. Five oriental species of beans . a&v *V*. FIVE ORIENTAL SPECIES OF BEANS. 17 mung bean was well known previous to Linnaeuss time, having beendescribed by various botanists and well figured by Dillenius (1732,p. 315). Strangely enough Linnaeus never gave a binomial name tothe mung, through having confused it with the urd and even withthe soy bean. PJiaseolus max L. (Linne, 1753, p. 725), which by some botanists hasbeen supposed to refer to the urd, is really the soy bean, as clearlyshown by Linnaeuss original specimen, which still exists. In namingthis plant Linnaeus evidently was under the i
. Five oriental species of beans . a&v *V*. FIVE ORIENTAL SPECIES OF BEANS. 17 mung bean was well known previous to Linnaeuss time, having beendescribed by various botanists and well figured by Dillenius (1732,p. 315). Strangely enough Linnaeus never gave a binomial name tothe mung, through having confused it with the urd and even withthe soy bean. PJiaseolus max L. (Linne, 1753, p. 725), which by some botanists hasbeen supposed to refer to the urd, is really the soy bean, as clearlyshown by Linnaeuss original specimen, which still exists. In namingthis plant Linnaeus evidently was under the impression that it was themax of Arabia described by Avicenna. Max is merely a modificationof mash, under which name the mung is generally known in westernAsia. While Linnaeus, therefore, intended the name PJiaseolus maxto apply to the mung, the plant he actually described is the soy bean,and the name therefore belongs with the latter plant. PJiaseolus mungo L. (Linne, 1767, p. 101). There is no specimenin the Linnaean herbarium representin
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