454 INDEX 



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Marmita arundinacca, manganese 

 in, 22g 



Marcadieu, prussic acid in Legu- 

 minosjE, 231 



Margarine manufactured from soy 

 bean oil, 190 



Marquetry, woods used for, 352, 

 358, 359, 360, 368 



Martinique, Leguminosae yielding 

 building wood in, 352, 368 



M aster sia assaniica (shrub), nature 

 woody, 387 



Mats, plants used for making, 387 



Maublanc, Professor, Nematode 

 worm causing excrescences on 

 roots of pois carre, 179 



Mauritian variety of pea-nut 

 [Arac/iis hypoga:a), 48 



Mauritius, Agronomic Station, cal- 

 culations as to yield of soy 

 bean at, 185 



observation as to weight 



and number of seeds of pea-nut 

 at, 56 



■ — statistics of fertilizing sub- 

 stances withdrawn from soil by 

 pea-nut, 58, 59 



of percentage composi- 

 tion of pea-nut at, 59 

 yield of Crotalaria at, 102 



— bonavis bean devoured by cater- 



pillars in, 1 19 



— cultivation of cowpea in, 217 

 of Jack bean in, 74 



— green fodder from Bengal bean 



in chemical analysis, 134 

 - — indigo plant used in rotations in, 

 192, 201 



— pea-nut in, average composition, 



57 

 yield of, 55 



— peas produced in, prussic acid 



content, 237 



— soils, manganese in, 227 

 Mayer, absorption of ammonia by 



wheat, 17 

 Maze, classes of bacteria belonging 

 to Leguminos^e, 41 



— nature of root-nodules of Legu- 



minosae, 19 

 Medicago lupulina, 288 

 chemical composition, 288 



— saliva (Lucerne), chemical and 



mineral composition, 285, 286 



cultivation, 285 



• moth attacking, 287 



parasitic seeds of, 285 



valuable as fodder, 285 



— species and varieties of, 286 

 Melanoxylon Br anna (tree), build- 

 ing wood, 3C)i 



Meliloiiis alha (herb), textile uses 

 of, 387 



Melilotus, aromatic species, 288 



— offici)ialis (herb), flowers of, con- 

 taining fragrant principle, 375 



— -parviflora^ chemical analysis, 

 288 



— value as fodder limited, 288 

 Menorrhagia, treatment of, bark 



used for, 382 

 Mercurial salivation, gargle for, 



375 

 Metagummic acid, 311 

 Methylated spirit, pods used in 



manufacture of, 399 

 Meyer, Professor D., comparison of 



mineral contents of Leguminosse 



and Gramineae, 260 

 Mezqueet, gum exuded by Algarobia 



glandulosaj 332 

 Micro-organisms, stoppage of work 



of, through closure of pores of 



soil, 268 

 Microscope, varnishes used for 



mounting preparations for, 324 

 Milletia (tree), species of, wood, 



ciualities and uses, 352 

 Mimosa abstergejis (shrub), use of 



leaves, 399 



— -piidica (shrub), dangerous, 245 



medicinal uses, 384 



sensitive leaves of, 399 



— riibicaulis (shrub), wood, uses of, 



369. 



— species other than pudica with 

 sensitive leaves, 399 



Mimoseae, i, 2 



— characters, 4 



— dangerous, 245 



— edible, 398 



— gums and resins produced by, 



324 



— leaves, 5 



— • — of, sensitive, 399 



— ornamental, 412 



— producing tanning matters and 

 dyes, 342 



— species valuable as fodder, 299 



— subdivisions, 4 



— used for textile purposes, 389 



— yielding wood for building and 

 cabinet-making, 363 



Mineral matter not withdrawn from 



soil by green manures, 264 

 — ■ salts, absorption by Gramineae, 



Molasses, average composition of, 



273 



— food value, 272 

 — • — for live stock, 271, 272, 273 



— nitrogen value, 273 



— nutritive units, cost of, 273 



— soils treated with, 43 



