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INDEX 



Asclepias, 408 

 Ascomycetes, 537, 548 

 Ash, 254, 368, 369 

 Ash-leaved Seaweed, 559 

 Aspen, 64, 300, 448 

 Asperula, 221, 227 

 Aspidistra, 376, 385 

 Aspidium, 505 

 Asplenium, 246, 249, 500, 



505, 511 



Assimilation, 130 

 Astragalus, 56 

 Athyrium, 71, 167, 505 

 Atragene, 336, 412 

 Attar of Roses, 64 

 Auriculate leaf, 274 

 Autogamy, 334 

 Auto-Puccinia, 550 

 Avena, 45, 316, 317 

 Awl-shaped leaf, 272 

 Awn, 317 

 Axillary buds, 248 

 Axillary flowers, 312 

 Azolla, 502 



Bacilli, 12, 14, 566 

 Bacteria, 14, 26, 566 

 Ballota, 493 

 Balm of Gilead, 70 

 Balsamodendron, 70 

 Balsam Poplar, 66 

 Balsam Tree, 193 

 Balsams, 37, 66, 416, 442, 



470, 494 



Bamboo, 55, 222, 225 

 Bambusa, 55, 222 

 Banana, v, 70 

 Baneberry, 261 

 Banyan, 192, 193, 236 

 Baobab, 181 

 Barbed bristles, 304 

 Barberry, 1 70, 405, 409, 430 

 Barley, 1, 2, 168 

 Basal style, 357 

 Basidia, 544 

 Basidiomycetes, 537 

 Basifixed anther, 356 

 Bast-fibres, 78 

 Bast-tissues, 208 

 Batrachospermum, 557 

 Bauhinia, 216, 220 

 Bay-tree, 246 

 Bean, 26, 169, 172, 214, 226, 



416 



Beard Moss, 529 

 Bedeguar, 304, 309 

 Bedstraws, 221, 309 

 Beech, 250, 305, 489 

 Bee Orchis, 3, 6 

 Beetroot, 46, 48 

 Beggiotoa, 566 

 Begonia, 248, 272, 324, 326, 



332 



Bellis, 266, 273, 313, 325, 350 

 Bell-shaped corolla, 342 

 Berberis, 170, 405, 409, 430 



Bermuda-grass, 188 

 Berry, 486 

 Bertholletia, 480 

 Beta vulgaris, 46, 48 

 Betula, 65, 198, 201, 203, 497 

 Biennial Plants, 218 

 Bignoniacese, 493 

 Bindweed, 235, 317, 329 

 Bipinnate, 256 

 Birch, 65, 198, 201, 203 

 Bird-pollination, 444 

 Bird's-eye Primrose, 389 

 Bird's-foot Trefoil, 362 

 Bird's-nest Fungus, 546 

 Birthwort, v, 356, 374, 384 

 Biserrula, 498 

 Bisexual flowers, 368 

 Biternate, 261 

 Bitter Cress, 373 

 Bitter Cucumber, 496 

 Bittersweet, 228 

 Blackberry, 474 

 Black Horehound, 493, 494 

 Blackthorn, 224, 229, 300 

 Blackwood-tree, 232 

 Bladderwort, 106-112 

 Bladder Wrack, 562, 565 

 Blade of leaf, 254 

 Bleeding Heart, 320 

 "Blood Portent," 14 

 " Bloom " of leaves and 



fruit, 66 

 Blue-bell, 332 

 Blue-bottle, 492 

 Boehmeria, 62 

 Bog-moss, 33 

 Boletus, 544 

 Bomarea, 126, 132 

 Bombax, 236 

 Borage, 394 

 Borago, 394 

 Boswellia, 70 

 Botany, meaning of the 



term, 6 

 Bo-tree, 242 

 Botrychium, 508, 509 

 Bottle-tree, 222 

 Box, 327 

 Bracken, 504 

 Bracteate flowers, 314 

 Bracte, 314 

 Bramble, 199, 200, 224, 226, 



238 

 Brassica, 58, 169, 180, 289, 



295 



Brazil-nut, 480 

 Bread-fruit, 44, 474 

 Brefeldia, 149, 570, 572 

 Broom, 187, 188 

 Broomrape, 151, 153, 155,253 

 Brown Algae, 560 

 Brownea, 444 

 Brownian Movements, 565 

 Brugmansia, 445 

 Brunsvigia, 214, 219 

 Bryonia dioica, 226, 231 



Bryony, Black, 228, 237, 254 

 Bryony, White, 226, 231 

 Bryophyllum, 248, 250, 252 

 Bryophyta, 522 

 Bubonic Plague Bacillus, 12, 



14 



Buckbean, 35, 41 

 Buckler Ferns, 507 

 Buds : adventitious, 248 ; 



axillary, 248 ; epiphyllous, 



248 ; root, 248 ; terminal, 



248 



Bud-scales, 246 

 Bulbils, 248, 518 

 Bulbs, 212 

 Bulrush, 453 



Bupleurum, 264, 266, 269 

 Burweed, 484, 485 

 Bush-rope, 216, 220 

 Butcher's Broom, 222 

 Butcher's Broom Helwingia, 



250 



Butomus, 26, 31 

 Buttercup, 179, 181, 317, 



321, 333, 340, 342, 368, 



409 



Butterworts, 102-105, 108 

 Buttress-tree, 200, 217 

 Buxus, 327 



Cabomba, 281 



Cactaceae, 27, 33, 37, 46, 

 58, 126, 225, 237, 253 



Cactus, 27, 33, 46, 58, 288 ; 

 Old Man, 58 ; Monster, 

 67, 237 



Caducous calyx, 337 



Cakile, 186 



Caladium, 324 



Calamus, 222, 230 



Calceolaria, 346 



Calceolate corolla, 348 



Calendula vulgaris, 138 



Calla, 361, 400, 441, 442 



Callithamnium, 557 



Calluna, 447 



Caltha, 362 



Calypter, 164, 524 



Calystegia, 235 



Calyx, 321 ; accrescent, 337 ; 

 caducous, 337 ; decidu- 

 ous, 337 ; dentate, 342 ; 

 galeate, 336 ; globose, 338 ; 

 persistent, 336 ; saccate, 

 338 ; spurred, 336; tubular, 

 338 



Cambium, 129, 208 



Camellia, 329 



Campanula, 342, 347, 361, 

 425 



Campanulacese, 382 



Campanulate corolla, 342 



Campion, White, 340 



Campylotropous ovule, 465 



Candle-snuff Fungus, 547,549 



Candytuft, 482, 486 



