TXDEX. 



781 



cally arranged,' ii. 189 et 

 seq. ; his discovery at Ta- ok 

 of a species of Knfflrsia, ii. 

 228; discoverj'of awildAin- 

 herstia, full account of, ii. 

 537 ; account of Kaykrce, 

 ii. GS2. 



Tarra-beike, ii. 276. 



Panakeets, conflicting ac- 

 counts of beaks of, i. lO'.i. 



Tarrot, i. 50-t. 



I'arrot lislies, at some seasons 

 unlit for food, i. 187. 



rarrots, tuotli of, i. -lOS ; age 

 of, i. 410. 



Parsley, ii. 439. 



Parsnip, ii. 439. 



Parthenogenesis, instances of, 

 i. 38 ; ii. 484. 



Partridges, i. 391. 



Pascoe, F. P., his ' Zoological 

 Classification,' i. 16 et jms. 



Paste eels, i. 22. 



Passiflorales, ii. 441. 



Patchouly, ii. 295, 297. 



Pawpaw, American, ii. 601. 



Peai^, ii. 48."). 



Peacock-brains, i. 403. 



Peacocks, their antipatliy to 

 tigers, i. 389 ; their " cry 

 supposed to herald rain, (/«(/. 



Pea-fowl, i. 389. 



Pea nieasle, i. 21. 



Pearl oyster, i. 127. 



Pearly nautilus, mode of 

 capturing, i. 179. 



Pears, ii. 48.5. 



Pearson, Dr., i. 345. 



Pearson, Major, remarks on 

 teak, ii. 691. 



Peckolt, Dr., discoverer of 

 papayotin, ii. 452. 



Peepul, parasitism <if tlii>, ii. 

 149. 



Pegu hare, dentition of, i. 422. 



Pegu ironwood, ii. 541. 



Pegu tree shrews, anecdotes of 

 the tameuess and death of 

 two, 441 ; specific distinc- 

 tions, i. 442. 



Pelicans, i. 398. 



Penibertim, Dr., on the action 

 of gum kino, ii. 529. 



Penguins, i. 398. 



Pennyroyal, ii. 295. 



Pentastoma, i. 35. 



Peppermint, ii. 295. 



Peregrine falcon, i. 403. 



Perigynous plants, ii. 294 et scj. 



Periwinkles, i. 155. 



Pernambuco cotton, ii. 616. 



Personak's, ii. 307. 



Penivian cotton, ii. 616. 



Petersburgh hemp, ii. 262. 



Petrels, ii. 398, 400. 



Petrifie<i wood, ii. 692. 



Petroleum, i. 6, 14. 



Phfenogams, ii. 95. 



Phallic symbolism, and the 

 fig-tree, ii. 274. 



Pharisee, modem instance of 

 a, ii. 653. 



PhasmidiC, i. 44. 



Phayre, .Sir A., dedication to, 

 i. xxi ; as the first syste- 

 matic collector of birds in 

 liunua, i. 345 ; 476. 



Pheasauts, i. 389. 



Philtres, ii. 204-5. 



Phosphoric fish, i. 215. 



Phryuid;e, i. 35. 



Phvsaline, ii. 325. 



Phytolaccea-, ii. 293. 



Picrotoxiu, ii. 657. 



Piddington, Mr., on the best 

 soil for cotton, ii. 616. 



Pig bear, i. 462. 



Pig rat, i. 418. 



Pigeons, i. 387, 388. 



Pigeon's blood, a ruhv tint, 

 1. 11. 



Pigmy falcons, i. 403. 



Pig-tailed baboon, i. 476. 



Pigs, dentition of, i. 454. 



Pike whale, i. 445. 



Pilcher plants, ii. 230. 



Pill-rollers, i. 112. 



Pilot fish, i. 219. 



Pimento pepper, ii. 474. 



Pinang lawyer, ii. 140. 



Pine-apple, ii. 203. 



Pine Forests, ii. 9. 



Pine-cones, significance of, ii. 

 214. 



Pines, ii. 213; DeGubernatis 

 on, ii, 214. 



Pintail, i. 400. 



I'ipe-clay as a head-coveriug 

 lor elephants, i. 451 



Pipe fishes, i. 281. 



Piperacea% ii. 230. 



Piperales, ii. 230 et seq. 



Pisces, i. 188 et seq. 



Pissabed, ii. 403. 



Pistachio-nut, ii. 554. 



Pitre, M., (pioted, ii. 215. 



Pittas, i. 363. 



Pittosporea;, ii. 6-13. 



Pit-vipers, i. 313. 



Plantaginea^ ii. 369. 



Plantain, ii. 203 ; discussion 

 on the name, ii. 204. 



Plantain fibre, manufacture 

 of, ii. 683. 



Plant lice, i. 37. 



Platina button, analysis of , i. 9. 



Platinum, i. 9. 



Pliiiv on the manufacture of 

 'I'vrian purple, i. 144. 



Ph)vers, i. 392. 



Plum, a species of, ii. 280. 



Plumbagine;T, ii. 369. 



I'lumbago, the roots of, pur- 

 pose ito which they are ap- 

 plied, ii. 370. 



Plumbeous redstart, i. 372. 



Poached-egg tree, ii. 637. 



Pochanls, i. 399, 400. 



Point-t)-ing, superstition con- 

 cerning, ii. 688. 



Poison apparatus of snakes 

 explained, i. 314. 



Poisoning of animals, ii. 343. 



Poisonous fish, i. 186, 223, 

 274, 282. 



Poisonous plants as food in 

 times of scarcity, ii. 145. 



Poisonous snakes distin- 

 guished, i. 322; few in 

 number, i. 323. 



Polar bears, i. 485. 



Polemoniales, ii. 327. 



Policemen auts, i. 116. 



Pohsalales, ii. 640 et seq. 



Polygalere. ii. 640-643. 



Polvgoneje, a useful order of 

 nlants, ii. 292. 



Polj'petalous plants, ii. 431 

 et stq. 



Polypoda, i. 179. 



Polyzoa, i. 23 et seq. 



Pomesranate, ii. 459. 



Pomfrets, i. 220. 



Pongamia, oil of, ii. 520. 



Pontederales, ii. 124. 



Pontederiace.T!, ii. 124. 



Poon, ii. 700. 



Poou spars, dispute as to the 

 tree used for, ii. 636. 



Pope, quotation from, i. 16 ; 

 ' Homer,' quoted, i. 120, 

 285, 496 ; ii. 78 ; ' Essay 

 on Man,' quoted, ii. 145. 



Pope's blessing, attitude in, 

 very ancient, ii. 492. 



Poppy, ii. 653. 



Porcupines, dentition of ,i.422 ; 

 not yet sutKciently discrimi- 

 nated, i. 424. 



Pork tape-worm, i. 21. 



Portugal, a savant of, unduly 

 disparaged, i. 501. 



Portulace;e, ii. 639. 



Posthumus, Ilorace's Ode to, 

 quoted, ii. 214. 



Potamales, ii. 14 3. 



Potamea', ii. 144. 



Potato, ii. 325. 



Pottery in the Andamans, i. 

 484. 



Poultry, i. 389. 



Power possessed by some snails 

 of dissolving parts of their 

 shells, i. 167. 



Pras of India, ii. 505. 



Pratincoles, i. 392. 



Prawns, i. 25. 



Prehensile t.ale, the only pla- 

 cental mammal in the old 

 world with a, i. 469. 



Priapus, images of, ii. 275. 



Pricklv pear, i. 36. 



Priniulacea-, ii. 368. 



Wmulales, ii. 363. 



Prince of trees, ii. 217. 



Prionodon, described, i. 467. 



Prior, R., ' Popular Names of 

 British Plants,' quoted, ii. 

 67 et passim ; on the deriva- 

 tion of hoUi-hock, ii. 609. 



