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CASE East, from Greece to Persia, and cultivated largely in th€ 

 32. Mediterranean region. Central Europe, Egypt, Abyssinia 

 and India. Fenugreek is used as a fodder plant, but U 

 cultivated more particularly for the seeds, which ar€ 

 extensively employed in veterinary practice, also as ar 

 ingredient in curry powder, for mixing with concentrated 

 cattle -foods, and as a condiment for flavouring damaged 

 hay. The seedlings are eaten in Alexandria and Bombaj 

 as a green vegetable. 



Observe on the middle shelf a mounted series of the 

 singular pods of the genus Medicago to which the 

 Lucerne (J/, sativa, L.) belongs. 



No. 179. Samples of Red and White Cloveb 

 Seed {TrifuUum pratense, L., and T. reiiens^ L.), 

 Upwards of 316,000 cwts. of " Clover and Grass " seedg 

 were imported in 1905. Frequently adulterated with old 

 and dead, or kiln-dried seed, and with the cheaper Hoi 

 Clover {T. jorociimhens, L.), &c. 



No. 180. Prairie Turnips, the tuberous roots oj 

 Psoralea esculenta, Pursh,, a native of North Wesi 

 America, where they form a large portion of the food oi 

 the native population. The plant was introduced int( 

 Europe in 1846 by Lemare-Picquot as a substitute for the 

 Potato. It was cultivated for some time in France undei 

 the name of PiCQUOTiANE, but the results were noi 

 encouraging. 



Psoralea corylifolia^ L., an East Indian species, bean 

 small black pods with dark brown seeds, which have ar 

 aromatic and somewhat bitter taste, and are used in the 

 treatment of cutaneous affections by native practitioners 

 They occasionally come to this country as an oil-seed 

 under the name of Bawchan Seed. 



Note seeds of white, black, and grey varieties ol 

 Cyamopsis psoralioides^ DC. The plant is cultivated in 

 India not only for its ripe seeds, but as a green vegetable, 

 the pods being eaten like French beans. The dry beans 

 are employed as food for man and cattle. 



No. 181. Indigo. Obtained principally from three 

 or four species of Indigofera {1, siimatrana, Gaertn., 

 /. Anil, L., /. tinctoria, L., /. arrecta, Hochst., &c.) 



