INDEX 



ABRUS, seeds, 267. 



Abutilon, *293. 



Acacia, 322; A. arabica, *321; 

 A. melanoxylon, * 102, *268; 

 coloured seeds and funicles, 

 268, .and frontispiece ; phyl- 

 lodes, *184 ; roots, 124. 



Acalypha, 375. 



Acanthaceae, 362-6. 



Achene, 243, * 260-2. 



Achras, 346. 



Achyranthes, *372. 



Aconitum, 275. 



Adansonia, 80, 295. 



Adaptation, 419. 



Adenanthera, seeds, 267. 



Adhatoda, 364. 



Adventitious, buds, 95-6, 127; 

 roots, 124-7. 



^Egiceras, 345. 



brides, 403. 



^Estivation, 214-5, 324. 



Agapanthus, 196. 



Agave, *66-7, 74, 384 ; A. fibre, 87. 



Ageratum, 338. 



Air, necessity of, for roots, 104. 



Albumen, 252. 



Alburnum = Heart wood, 26. 



Allamanda, 348. 



Alocassia, 395. 



Aloe, see Agave. 



Alpinia, 400. 



Alternate leaves, 37. 



Althsea, 293. 



Amarantaceae, 371. 



Amaryll ideas, 382. 



Anaphalis, 339. 



Anatropous seeds, 249. 



Andrographis, 367. 



Andropogon, 412. 



Anemone, 273. 



Annuals, 71. 



Anogeisus fruit, 258. 



Anona, 278. 



Anonaceae, 276. 



Anterior, of floral parts, 201. 



Anther, 224. 



Anthurium, 395. 



Antigonon, fascicles, 196; ten- 

 drils, 110. 



Ap-heliotropism, 101. 



Apocynaceae, 346-9. 



Apo-geotropism, 100. 



Aquilegia, 275. 



Areca, Palmeae endosperm, 254. 



Argemone, fruit, "226. 



Aril, on seeds, 49, 311, 312; of 

 Litchee, 245. 



Arisaema, 395. 



Aroidese, 394. 



Artabotrys, *276. 



Artocarpus, 379. 



Asclepiadaceae, 350. 



Ash, 21. 



Asparagus, 386. 



Assimilation, 29-33. 



Aster, 338. 



Asystasia, *364. 



Avena, the Oat, 412. 



Averrhoa, 301. 



B 



BALANOPHORA, 131. 

 Bamboo, Bambusa, 412. 



* Denotes a figure. 



