INDEX 



455 



Moldenhavera floribunda (tree), 



building wood, 3(1 1 

 Mollison, yield of Spanish lentil, 



138 

 of stems of Crotahiria juncea 



per hectare, 387 

 Monardes, exploitation of Myroxy- 



lon toluifenintj 318 

 Monkey-nut, 49 



— see also Arachis hypogcea 

 Montserrat (West Indies), Bengal 



bean used as green manure for 



limes in, 134. 135 

 Moore, nitro-culture, 44 

 Mora-wood, 360 

 Moreton Bay chestnut, 348 

 Mosses, fixation of atmospheric 



nitrogen by, 26, 27 

 Moulds attacking Leguminosae, 415 

 Mozambique, copal produced in, 323 

 Mucilage, production from gum 



tragacanth, 316 

 Miicuna atropurpiirea. See Miicuna 



iitilis 



— cochific/ihiensis (liane) seeds and 



pods edible, 392 



— gigajitea (liane), seeds edible, 



3Q2 



— monosferma (liane), seeds edible, 



392 



— nivea, edible climbing pea, 392 



— pruriens (cow-itch), 128 

 medicinal uses, 375 



• Psophocarpus palnstris grow- 

 ing wild with, 179 



— - — seeds, chemical composition 

 of, 128 



— sp. (trailing herb), poisonous, 



243 



— utilis (Bengal bean), 128, 158 

 dry pods, chemical composi- 

 tion, 130 



green fodder, chemical analy- 

 sis, 132, 133 



in Hawaii and 



Mauritius compared, 134 



leaf organs of, 129 



nutriment values of green 



fodder and hay compared, 278, 

 279 



pods and seeds before becom- 

 ing mature, chemical composi- 

 tion, 132 



showing chrysalids of un- 

 determined species of Terias, 

 424 



productivity of, 129 



roots given off by, 129 



seeds used as food for live- 

 stock, 130 



starch in, characters of, 254 



grai.is in, 250 



time for planting, 129 



MuciDia utilisj, used as green 

 manure for limes in Alont- 

 serrat, 134, 135 



— ■ - — value as green manure, 130, 



134, 135. 

 — ■ — varieties of, chemical com- 

 position, 132 

 yield per hectare in Hawaii, 



132 

 Mueller, Baron, danger of Lotus 



aitstraliSj 243 

 Mukerji, yield of stems of Crota- 



laria juncea per hectare, 387 

 Mules, Leguminosae useful as fodder 



for, 297 

 M tindulea sitberosa (tree), wood, 



qualities and uses of, 352 

 Mydriatic alkaloid used as, 382 

 Myroxylon Pereirx (tree), pericarp 



of fruit contains purer balsam 



than trunk, 318 

 producing Peru balsam, 317 



— periiiferiim (tree), wood, uses of, 



352. 



— tohiifernm (tree), medicinal 



uses, 375 

 producing Tolu balsam, 318 



N. 



Nematode worm causing excre- 

 scences on roots of pois carre, 

 179, 180, 181 



N eptunia oleracea (herb), buds and 

 young shoots edible, 399, 400 



Xete flour, preparation of, 400 



Nets, iilant used for making, 388 



Neuralgia, treatment of, plants 

 used in, 376 



NissoUa arhorea (tree), yields build- 

 ing wood, 353 



Nitragine, inoculation of soil with, 



44, 45 



crops resulting, 44 



Nitrates, assimilation by azoto- 

 bacters, 42 



by Bacillus radicola, 42 



Nitric acid, combination of man- 

 ganese with, when possible, 228 



Nitro-bacterine, inoculation of soil 

 with, crops resulting, 44 



Nitro-culture, 44 



Nitrogen, acquisition of, effect of 

 boiled soil solution on, 26 



— assimilation by plants, theory of 



Bonema and Thiel as to, 42 

 by root-nodules of Legu- 

 minosae, 27, 28 



— atmospheric, fixation by aerial 



organs of plants, 33 

 by Asotflbactcr cliroococ- 



cuiiij 46 

 by bacteria, algae and 



mosses, 26, 27 



