LINUM USITATISSIMUM. 



Statement slioiving the Railivaij Traffic in Linseed for the last four years. 





1879-80. 



1880-81. 



1881-82. 



1882-83. 





maunds. 



maunds. 



maunds. 



maunds. 



To Calcutta, ... 

 „ other places, 



2,36,633 

 24,601 



6,75,553 

 91,482 



4,21,865 

 78,399 



6,93,814 

 23,463 



Total Gross Exports, 

 „ Imports, 



2,61,234 

 305 



7,67,035 

 1,184 



5,00,264 

 104 



7,17,277 

 652 



Net Exports, 



2,60,921) 



7,65,851 



5,00,160 



7,16,625 



The seed yields one-fourth of its weight of oiL The oii is extracted by pressure 

 in the same description of mill or 7wUm, Avhich is used in expressing iil oil. The oil 

 presser or tdi, is usually remunerated for his trouble by receiving the oil cake, which is 

 a very valuable food for cattle, and is also occasionally eaten as human food under the 

 name of /jf/^wrt-. Linseed itself is sometimes used as human food, being bruised in a 

 mortar and baked in dough. 



Explanation of Plate XLIV. 



1. Flower, rertical section of, \ 



2. Andra-cium, > enlarged. 



3. GyncEciam, ' 



4. Capsule, ^ 



5. Ditto, transverse section, >nat. size. 



6. Seed, ) 



9. 

 10. 



Seed. 



Ditto, vertical section, 

 Ditto, back view, 

 Ditto, vertical section, 



Drawn from a living specimen gathered at Saharanpnr. 



[■enlarged. 



