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INDEX 



America as center of world's seed indus- 

 try, 268 



Ammi majus; 266 visnaga, 268 



Ammophila arenaria, 142 



Amount of poison, variation in, 14 



Amygdalin, 67; hydrolysis of, 19 



Amylose, any one of a certain group of 

 the carbohydrates including cellu- 

 lose, dextrin, glycogen and starch. 



Anaerobic, capable of living without free 

 oxygen (air). 



Ananas sativa, 235 



Anemonic acid, 59 



Anemonin, 59 



Andromedotoxin, 95 



Andropogon muricatus, use of roots of, 

 129; Sorghum, 236; poisoning by, 

 45 



Annona squamosa, 235 



Annulus, a ring usually found on the stalk 

 of toadstools. 



Anthemis austriaca, 267; cotula, 255 



Anthoxanthum odoratum, 140; and hay- 

 fever, 112 



Anthyllis vulneraria, 212 



Antibody, a substance which counter- 

 acts, or neutralizes, a poisonous body 

 or toxin. 



Antibodies, 21 



Antidote, an agent counteracting or pre- 

 venting the action of a poison. 



Antitoxin, a substance formed in the body 

 of animals which neutralizes the 

 toxins, or poisons, formed in these 

 organisms. 



Antitoxins, 21 



Apium graveolens, 225, 229 



Apocarpous, that condition of the pistil 

 of the flower in which the carpels are 

 distinct. 



Aposepalous, distinct sepals. 



Apocynum cannabinum, 254 



Apparatus for seed testing, 260 



Appetite, depraved, 15 



Apple, 231 



Apricot, 232 



Arachis, 184; hypogaea, 205 



Aragallus (Oxytropis) Lambertii as a 



poisonous plant, 74 

 Aralia cordata, 227 



Arbutin in leaves of ericaceous plants, 97 

 Arctium lappa, 254 

 Areca catechu, 237 

 Arracacha, 226; esculenta, 226 

 Artemisia biennis, 244; frigida, 150; 



heterophylla and hay- fever, 112 

 Artichoke, 213, 230 

 Artocarpus incisa, 235 

 Arundinaria nitida, 227 

 Asclepias cornuti, 254; verticillata as a 



poisonous plant, 99 

 Ash pumpkin, 232 

 Asparagus, 227 

 Asparagus bean, 200 

 Asparagus officinalis, 227 

 Aspergillpsis, 2 

 Aspergillus fumigatus, i ; pathogenicity of, 



i 

 Asphyxia, a condition of the body often 



resulting in death where the blood is 



not properly supplied with oxygen. 

 Asphyxiation, 51 

 Asthenia, absence or general loss of 



strength. 

 Asthenics, n 

 Astragalus diphysus as a poisonous plant, 



75; gummifer, 185; mollissimus as a 



poisonous plant, 74 

 Ataxia, the incoordination of muscular 



action. 



Atropin, n; forms of, 16 

 Audibert, M., mentioned, 80 

 Australian salt bush, 212 

 Available energy, 121 

 ^Avena fatua, 162; nuda, 162; orientalis, 



162; sativa, 162 

 Avivectent, said of fruits and seeds which 



are distributed by being voided by 



birds in their feces. 



Awn, the bristle or beard attached to cer- 

 tain chaffy scales beneath the flowers 



of grasses. 



