﻿Curl, 
  — 
  On 
  Pituri, 
  a 
  new 
  Vegetable 
  Product. 
  411 
  

  

  seeds, 
  and 
  altliough 
  if 
  left 
  to 
  ripen, 
  its 
  seed-stalks 
  arc 
  di'y, 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  

   uuti'itious 
  as 
  the 
  Alilium 
  efiiswn, 
  yet 
  the 
  very 
  great 
  quantity 
  of 
  seed 
  and 
  

   heavy 
  crop 
  produced 
  to 
  the 
  acre, 
  makes 
  it 
  a 
  phxnt 
  worthy 
  of 
  culture 
  for 
  

   fodder 
  in 
  suitahlc 
  places, 
  and 
  in 
  rotatiou. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  Vetches, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  obtained 
  from 
  Malta, 
  have 
  

   proved 
  themselves 
  more 
  prolific 
  and 
  of 
  greater 
  forage 
  value 
  than 
  either 
  the 
  

   summer 
  or 
  winter 
  vetches 
  more 
  usually 
  groAvn, 
  both 
  for 
  cutting 
  when 
  

   green 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  cutting, 
  and 
  burying 
  in 
  pits 
  or 
  silos, 
  as 
  managed 
  

   in 
  France, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  digging 
  out 
  and 
  feeding 
  stock 
  on 
  the 
  farms. 
  

   The 
  farmers 
  might 
  greatly 
  increase 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  live 
  stock 
  kept 
  and 
  

   fattened 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  by 
  adopting 
  this 
  plan. 
  

  

  Cliicklin 
  vetches 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  abundant 
  bearers 
  of 
  seed, 
  and 
  a 
  useful 
  

   forage 
  plant 
  that 
  all 
  live 
  stock 
  will 
  eat 
  whenever 
  they 
  can 
  get 
  them, 
  and 
  it 
  

   would 
  fatten 
  them 
  quickly. 
  

  

  Having 
  extended 
  this 
  paper 
  to 
  as 
  great 
  a 
  length 
  as 
  I 
  dare 
  venture 
  to 
  

   trespass 
  upon 
  the 
  Society's 
  time, 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  so 
  many 
  other 
  plants 
  

   that 
  deserve 
  to 
  be 
  noticed 
  and 
  introduced, 
  yet 
  a 
  notice 
  of 
  them 
  must 
  await 
  

   a 
  future 
  opportunity 
  if 
  the 
  Society 
  should 
  desire 
  it, 
  

  

  Art. 
  LIX. 
  — 
  On 
  Pituri, 
  a 
  new 
  Vegetable 
  Product 
  that 
  deserves 
  further 
  Investi- 
  

   gation. 
  By 
  S. 
  M. 
  CuKL, 
  M.D. 
  

   [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  31si 
  August, 
  1878.] 
  

  

  The 
  Wellington 
  Philosophical 
  Society 
  b3ing 
  the 
  recognised 
  medium 
  of 
  

   bringing 
  before 
  the 
  scientific 
  and 
  general 
  public 
  any 
  scientific 
  matter, 
  I 
  

   venture 
  to 
  urge 
  upon 
  its 
  experimenting 
  members 
  the 
  desirability 
  of 
  further 
  

   investigating 
  a 
  peculiar 
  vegetable 
  substance 
  called 
  Pituri, 
  that 
  has 
  lately 
  

   been 
  studied 
  and 
  investigated 
  by 
  myself 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  Pituri 
  consists 
  of 
  the 
  dried 
  leaves 
  and 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  plants 
  that 
  contain 
  

   organic 
  elements, 
  and 
  when 
  swallowed 
  by 
  individuals, 
  appears 
  to 
  enable 
  

   them 
  to 
  sustain 
  a 
  severer 
  and 
  more 
  continued 
  exertion 
  than 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  bear 
  without 
  its 
  use. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  long 
  known 
  to 
  those 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  

   aboriginals 
  of 
  Australia, 
  that 
  they 
  used 
  a 
  substance 
  bearing 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  

   tribes 
  different 
  names 
  ; 
  that 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  going 
  upon 
  long 
  journej's 
  over 
  

   desert 
  tracks, 
  where 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  food 
  or 
  water, 
  or 
  when 
  

   they 
  were 
  about 
  to 
  undertake 
  any 
  unusual 
  exertion, 
  or 
  when 
  any 
  question 
  

   of 
  moment 
  to 
  them 
  would 
  requne 
  more 
  mental 
  exertion 
  than 
  usual, 
  or 
  

  

  