[ 2 9 8 ] 



Br. campestris (var. toria) ... 33 % o f oil. 



Buchanania latifolia (chironji] ... 25 to 40 



Cocos nucifera (cocoa-nut) ... 52 to 57 ,, 



Sesamum indicum (///) ...45 



Eruca sativa (tdrdmani] ... 12 to 25 ,, ,, 



Olea cuspidata (olive, zaitun ... 11*2. ,, 

 Raphanus sativus (radish) 



Bassia latifolia (mahua) ... 27 to 37 ,, 



CHAPTER XL VI. 



Fibre Crops. 



(i) JUTE (CORCHORUS CAPSUI,ARIS AND OIJTORIUS). 



*1PHE four common varieties of jute, all of which may be 

 found in the wild state in India even in localities where 

 jute is not cultivated (e. g. in the district of Pertapgurh in 

 Oudh, if one looks for the plants there in October), are the 

 Corchorus olitorious (the long cylindrical podded variety), the 

 Corchorus capsularis (the round capsuled variety), the C. 

 acutangulus (the short and winged podded vareity), and C. 

 antichorus, the bil-nalita, which is wild and never cultivated. 

 The C. acutangulus is also rarely cultivated. The first which 

 is more common in Southern Bengal, may be designated 

 Deshi pdt ; the second which is more common in Northern 

 and Eastern Bengal may be designated Serajgunj pdt. 



418. The young leaves, specially of C. capsularis, are 

 eaten as potherb, and the dry leaves, specially of the Deshi 

 pdt (C. olitorius), as an alterative and febrifuge medicine 

 (nalita). The stems after the removal of the fibre are some- 

 times used for making gun powder charcoal. 



