INDEX 



445 



Crotalaria, natural substance, 

 chemical and mineral composi- 

 tion, 103 



— retusa, stem, flowers and fruit, 



100 



— sagittalis (shrub), dangerous, 



240 



— species used as fodder, 282 



— use as green manure, 102 

 ■ for sugar-cane, qq 



— • verrucosa (shrub), medicinal 

 uses, 3,72 



— yield at Agronomic Station, 



Mauritius, 102 

 Crotalism in horses, 240 

 Crndia seylmiica (tree), wood of, 



quality and uses, 359 

 Cuba asparagus bean, 123 

 ■ — ■ — see also Dolichos^ Cuban. 

 Cuzent, agathin and xanthoagathin, 



320 

 Cyclolobium (tree), wood of, qual- 



.^ty, 349. 

 Cylista scariosLij tannin containing, 



337 

 Cyiionietra caitli flora (tree), pods 



edible, 394 



— -polyandra (tree), wood of, quality 



and uses, 359 



— rami flora (tree), medicinal uses, 



381 



wood, cjuality and uses, 359 



Cytisin, poisonous alkaloid, 241 

 Cytisits proUferus (shrub), descrip- 

 tion, 282 



valuable as fodder, 282 



yield of, 282 



— (shrub), poisonous, 241 



D. 



Dairy cattle, use of pea-nut cake as 



fodder for, 68 

 Dalbergia arbor ea (tree), medicinal 



uses, 372 



— cocJihichinensis (tree), wood 



valuable and beautiful, 350 



— laccifera, lac producing, 317 



— lati folia (tree), bark used for 



tanning, 2>2>1 

 wood of, cjuality, 349 



— melanoxylon (tree), wood, qual- 



ity and uses of, 349 



— Sissoo, wood valuable, 350 



— species of, valuable as fodder, 



282 



yielding wood for building 



and cabinet-making, 349-351 



Deherain, absorption of atmo- 

 spheric nitrogen by plants, 13 



Denaiffe, comparative analyses of 

 French and common beans, 204 



— description of Phaseoliis sphccri- 



cus sulfur ens J 170 



Denaiffe, notes on Phaseoltis cara- 



calla, 139 

 Derris elliptica (shrub), medicinal 



uses, 372 



— uliginosa (climbing shrub), tex- 



tile uses of, 387 



Desbassyns, J., early employment 

 of peas as rotation crops by, 

 258, 259 



Desmanthiis vir gains (herb), chemi- 

 cal composition, 303 



— ■ — valuable as fodder, 303 



Desrnodimn acuviiyiatiiin, 108 



— csespitosiiDij 109 



medicinal uses, 374 



— • cajiadeiisej 108 



— ■ gangeticniii (shrub), medicinal 



uses, 374 

 — • JieterophyllitDt, 109 

 — ■ viauritiannuij log 



— niidifloruin, 108 



— oxybracteiini, 109 

 — • Scalpe, log 



— ■ sp. (undershrub), leaves con- 

 taining blue colouring matter, 



•337. 



— species of, yielding timber, 351 



— tiliacfoliitm (shrub), textile uses 



of, 387 



— tortitosioitj 104 



— ■ — leaves and stems, chemical 



composition, 106 

 — ■ — season for sowing, 105 



• use as green manure, 104 



■ value as fodder, 104', 106 



yield of, 106 



— trifloriinij 109 



chemical composition, 107 



description and habit, 107, 



108 



— — medicinal uses, 374 



mineral composition, 108 



— ■ — substitute for clover, 108 



— triqiietruvi, stems, flowers, and 



fruit, I OS 



— iimbellatiiin^ 108 



— valuable as fodder, 282 

 Desruisseaux, A., notes on pigeon 



pea by, 93 



— wild indigo plant in Anjouan, 



200 



■ variety of bonavis bean, 122 



— of Phaseolus helvolus, 



148 

 Detarittin viicrocarpuni (tree), 



poisonous, 24s 



— senegalense (tree), fruit edible, 



395 

 — • sp. (tree), violently poisonous, 



245 

 — ■ (trees), various species, wood, 



qualities and uses of, 359 



