348 



BEANS. 



939. Common field beans, according to an ana- 

 lysis by Einhof, consist of (347)— 



Starch 502 



Albumen and legumine . . . .117 



Sugar I 



Gum j • • • • • • • ^2 



Husk . . . . ., . . . 100 



Water 156 



Salts and loss 44 



1000 



940. Kidney beans were found by Braconot to 

 consist of — : 



Starch 



Legumine 



Albumen 



Sugar 



Gum . • 



Fixed oil 



Husk 



Water 



Salts and loss 



430 



182 



54 



2 



15 



7 



70 



230 



10 



1000 



941. According to the experiments of Sprengel, 

 100,000 parts of common beans contain 2136, and 

 100,000 parts of bean straw contain 3121 parts of 

 inorganic matter, consisting of — 



