Pulse or Leguminous Seeds. 131 



The nutrient-ratio in the unhusked peas is i : 3*3 ; the nutrient- 

 value is 84. 



When growing, this pea exudes a sour secretion which contains 

 acid oxalate of potash, and other acid salts. 



The second Indian species of Cicer is C. soongaricum, the 

 leaves of which are 3 to 4 inches long, the leaflets in 10 to 12 

 pairs, the end a spiral tendril. It belongs to the temperate and 

 alpine region of the Western Himdlaya, from 9,000 to 15,000 

 feet : Piti Lahul, Kumdun, Tibet, etc. I have not succeeded as 

 yet in obtaining a sample of this species of chick-pea for analysis. 



The Vetch. 



Vicia sativa, L. 



Hind. — Anhuri. Lahore — Mattz-rewari. 



A slender annual belonging to the tribe Vicies. Its leaves 

 have 8 to 1 2 leaflets ; the pod is i J^ to 2 inches in length, 

 8 to lo-seeded. It occurs in the North- West Provinces, from 

 the plains of Bengal up to 7,500 feet in Kumdun, and is probably 

 not anywhere truly wild but always cultivated, though it is said 

 to occur spontaneously in the Patnd District, where, though little 

 used or esteemed, it is made into cakes by the poor. V. nar- 

 bonensis occurs in the Punjab near Peshdwar. It is probably 

 an introduction. 



COMPOSITTON OF VeTCHES. ^ 



In 100 parts. In i lb. 



Water lo'i ... i oz. 270 grs. 



Albuminoids 

 Starch 



Oil 



Fibre 

 Ash 



31-5 ••• 5 » 17 



47-6 ... 7 „ 270 



•9 ... o „ 63 



67 I .. 31 



3'2 ... o ,, 224 



The albuminoids in the above analysis of Indian vetches are 

 rather high, the average of European samples giving 27-5 per 

 cent, only. The nutrient-ratio in the Indian vetches is i : r6. 



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