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of rapeseed, nearly 2 million cwt. of til, over i million cwt. 

 of earthnuts and nearly i million cwt. of castor-seed are ex- 

 ported to Europe and America. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



INDIAN MUSTARDS (BRASSICA JUNCUA, B. CAMPESTRIS AND B. NAPUS). 



'~PHE Bengal mustards have been studied closely by Major 

 Prain, and according to him there are three distinct 

 types of mustard, which may be distinguished thus : 



\st. Indian mustard or Rai, the Sinapis ramosa of Rox- 

 burgh and Brassica Juncea of Hooker and Thomson. 



2nd. Indian Colza or Sarson, the swet-rai of Central 

 Bengal, very tall, grown all over Bengal except Chittagong 

 (plants resembling turnip or swede), the Sinapis glauca of 

 Roxburgh, and Brassica campestris, sub-species genuina, 

 variety glauca of Hooker and Thomson. 



3^. Indian Rape or Tori, the Sorshe of Central Bengal, 

 the Sinapis dichotoma of Roxburgh, and Brassica campestris, 

 sub-species napus, variety dichotoma of Hooker and Thorn 

 son. 



356. Besides " these staple varieties, there are some 

 others also cultivated in some parts of Bengal, e.g. (i) 

 Brassica trilocularis (Ulti Sarson), which is unlike ordinary 

 sarson only in having pendent pods; (2) Brassica quadri- 

 valvis which is a variety of Sarson which has four rows of 

 seed instead of two ; (3) Brassica rugosa, Prain, or the Kalim 

 pang rai '; (4) Brassica rugosa, var. Cuneifolia, Prain, grown 

 by Cacharis and Rajbansis throughout Upper Bengal and 

 Assam ; (5) Brassica Chinensis or China Cabbage may be 

 also regarded 'as a mustard. Indeed Turnip, Cabbage and 



