INDEX. 213 



I. 



Istar and Tammuz, story of, 168. 



J. 

 'Jettatore, ' or evil eyer, modern examples of, 180. 



K. 



' Key of life,' 47. 



' Kermes ' of scripture, a product of the oak, 60. 



L. 



LILY, Madonna, on sculptures, 32 ; geographical distribution, 31 ; not 

 unlike Goodyear's lotus, 104, 



LOTUS — 'battle of lotus and date tree,' 99; bud, 107; bulb, 105 ; 

 combination with palm leaf, I02 ; Cypriote, 109 ; geographical dis- 

 tribution, 96 ; ' Grammar of the Lotus ' (Goodyear's), lOO ; Mr. 

 Goodyear's and Miss Edwards' theory of, 96 ; Madonna lily, like, 

 104 ; lotus as part of the Flora, 38 and loo-ioi ; superimposed 

 lotuses, 122 ; used in Assyrian ornamentation, 98. 



M. 



MELON, figures of (fig. gd), 15 ; fine kinds of, 26 ; geographical 



distribution, 27 ; water-melon, 27. 

 Myths, as distinct from realities, 177. 



N. 



NELUMBIUM, geographical distribution, 96; mixed up with Nymphcea by 



Miss Edwards, 99. 

 NYMPHQEA on altar of Hapi, loi ; figure of, on Egyptian monuments, 95 ; 



geographical distribution, 96 ; seeds of, used as bread, loi ; seed-pod, 



figure of, 100. 



