201 



Usually found growing near, but above water level. Observed in 

 damp pastures in Ambaca (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. p. 234). 



Ref. — " Aeschynomene indica," Watt, in Agric. Ledger, no. 6, 1902, 

 pp. 153-154. Ibid, in Comm. Prod. India, Watt, pp. 28-30. 



Arachis, Linn. 



Arachis hypogaea, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 158. 



III. — Rumpf. Amb. v. t. 156, f. 2 (Chamaebalanus japonica) ; 

 Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. PL t. 141 ; Lam. Encycl. t. 615. ; Desc. Ant. iv. 

 t. 267 ; Diet. Sc. Nat. tt. 254, 255 ; Ralph, Ic. Carp, t, 36, f . 27 ; Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. Paris, xix. (1853), t. 15 ; Ann. Soc. Hort. Paris, 1854, t. 1 ; 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, t. 23 ; Botanisk Tidsskrift, i. (1866) t. 1, 

 ff. 1-9 ; Church, Food Grains, India, p. 126, f. 22 ; Jackson, Comm. 

 Bot. 19th cent. p. 109 ; Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wales, ii. 1891, t. 28 ; 

 Handb. Comm. Prod. Imp. Inst. Series, No. 24, 1893, p. 5 (after 

 Jackson, I.e.) ; Heuze, PI. Industr. ii. p. 134, f . 30 ; Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflan. iii. pt. 3, p. 325, f . 125, A-C ; Engl. Pflan. Ost. Afr. Th. B, 

 p. 116 ; Kohler, Med. Pflan. iii. ; Journ. New York Bot. Gdn . ii. 

 1901, p. 116, f. 9 (after Jackson, I.e.) ; Agric. News Barbados, 1902, 

 p. 137, f. 13 (from Diet, Gardening) ; Ibid. 1907, p. 315 ; West Indian 

 Bulletin, iv. 1904 p. 102 (from Diet. Gardening) ; Journ. Dept. Agric, 

 W. Australia, xiv. 1906, p. 21, f . 1 ; p. 22, f. 2 (plant shewing 

 nitrogenous nodules on the roots) ; p. 22, f. 3 (habit, 3 ft. diam.) ; 

 L'Agricoltura Coloniale, i. Aug.-Sept. 1907, t. 4 ; L' Agric. prat. pays, 

 chauds. vii. 2, 1907, p. 189, t. 1 (types of fruit) ; page 299, f. 12 

 (Arachide du Senegal) ; p. 300, ff. 13-16 {ibid, seeds) ; p. 301, 

 ff. 17-19 (Arachides de Casamance) ; p. 304, ff. 20-23 (seed, Egypte, 

 Java, Mozambique) ; p. 305, f. 24 (Arachide d'Egypte), f. 25 (d'Java) ; 

 p. 306, f. 26 (de Mozambique) ; Cycl. American Agric. ii. ff. 735-740; 

 Adam, L'Arachide, ff. 1-9 (types of fruit) ; ff. 10-26 (plants, fruits, 

 and seeds of various types) ; Queensland Agric. Journ. xxii. 1909, 

 tt. 37-40 ; Beattie, U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 356, 1909, 

 ff. 4, 16, 17, 18. 



Vernac. names. — Geda or Gedda (Hausa, Dudgeon) ; Biriji (Yola, 

 Dalziel) ; Epa (Lagos, Dawodu) ; Egpa (Yoruba, Bull. Imp. Inst. 

 1907, p. 328) ; Guchia (Nupe, I.e.) ; Ekpa (Nargo, Gold Coast, 

 Easmon) ; Nkchtia (Accra, and Fanti, Gold Coast, Easmon) ; 

 Bienyabwa (Uganda, Dawe) ; Ful Sennari (Egypt, Journ. Soc. Arts, 

 xxxiv. p.173) ; Cacaouette (Algeria, Burkill) ; Jinguba (Golungo 

 Alto, Welwitsch) ; Katchangtarah or Katjang-tana (Java, Henshall, 

 Saffbrd) ; Katchangtanah (Malaya, Mus. Kew) ; Mani (Venezuela, 

 Mus. Kew) ; Mani (Panama, Peru, Chili, Philippines, Saffbrd) ; 

 Ndjugu (Zanzibar, Engler) ; Seyana Beans (Cyprus, Mus. Kew) ; 

 Nela Kodala (Ceylon, Wright) ; Jamboo Seed (Bombay, Mus. Kew). — 

 Pistache de terre ; Erdnuss ; Ground Nut; Earth Nut; Pea Nut; 

 Monkey Nut ; Pindar Nut ; Foreign Bean (China, Bretschneide r) ; 

 Mozambique Gram (Bombay, Dymock) ; Goober Nut (U. States, 

 Hick, Handy). 



Northern and Southern Nigeria, and probably throughout Tropical 

 Africa, Asia, America, and Australia. Cultivated. Grown also in 

 many sub-tropical countries. Probably native of South America. 



The uses to which the ground nut is put are numerous ; as dessert 

 after being roasted ; in confectionery, for the manufacture of "pea- 

 nut butter." The oil is a good substitute for olive oil, for use in 

 pharmacy, salads, tinning sardines, perfumery, lubricating and 



