GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Ad uivum, to the life, 381. 



^gagrdpUoi {aigagros, a wild goat, »?7os, aball), 

 Si87. 



Agarics, species of /41cybnium, with a filiform 

 stem and a kidney-shaped case, 473. 



Albinoes, a term originally applied to human be- 

 ings of a deadly white occurring amongst the 

 negroes of Africa, the copper-coloured Indians 

 of the Isthmus of Darien, and in other places, 

 208. 



Alburnum, the living and incompletely formed 

 external layers of wood, 152. 



Alcyonite, a fossil state of some species of the 

 genus of marine zoophytes ^Icybnium, 469. 



Algology, the knowledge of the A Igae, 57. 



AUgnation, line of direction, 82. 



Anal fins, those of tiie vent, 215. 



Anthocephalltes, fossils resembling heads of 

 flowers and buds of blossoms, 295. 



Anthracite described, 191. 



A^'nus, the orifice at which excrements are 

 ejected, 540: per anum, escaping by the anus, 

 540. 



A6rta, the great artery proceeding from the left 

 ventricle of the heart, from which all the 

 other arteries mediately or immediately pro- 

 ceed, 407. 



A'pices, tips, uppermost points, 230. 



Appendices, appendages, 529. 



Appendices lutem, yellow appendages to the in- 

 testines, 95. 



'A priori reasoning, reasoning before facts, 461. 



Auldcodus, with a furrowed tooth, '/52. 



Aver cake, cake made of oatmeal, 301. 



Basset edge, the edge of a stratum which has 

 risen to the surface is so called, 442. 



Belemnites, fossil shells of a conical figure, 295. 



Bcxoar, explained, 286. 



Bipectinate, toothed, and the teeth again toothed, 

 22. 



Birring, whirring, 123. 



Blepharophtlmlmia (from blephara, the eyelids, 

 and ophthalmia, a disease of the eye), signi- 

 fies, literally, a disease of the eyelids, 14. 



Braird, the first leaf emitted from sown corn, 

 75. 



Branchiae, gills, 504. 



Branchidpoda, Crustkcea destitute of feet, in 

 place of which each side is furnished with 



I- ciliated branchiostegous appendages for swim- 

 ming, 530. 



Buccal, belonging to the cheek, 530, 



Buccinator m.uscles, muscles of the cheeks, so 

 called from their office of forcing out the 

 breath, 405. 



Bulla 6ssea, a feony knob, 406. 



C'Uamite, of the nature of cane, or of rush, 374. 



Caloric, the cause of the sensation of heat, 386. 



Campylbtes, curvity, crookedness, 255. 



Canalis lachrymalis, channel for tears, 404. 



Cancelli, lattice-work ; applied to the reticular 

 substance in bones, 241. 



Cephaldpoda, Molliisca having the head fur- 

 nished with appendages for progressive motion, 

 527. 



Choiion, explained, 15, 



Choroid, explained, 15. 



Choroid tnembrane, 129 ; explained, 15. 



Choroid pigment, 129 j explained, 15. 



Choroid membrane, in insects, the tissue of 

 trachea; and pigment, 229. 



Cilia, the eyelashes, 404. 



Cirri, tentacula, feelers, 282. 



Climate, explained, 246. 



Climatology, Vne knowledge of climates, 247. 



Cochlea, a snail's shell, an internal part of the 

 ear resembling it, 382. 



Cdncha, the external tube of the ear, 404. 



Conchoidal, resembling a shell, 191. 



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Condyloid fordmina^ orifices in bones at their 

 joints, 406. 



Condyloid processes, processes of bones at their 

 joints, 406. 



Cdrnea transpurens, explained, 15. 



Crdnium, the skull bone, 404. 



Crdter, a bowl, the mouth of a volcano, 548. 



Cricoid cartilage ( from krikos, a ring, and eidotf 

 likeness), a gristle of the windpipe, 405. 



Crops out, beds are said to crop out when they 

 make their appearance on the surface from 

 beneath others, 462. 



Cr-ksta petrbsa, rocky crust, 240. 



Crypts (from krupto, to hide), the little rounded 

 appearance at the end of the small arteries, 

 528. 



Cul de sac, a pouch, 408. 



Cumulus, clouds in a convex or conical heap, 

 increasing upwards from a horizontal base; 

 plural, cumuli, 444. 



Cutis vera, the true skin, 528. 



Cycldstoma {kuklot, a circle, and stoma, a mouth), 

 540. 



Debris, ruins, rubbish, fallen fragments, 26, 



Depressor muscles, muscles which depress or 

 draw down the parts to which tliey are fasten- 

 ed, 405. 



Detritus, fragments of rocks, 90. 



Dicta, precepts, plural of dictum, 535. 



Dipterous, two-winged, 220. 



Ductus ad nasum, duct leading to the nose, 404. 



Eg4sta, excrements, matters expelled, 157. 



Electro-magnetism, that condition of matter in 

 which electricity and magnetism coexist, 141. 



Encrinites, fossils resembling the blossoms of 

 lilies, 295. 



Enterolite, a stone found in intestines, 286. 



Entomostraca, a division of Crustacea, 501. 



Epiphyte defined, 285. 



Exciibilor, a watcher, 342. 



Exiivia, withered remains, 22. 



Ferrugineo-calcareoiis, calcareous with the co- 

 lour of rust of iron, 383, 



Foramen, an orifice, .541. 



Foramen ovd.le, an oval opening, 409. 



Foramina, orifices, 405. 



Fdrmulce, prescribed things or forms, 192. 



Gasteropodes, MoUusca having the belly fur- 

 nished with the organs of progressive motion, 

 537. 



Gravamen, the weight, 330. 



Gryph'ites, fossils of the shells Gryphze^ae, 295, 



Halidtis, sea ear, 529. 



Haustellata, insects endowed with suckers, 490. 



Hippolite, a stone found in a horse, 286. 



Holocentrus {holos, all, kcntron, a spur), i. 163 ; 

 given erroneously, iii. 570 ; corrected, iv. 77. 



Hyperboloid, a solid formed by the revolution of 

 a hyperbola : a hyperbola is a particular kind 

 of curve, formed by cutting a cone in a direc- 

 tion parallel to its axis, 427. 



Hyberndculum, winter residence, 239. 



Hypochondriasis, dejection, depression of spi- 

 rits, 14. 



Ileum, the third intestine, which begins where 

 the jejunum ends, and is so called from eileo, 

 to involve, from its many and complicated 

 folds, 95. 



IncontractUe, uncontractable, 389. 



Imago, the winged or perfect state of an insect, 

 2S4. 



In situ, in its place, 243. 



Instinct, defined, 157. 



Invertebrate, devoid of a backbone, 260. 



Iodine, a solid substance, principally obtained 

 from kelp, 88. 



Jejunum, the second portion of the small in- 

 testines, so called because it is usually found 

 empty, 195, 



