INDEX 



447 



Dunstan, Professor, phaseolunatin, 



232 

 Dyes, Leguminosa: producing, 323 

 Dysentery, chronic treatment, bark 



used in, 378 

 decoction of root used in, 376 



E. 



East Indies, gum arabic from, 325 



— — Leguminosae yielding build- 



ing wood in, 357 



Egyptian pea-nuts, average com- 

 position of, 57 



Elephants, Leguminosae useful as 

 fodder for, 314 



Emetics, plants used as, 375, 384 



Emmenagogues, plants used as, 381, 

 382 



Entada africana used for tanning, 



345 



— gigalob'uim (plant), medicinal 



uses, 384 



— scandens (climbing shrub), used 



for tanning, 345 



medicinal uses, 384 



Etiterolobium lutescens (tree), 



wood, 368 

 Eferua falcata (tree), medicinal 



uses, 382 

 • wood, quality, uses, density, 



and breaking strain of, 360 

 - — grandiflora (tree), wood, use of, 



360 

 Ervum ervilla (herb), dangerous, 



241 



— lens (lentil), 125 

 food value of, 125 



— known in antiquity, 125 



husks, chemical composition, 



126, 127 



seeds, proportion of sulphuric 



acid in, 127 

 weight and chemical com- 

 position of, 126 



■ starch grains in, 252 



— -in, characters, 254 



Erythrina corallodendron (shrub), 

 medicinal uses, 374 



— fxisca (shrub), medicinal uses, 



374 



— indica, carob tree, 351 

 — - — leaves edible, 392 

 medicinal uses, 374 



— species of, wood, uses of, 351 

 Erythro-phleum guineense (tree), 



medicinal uses, 382 

 wood, durability and uses of, 



360 

 — - ivorense (tree), wood, density 



and uses of, 360 



— (tree), violently poisonous, 245 



Essential oils, oxidation or hydra- 

 tion of, resins derived from, 313 



Eiichresta Horsfieldii (shrub), medi- 

 cinal uses, 374 



Europe, introduction of soy bean 

 into, 182 



Everlasting pea, 138 



see also Lathyrits sativits 



F. 



Faba vulgaris (horse bean), 202 



as intercrop, 203 



chemical composition, 



204 



description, 203 



food for live stock, 202, 203 



Famine, fruit of carob tree used as 



human food in times of, 308 

 Famines in India, pods eaten in, 



399 

 Fat-content of fodders and of con- 

 centrated products compared. 



203, 



272 



used 



as. 



380, 



, building 



for mak- 



(shrub), 



matter, 



See also 



Febrifuges, plants 

 382, 384 



de Feilitzen, experiments with nitra- 

 gine, nitro-bacterine, and inocu- 

 lation of soil, 44 



Fenugreek, 292. See also Trigon- 

 ella Faiuim-grxcinn 



Ferreirea spectabilis (tree) 

 wood, 351 



— gum producing, 317 

 Fishing nets, plants used 



ing, .387, 389 

 Flemhigia Grahamiana 

 medicinal uses, 374 



— produces red colouring 



2>2,7 



— resin producing, 317 

 Florida beggar-weed. 104. 



Desniodium tortiiosiim 

 Flour. See N ete flour 

 Fodder, cow pea as, 214 



— Leguminosae, valuable as, 281- 



310 



— use of chick pea as, 96, 98 



— — of Desmodiiiin tortitosiim as, 



104, 106 

 of Dolichos biflonis as, 109 



— value of bonavis bean as, 118 



— yielded by Dolichos iiniflorus, 



chemical composition of, 124 

 Fodders and concentrated food-pro- 

 ducts fat content compared, 272 

 Food flour from decorticated beans, 

 chemical composition, 205 



— use of chick pea as, 98 

 Food-products, concentrated, and 



fodders, fat-content compared, 

 272 



