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INDEX. 



Assimilation, 10, 67 (see Nutrition). 



Aster, 157. 



Atoms, 4. 



Auricula, 157. 



Australia, 53, 55. 



Autumn, 38, 42, 48. 



Awn, 117, 142. 



Axial, 106. 



Axil, 22, 26, 27, 44, 47, 64, 75, 76, 100, 109, 



no. 

 Axile, 104, 106, 154, 157, 158. 

 Axillary, 22, 63, 149. 

 Axis ; of root, 13, 152 ; of stem, 13, 21 ; of 



inflorescence, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 135, 150 ; 



of flower, 74, 81, 92, 152. 



B. 



Back ; of leaf, 52 ; of flower, 150. 



Balsam, 140. 



Bamboo, 23. 



Banana, 56. 



Barberry, 60, 6r, 77, 86, 97, 124. 



Bark, 37, 40, 41, 42, 44, 47, 152, 153. 



Barley, 117, 133, 143. 



Basal, 103 



Basal- veined, 56, 57. 



Base ; of foliage leaf, 58, 147 ; of ovule, 107, 



109, 132. 

 Basifixed, 96. 

 Basil, 157. 

 Bast, 31, 34, 40, 41, 66; hard b., 31, 32, 34; 



primary b., 36; secondary b., 37; soft 



b -. 3 J > 33- 34» 3 6 ; *>• fibres, 31, 32, 34; 



b. parencnyma, 31, 33, 34; b. vessels 



(see Sieve-tube). 

 Beak, 103, 140, 156. 

 Bean, 13, 14, 30, 63, 68, 88, 95, 113, 127, 132, 



142, 143, 149, 156, 160. 

 Beech, 24, 47, 48, 50, 51, 54, 56, 64, 116, 135, 



139, 140, 155. 

 Bees, 113, 117, 120, 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 



129. 

 Beetles, 119. 

 Beet-root, 18, 155. 

 Begonia, 49, 55. 

 Bellis (see Daisy). 

 Bell-jar, 68, 69. 

 Bell-shaped, 86, 89, 128, 157. 

 Bent, 109. 



Berry, 139, 153, 154, 156, 157. 

 Bidden guest.-, in. 

 Biennials, 14, 23, 146, 149. 

 Bifacial, 65, 73. 



Bilateral, 51, 54, 64, 80, 85, 86, 87, 147. 

 Biology, 2. 



Birch, 48, 116, 142, 155. 

 Bird-pollinated, 130. 

 Birds, in, 115, 130, 142. 

 Bird's-foot trefoil, 95, 127, 156. 

 Bird's-nest, 64. 



Bisexual, 98, 99, 100, 115, 117, 152, 153, 155. 

 Bistort (>ee Knot-grass). 

 Bittercress, 141. 

 Bittersweet, 157. 



Blackberry, 28, 103, 122, 123, 139, 156. 

 Black-currant, 123. 

 Bladder-campion, 95, 113. 

 Bladderwort, 62, 112. 

 Blade (see Lamina). 

 Blastocolla (see Bud-glue). 

 Bleeding of vines, 18. 



124, 160. 



Blossom (see Flower). 



Blue, 85, 90, 91, 119, 1 



Boat-shaped, 88. 



Borage, 28, 105, 137, 156. 



Boraginaceae, 156, 157. 



Botany, 1 ; scope and subdivisions, 1-2 ; 

 descriptive, 1 ; economic, 2 ; fossil, 2 ; 

 geographical, 2 ; systematic, 1-2. 



Bract, 51, 74,76,78, 99, 100, in, 112, 113, 

 117, 119, 135, 136, 142, 147, 149, 152, 155. 



Bracteole (see Bractlet). 



Bractlet, 76, 83, 85, 117. 



Bramble (see Blackberry) 



Branches ; of root, 13, 146 ; of stem, 21, 25, 

 26, 27, 39, 43, 75-80, 147 ; b. spines, 27, 

 61. 



Branching; of mot, 12, 16, 146; of stem, 

 24, 46, 75-80, 146; of stamens, 94, 156. 



Brazil-nut, 134. 



Bread, 135. 



Breathing, 10 (see Respiration). 



Bristles, 62, 73, 118, 152. 



Brookweed, 93, 97. 



Broom, 127, 137, 140, 156. 



Broom -rape, 64, 71. 



Browning, 158. 



Browsing animals, 41. 



Bryonia (see Bryony, white). 



Bryony, black b., 56 ; white b., 45. 



Brush, of hairs, 126. 



Bud, 26, 145 ; accessory b., 48 ; adventi- 

 tious b., 49 ; apical or terminal b., 46, 

 48; axillary b., 47, 48; dormant b. , 

 47 ; flower b., 49, 75, 84, no, 117, 149 ; 

 leaf b., 7, 36, 44, 46-50, 64, 67, 75, 147, 

 149 ; b. glue, 7, 64, 67, 114, 149- 



Budding, 44. 



Bugle, 90. 



Bugloss, 156. 



Bulb, 26, 44, 48, 64, 149, 160. 



Bulbil (see Bulblet:). 



Bulblet, 44, 48, 64. 



Bulrush, 154. 



Bundles, vascular; of root, 14-16 ; of stem, 

 29, 30, 31, 36, 152, 158; of foliage leaf, 

 47, 56, 65, 66, 67, 158 ; of petal, 91 ; of 

 stamen, 98 ; of carpel, 107 ; of ovule, 

 107 ; closed b., 36 ; common b., 30 , open 

 b., 32 ; primary b., 36 ; b. sheath, 32. 



Burdock, 142. 



Bur-reed, 154. 



Butcher's broom, 27, 154. 



Buttercup, 21, 24, 31, 36, 57, 62, 74, 81, 83, 

 84, 85, 86, 92, 93, 96, 98, 100, 103, 122, 

 126, 130, 136, 139, 151, 155. 



Butterflies, 120, 122. 



Butterfly-shaped, 88, 98, 114, 126, 156. 



Butteiwort, 112. 



ABBAGE, 25, 137, 155. 



I Cactus, 27, 71, 83. 



Caducous, 84, 86, 155. 



Calceolaria, 157. 



Calcium, 10, 160. 



Californiai) poppy (see Eschscholtzia). 



Calycifloraj, 153, 156. 



Calystegia, 121. 



Calyx, 74, 78, 8o, 81, 83-86, 89, 100, 102, 

 113, 117, 120, 123, 129, 135, 140, 141, 

 142, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 

 156, 157 ; (see .Sepal) ; c. tube, 84-85. 



