450 



INDEX 



Hellricgel and Wilfaith, nature of 

 root-nodules of Leguminosae, 

 20, 21 



relation between root-nodules 



of LcguminoSce and nitrogen 

 fixation, 16 



Heniiptera attacking Leguminosae, 

 423 



Hemp, Indian or Sunn, yielded by 

 species of Crotalaria, loi 



Henry, discussion of Jamieson's 

 theory of formation of root- 

 nodules of Leguminosas, 36, j,-] 



HerDiiniera ElapJiroxyloii (tree), 

 textile uses of, 387 



wood, quality and uses of, 



352 



Herpes, treatment of, plant used in, 

 383 



Hiltner and Stormer, classitication 

 of bacteria belonging to Legu- 

 minosae, 41 



Hoeing Leguminosae when young, 

 267 



Honey, leguminous plants produc- 

 ing, 2>^)2>. 3Q4, 3yH 



Hops, substitute for, leaves used as, 

 398 



Horse bean, 202, 203 



as food for live stock, 202, 203 



— — see also Faba vulgaris 

 Horses, crotalism in, 240 



-— leguminosae useful as fodder for, 



289, 293, 295, 308, 309, 398 

 Humboldtia (tree), two species, 



wood, quality of, 361 

 Hydrate, ferric, assimilation of 



nitrogen by plants through, 



oxidation of free nitrogen by, 



42 

 Hymemva Coiirbaril (tree), fruit 



edible, 395 



medicinal uses, 382 



resin produced by, 323 



by, characters of, 323 



wood, ciuality, uses, density, 



and breaking strain of, 361 

 -— H ornenianniana^ copal produced 



by, 323 



— viossaiiibicensis (tree), producing 



copal, 323 



— stilbocarpa (tree), medicinal 



uses, 382 



I. 



Illuminant oil, seeds of leguminous 



plant containing, 394 

 India, acacias in, producing 



catechu, 344 



— cultivation of chick pea in, 94, 



98. 



— Dolichos b'tfiorus native of, log 



India, exportation of catechu from, 



.344 



— famines in, pods eaten in, 399 



— food value of Phaseolus Mungo 



in, 150, 151 



— gum arable of, 325 



— lathyrism in, 243 



— Leguminos;e yielding building 



wood in, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351. 

 352, 353, 354, 357. 358, 366, 367, 

 368, 369, 370 



— yield of soy bean in, 185 

 Indian cow pea, 141 



■ see also Phaseolus Mungo 



— or Sunn hemp, how obtained, 



lOI 



Indians, d'Achery pea eaten by, 

 without harm when boiled, 235 



Indican, 337 



Indigo plant, cultivation and date 

 of sowing, 338 



used in rotations in Mauri- 

 tius, 192, 201 



see also Tephrosia Candida 



wild of Anjouan, 200 



chemical and mineral 



composition, 201 



— plants, 2>1>1, 338 



— production of, chief centres, 338 



— — historical references to, 338 



— value of total production per 



annum, 338 



— yielded by T epJirosia Candida, 



192 

 hidigofera Anil, 338 



— atropurfurea (shrub), textile 



uses of, 387 



— australis (shrub), suspected 



poisonous, 242 



— crecia^ ■},2>'& 



— galegoides, leaves of, prussic 



acid in, 233 



— Icptostachya^ 338 



— oligosper)iia, 338 



— oi'ina, 283 



— (shrubs), species valuable as 



fodder, 283 

 ■ various species of, medicinal 



uses, 374, 375 

 wood, qualities and 



uses of, 352 

 - tinctoria (shrub), 2>Z7 , 338 

 colouring matter produced 



by, 337, 338 

 Indigotm, 2,'},T, 338 

 -- artificial production of, 338 

 Inga didcis (tree), fruit edible, 398 



— spectabilis (tree), pods edible, 



398 



— ■ (trees), various species of, yield- 

 ing wood for building, 368 



Inocarpus eduUs (tree), seeds edible, 

 392 



