460 



INDEX 



Prosopis alba (tree), medicinal uses, 



384 



— glandulosa and P. sficigera 



(ti;ees), wood, uses of, 370 



— juUflora (Algaraba) (tree); fruits 



injurious when moistened, 245 



geographical distribution, 398 



melliferous, 398 



pods, chemical composition, 



399 



edible, 3q8 



used for manufacturing 



methylated spirit, vinegar and 



beer, 399 

 — ■ — seeds valuable as fodder, 398 

 used as fuel and charcoal, 



398 



— s-picigera (tree), pods eaten in 



time, of famine, 399 

 — • (tree), species other than juU- 

 flora worth cultivation, 399 



— species used for tanning, 345 

 Protein, synonym for nitrogenous 



matter, 270 

 Prussic acid, conditions under 



which contained and produced 



in d'Achery pea, 232, 234 

 in leaves of Indigoflora gale- 



goides, 233 

 in Leguminosae, 231 



— — in Lima bean, 158 



in seeds of d'Achery pea, 



varies according to district 



where produced, 236 



peas containing, 236, 237 



according to localities 



where produced, 237 



not containing, 236 



Pseiidomonas radicicola_, 41 

 Psofhocarpus paliistris, 171, 172 

 ■ growing wild with Mttcuna 



priirienSj 179 

 seeds, 179 



— tetragonolohus (Pois carre), 171 

 excrescences on roots pro- 

 duced by Nematode worm 

 {Heterodera radicola), 179, 180, 

 181 



food value of, 177 



— - — Indian variety, tubercles of, 



chemical analysis, 175 



leaves and fruit of, 173 



pods, dry, 176 



chemical composition, 



177 



green, chemical composi- 

 tion, 177 



question of original habitat, 



171, 172 



roots, 175 



decorticated, chemical 



composition, 172 



— starch in, 172 



Psophocarpus tetragotiolobns roots, 

 mineral composition, 174, 176 



— starch in, characters, 255 



• grains in, 253 



seeds, starch grains in, 252 



■ and husks, mineral ele- 

 ments, 178 

 starch in, characters, 255 



— — time for sowing, 177 

 Psoralen Archeri (shrub), textile 



uses, 387 



— brachiata (shrub), roots edible, 



394 



— corylifoUa (herb), medicinal 



uses, 376 

 — • patens (shrub), yielding fibre, 

 388 



— pentaphylla (plant), medicinal 



uses, 376 



— pl'icata, fodder for camels, 288 

 Pterocarpus angolensis (tree), 



source of red sandal wood, 339 

 — - — wood, qualities and uses of, 



353 



— dalbergoides (tree), wood, qual- 



ity and uses of, 354 



— Draco , resin or kino gum pro- 



duced by, 320 



— - erinacens (tree), gum contain- 

 ing tannin produced by, 320 



wood, qualities and uses of, 



353 



valuable as fodder, 289 



— - indicns (tree), medicinal uses, 



wood, qualities and uses of, 



353, 354 



— — yielding tanniferous gum, 



320 



— macrocarpus (tree), wood, uses 



of, 354 

 — - Marsiip'uim (tree), astringent 



substance from, 339 

 bark and extracts used for 



tanning, 339 



producing kino gum, 319 



wood, qualities and uses of, 



354. 

 — ■ pallidus (tree), medicinal uses, 



376 



— santalinns (tree), colouring 



principle, 339. 

 wood, qualities and uses of, 



354 



— species of, yielding wood used 



for building and cabinet-mak- 

 ing, 353, 354 



— - snberosiis (tree), wood, quality 

 and uses, density and breaking 

 strain of, 354 



Piieraria Thitnbergiana (climbing 

 shrub), root edible, 394 



