INDEX 



319 



Cotula, genus, 154 



Cotyledons, Theophrastus on, 96 



Tragus on, 238, 239 



used taxonomically, 1 7 

 Cratgegus, Aria, 121 



torminalis, 121 

 Crate vas, rhizotomus, 167 

 Cresarchus, friend of Theophrastus, 



57 

 Criteria of affinity, 1 7 



Cucurbita, genus, 116 

 Cultivated plants, origin of, 114 

 Cuscuta, genus, 253 

 Cyamus, genus, 122 

 Cyanus, genus, 255 

 Cycadaceae, family, 132 

 Cycas circinalis, 132 

 Cyclamen, genus, 224 

 Cymo, slave of Theophrastus, 57 

 Cynoglossum, genus, 183 

 Cyperus, genus, 1 1 1 



Damascenus, Nicolaus, author, 143 

 Daphne, Greek for Laurus, 33 

 Datura, affinities of, first seen, 209 



Cordus on calyx of, 285 



Metel, 208 



praefloration of, observed, 289 

 Daucus, genus, 284 

 Dead Nettle, 179 

 De Causis Plantarum of Theophras- 



tus, 58 

 Deciduous trees, Theophrastus on, 



128 

 Definition of, botanic terms by Fuchs, 



197-206 

 . botany by Sprengel, 20 



corvmb by Cordus, 283 



leaf by Theophrastus, 78 



root by Theophrastus, 73 



umbel by Cordus, 283 

 Delimitation of, genera by Tragus, 

 242 



of Ranunculus by Cordus, 298 

 Delphinium Consolida, 177, 213 

 Demotimus, philosopher, 57 

 Dendrologic scene, ancient, 131 

 Dendrology of, Arcadia, ancient, 130 



Arabian deserts, 133 



India, 132 

 middle Europe, 130 

 southern Europe, 103 

 Theophrastus on, 128-134 

 Dens Leonis, generic name, 124 

 Dentaria, genus, 304 

 De Re Rustica of Cato, 148 

 Description of, alder aments, 228 

 Arum by Cordus, 278 

 Arum by Dioscorides, 278 

 Cranberry vine, earliest, 311 

 Cyclamen by Tragus, 224 

 Digitalis by Fuchs, 218 



elder tree by Theophrastus, 104 

 hazel aments, earliest, 227 

 hazel flowers by Tragus, 228 

 lily of the valley, earliest, 225, 226, 

 mullein by Tragus, 225 

 Parnassia, earliest, 287 

 stamens by Cordus, 234 

 stamens by Tragus, 234, 235 

 sundew by Cordus, 309 

 Descriptions, importance of, 18 



of Dioscorides overestimated, 1 54 

 Deserts of Arabia, plants of, 132, 133 

 Development, influenced by environ- 

 ment, 127, 137 

 Diapensia, genus, 178 

 Diary of Tragus, 119 

 Dicotyledonous seeds, Theophrastus 



on, 96 

 Digitalis, early history of, 120, 215, 



218, 233, 256 



Diogenes Laertius, biographer, 57 

 Dionysius, painter of plants, 167 

 Dios Anthos, old generic name, 123 

 Dios Balanos, old generic name, 123 

 Dioscorea, genus by Plumier, 155 

 Dioscorides, Pedanius, 151 

 Anazarbos, birthplace of, 152 

 authority of, in pharmacy, 151 

 describes vegetative organs, 152 

 early editions of, 152 

 early translations of, 153 

 Galeopsis, genus by, 180 

 manuscript copies of, 167 

 noted commentators on, 155, 271, 



272 



plant families of, 154, 174 

 plants known to, 152 

 Sprengel on, 151 

 supremacy of, in pharmacy, 1 53 

 taxonomic suggestions of, 155 

 unites Ebulus to Sambucus, 154 

 Dipsacus, genus, 113 



anatomy of, by Cordus, 308 

 sativus, as variety, 302 

 silvestris, generic type, 302 

 Discovery, adventitious roots, 281 

 alder flowers by Tragus, 228 

 caducous sepals by Tragus, 230 

 Caltha palustris by Cordus, 301 

 dicotyle seeds by Theophrastus, 96, 



141 



disk florets by Cordus, 288, 289 

 Drosera by Tragus, 309 

 fern spores by Cordus, 294 

 fig flowers by Cordus, 292 

 indusium of ferns by Cordus, 294 

 new types, importance of, 18, 20 

 Parnassia by Cordus, 286 

 pollen by Cordus, 290 

 praefloration by Cordus, 288-289 

 praefoliation by Cordus, 278 

 snowball bush by Cordus, 301 

 tubercles on lupine roots, 310 



