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INDEX. 



Colour, the numerous shades of in vegetables, 53. 

 Colouring principles of plants, 53 ; the various 



dyes, 54. 



Composite, bracts of the order, 109. 

 Compound leaves, 99. 

 Cone, naked seeds of the, 129. 

 Confervas (Lat. confero to join or heal a wound), 



ciliated spores of the, 4, 148 ; described, 173. 

 Conifer (Lat. " cone bearing "), the fir tribe, 



19, 20. 



Copal, whence produced, 49. 

 Coriandrum sativum (Gr. kova a bug, from the 



smell of its leaves ; and Lat. " springing up") , 



oil of the, 47. 

 Cork, the bark of exogenous stems, 77, 78 ; tannic 



acid secreted from, 50. 

 Corm of plants, 71. 

 Cornus maculae (Lat. cornu a horn, and maculce 



spots), intercellular spaces in disease of the, 12. 

 Corolla (Lat. "a little crown"), its inflorescence, 



112, 113; various forms and specimens of the, 



114, 115 ; its anatomical structure, 115. 

 Corona of the tree, 73. 

 Cortusales, 191. 

 Corylus avellana (Lat. corylusfhe hazel-tree, and 



avellana a filbert-nut), 25, 26. 

 Corymb, the, of inflorescence, 107. 

 Cotton, the fibre of illustrated, 23. 

 Cotton-plant, a textile fabric, 16; seeds of the, 



45, 134. 

 Cotyledons (Gr. kotyle a cavity) of a plant, 58 ; of 



the seed, 134; seed-leaves, 135, 136. 

 Cow tree, milky juice of the, 30. 

 Creeping stems of plants, 70. 

 Croton oil, a vegetable secretion, 46. 

 Cruciferae (Lat. crux a cross, and fero to bear), 



starch secreted from the, 32. 

 Cryptogamia (Gr. krypto 1o conceal, and gamin a 



marriage), Class XXIV. of Linnaeus, 172; its 



orders Filicels, Lycopods, Lichenals, Fungals, 



and Algal?, 153 et passim. 

 Crystalworts, description of, 174. 

 Cubical cells, 11. 



Cucurbitales (Lat. cucurbila a gourd), 188. 

 Cudbear, a vegetable dye, 54. 

 Cupule, the, of inflorescence, 109. 

 Curcuma leucorrhiza (Arab, kurkum cleansing; 



Gr. leukos white, and riza a root), East Indian 



arrow-root, 35. 



Cuticle of the plant, 60 ; endogenous stems, 87. 

 Cycas revoluta (Gr. kykas the Ethiopian palm, 



and Lat. revoluta wound around), the Sago 



palm, 34; hairs of the, 66. 



Dandelion, lacticiferons vessels of the, 28. 

 Daphnales (Gr. daphne laurel), 190. 



Daucus carota (Gr. daucos hot, and Fr. carotce a 



carrot), 32. 



De Candolle, the promoter of botanical classifica- 

 tion, 3. 

 Decagynia (Gr. deka ten, and gyne a female), 



the order, 153 et passim. 



Decandria (Gr. deka ten, and andres males), 

 Class X. of Linnaeus, 152, 160 ; the order, 153 

 et passim. 

 Decurrent leaf, 101. 

 Dehiscence of fruits, 131. 

 Desmidieae (Gr. desmos a hinge), varieties 01 



the, 5. 



Deutzia scabra (in honour of John Deutz of Am- 

 sterdam;* and Lat. scabra rough with hairs), 

 flinty hairs on the leaf of the, 56, 65. 

 D. corymbosa (Lat. corymbus a bunch), hairs of 



the, 65. 



Diadelphia (Gr. dis double, and adelpheia bro- 

 therhood), Class XVII. of Linneeus, 166. 

 Diadelphous stamens, 117. 



Diandria (Gr. dis, and andres males), 118; 

 Class II. of Linnaeus, 152, 153 ; order of, 153 

 et passim. 

 Diatomacea (Gr. dia through, and temno to cut), 



silicious skeletons of the, 55. 

 Diclinous Exogens, a sub-class of Lindley, 188. 

 Dicotyledonous seed (Gr. dis double, and cotyle 



a cavity), 136. 

 Dictyogens (Gr. dictyon a net, and genia 



growth), Class V. of Lindley, 187. 

 Di-lynamia (Gv.dh double, and dynamis power), 



Class XIV. of Linnaeus, 152, 162. 

 Didynamous stamens, 118. 

 Digynia (Gr. dis, and gyne a female), order of, 



153 et passim. 



Dioacia (Gr. dis, and oikia habitation^, Class 

 XXII. of Linnaeus, 152, 171 ; its various orders, 

 153, 171. 



Dionaea muscipula (Gr. Dioncea one of the 

 names of Venus, and Lat. muscipula a mouse- 

 trap), sensitiveness of the, 4. 

 Dipsacus fullonum (Gr. dipsakos thirsty, and 



L&t.fulio a fuller), the fuller's teasel, 65. 

 Disk of the stamen, 123. 

 Dissepiments of the pistil, 127, 128. 

 Divi-divi, tannic acid obtained from, 50. 

 Dodecagynia (Gr. dodeka twelve, and gyne a 



female), the order, 153 et passim. 

 Dodecandria (Gr. dodeka, and andres males), 

 118; Class XI. of Linnaeus, 152, 161; the 

 order, 153 et passim; directions for ascertain- 

 ing its class and order, 177. 

 Dotted cells, 12. 



Dracaena Draco (Gr. dra/cainn, female of draco 

 a dragon), plant of the, 49. 



Misprinted Denteta and Dent* in the text. 



