INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



VOL II 



Abel, Clarke, characters and descrip- 

 tions of three new species of plants 

 found in China by, 319 — 328; notice 

 of his collection, 326 



Acicarpha, observations on the genus, 

 with description of a new species, 

 307 — 309 ; proposed as the type of 

 a new family, 309 ; further obser- 

 vations on, 312 — 318 



Actinophora, affinities of the genus, 

 646 



Albumen, its origin, 23; occasional 

 existence in Proteaceae, ibid. ; and 

 in Cyrtandraceae, 587; its import- 

 ance, 587 note ; in Sterculiaceae, 623 



Allium descendens, exceptional order 

 of expansion of the flowers of, 280 



Anadenia, exceptional order of expan- 

 sion of the flowers of certain species 

 of, 280 



Angianthus, synonymy of the genus, 

 283 



Antherse, their examination at an 

 early period universally neglected, 

 6 ; great advantage of this exami- 

 nation, ibid. ; their structure in 

 Orchideae and Asclepiadeae, ibid. ; 

 views of Linnaeus, Jussieu, and 

 Richard on this subject in Ascle- 

 piadeae, ibid.; views of Jacquin, 

 Koelreuter, Rottboell, Cavanillcs, 

 Smith, and Desfontaines, 7 ; views 

 of the author, 7, 8 ; and in Or- 

 chideae, 9 ; development of in Ascle- 

 piadeae, 197, 198; arrangement of 

 in Sterculiaceae, 623 



Antennaria, history and characters of 

 the genus, 300—302 



Apocineae, difficulty of circumscribing 

 the order, 195 ; subdivision of it, 

 ibid. ; characters and descriptions 

 of the genera, and species of the 

 section of the order "seminibus 

 comosis," 232 — 247 



Ascidia of Cephalotus and other 

 pitcher-pJants, observations on the, 

 357 



Asclepiadeae, views of various authors 

 as to the structure of the Antherae 

 in, 6 — 8 ; examination of, 8 ; me- 

 moir on the order, 193, &c. ; cha- 

 racters and descriptions of the order, 

 genera, and species, 200 — 231 ; ob- 

 servations on the flower in its earlier 

 stages, 196—198 



Asphodeleae, order of reduction of 

 stamina in, 278 



Baccharis, history and characters of 



the genus, 293-4 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, his invaluable 



herbarium and library, 31, 199 ; 



important results of his voyage, 163 

 Begonia, order of expansion of flowers, 



and position of female flowers in, 



279 note 

 Bennettia, observations on the struc- 

 ture and affinities of the genus, 



663, 664 ; characters of the species 



of, 665 

 Bentham's Flora Australiensis, names 



of plants quoted in, from Mr. 



Brown's herbarium, 708 — 711 

 Bocconia, reductions of pistillum in, 



272 

 Boopideae, proposed as a family, by M. 



