INDEX 



459 



369 



medicinal 



chemical 



Pliaseoliis vulgaris seeds, propor- 

 tion of phosphorus and sulphur 

 in, 167 



white variety, starch in, char- 

 acters, 255 



■ grains in, 253 



Phosphoric acid, amount contained 

 in green pea, 137 



in kidney, French, or haricot 



beans, 167 



in seeds of Dolichos lahlab 



(Bonavis bean), 122 



more abundant in Legu- 



minosae than in Gramineae, 260, 

 261 



Pigeon pea, 85 



— — • see also CajcDius indiciis 

 Pigs, Leguminosse useful as fodder 



for, 295 

 Pine resin, gum resembling, 330 

 Piptadenia rigidcij gum produced 



by, cjualities, 332 

 — • (trees), wood, uses of, 

 Piscidia erythrina (tree), 



uses, 375 



poisonous, 244 



Pisiivi arvense (field pea) 



composition, 393 

 used as fodder, 394 



— sativum (green pea), 135 

 amount of phosphoric 



contained in, 137 



-of sulphuric acid 



tained in, 137 



chemical composition, 



136 



native of Western Asia, 135 



dry husks, chemical compo- 

 sition, 136 



germinative capacity, 137 



green pods, weight and 



chemical composition, 136 



— — time for planting, 137 



— — varieties of, 135, 136, 137 

 Pithecolobium dulce (tree), chemi- 

 cal composition, 307 



fruit, preparation for fodder, 



307 . 



— — requires no special cultiva- 



tion, 307 



— Saman (tree), 307 



pods, chemical composition 



of, 308, 309, 310 

 spirit manufactured from, 



308, 309 



— • value as fodder, 308, 309 



seeds, chemical composition 



of, 309, 310 



— (trees), species producmg tan- 



ning matters and dyes, 345 



— various species, wood of, uses, 



369, 370 

 Plant growth, accumulation of 

 toxins in soil by, 42 



acid 



con- 



135, 



Plants, absorption of atmospheric 

 nitrogen by, theories as to, 9-19 



— dangerous, 238 



— fixation of atmospheric nitrogen 



by, 9 

 theory of Bonema and Thiel, 



.42 



— formation of gum in, theories as 



to, 312 



— various, manganese in ash of, 



228, 229 



Ploughshares, wood used for mak- 

 ing, 350 



Pods of bean attacked by Rhizoc- 

 tonia, 416 



— — with blotches of anthracnose, 



416 

 Poinciana elata (tree), wood, ciuality 



of, 362 

 — • pulclierri)ua (trailing shrub), 



medicinal uses, 382 



— regia (tree), medicinal uses, 382 

 wood, quality, density, and 



breaking strain of, 362 

 Pois carre, 171 

 ■ see also Psophocarpus tctra- 



gonolobus 



— dragee, edible variety of 



d'Achery pea [Phaseolus luna- 

 tus), 236 



nutriment value of green 



fodder and hay compared, 278, 

 279 



— du Cap, 152 



see also Phaseolus inanicenus 



Poisonous bites, seeds used as anti- 

 dote against, 374 



— properties of Lcguminosse, cause 



of, 239 



— species of Tephrosia^ 200 

 Poisons, antidotes for, plants used 



as, 375 

 Potigaviia glabra (tree), description, 



353 



leaves and pods of, 2>77 



— ■ — medicinal uses, 376 



valuable as fodder, 288 



wood, quality and uses of, 



353. 



— uliginosa (tree), wood, char- 



acters and uses of, 353 

 Potash, amount in Voandzeia. 72 



— more abundant in Leguminosae 



than Graminese, 260 

 Poultry, species of T ephrosia 



poisonous to, 200 

 Priestley, absorption of atmospheric 



nitrogen by plants, 10 

 Priotropis cytisoides (shrub), wood 



of, 354 

 Proctor, Professor, composition of 

 extracts from wood of Xylia 

 dolabriformis, 345 



