INDEX 



443 



Catechu, amount exported from 

 India per annum^ 344 



— black, preparation of, 344 

 — , forms of, 343, 344. 



— pale, preparation of, 344 



— used in tanning, 327 

 Caterpillars, bonavis beans de- 

 voured by, in Mauritius, iig 



Cathartic acid, plant containing, 



378 

 Cattle fodder, value of pea-nut 



cake as, 68 



— Leguminosse useful as fodder 



for, 281, 282, 289, 2gi, 2g4, 299, 

 300, 304, 308, 309, 310, 398 



valuable as fodder for, 398 



Cellulose, high proportion in husks 

 of manioc pea, 1 14 



— question of digestibility, 276, 277 

 Centrolobium, species of, yielding 



building and cabinet-making 

 woods, 348 

 Cerasin, constituent of gums, 311 

 Ceratonia Siliqua (carob tree), 

 chemical composition, 294, 295 



description, 293, 294 



fruit, alcohol manufactured 



from, 308 



— • butyric acid obtained from, 



297 



nutritive value of, 297, 308 



• — tannin contained in, 295 



use as forage in cam- 

 paigns, 296, 297 



— • used as human food in 



times of famine, 308 



method of propagation, 294 



proportion of sugar in, 295 



— - — • soils suitable for, 294 



sowing of seeds, 294 



use of, in Palestine, 297 



valuable as fodder, 294, 295, 



297, 308 



• wood of, qualitv and uses, 



358. 



yield, 294 



Cercis Stliqitastrinii (tree), wood of, 



quality and use, 358 

 Chalot, food value of tubercles pro- 

 duced on roots of manioc pea, 

 1 1 1 



— pinching off stems from roots of 



manioc pea intended as food, 



113 



Charcoal, trees producing, 358 



Chick pea, 94, See also Cicer arie- 

 tiniuii 



Chili, Leguminosse yielding build- 

 ing wood in, 355 



Chinese, chief preparations from soy 

 bean seeds by, 190, 191 



Chocolate, use of pea-nut in manu- 

 facture of, 66 



Church, Professor, analysis of seeds 



of pigeon pea, 88 

 chemical analysis of carob 



tree, 294 

 — composition of soy beans, 



188 

 Cicer arietimim (chick pea), 94 

 countries in which cultivated, 



94, 95, 98 

 dried stalks and fruit, chemi- 

 cal composition, 97 



green stalks, flowers, and 



fruit, chemical composition, 97 

 — - — ■ medicinal purposes, 372 



mineral matters in, 99 



nitrogenous matter in, 95 



— — seeds of, chemical analysis, 



94, 95 



— ■ and mineral composi- 

 tion, 96 



— husks and leaves, nutritive 



elements in, 97 



— weight per cent., 95 



starch grains in, 250 



— • in, characters of, 254 



— ■ — use as fodder, 96, 98 



as food and method of pre- 

 paration, 98 



yield of, 98 ■ 



on irrigated and unirri- 



gated lands, 98 



Climate influencing composition and 

 properties of gums, 329, 330 



Clitoria Ter>iatea (liane), blue dye 

 obtained from, 2>37 



— - — medicinal uses, 372 



ClostridiiDii fasteitricmiDiij fixation 

 of nitrogen by, 45 



Clover, red or field, 291 



see also Trifoliitm fratense 



— substitutes for, 108, 109 

 Clover-hay must be kept dry when 



used as fodder, 291 

 Clover-seeds, analysis, 291, 292 

 Coach-building, woods used for, 



354, 356, 357, 360, 361, 362, 363, 



364, 365, ?>^1, 369 

 Cochin China, Leguminosae yielding 



building wood in, 351, 359, 370 

 Coco-nut trees, sowing peas among, 



as green manure for, 225 

 Coffee, roasted soy beans used as 



substitute for, 191 

 Coleoptera attacking Leguminosae, 



417-420 

 Colouring reactions of true gums, 



312 

 — • reagents, behaviour of mixed 



gums in presence of, 312 

 Coliitea nefalensis (shrub), wood, 



348 

 Colvillea racemosa (tree), flowering 



branches, 409 



