INDEX, 



595 



and on its distribution in Terra 

 Australis, 50 



Asterantlius, characters of the genus, 

 3SS note. 



Astranthus referred to Ilomaliuae, 

 120 



Atherospermeaj.cliaracters of the order 

 and its distribution in Terra Aus- 

 tralis, 25 



Australia, Central, plants found in 

 Captain Sturt's expedition into, 

 313 ; number of species collected, 

 315 



Avena Forskalii forms a section of the 

 genus Danthonia; its characters, 

 and observations on its structure, 

 301-2 



Averrhoa, its relation to Oxalis deter- 

 mined, 11-i 



Baffin's Bay, list of plants collected 

 on the coasts of, by the officers of 

 Captain Ross's voyage, 175 



Balanites ^gyptiaca found in Bornou, 

 287 



Balanophoreae, objections to tlieir 

 union in the same class with HafHe- 

 siacese, 412 — 415 



Banana of the banks of the Congo, 

 probably of Asiatic origin, 150; 

 further observations on the native 

 country of the bananas, 156-7 



Banks, Sir Joseph, New Holland 

 plants collected by him and con- 

 tained in his herbarium, 6 



Barren stamina in Orchidtse, 4S ; 

 in Proteacea?, 81, 83 



Bauer, Ferdinand and Francis, their 

 unrivalled talent as botanical 

 painters, 403 note 



Bauer, Ferdinand, drawings made by 

 him in New Holland, 3 ; his draw- 

 ings of Hydnora Africana, 402 



Bauer, Francis, his opinion on the 

 placentation of Mosses, 348 ; his 

 drawings of llcifflesia Arnoldi, 373, 

 401, 408, 409; his theory of im- 

 pregnation in Orchidese, 4'J6 — 498 ; 

 his view of the formation of the 

 ovarium in Orchidea^, 561; his 

 drawings of Asclepiadea;, and opin- 

 ion respecting their mode of im- 

 pregnation, 519, 520, 522 note, 

 523 



I Baxter, William, plants collecled by, 

 in Western Australia, 33S ; found 

 Kingia botii in flower and fruit, 

 435 



Begonia, a genus which it is perhaps 

 expedient to divide, 150 



Begoiiiacere form a distinct natural 

 order, 150 



Belvisia, observations on, 3SS; cha- 

 racter of the genus, 3SS note 



Belvisca;, characters of the order, 38S 

 note 



Berberidese, characters and limits of 

 the order, 124 



Beverley, Mr., plants collected by 

 him in Melville Island, 185 



Blackwellia referred to Homalince, 

 120 



Blighia sapida, undoubtedly intro- 

 duced into the West Indies from 

 Africa, lGl-2 



Bonatea speciosa, remarkable for the 

 great development of its lateral 

 stigmata, 503, 504; origin, produc- 

 tion, growth and function of pollen 

 tubes in, 537 — 540; viscidity of 

 retinaculum in, 538 



Boragineffi, species in the collection 

 from Central Africa, 297 



Bragantia referrible to Asarina;, 385 ; 

 a new species of, discovered in 

 Java by Dr. Horsfield, 385 



Brass, William, number of species 

 collected by liim in the neighbour- 

 hood of Cape Coast, 101 



Brongniart, Adolphe, Ins observations 

 on the size, form, and motion of 

 particles from the grains of pollen, 

 478-9; his observations on the 

 fecundation of Orchideee and Ascle- 

 piadea:, 541-2 



Brown, Mr., the companion of Captain 

 Sturt, plants collected by him in 

 Central Australia, 315 



Brugmausia, Dr. Blumc's account of 

 the genus, 402 ; its characters, 

 427 



Bulb-like seeds of certain liliaceous 

 plants, tlieir structure and economy, 

 364-5, 450. 



Burton, David, phints collected by 

 him in New South Wales, 6 



Butomcie, arrangement of ovula on 

 the carpels of, 379 note, 555 



Buttneriaccjr. characters of the order 



