and Hira-mame. They are distinguished from 

 dolichos-beans proper by the fact that the blossoms grow like ears 

 of corn, and also by their pods, which are short, like those of peas. 



The seeds of certain wild kinds of beans also serve for food. 

 They are : Tankiri-mame {Rhyitchosia volubiliSy Lour. ; Glycine 

 villosa, Thunb.), No-adzuki {Atylosia subrJiombea, Miq.), Tsuru- 

 mame or No-mame {Glycine soja, S. and Z.), No-sasage or Karasu- 

 mame {Dnmasia tnincata^ S. and Z.). 



14. Peas, Jap. Yendo (pronounced Endo), Endo-mame and 

 Nora-mame {Pisimt sativum, L.). Three chief varieties of this 

 species are cultivated, viz., first, the typical, white-fruited, which, as 

 a rule, is eaten with the pods (Saya) while still unripe, Saya-endo, 

 and secondly, the sub-species, P. s. thebaicum, Alefeld (Konigsberg 

 dice-pea) with grey-green seeds (Midori-endo) or with brownish 

 red (Aka-endo). The latter predominates. They are all, more- 

 over, cultivated pretty frequently ; are sown in November, and 

 harvested in May. 



15. Broad-bean, Jap. Sora-mame ( F/<:/(^ /^<^^, L.). This also is 

 a winter crop, being sown in October and harvested in June. 



As in the Mediterranean region, the ripe beans are usually 

 shred and used as horse-feed ; but they serve also as food for men. 

 They are not so extensively cultivated as in many other countries. 



Analyses of Soy-beans (Glycine bispida, Moench). 



Remarks : 



Of these analyses, I., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., and X. were 



