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INDEX. 



Arabians, the early cultivators of botany, 3. 



Arachis hypogaea, 45. 



Arenga saccharifera (Ind. " the palm," and Lat. 

 " sugar-producing "), 53. 



Aril of the nutmeg, 137. 



Aristotle regarded as the founder of the science 

 of botany, 2. 



Armeria fasciculata (the Sweet William), pollen 

 of the, 122. 



Arrow-headed leaf of the Sagittaria, 98. 



Arum maculatum (Egypt, arum a herb, and 

 Lat. maculatum spotted), starch secreted from 

 the, 33, 38 ; corm of the, 71 ; inflorescence of 

 the, 106. 



Asarales, 192. 



Assafoetida (Lat. asa a gum, and fcetida stink- 

 ing), whence produced, 49. 



Astralagus gumnifera (Lat. "the ankle-bone" 

 and "gum-bearing"), whence obtained 48. 



Atar of Keova, a vegetable oil, 47. 



A. of Roses, a vegetable oil, 47. 



Australia, gum-trees of, 49. 



Axis of plants, 90. 



Bacca, the berry, 133, 134. 



Balsam, ducts of the, 27. 



Banana tree, cells of its leaves, 11. 



Banksia, stomata of the, 63. 



Banyan tree, its immense size, 30. 



Baphil nitida, 54. 



Bark of exogenous stems, 75, 77; its various 

 divisions, 77, 78; its uses, 79; branching 

 vessels of the, 79. 



Bassia latifolia, &c. (in honour of Antonio Bassia, 

 and Lat. " broad-leaved "), 46. 



Beech tree, concentric layers of sclerogen in the 

 cells of its bark, 14 ; representation of the, 73. 



Beet-root, sugar obtained from the, 52. 



Benzoin, whence produced, 49. 



Berberis vulgaris (Lat. " the common ber- 

 berry "), leaflets of the, 101 ; stamen of the, 

 118. 



Berber ales, 189. 



Berg Mehl, the source of silica, 55. 



Betula (Lat. "the birch"), 27; oil of the bark 

 of, 47. 



B. alba (Lat. " the white birch tree "), 23. 



Bignonia, section of a stem of the, 84. 



Bi>:noniales, 121. 



Birch tree, fermented juice of the, 23 ; ducts of 

 the, 27. 



Bitter almonds, oil of, 47. 



Bixa orellana (S. American), a vegetable dye ob- 

 tained from, 54. 



Black, and Blue, the principal colours presented 

 by plants, 53. 



Boletus (Lat. "a gigantic mushroom"), elon. 

 gated cells of the, 11, 15. 



Borassus flabelliformis (Gr. borassos the palm, 

 and Lat. "fan-formed"), the Palmyra palm, 

 23, 24. 



Botanical gardens, 3. 



Bothrenchyma (Gr. bothrion a pit, and enchyma 

 an injection), a pitted tissue, 17 ; its great im- 

 portance, 18. 



BOTANY, the important objects of, 1; historical 

 notices of, 2 ; its distinguished promoters, 3. 

 The early Classification of PLANTS, 3 ; their 

 structure, 5; the elementary and cellular 

 tissues, 7 et seq. ; their woody fibre ; the vas- 

 cular tissue, 25 ; the lacticiferous vessels, 29 ; 

 their secretions, 32 et seq. ; their, colouring 

 principles, 53 ; their organs, 57 ; their stomata, 

 61, and hairs, 65 ; the glands, 69 ; the corm 

 and the bulb, 71 ; wooded stems, 73 ; the pith, 

 76 ; the bark, 77 ; the wood, 79 ; longevity of 

 trees, 83 ; their cellular structure, 85 ; the 

 roots of plants, 90; the leaves, 93 et seq. 

 Organs of reproduction, the inflorescence, 105 

 et seq. ; the stamens, 116 et seq.; the pistil, 

 123 et seq. Classification of fruits, 131 et seq. 

 Flowerless plants, Ferns, 138; mosses, 143; 

 lichens, 145; algae, 147. Classification of 

 plants, 149; the Linnaean system, 151 182. 

 Natural Order of plants, 183. Dr. Lindley's 

 system, 184192. 



Bract, the, of inflorescence, 108, 109. 



Brake fern, scalariform vessels in the, 28. 



Branches of trees, 73, 74. 



Brassica rapa (Lat. brassica a cabbage, and rapa 

 rape root), the turnip, 32 45. 



B. napus, 45. 



Brazil wood, a vegetable dye, 54. 



Brittle-worts, the slime of stems, 172. 



Brown, one of the principal colours of vegeta- 

 tion, 53. 



Bryophyllum calycinum (Gr. bryo to sprout, and 

 phyllon &\ea.f ; Lat. caZyzacup), leaf of the, 104. 



Buck's botanical investigations, 36, 37. 



Bulb of plants, 71. 



Butter, a vegetable secretion, 46. 



Cacao butter, whence produced, 46. 



Cactus, crystals from the cuticle of a, 41, 42. 



Cactales, 192. 



Caesalpina Braziliensis (in honour of C. Ccesal- 



pinus, and Lat. "Brazilian"), 54. 

 Cajeputi oil, a vegetable secretion, 47. 

 Calamus aromaticus (Lat. "an aromatic reed"), 



oil of the, 47. 

 Calyx (Lat. " a cup "), a part of inflorescence, 



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