INDEX 



325 



Nasturtium Continued 



hortense, 247 



officinale, 247 



pratense, 247 



Natural sequences of Tragus, 238 

 Nelumbo speciosa, 122 

 Nenuphar, genus, 190 

 Neriurn, odorum, 33 



oleander, 33, 133 

 Nicander of Colophon, 144, 145 



on agriculture, 144 



on mushrooms, 144 



on poisonous plants, 144 

 Nicandra dedicated by Adanson, 146 

 Nile region, ancient dendrology of, 



Nomenclature, of Brunfels, 184-197 



of Cordus, 304-307 



of Fuchs, 215-219 



generic, universal, 29 



of monotypes, 216 



point of departure for, 189 



specific, necessity of, 30 



of Theophrastus, 118-125 



of Tragus, 254-256 



vernacular, 27, 36, 41, 42, 51, 118 

 Nummularia, genus, 253 

 Nymphaea, genus, 190 



alba, 122 



Lotus, 122 



lutea, 122 



Nelumbo, 122 



Oaks, flowers of, first described, 227 



genera of, 41 



longevity of, 134 



Pliny on, 41 



Ray on, 41 



Ocimoides and Ocimastrum, 218 

 Odors, as indicating affinities, 210, 

 244248 



of roots, Theophrastus on, 76 

 Olea, genus, 125, 146 



albiceris, 146 



colminiana, 146 



conditiva, 146 



domestica, 125 



liciniana, 146 



salentina, 146 



sergiana, 146 



silvestris, 125 

 Olive blossoms studied by Theo- 



phrastus, 89 



Orchids, fabled origin of, 237 

 Organography, importance of, 25 

 Organs, permanent and transient, 63 



vegetative and reproductive, 63 

 Origanum, album, 125 



creticum, 125 



heracleoticum, 125 



nigrum, 125 

 Orobanche, genus, 76 

 Oryza, genus, in 



Osmunda regalis, 237 

 Ostrya vulgaris, 121 

 Ovary, as part of flower, 291 



as no part of flower, 64, 290 



of junipers minute, 88 

 Oxalidaceous type as Trifolium, 32 

 Oxalis acetosella, 3 1 

 Oxyacantha, genus, 121 

 Oxys, prior name of Oxalis, 31 



Pados, Greek for Padus, 121 

 Paeonia, Cordus on, 291 



Tragus on flowers of, 230 

 Papaver, and Nymphaea, 188 



corniculatum, 125 



nigrum, 125 



rhceas, 125 



Papaveraceae, Tragus on, 230 

 Papilionaceous, term used first by 



Cordus, 288 



Parenchyma first distinguished, 99 

 Parietaria, genus, 186 

 Paris, genus, Cordus on, 290 

 Parmeno, slave of Theophrastus, 57 

 Parnassia, genus, 305 



palustris, 286 

 Pear, flowers of, Theophrastus on, 85 



mediaeval varieties of, 313 

 Pedantries of botany, 37, 39 

 Pentaphyllum palustre, 305 

 Pergamos, birthplace of Galen, 160 

 Pericarp, Theophrastan term, 93 



reappears first with Cordus, 292, 



2 93 



Pes corvinus, early name of Ranun- 

 culus, 1 88 



Petal, term wholly modern, 140 

 Peuce, conophoros, 121 



Idaia, 121 



paralios, 121 

 Phaseolus vulgaris, 121 

 Phases of plant life, diversity of, 73 

 Phenologic notes, of Theophrastus, 

 128 



of Tragus, 260 



Philosophia Botanica quoted, 185 

 Phlomis, alba, 125 



nigra, 125 

 Phyllitis, spores of, 294 



ecology of, 310 

 Physalis, genus, 285 



somnifera, 209 



Physiology of plants, Cordus on, 307, 

 310 



Sprengel on, 20 



Varro's suggestions of, 148 

 Phytographic, leaf- types, 102-104 



sequences and biologic, 66 

 Phytography, ancient and modern, 

 102, 103 



artificial and natural, 102, 103 



Cordus first to excel in, 275 



examples of early, 45, 277 



