INDEX 



Acosta, C.,71, 73. 



— , J. de, 64. 



Adanson, 335. 



Affinity (of plants), 19, 24 ; Linnaeus 

 on, 328. 



Agatharcides, 52. 



Albin's figures of insects, 253. 



Aldrovandi, 30, 49, 50, 85, 104, 107, 

 108. 



Alexandria, school of, 5. 



America, exploration of, 59 ; Buffon 

 on animals of, 379. 



Amici on fertilisation of flowers, 345. 



Amceba, Roesel on, 216. 



Amcenitates Academicce, 322. 



Anodon, Leeuwenhoek, Swammer- 

 dam, Poupart and M^ry on, 213 ; 

 M^ry, 235 ; Poupart, 234. 



Ant-eater, Oviedo on, 62. 



Ants, Leeuwenhoek on, 208. 



Aphids, Bonnet on, 286 ; Leeu- 

 wenhoek, 206; Reaumur, 269; 

 Trembley, 287. 



Aquatic beetles, Roesel on, 296. 



Argonne, Noel, 221. 



Aristotle, 2 ; classification of, 49 ; on 

 elephant and camel, 51 ; on bees, 

 88, 91, 92; on migration of birds, 

 106 ; on development of chick, 159 ; 

 on breathing of insects, 160 n. ; on 

 tongue of frog, 234 n. ; on date-palm, 

 337. 



Artedi, 49, 311, 315. 



Asia, exploration of, 70. 



Augustine, St., 65. 



Bacon, Roger, 10 ; on lenses, 136. 

 Bacteria, Leeuwenhoek on, 220. 

 Baer, 31 ; on Hydra, 283. 

 Baker on Volvox, 217. 

 Bartholomew of England, 10. 

 Bauhin, Caspar, 114-5. 

 — , John, 45, 114-5. 

 Bean-seed, Grew on, 167. 



Bees, Butler on, 87 ; Hill, 87 ; Pic- 

 torius, 87; Milton, 89, 186 n.; 

 Swammerdam, 184-194; Aristotle, 

 Virgil and Pliny, 193; Leeuwen- 

 hoek, 207; Reaumur, 271-4; cells 

 of, 235, 273. 



— and pollen. Grew on, 172 ; Miller, 

 340, 345. 



— (wild), Reaumur on, 274. 

 Beetles (aquatic), Roesel on, 296. 

 Belon, 40, 54, 104, 112. 

 Bernouillis, the eight, 351 n. 

 Biological speculation, 391. 

 Biology since 1789, 390. 



— , relative importance of, 391. 



Bird, respiratory movements of 

 (Mery), 232. 



Birds, English names of, 104 ; gizzards 

 of (Borelli and Redi), 228 ; Turner 

 on, 77 ; Willughby and Ray, 103. 



Bison, Herberstein on, 58. 



Blood, circulation of, 203. 



— , corpuscles of, Malpighi, 163 ; 

 Swammerdam, 198 ; Leeuwenhoek, 

 204. 



Bock (Tragus), 19, 20, 39. 



Boerhaave, 180, 315. 



Bonnet, 284. 



Borelli, 146, 228. 



Botanic gardens (16th century), 15. 



Breydenbach, 54. 



Brown, Robert, 75, 335 ; on fertilisa- 

 tion of ftowers, 345. 



Browne, Sir T., 105, 119. 



Brunfels, 17, 23. 



Budding, animals which increase by, 

 275. 



Buds, Grew on, 170. 



Buffon, 75, 124, 359-390. 



•*Buffonet,"363, 369, 370. 



Busbecq, 55, 56, 72, 74. 



Butler, Charles, 87. 



CaiuB, 30, 79. 



