INDEX 



243 



" Lewa " method of tapping 



Manihot Glaziovii, 147 

 Lisbon, imports of rubber at, 94 

 Liverpool, imports of rubber at, 94 

 London, imports of rubber at, 94 

 Lump rubber, African, prepara- 

 tion of, 164; composition of, 185 



Mtilaya, area mider rubber in, 5 ; 

 production of rubber in, 9 ; 

 rate of growth of Hevea hrasili- 

 ensis in, 112 ; yields of rubber 

 from Hevea brasiliensis in, 125 



Manitoba rubber (see Ceara rub- 

 ber) 



Manihot dichotoma, 31, 137, 157- 

 9 ; composition of rubber of, 

 159 



Manihot Glaziovii, 2, 31, 137-57; 

 cultivation of, 4, 140-46 ; cul- 

 tivation of, in Uganda, 24 ; 

 cultivation of, in the East 

 Africa Protectorate, 26 ; cul- 

 tivation of, in Nyasaland, 27 ; 

 laticiferoiis tissue of, 46 ; 

 botanical characters of, 138; 

 distribution in Bi-azil, 138; 

 collection of rubber from, in 

 Brazil, 139; methods of tap- 

 ping, 139-40, 146-9; yield of 

 rubber from wild trees in Brazil, 

 140 ; climatic conditions for 

 cultivation of, 141-2 ; soils 

 suitable for cultivation of, 141- 

 2 ; forination of plantations of, 

 142 ; raising plants of, 143 ; 

 cost of establishing plantations 

 of, 144 ; rate of growth in 

 different countries, 145-6 ; 

 coagulation of latex of, 149-; 

 yield of rubber from cultivated 

 trees, 150-5; composition of 

 rubber of, 156 



Manihot heptaphylla, 3\, 137, 157- 

 9 



Manihot piauhyensis, 31, 137, 157- 

 9 



Manihot vtolacea, 137 



Manuring of Hevea brasiliensis, 

 117 



Mascarenluisia anceps, 39 



Mascarenhasia elastica, 25, 27, 

 38 ; composition of rubber 

 from, 38 



Mascarenhasia liaianthiflora, 39 



Mascarenhasia loivgifolia, 39 



^lexico, production of rubber in, 

 8 ; yield of rubber from Caatilloa 

 elastica in, 222 



17 



Mechanical testinc; of rubber, 89 

 Mgoa rubber (see Mascarenhasia 



elastica) 

 Michrechites Jiapeensis, 41 

 Micrandra siphonioides, 33 

 Mineral inatter, amoimt present Ln 



rubber, 56 

 Monochamus ruspator, 169 

 " ^loon " vino (see Ipomoea Bona- 



nox) 

 "Morning Glory" vme (see Ipo- 

 moea Bona-nox) 



Natal, Euphorbia Tirucalli in, 28 ; 

 Ficus utilis in, 28 ; Laiidolphia 

 Kirkii in, 28 ; rubber plants of, 

 28 ; composition of coagulated 

 latex of Ficus ntilis from, 237 



Ncctria funtumiae, 170 



New Guinea, German, area under 

 rubber in, 5 



New York, imports of rubber at, 

 94 



" Niger balata," 235, 236 



"Niger gutta," composition of, 

 236 



Nigeria, Northern, production of 

 rubber in, 12 ; " brown cluster ' 

 or " brown medium " rubber 

 from, 21 ; species of Ficus in, 

 21, 236 ; Ficus Vogelii in, 21 ; 

 Landolphia florida in, 21 ; 

 " paste " rubber from, 21;" red 

 Kano rubber " from, 21, 236 ; 

 rubber plants of, 21 ; cultiva- 

 tion of rubber plants in, 22 



Nigeria, Southern, production of 

 rubber in, 10, 11, 19; Gar- 

 podinus fulva in, 20 ; Carpo- 

 dinus hirsuta in, 20 ; Glitandra 

 elastica in, 20 ; cultivation of 

 rubber plants in, 20 ; Ficus 

 Vogelii in, 20 ; Funtumia elas- 

 tica in, 20 ; Landolphia owarien- 

 sis in, 20 ; Landolphia Thomp- 

 sonii in, 20 ; rubber plants of, 

 20 ; rate of growth of Hevea 

 brasiliensis in, 113; yield of 

 rubber from Hevea brasiliensis 

 in, 127-30 ; rate of gi'owth of 

 Manihot Glaziovii in, 146; 

 yield of rubber from Manihot 

 Glaziovii in, 1 55 ; rate of growth 

 of Funtumia elastica in, 171 ; 

 yield of rubber from Funtumia 

 elastica in, 179-83 



Nyasaland, area under rubber in, 

 5, 27 ; production of rubber in^ 

 10, 22, 26 ; Landolphia Drooy[ 



