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INDEX 



Phaseolus helvolits, green variety, 

 seeds, nutritive value and proxi- 

 mate composition of, 145 



husks, mineral composition 



of, 148 



native of Madagascar, 140 



percentage of assimilable 



nitrogenous elements in, 145 



starch in, characters, 255 



• — grains in, 256 



total crop, mineral composi- 

 tion, 144 



value as green manure, 146 



— ■ — v^'ild, found in Anjouan, 147, 

 148 



• — — — - — stems and leaves, 

 chemical and mineral composi- 

 tion, 148 



yellow variety, 143 



chemical analysis, 143 



— seeds, nutritive value 



and proximate composition of, 



145 



— inamivniis (Pois du Cap), 152 



chemical composition, 155 



climate suitable for, 153 



— - cultivation in Madagascar, 



description, 152 



■ export figures, 154 



fruits of, 154 



starch in, characters, 254 



grains in, 250 



value as green manure, 155 



— Innatiis (Lima bean ; d'Achery 



pea), 155 

 confusion -vvith other forms, 



cultivated varieties, 157 



description of, 156 



disappearance of poisonous 



principle upon cultivation, 238 

 eaten by Indians without 



harm when boiled, 235 



edible varieties, 236 



effect on poor soils, 260 



emploved as cover crop, 157, 



158,268" 

 fresh leaves of, prussic acid 



in, 233 

 glucoside contained in, 231, 



232 



history of, 155, 156 



husks, mineral composition 



of, iSQ, 160 



— — leaves, prussic acid in, how 



produced, 234 



method of cultivati9^, 161 



nutritive values of green 



fodder and hay compared, 278, 



279 

 prussic acid in, 158 



Phaseolus hinatus^ prussic acid, 

 conditions under which con- 

 tained in, 232 



not destroyed when 



peas are boiled, 235 



— - — seeds and leaves, chemical 



and mineral composition, 159 



prussic acid in, varies 



according to district where pro- 

 duced, 236 



starch in, characters, 254 



grains in, 251 



unusable as food, 159, 161 



value as green manure, 157 



variety of leaf from, 158 



— mitltiflorits, description, 169 



— Miingo (woolly pyrolus), Indian 



cowpea, 141, 149 



chemical composition, 151 



climate necessary for de- 

 velopment, 149, 151 



cultivation of, 141 



method of, 150 



description, 149 



early record of, 149 



food value in Australia and 



India, 150, 151 



time of harvest, 151 



var. radiatuSj chemical com- 

 position, 151 



varieties, chemical composi- 

 tion, 150, 151 



withstands drought, 151 



— seniierectus, 163 



chemical composition, 163 



■; — sfhsericns sulfiireiiSj 170 

 — • description, 170 



— trilohiiSj chemical composition, 



170 

 tiescription, 170 



— 7'ulgaris (kidney bean, French 



or haricot bean), chemical com- 

 position compared with that of 

 common bean, 204 



— — chemical composition in 



green state, 166 

 limits occurring be- 

 tween varieties, 166 

 — - - - dwarf variety, 165 

 flowers and fruit of, 165 



— — fly atacking, 164, 168, 169 

 — - — history of, 164 



husks, chemical composition, 



nutritive value, 167 



pods or seeds not eaten by 



animals, 243 

 (red variety), starch in, char- 

 acters, 255 



grains in, 253 



seeds, average weight, 166 



■ — chemical composition, 167 



