INDEX. 



781 



Brazilin, 179, 180 

 Brazil-nut, 629 



aleurone grains of, 194 

 Breadfruit, 437. 5i6 

 Bread, St. John's 576 

 Breadstone, 39 

 Breathing root, 306 

 Bridelia, 593 

 Brier, cat, 459 



green, 459 

 Bromeliaceae, 480 

 Bromelin, 244 

 Broom, 443 

 green, 569 

 Scotch, 569 

 weed, 458 



Broom-rape family, 696 

 Brosimum, 516 

 Brucamarine, 586 

 Brucea, 586 

 Bruguiera, 631 

 Brush, 472 

 Bryonia, 438, 709 

 sieve in, 276 

 tendril of, 323 

 Bryonidin, 709 

 Bryonin, 709 

 red, 709 

 white, 709 

 Bryophytes, 76 



economic uses of, 84 

 Bubbles, air, 752 

 Buchania, 599 

 Buchu, 152, 438, 583 

 Buckbean, 665 

 Buckeye family, 602 

 Buckthorn, 445, 457 



family, 604 



Buckwheat, 445, 526, 527 

 family, 520 

 flowers, 400 

 protein in, 199 

 sugar in, 156 

 Bud, apical, 321 

 axillary, 321 

 scale, 120 

 scaly, 321 

 terminal, 321 

 Buds, 321 

 Buffalo berry, 628 

 Bugbane, 441 

 Bugle weed, 434, 451 

 Bulb, 327 

 Bulbils, 327 

 Bulblets, 327 

 Bunt, 461 

 Bur, 510 



Burdock, 436, 449, 715. 717 

 Burning bush, 600 

 Bur-reed, 464 

 family, 463 

 Bursa, 438 



pastoris, 439 

 Bursera, 587 

 Burseraceae, 586 



Bursine, 554 

 Butcher's blocks, 560 

 Butneria, 439 

 Butter, cacao, 612 



shea, 659 



vegetable, 659 

 Butter-and-eggs, 691 

 Buttercup, 457, 537 

 Butter-fly weed, 667 

 Butternut, 509 

 Buttonbush, 440, 703, 704 

 Buttons, 473 



mescal, 625 

 Button-snakeroot, 722 

 Buttonwood, 559 

 Butyrospermum, 659 

 Buxaceae, 594 

 Buxine, 594 

 Buxus, 439, 546. 594 



Cabbage. 553 



Cacao, 148, 2ii, 439, 460, 

 612 



butter, 612 



protein in, 199 



red, 612 



seeds, 612 



starch in, 148 



sugar in, 156 



tree, 612 

 Cactaceae, 625 

 Cactus, 439, 621, 625 



coach-whip, 621 



family, 625 



Cadinene, 233, 589, 642 

 Caducous, 388 

 Caesalpinia, 439, 576 



coriaria, tannin in, 206 

 Caesalpinioideae, 567 

 Caffeine, 162, 176, 600, 618, 



700 



Cajuputi, 439, 452 

 Calabar bean, 455 

 Calamint, 441 

 Calamites, 100 

 Calamus, 439, 474, 479 

 Calcarate, 388 

 Calcium carbonate, 200 



oxalate, 183 



phosphate, 186 

 Calendula, 387, 439, 718 



hairs in, 288 



pollen of, 405 

 Calisaya, 439 

 Calla, 439, 479 

 Calla-lily, 478 

 Callitris, 119 

 Calluna, 439 

 Callus, 277 

 Calophyllum, 439, 618, 619 



inophyllum, 212 

 Caltha, 439 

 Caltrop family, 581 

 Calumba, 439, 539 



American, 445 



Calyptrogen, 254 

 Calyx, 402 



duration of, 388 

 Cambium, 314 



intrafascicular, 341 



ring, 341 

 Cambogia, 439 

 Camelina, 439 

 Campanulaceae, 708, 710 

 Campanulata?, 708 

 Campanulate, 388 

 Campechianus-a-um, 439 

 Campestris-e, 439 

 Camphene, 676 

 Camphor, 439, 544, 546, 620 



Borneo, 620 



culture, 746 



Japanese, 234 



Laurus, 234 



tree, 545 

 Campion, 45 i 

 Camptosorus, 439 

 Campylotropous, 379 

 Canada fleabane, 713 



moonseed, 539 

 Canadensis-e, 439 

 Canaigre, 527 

 Canango, 542 

 Canarium, 586 

 Cancer root, 695, 696 

 Cane, 439, 445 

 Cane-sugar, 155, 156 

 Canella, 622 



bark, 622 



substitute, 622 

 Canellaceae, 622 

 Canna, 496 

 Cannabinus-a-um, 439 

 Cannabis, 439. 513 



American, 741, 742, 744 



fiber, 269 



hairs of, 284 

 Cannaceae, 496 

 Cantaloupe, 710 



sugar in, 156 

 Cantharellus, 58 

 Caoutchouc, 439, 513, 516, 

 592 



threads, 240 

 Cape jasmine, 704 

 Caper, 579 



spurge, 591 



wild, 591 



Capillaceus-a-um, 439 

 Capillus-Veneris, 439 

 Capitulum, 711 

 Caprifoliaceae, 704 

 Capsella. 438, 439, 554 



ferment in, 244 

 Capsicum, 439, 687 



protein in, 200 

 Capsule, 41 1 

 Caraipa. 618 

 Caramel, synthetic, 159 

 Carapa oil, 589 



