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INDEX 



Ancient husbandry, 150-153 

 phytographic method, 102, 103 



Andes, birthplace of Virgil, 149 



Anemone nemorosa first published, 

 186 



Anethum, genus, 117 



. \ngiosperm, Theophrastan term, 94, 

 141 



Anguillara, L., Italian botanist, 155 



Animal and plant, Linnaeus on, 73 

 Theophrastus on, 63 



Anise, as Theophrastan gymno- 

 sperm, 94, 95 



Anspach, Fuchs' life at, 193 



Antennaria dioica, 211 



Anthemis of Fuchs, 213 



Anthers, early names for, 233, 290 

 coloring of, noted by Tragus, 234 

 dust of, named pollen by Cordus, 



290, 291 



versatile insertion noted by Cor- 

 dus, 290 



Anthology, little regarded by Brun- 



fels, 181 



of Cordus, 282-292 

 of Fuchsius, 203-205 

 of Theophrastus, 82-90, 211 

 of Tragus, 227-236 



Antirrhinum, genus, 1 1 7 



Aparine, genus, 117 



Apetalous flowers, Theophrastus on, 

 85, 86, 141 



Apices, early name of stamens, 233, 

 290 



Apium, genus, 260 



Apodixis Germanica of Tragus, 220 



Apple blossoms studied by Theo- 

 phrastus, 85 



Apuleius quoted by Brunfels, 173 



Aquilegia, ecology of, 257 



Arabian vegetation, Theophrastus 

 on, 133 



Arboreal growths, Theophrastus on, 

 126 



Arbutus flower perplexes Theo- 

 phrastus, 90 



Archaic philosophy of plant life, 61 



Arctostaphylos, genus, 164 



Aristolochia, Corydalis mistaken for, 



173, 266 



Aristotle, bequests of, to Theo- 

 phrastus, 56 

 evolutionist, 241 

 father of biologic research, 131 

 founder of first botanic garden, 56, 



97 



friend of Theophrastus, 55, 56 

 Armeniaca vulgaris, 34 

 Arnoglosson, Greek for Plantago, 



208, 216 

 Arum, genus, 117 



early descriptions of, 278, 279 

 Theophrastus on anatomy of, 112 



Arundinaceae, family, in 

 Arundo, genus, 75 



Donax, in 



Asarum, ecology of, 257 

 Ash tree, Theophrastus on leaves of, 



79 



Asparagus, cladodes of, 79 

 Asphodel, roots of, 75 

 Aspidium filix mas, 294 

 Aster, genus, 125 

 Asteracticus of Cesalpino, 125 

 Aster Atticus, 125, 216 

 Athenaeus, early medical botanist, 



144 



Athenian olive tree, 134 

 Athens, ancient garden at, 97 

 Atropa Belladonna, 209 

 Aurelius, Marcus, patron of Galen 



161 



Australian metamorphic trees, 138 

 Avicenna, early Arabian botanist, 



I3 1 



Avicennia officinalis, 33 



Balsamella, early name of Impatiens, 



34 

 Banister's Catalogue quoted, 36 



early names of Virginian oaks, 36 

 Banyan tree, Theophrastus on, 74 

 Barbaras, Hermolaus, cited, 179 



commended by Fuchsius, 196-11^7 

 Bark, wood, and pith, Theophrastus 



on, 97 

 Barley, germination of, Theophrastus 



on, 96 

 Batrachium, Greek for Ranunculus, 



119 



Bauhin, C., on Trifolium, 31,32 

 Beccabunga, Tragus on habitat of, 



259 

 Beech tree flowers, first account of, 



228 

 Bibliotheca Botanica of Haller, 263, 



272, 275 



Universalis of Gesner, 171 

 Bidens, genus, 120 

 Biennials and annuals, Theophrastus 



on, 68 

 Binary generic names, approved by 



Cordus, 305 



examples of, in Brunfels, 185 

 suppressed by Linnaeus, 185 

 prevalent in vernacular, 124 

 used by Fuchsius, 2 1 6 

 used by Theophrastus, 123 

 used by Tragus, 255 

 Binary specific names, before Theo- 

 phrastus, 59 



employed by Brunfels, 191 

 examples of, in Banister, 36 

 universal with Cato, 146, 147 

 used freely by Bauhin, 3 1 



