INDEX 



Abiogenesis, Tragus on, 236, 237 

 Abrotonum, genus, 116 

 Absinthium, Seriphium, 212 



vulgare, 212 

 Acacia, Arabica, 132 



metamorphic kinds of, 138 



Senegal, 132 



wild plum mistaken for, 266 

 Acanaceae, family, 114 

 Acanthus, genus, 116 

 Acarna, name of thistle, 113 

 Acer pseudo platanus, 237 

 Achillea, genus, 246 

 Acines, leaves mistaken for, 258 

 Aconitum, genus, 116 

 Acorus Calamus, 123 

 Acte, Greek for Sambucus, 119, 208 

 Adam, Melchior, biographer, 220, 222 

 Adanson, M., criticises Pliny, 159 



dedicates genus to Nicander, 145 



historian of botany, 16 



on early authors, 1 7 



views of botany comprehensive, 1 6 

 Adiantum, genus, 216 

 Adonis aestivalis once thought an 



Anthemis, 214 



Adoxa, discovered by Cordus, 311 

 /Egilops, genus, 116 

 Aerial roots, Theophrastus on, 75 

 Estivation noted first by Cordus, 



288, 289 



Affinities, of Bryonia seen first by 

 Cordus, 298 



of Capsicum not seen by Fuchs, 210 



of Capsicum suggested by Tragus, 

 252 



of Datura seen first by Fuchs, 209 



of Glycyrrhiza shown first by 

 Cordus, 296 



of Momjrdica shown first by Cor- 

 dus, 298 



Agamemnon and famous trees, 135 

 Age of trees, Theophrastus on, 134 

 Agricultural botany, of antiquity, 

 144 



treatise by Cato, 146 



work by Columella, 151 



work by Varro, 148 



poems of Virgil, 149 



Agrimonia, genus, 255 



Agrostemma Flos Jovis, 123 



Agrostis, genus, 116 



Aira, genus, 1 16 



Alse, early term for axils, 199 



Alder tree, once believed flowerless/ 



88 

 credited with flowers by Theo- 



phrastus, 88 



Theophrastan ecology of, 127 

 aments of, described by Tragus, 



228 

 Alexander the Great, scientific staff 



of, 133 

 Alexipharmica, work of Nicander, 



145 



Alexius, Greek rhizotomus, 49, 505 

 Algae held to be plants by Theo- 



phrastus, 73 



Alliaria, Tragus on ecology of, 257 

 Almond flow r ers studied by Theo- 



phrastus, 85 

 Alnus oblongata, 121 

 Alopecurus, genus, 116 

 Alphabetic sequence, abjured by 



Tragus, 239 



not used by Brunfels, 176 

 precludes rational system, 176 

 Althea, genus, 116 

 Amaryllis, part of early Lilium, 42 

 Amelanchier vulgaris, 123 

 Aments, of alder described by Tra- 



gus, 228 

 of hazel described by Theophras- 



tus, 83 

 of pine overlooked by Theophras- 



tus, 88 



of willows, Tragus on, 2 29 

 Ammi, genus, 185 

 Amygdalus Persica, 34 

 Anagrammatic names, 219 

 Anatomy, Theophrastus on, 67, 97- 



101 



of mullein by Tragus, 225 

 of many plants by Cordus, 307-309 

 Anazarbos, birthplace of Dioscorides. 



Anblatum, old name of Lathraea, 304 

 Anchusa, genus, 1 1 6 



