INDEX. 



Ill 



Butler's list of Fulgora, i. 39. 

 Butter fish, i. 256. 

 Butterflies, i. .50. 

 ButterHy coUectin;?, Vincent 



Bourne on, i. 51. 

 Butt.rtiy Orchis, ii. 185. 

 Bjer plum, ii 5Ci). 

 Byron's ' Bride of AbyJos, ' 



quoted, ii. 214, 



C. 



Cabbage, ii. 649. 

 Cacao bean, ii. 625. 

 Cachalots, uncertain temper 



of, i. 445. 

 Cacteae, ii. 440. 

 Cactus, a.s a heil?p tree — the 

 Cacticide epidemic at Ma- 

 dras, ii. 441. 

 Caddis, i. 48. 

 Cain represented in Ilell, ii. 



218. 

 Cajoput oil, ii. 467. 

 Calabar bean, ii. 491. 

 Calamea;, ii. 136. 

 Calcareous Spar, i. 14. 

 Calcite, i. 14. 

 Calcium Carbonate, i. 14. 

 Calcitmi Fluoride, i. 11. 

 Caliban's dislike for apes, i. 



478. 

 Calcutta, Ai;rictdtural and 

 Ilorticultural Society of, 

 Ec])ort by, on cotton, 

 quoted, ii. 617. 

 Calycillono, ii. 431. 

 Cambridge, Kev. 0. P., re- 

 marks on Epeirids, i. 34. 

 Cameos, shells u.sod for, i. 149. 

 Campanales, ii. 373. 

 Campauulacea;, ii. 373 ; for- 

 merly used as medicinal 

 plants, ii. 375. 

 Canipliire, confusion in the 



identification of, ii. 45G. 

 Camphor, ii. 283, 288, 625 ; 



manufactin-e of, ii. G92. 

 Camphor-wood, ii. 2S3. 

 Cancer, remedy for, ii. 646. 

 CanidiP, i. 465. 

 Cannabincte, economic uses 



of, ii. 262. 

 Cannaccoc, economic products 



of, ii. 209. 

 Cannibalism, suj;;;ested reason 

 why it is becoming extinct, 

 i. 483. 

 Canoes, timber used for, ii. 



630, 636. 

 CaTilor, Dr., quoted,!. 442; de- 

 scription of IIelarctos,i.462. 

 Caoutchouk. trees yielding, 



ii. 269, 340. 

 Cape gooseberry, ii. 325. 

 Capparide:x>, ii. 650-653. 



Caprifoliacetc, ii. 430. 

 Capri foliales, ii. 401 et seq. 

 Carbolic acid, its effects in 



changing the colours of 



various birds, i. 374. 

 Carbon, i. 10. 

 Cardamoms, ii. 207. 

 (/ardoon artichoke, ii. 403. 

 Carey, Felix, the missionary, 



an earlycoUectorof Bui'mcsc 



plants, ii. 2. 

 Carnelian, i. 13. 

 Carnivora, i. 462 ct seq. 

 Carpenter, quoted, i. 131. 

 Carpenter bees, i. 122. 

 Carpet snake, i. 306. 

 Carr.ageen moss, ii. 36. 

 Carriers, genera of shell-fish 



so called, i 158. 

 Carrots, ii. 439. 

 Carthamino, a dye produced 



from saftlower, ii. 399. 

 raryophyllales, ii. 639 et seq. 

 Caryophyllea?, ii. 640. 

 Cashew-nut tree, ii. 551. 

 Cassava, ii. 232, 251. 

 Cassiterite, i. 12. 

 Castor-oil plant, as a medi- 

 cine, ii. 251 ; a ta.stele.is oil 



prepared, from, by the 



natives, ibid. 

 Casuarina recommended as an 



ornamental tree, ii. 257. 

 Catupliracta, the fruits and 



bark of, ii. 6J5. 

 Caterpillar, a poisonous, i. 78. 

 Caterpillar metamnrphosis, a 



peculiar instance of i. 93. 

 Cat fishes, i. 184, 250. 

 Cattle heron, i. 398. 

 Catullus, quoted, i. 115; ii. 



436 ; comparison of the 



vino to matrimony by, ii. 



.566. 

 Cela.strales, ii. 561 et srq. 

 Celastrine;c, ii. 571-574. 

 Celery, ii. 439. 

 Celti(ke, ii. 277. 

 Celts found iu the And;imans, 



i. 484. 

 Celts in Burma, the material 



they are made from, i. 501. 

 Centipedes, i. 32. 

 Cephalopoda, i. 179. 

 Ceramiacen, ii. 28. 

 Cereals, ii. 95 et seq. 

 Ceres, cla.ssical allusions to, 



quoted, ii. 1 16-7. 

 Ccrvida-, i. 456. 

 Cestoid worms, i. 20. 

 Ceylon cow-plant, ii. 340. 

 Ceylon elemi, ii. 587. 

 Ceylon iron-wood, ii. 637. 

 Ceylon lemoa-gra.ss oil, ii. 112. 

 Ceylon moss, ii. 30. 

 Ch.ailletiacew, ii. 580. 

 Ch.ah'opyritc, i. 10. 

 Characea', ii. 55. 

 Charas. ii. 262. 

 Chatterers, i. 368. 



Chaulmoogra oil. a new 

 remedy for various com- 

 plaints, ii. 645. 



Cheese, bow coloured, ii. 64 1. 



Cheese mite, i. 33. 



Chelonia, i. 335 et seq. 



Chenopodiales, ii. 290. 



Clienu's ' Manuel de Conchy- 

 liologic,' mentioned, i. 123 

 et srq. 



Cherries, ii. 485. 



Chervil, ii. 439. 



Chestnut, ii. 258. 



Chicorv, ii. 403. 



Chillies, ii. 326. 



Chimney swallow, i. 356. 



China creeper, ii. 333. 



China-gra.ss cloth, ii. 263. 



China silkworm, i. 81. 



Chinese date tree, ii. 360. 



Chinese epicures, i. 357. 



Chinese, extravagant medical 

 idea of the, i. 453. 



Chinese honey -suckle, ii. 

 479. 



Chinese preserves, ii. 593. 



Chinese tallow-tree, ii. 254. 



Chiretta, ii. 334. 



Chiroptera, i. 423 et seq. 



Chittagong wood, ii. 704. 



Chloranthacea;, virtues of, ii. 

 230. 



Chlorine Compounds, i. 1 1 . 



Chocolat*^ ii. 625 ; how 

 coloured, ii. 644. 



Chondrodite, i. 14. 



Chowmook, fishing adventure 

 at, i. 312. 



Christian ideas intermixed 

 with the pantheism of the 

 ' Mahabharata,' ii. 341. 



Christy & Co., ' New Com- 

 mercial Plants and Drugs,' 

 ii. 352, 353,470,477, 64.5, 

 681, 683. 



Chrysophanic acid, ii. 491. 



Chunda bora, Bengal name 

 for Iliis-sel's viper, i. 312. 



Chutnee, ii. 438 ; an excel- 

 lent, ii. 691. 



Cicad;c, as musicians, i. 38, 

 40 ; as food, i. 40 ; their 

 musical a|)paratusdescribed, 

 i. 40. 



Cichoriacea\ ii. 401. 



Cinchoneic, ii. 404. 



Cinn.amon, ii. 283, 288. 



Cirripedes, i. 23. 



Citnis, value of ihc genus, ii. 

 590. 



Civet cat. fondness of the, tor 

 the durian, ii. 618. 



Civet of commerce, i. 467. 



Claudian, quoted, i. 145, 478 ; 

 ii. 217. 



Cleanliness in pigs, the value 

 of, enforced, i. 22. 



Clearings, deserted, ii. 14. 



Cleghorn, Dr., quoteil, ii. Ill 

 ct pasaim. 



