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INDEX 



All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. 



411: courbaril-tree, 289; dyer's 

 indipo-.shrub, 293; gum arable 

 tree, 164; kidney bean, 49, 50 

 Lima bean, 51; locust, 197 

 logwood-tree, 294; pea, 48 

 peanut, 45; tragacanth shrub, 

 165; Zanzibar copal-tree, 289 



Pumpkin, 76, 77, 78, 85, 114, 121, 

 124, 383 



Purifiers of air and water, 304 



Pussies, 373 



Putrefaction, 493 



Pyrenoid, 476 



Pyrography, 263 



Pyrus communis, Pear 

 Mains, Apple 



Quarter-sawed timber, 250, 257, 



268 

 Quercus pedunculala, English Oak 



rubra, Red Oak 



Suber, Cork Oak 

 Quince, 88, 121, 124, 363, 408, 409; 



seed, 163, 164 

 Quinine, 182, 186 



Raceme, 344, 345 

 Racemose inflorescence, 345, 352 

 Rachis of inflorescence, 14, 344 

 Radicle, 48, 317, 318, 319, 557 

 Radish, 43, 55, 120, 124, 146, 362, 



406, 407 

 Railway ties, 257, 258, 270 

 Rain-guard, 16 

 Ranales, Cro^-foot Order 

 Rancid oil, 296 



Ranunculaceo', Crowfoot Family 

 Ranunculacea?, family tree, 437 

 Ranunculnles, Crowfoot Order 

 Ranunculus acris, Tall Buttercup 

 aquadlis. White Water Crow- 

 foot 

 Cymbalaria, Seaside Crowfoot 

 pygmceus, Pigmy Buttercup 

 sceleralus. Ditch Crowfoot 

 Rape, 362 

 Rape-oil, 297 

 Raphanus saiivus. Radish 

 Raphe, 346 



Rapid multiplication of cells, 511 

 Raspberry, 88, 91, 121, 125, 364, 

 408, 409 



Rations, 115, 117 



Rattan, 232, 235, 237, 238, 388, 



422, 423 

 Raw products, 302 

 Ray-floret, 380 

 Reappearance of life, 566 

 Recapitulation, law of, 435, 560 

 Recapitulation or phylogeny by 



ontogeny, 559 

 Recent food-plants, 125 

 Receptacle, 61, 349, 385 

 Recreational appliances, 245 

 Red, alga;, 487; cedar, 273, 392; 



cedar oil, 297; cedar wood, 270; 



oak, 257; pepper, 128, 131, 132, 



136, 382, 416, 417 

 Redwood, 270, 273, 392, 426, 427 

 Reed, 235 



Refuse in foods, 114 

 Regular flowers, 349, 359 

 Reproduction, 572; by budding, 



495; by fission, 476; organs of, 



321; sexual, 480; vegetative, 



510 

 Reproductive system, 322, 343 

 Reservoirs of volatile oil, 359 

 Resin, 288 



Resin-ducts, 252, 253 

 Resinous electricitv, 288 

 Resins, 177, 178, 222, 285, 287 

 Resting spores, 475, 568 

 Resupinate flower, 391 

 Retting flax, 230 

 Reversion, 436 



Rhamnacece, Buckthorn Family 

 Rhamnalcs, Buckthorn Order 

 Rheum officinale. Medicinal Rhu- 

 barb 



Rhaponiicum, Garden Rhubarb 

 Rhizome, 336, 539 

 Rhodophycew, Red Alga 

 Rhoedales, Poppy Order 

 Rhubarb, 125, 412, 413, 372; gar- 

 den, 91, 104, 121; medicinal, 



166, 170 

 Rhus Toxicodendron, Poison-ivy 



Vernix, Poison-sumac 

 Ribes rubrum, Common Currant 

 Ribs, 337 



Riccia spp., Crystalworts 

 Ricciacew, Crvstalworts 

 Rice, 11, 15, 16, 17, 25, 120, 122, 



