INDEX 



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Valla, G., quoted by Brunfels, 173 

 Variations of Spartium, 3 1 1 

 Varieties, ancient means of propa- 

 gating, 59 



of apples, mediseval, 313, 314 



of cabbage, ancient, 146, 148 



of cherries, ancient, 148 



of fig, ancient, 148 



of grapes, ancient, 147 



of myrtle, ancient, 146, 148 



of olive, ancient, 146 



of pears, ancient, 147, 148 

 mediseval, 313 



of wheat, ancient, 125 

 Varro, Marcus Terentius, 147-149 



agriculture, treatise on, by, 148 



genus dedicated to, 149 



most learned man in Rome, 148 



naval commander at seventy, 147 



suggests plant physiology, 148 

 Varronia, genus, by P. Browne, 149 

 Vegetative organs, Cordus on, 280- 

 282 



Fuchs on, 197-200 



Theophrastus on, 72-82 

 Veit Speckle, artist to Fuchs, 195 

 Veratrum and Helleborus as allies, 



118 

 Verbena, old synonymy of, 185 



fcemina, 177, 251 



mascula, 177 



officinalis, 176 



recta, 210 



supina, 185, 210 

 Vernacular, family names, 27 



generic names, 27 



specific names, 27 

 Veronica, Anagallis aquatica, 259 



Beccabunga, 259 



Chamaedrys, 259 



Teucrium, 259 



Viburnum Opulus, 231, 232, 301 

 Vigonius, J., quoted J>y Brunfels, 173 



Viola alba, 184, 216, 231 



aurea, 184 



hirundinaria, 184 



lutea, 231 



martia, 231 



nigra, 184 



purpurea, 231 

 Violet, Dame's, 232 



Dogtooth, 232 



Violet-form corollas, Tragus on, 233 

 Violets, cruciferous, 231 



proper, 231 



Virgil, Latin poet, 149, 150 

 Vitis aminea, 146 

 majuscula, 146 

 minuscula, 147 



apiciana, 147 



gemina, 147 



helvola, 147 

 minuscula, 147 



murgentina, 147 



vinifera, 217 



Vitis alba, generic for Bryonia 217 

 Vtis Idsea, generic for Vitisidaea, 216 

 Vitis nigra, generic for Clematis, 217 

 Vocabularies, of botany, primitive, 



59. l61 

 Vocabulary, botanical, of Fuchs, 



197-206 



Vulnerary herbs, names of, 177, 178 

 Von Sachs, Julius, errors of, 140, 143, 



172 



on German Fathers, 166 

 on Theophrastus, 52, 140, 143 



Walnut, 29, 40, 123, 126 

 Water lilies and poppies as allied, 1 18 

 Willow catkins, Tragus on, 229 

 Willows first grown from seed, 228 

 Wood anemone, first published, 186 



Xanthium, genus, 255 

 Zizyphus, genus, 34 



