446 



INDEX 



Dholl hravate^ food obtained from 



pigeon pea, 88 

 Diabetes, bread and biscuits for 



sufferers from, manufactured 



from soy bean, 191 

 Dialium nitiium (tree), fruit edible, 



395 



medicinal uses, 382 



— • (trees), various species, wood, 



qualities and uses of, 35Q 

 Diarrhoea, bark and wood used for 



treating, 378, 382 

 Dicorynia faraensis (tree), wood, 



qualities and uses of, 360 

 DicrostacJiys cinerea, gum yielded 



by, 332 

 — • — wood, uses of, 368 

 Didelotia Dtifarqiietiana (tree), 



wood, quality of, 360 

 Dietzell, absorption of atmospheric 



nitrogen by Leguminos^e, 14 

 Digestibility of fodders, 276, 277 

 Dimor-pJiandra excelsa (tree), wood, 



quality and uses of, 360 

 Dioclea rcflexa (shrub), textile uses 



of, 387 

 Diflotropis gmanensis (tree), wood, 



uses, density, and breaking 



strain of, 351 

 Diptera attacking Leguminosse, 423 

 Difteryx Eboensis, seeds yielding 



oil, 392 , ^ J 



— oppositifolia, seeds perfumed, 



392 



— -pteropiiSj seeds perfumed, 392 

 Diseases and pests attacking Legu- 

 minosse, 415-424 



Diuretics, Leguminosse used as, 374, 



375, 37^ 

 Dividivi, cultivation of, 340 

 Dolichos Ahipa (liane), edible, 392 



roots edible, 392 



— • hifionis, 109 



• chemical composition, no 



native of Lidia, 109 



use as fodder, 109 



yield, no 



— hracteata, edible pea, 392 



— hnlhosus (manioc pea, yam bean), 



no 



— bulbs or tubercles of roots, in, 



112 

 chemical composition, n3, 



"4 

 husks, proportion of cellulose 



contained in, 1 14 



immense productivity of, n3 



importance as food plant, in 



leaves and stems, chemical 



composition, 115 

 pinching off stems from roots 



intended as food, 1 13 



DolicJios bulbs, pods, ripe and 

 unripe, chemical composition, 

 114 



roots, starch in, characters, 



254 

 seeds, chemical composition 



of, 115 



— mineral elements of, 115 



starch grains in, 256 



— ■ — in, characters, 254 



value as green manure, 115, 



116 

 — ■ Cuban (Cuba asparagus bean), 



123 



attacked by Agroniyza, 123 



productivity of, 123 



— • fabn'for)iiis, 116 



— ■ — seeds, chemical analysis, 116 



— lablab (bonavis bean), 116, 117 



as green manure, 119 



• chemical composition, 121 



• description, 117, 118 



— ■ — devoured by caterpillars in 

 Mauritius, 119 



— — • seeds, chemical analysis of, 



120, 121 



— • phosphoric acid in, 122 



— — proximate composition of, 



122 

 — - — starch in, characters, 254 



grains in, 252 



■ stems and leaves, chemical 



composition of, 118 



— — ■ — mineral composition of, 



118, 119 



value as fodder, 118 



— • as food in Reunion, 119 



— - — varieties of, 120 



weights of seeds, 121, 122 



wld variety, 122 



— ■ scarabivoides (liane), chemical 



composition, 282 



— — valuable as fodder, 282 

 — • sesqitipedalis, 123 



value as food, 123 



— Soja^ 183 



— tablaviiij edible herb, 392 



— iiniflornSj 123 



fodder yielded by, chemical 



and mineral composition, 124 



— ■ — seeds, chemical composition, 

 123 



Dorat, production of Peru balsam, 



317 

 Dragon's blood, gum known as, 320 

 Drought, Pliaseoliis M Jingo resis- 

 tant to, 151 



— soy bean resistant to, 184 



— species of Acacia valuable as 



fodder in time of, 299, 300 

 Dubard, formation of starch grains, 

 246, 247 



