438 



INDEX 



Aerial organs of plants, fixation of 

 atmospheric nitrogen by, 33 



^schytioiiteite asfera (shrula), wood, 

 uses of, 347 



(tree), textile uses of, 385 



Africa, South, yield of soy bean in, 



185 



— ^^ est, copals found or produced 



in, 322 

 Afzelia africana (tree), seeds edible, 



— bijnga (tree), medicinal uses, 376 



— species, wood, qualities and uses 



of, 356 

 Agathin, 320 

 Agati grandi flora (tree), medicinal 



uses, 371 



— • uses of wood, 347 



Agricultural implements, wood used 



for, 357, 363 

 Agroniysa, attacking cow-pea, 208 

 Cuban Dolichos, 123 



— -phaseolij ravages among kidney, 



French, or haricot beans, 164, 



168, i6q 

 Alhizzia ainara (tree), leaves used 



to compose " Jyree tea," 399 

 — medicinal uses, 383 



— anthelmintica (plant), medicinal 



uses, 383 



— lebbekj beetles attacking, 303 

 gum, characters and quali- 

 ties, 330 



— — leaves, chemical composition, 



301 



• — dried, used to enrich soil, 



301 



medicinal uses, 383 



percentage of tannin con- 

 tained in bark, 345 



— — pods, nutritive value and 



chemical composition, 301, 302 



stems and pods of, 305 



valuable as fodder, 301 



— Lofhanta (tree), medicinal uses, 



383 

 valuable as fodder, 303 



— frocera (tree), bark used as tan, 



345 



gum yielded by, 330 



valuable as fodder, 303 



— Sassa (tree), gum, 332 



— stifidatcij gum, 332 



injurious to live stock, 245 



valuable as fodder, 301 



— - (trees), various species of, used 



for building, 367, 368 

 Albumen, production by hairs of 



plants, 34, 35 

 Alcohol manufactured from fruit of 



carob tree, 308 

 from pods of Pithecnlobitim 



snmarij 308, 3og 



Alcoholism, chronic, plants used as 

 remedies in, 376 



Algae, iixation of atmospheric nitro- 

 gen by, 26, 27 



Algaroba, 3q8. See also Frosopis 

 jiiliflora 



Algarobia glandulosa (tree), gum 

 exuded by, nature of, 332 



Algeria, importation of soil from 

 suUa prairies in, to establish 

 sulla in Andalusia, 43 



— pea-nut in, yield of, 54 

 Alinite, 45 

 Aloes-wood, 356 



Aloexylioi agallocliinn (tree), wood, 



cpialitics of, 356 

 Amaranth, 358 

 Ambericiue, 140. See also Phaseo- 



liis helvoliis 

 Amboyna kino, 31Q 

 AmbrevadCj, 85, 8q. See also 



CajiiHus indic/is (pigeon pea) 

 America, North, species of Desmo- 



dium cultivated in, 108 

 Ammonia, absorption by tobacco 



plant, 17 



by w'heat, 17 



Amritsar, gum produced in, 328 

 Amygdalin in d'Achery pea, 231, 



232 

 Anagyris fwtida (plant), medicinal 



uses, 371 



poisonous, 240 



Andalusia, establishment of sulla 



in, how effected, 43 

 Andira inermis (tree), medicinal 



uses, 378 

 wood, 347 



— species supplying building wood, 



347 



Andir'ui, giucoside, plant contain- 

 ing, 378 



Angelica wood, 360 



Angelim, building wood, varieties 



of, 347 



— a grappes, tree known as, 362 

 Angico, building wood, 363 



— red, building wood, 370 

 Anjouan, wild amberique found in 



147, 148 

 — ■ — indigo plant of, 200 

 Anthracnose, pods of bean with 



blotches of, 416 

 Afhis sp. attacking common bean, 



205, 206 

 Apios tuber osa (liane), yielding 



edible tubercle, 3Q0 

 Apideia ferrea (tree), wood, uses of, 



356 



— prxcnx (tree), wood, 356 

 Arabin, constituent of gums, 311 

 Arachis africana, 54 



— asiatica, 54 



