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INDEX 



Commercial importance of Legu- 

 minos.T, 4 



CoiiipJiolobiiiiii iDicinatiDii (shrub), 

 dangerous, 242 



Confectioner}', best gum for, 328 



Congo, pea-nuts in, average compo- 

 sition of, 57 



— pea, 8s, 89 



— — see also Cajanits indicxts 



(pigeon pea) 



Copahu balsam, therapeutic appli- 

 cation, 381 



Copaifera bracleata (tree), wood, 

 qualities and uses of, 358 



Copaifera copallina (tree), produc- 

 ing green copal, 321 



— guianensis (tree), medicinal uses, 



381 



— Mopanej copal derived from, 322 



— various species, wood, qualities 



and uses of, 358, 359 

 Copal, fossil, where found, 321, 323 



— green, tree producing, 321 



— hard, 323, 324 



— semi-hard, varnishes produced 



from, 324 

 Copals, African, 321 



— classification of, 321, 322 



- — manufacture of varnishes from, 

 321 



— preparation for commerce, 321 



— West African commercial, 



enumeration, 322 



Copaltic, 33,^ 



de Cordemoy, H. J., composition of 

 true gum arable, 324 



composition of Tolu bal- 

 sam, 318, 319 



— conditions to be fulfilled 



by gums in conformation with 

 trade requirements, 313 



definitions of resins, 314 



• description of d'Achery 



pea, 156 



— gums yielded by acacias, 



330 



on copals, 321 



resin produced by 



Hyniensea Cotirharil, 323 



Cord-making, plants used for, 388 



Cordyla africana (tree), gum pro- 

 ducing, 317 



wood, quality and uses of, 348 



de Cormeroy, Dr. H. J., categories 

 of gums, 31 1 



Corolla, wanting in locust tree, 2 



Corpuscles in protoplasm of nodule 

 cells of Leguminosse, 16 



Cossigny, Mauritian variety of 

 Arachis hypogsea (pea-nut), 48 



Cough, treatment of, svrup used in, 

 382 



Coninarouna odorata (tree), seeds, 



volatile principle, 392 

 (wood), density and breaking 



strain of, 349 



— ciuality and uses of, 348 



see also Guaiacum wood 



Courbaril. 'S&q Hyniensea Courbaril 



— wood, 361 



see also Astroninni fraxini- 



foliinn 



Courbarin copal, character, 323, 324 



Coiivertiires (covering plants), ad- 

 vantages of, 267 



Cover crop, lima bean employed as, 

 157, 158 



Cow-itch, 128 



— see also Mitcuna prnriens 

 Cowpea, 206 



see also Vigna catjang 



— black variety, 220 

 — ■ wild, 221 



— yellow, nutritive matters, price 



per unit, 276 

 Cowpeas, as green fodder and hay, 

 co-efficients of, digestibility 

 compared, 277 



— green and grey Madagascan, 



mineral composition of decorti- 

 cated seeds compared, 212 



of dry husks 



compared, 212 



of whole crop 



compared, 214 



— yellow and grey, nutriment 



values of green fodder and hay 

 fodder compared, 278, 279 



Cows, Leguminosse suitable as 

 fodder for, 293, 395, 299, 300 



Crotala-ria, 99 



— alata (shrub), poisonous, 240 



— harhata and C. fiilva, wood, uses 



and quality of, 349 



— dry matter, chemical and mineral 



composition, 103 



— fertilizing matters, sum of, con- 



tained in total harvest, 103 



— fiilva, stems with flowers, loi 



— juncea_ (shrub), in state of hay, 



chemical composition, 282 

 — ■ — stems, " retting " of, 387 



stems and leaves, 386 



of, use for textile pur- 

 poses, 385, 387 



yield per hectare, 387 



• use in restoring soil fertility, 



104 



• yielding Indian or Sunn 



hemp, loi 



— lahurnifolia (shrub), textile uses 



of, 387 



— viitchellii (shrub), suspected 



poisonous, 241 



