INDEX 



457 



Paliudca nidcrocarpa (tree), build- 

 ing wood, 361 



Paint manufactured from soy bean 

 oil, 190 



Palestine, use of carob tree in, 297, 

 298 



Palisander wood, Brazilian, 352 



— tree from which derived, 349 

 Papal bull enjoining ceremonial 



use of black balsam, 318 

 Paper-making, plants used for, 387, 



389 

 Papilionaceae, characters, 2 



— dangerous or poisonous, 240 



— gum and resin producing, 315 



— leaves of, 5 



— ornamental, 401 



— producing tanning matters and 



dyes, 337 

 - — species valuable as fodder, 281 



— used for textile purposes, 388 



— tribes, 2 



■ — yielding various edible products, 



390 

 Parkia biglcDidulosa, gum from, of 



no value, 332 

 ■ — biglobosa (tree), seeds, chemical 



composition of, 400 

 ■ seeds, flour prepared from, 



400 



— (trees), various species of, yield- 



ing wood for building, 369 

 Pa>ki)iso)iia acttleata (tree), medi- 

 cinal uses, 382 

 use for textile purposes, 389 



— africana (tree), building wood, 



362 

 Payen, density of starch, 247 

 Pea-nut, 47 



— see also Arachis liypogcea 



— cake, composition of, 274 

 nitrogenous matter, value per 



kilo, 274 

 Peas containing prussic acid, 236, 



according to localities 



where produced, 237 



— crop of, in flower, organic 



matters contained in, 225 



— cultivation between rows of 



sugar-canes, 267 



— employment as rotation crops in 



French colonies, early history 

 of. 258 



— fixation of atmospheric nitrogen 



by, influence of soil infusion 

 on, 25 



— not containing prussic acid, 236 



— sowing crops among coco-nut 



trees as green manure, 225 



— various, contribution of organic 



matter to soil per hectare, 265 



Peas, various fertilizing matters 



contained in ash, dry and green 



matter, 265 

 — amount abstracted per 



hectare, 265, 266 

 — • — flowering periods, 262 

 Peat, previously sterile, action of 



inoculated bacteria on, 43 

 Pellet, analyses of soy ash, 188 

 Peltogyne discolor (tree), building 



wood, 362 

 PeltophoriDii jcrriigineum (tree), 



wood, ciuality and uses of, 362 



— Linnxi (tree), dye-producing, 342 

 Peninsular War, fruit of carob tree 



used as cavalry forage in, 296, 

 297 

 Pentaclethra filamentosa (tree), 

 wood, uses of, 369 



— macrofhylla (tree), fatty oily 



matter in embryo, 400 



pods and seeds of, 400 



wood, uses of, 369 



Peraltea erythri>ixfolia (tree), 



wood, quality and uses of, 



353 

 Pericopsis Mooniaiia (tree), wood, 



354 . , , 



Perrottet, food value of tubercles 



produced on roots of manioc 



pea, 112 

 Peru balsam, consistency, 318 



collection of, 317 



■ medicinal uses, 317 



tree producing, 317 



Pests and diseases attacking Legu- 



minosae, 415-424 



— of pigeon pea, 89 

 Phaseolunatin, 232 



— experiments with, 235 

 Phaseolus aconitifolius, 137 

 chemical analysis, 138 



— calcaratusj chemical composi- 



tion, 393 

 edible Indian bean, 393 



— Caracalla, description, 139 

 grown for ornamental pur- 

 poses, 140 



probable native of Brazil, 139 



— • — seeds useless for food, 140 



— derasitSj description, 169 



— farinosus, edible bean, chemical 

 • composition, 393 



— helvolus (Amberique), 140 

 early cultivation in Reunion, 



140, 141 



fertilizing effect of decom- 

 posing runners, 141 



green crop and dry matter, 



nitrogen and total mineral con- 

 tents, 144, 145 



variety, 143 



