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INDEX 



Ancient husbandry, 150-153 



phytographic method, 102, 103 

 Andes, birthplace of Virgil, 149 

 Anemone nemorosa first published, 



186 

 Anethum, genus, 117 

 Angiosperm, Theophrastan term, 94, 



141 

 Anguillara, L., Italian botanist, 155 

 Animal and plant, Linnaeus on, 73 



Theophrastus on, 63 

 Anise, as Theophrastan gymno- 



sperm, 94, 95 

 Anspach, Fuchs' life at, 193 

 Antennaria dioica, 211 

 Anthemis of Fuchs, 213 

 Anthers, early names for, 233, 290 

 coloring of, noted by Tragus, 234 

 dust of, named pollen by Cordus, 



290, 291 

 versatile insertion noted by Cor- 

 dus, 290 

 Anthology, Httle regarded by Brun- 

 fels, 181 

 of Cordus, 282-292 

 of Fuchsius, 203-205 

 of Theophrastus, 82-90, 211 

 of Tragus, 227-236 

 Antirrhinum, genus, 117 

 Aparine, genus, 117 

 Apetalous flowers, Theophrastus on, 



85, 86, 141 

 Apices, early name of stamens, 233, 



290 

 Apium, genus, 260 

 Apodixis Germanica of Tragus, 220 

 Apple blossoms studied by Theo- 

 phrastus, 85 

 Apuleius quoted by Brunfels, 173 

 Aquilegia, ecology of, 257 

 Arabian vegetation, Theophrastus 



on, 133 

 Arboreal growths, Theophrastus on, 



126 

 Arbutus flower perplexes Theo- 

 phrastus, 90 

 Archaic philosophy of plant life, 61 

 Arctostaphylos, genus, 164 

 Aristolochia, Corydalis mistaken for, 



173, 266 

 Aristotle, bequests of, to Theo- 

 phrastus, 56 

 evolutionist, 241 

 father of biologic research, 131 

 founder of first botanic garden, 56, 



97 

 friend of Theophrastus, 55, 56 

 Armeniaca vulgaris, 34 

 Arnoglosson, Greek for Plantago, 



208, 216 

 Arum, genus, 117 



early descriptions of, 278, 279 

 Theophrastus on anatomy of, 112 



Arundinaceae, family, 1 1 1 

 Arundo, genus, 75 



Donax, 1 1 1 

 Asarum, ecology of, 257 

 Ash tree, Theophrastus on leaves of, 



79 

 Asparagus, cladodes of, 79 

 Asphodel, roots of, 75 

 Aspidium filix mas, 294 

 Aster, genus, 125 

 Asteracticus of Cesalpino, 125 

 Aster Atticus, 125, 216 

 Athenaeus, early medical botanist, 



144 

 Athenian olive tree, 134 

 Athens, ancient garden at, 97 

 Atropa Belladonna, 209 

 Aurelius, Marcus, patron of Galen, 



161 

 Australian metamorphic trees, 138 

 Avicenna, early Arabian botanist, 



131 

 Avicennia officinalis, 33 



Balsamella, early name of Impatiens, 



304 

 Banister's Catalogue quoted, 36 



early names of Virginian oaks, 36 

 Banyan tree, Theophrastus on, 74 

 Barbarus, Hermolaus, cited, 179 



commended by Fuchsius, 196-197 

 Bark, wood, and pith, Theophrastus 



on, 97 

 Barley, germination of, Theophrastus 



on, 96 

 Batrachium, Greek for Ranunculus, 



119 

 Bauhin, C, on Trifolium, 31, 32 

 Beccabunga, Tragus on habitat of, 



259 

 Beech tree flowers, first account of, 



228 

 Bibliotheca Botanica of Haller, 263, 

 272, 275 

 Universalis of Gesner, 171 

 Bidens, genus, 120 

 Biennials and annuals, Theophrastus 



on, 68 

 Binary generic names, approved by 

 Cordus, 305 

 examples of, in Brunfels, 185 

 suppressed by Linnaeus, 185 

 prevalent in vernacular, 124 

 used by Fuchsius, 216 

 used by Theophrastus, 123 

 used by Tragus, 255 

 Binary specific names, before Theo- 

 phrastus, 59 

 employed by Brunfels, 191 

 examples of, in Banister, 36 

 universal with Cato, 146, 147 

 used freely by Bauhin, 31 



