INDEX 



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Retzius, A. J., on botany of Virgil, 



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Rhizophora mucronata, 33 

 Rhizotomi, ancient, 45, 50 



modern, 51 



Rieti, birthplace of Varro, 147 

 Riffius, Walter, and V. Cordus, 271 

 Rihelius, Strassburg, publisher, 276 

 Riparian ecologic group, 127 

 Rivinus, A. Q., Adanson on, 17 

 Root, emphasized by rhizotomi, 45 



investigated by Theophrastus, 24 



neglected by later systematists, 45 



primitive notion of, 25 



subordinated by Cordus, 278 

 Roots, classified, 73-77 



colors of noted, 76 



flavors of noted, 76 



functions of stated, 73 

 Rorella, oldest name of Drosera, 304 



physiology of, 309 

 Rose, Christmas, 231 



China, 231 



of Sharon, 232 



Guelder, 232 



wild, 230 



Rotate, corolla-type, 232 

 Ruellius castigated by Tragus, 228 

 Ruscus Hypophyllum, 33 

 Ruta, genus, 245 



Sagitta, old name of Sagittaria, 304 

 Sagittaria, anatomy of, 307 



genus, 274 

 Salix, alba, 125 



helix, 125 



nigra, 125 

 Sambucus, genus, 208 



and Ebulus, 154, 240 



aquatica, 231 



described by Theophrastus, 90 



nigra, 104 



Sanguis mercurii, 185 

 Sanguis mustete, 185 

 Sanguisorba major, 310 



minor, 310 



Sanicula Europa^a, 177 

 Santolina, genus, 245 

 Saxifraga, Aizoon, 310 

 Scammonia, genus, 303 

 Science, antedates history, 21 



exacts truthfulness, 30 

 Scolopendrium, ecology of, 310 

 Scro'phularia, genus, 186 



major, 182 



minor, 182, 185 



nodosa, 182 

 Scrophulariaceas, 260 

 Sedum acre, 258 



telephium, 182 

 Seed of fig, Cordus on, 292 

 Seedlings, Theophrastus on, 58, 95 



Tragus on, 238, 239 



Seeds, Cordus on, 292, 293 



Theophrastus on, 67, 95, 96 



Tragus on, 236-239 

 Senecio vulgaris, 176 

 Serapion, author quoted, 173 

 Seriphium, genus, 213, 214 

 Serpentarias, family, 255 

 Shepherd's Purse, 250 

 Sida, Greek for water lily, 122 

 Siemershausen birthplace of Cordus, 



271 



Simon Januensis quoted, 173 

 Sinapis, genus, 251 

 Sisymbrium Laeselii, 210, 212 

 Sium odoratum, 259, 260 



non odoratum, 259, 260 

 Smilax, genus, 253 

 Snowball bush, first account of, 301 

 Solanaceas, 252 

 Solanum, genus, 252 



melongena, 209 



nigrum, 209 

 Sorbus domestica, 121 

 Spartium scoparium, variations of, 



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 Speckle, V. R., artist to Fuchs, 195 



Spinacia, genus, 186 



Spodias, Greek for wild plum, 121 



Sprengel, C., on Cordus, 270, 271 



as historian, 19, 20, 165 



on priority, 185 



Spruce, Macedonian, ecology of, 126 

 Stamen described by Tragus, 235 

 Stamens confused with pistils, 86 



Fuchs' account of, 204 

 Stapelius, editor of Theophrastus, 58 

 Stellate corolla, 233 

 Stem, Cordus on, 280 



Fuchs on, 199 



Theophrastus on, 76, 77 



Tragus on, 243, 245, 253 

 Stigma, Cordus on, 290 

 Stipula, term as used by Fuchs, 200 

 Stramonium, genus, 285 

 Suber, Latin for cork oak, 41 

 Sundew, described by Cordus, 309 



figured by Tragus, 309 



named Rorella, 309 



physiology of, 310 

 Symphytum officinale, 177 



petraeum, 177 

 System, universal need of, 20 



of Cesalpino, 30 



of Tournefort, 14, 15 



Tagetes, genus, 216 

 Tamarindus indica, 133 

 Tamus communis, 123 

 Taxonomic ideas of Tournefort, 14 



suggestions of Dioscorides, 154 

 Taxonomy of Brunfels, 174-183 



of Cordus, 295-303 



of Fuchs, 207-215 



