GLOSSARIAL INDEX 



TECHNICAL TERMS MADE USE OF IN THE DIFFERENT INTRODUCTIONS, 

 AND GENERALLY IN VOLS. I. IL AND III, 



ANACA'RDIUM,heart.shsiped, iii. 350. 



Abddmen, the belly, i. 124. 



Acanthurus, from akantha, thorn, oura, tail, i. 



163. 

 Acclpitres, from accipitcr, a hawk, i. 121. 

 Accipitrina, hawk-like, i. 122. 

 AVe?-, sharp, iii. 140. 



AchatinMa, dim. oi achates, an agate, i. 168. 

 Aculeus, the sting, i. 423. 

 Acrotdrsium, front of the foot, i. 277. 

 JEstivalis, of the summer, iii. 55. 

 A^lcB, the wings, i. 124. 

 Alisma, from alls, water (Celt), iii. 62. 

 A'lula spuria, bastard wing, i. 123. 

 Ambulatbriif walking, i. 124. 

 Amentum, a bond, iii. 52. 

 Ampiilla, from ampulla, a bottle, i. 28. 

 Anapheles, from a, int., apheles, slender, i. 54. 

 Anat{fera, from anas, a goose, fero, to bear, 



1.30. 

 A'nseres, from anser, a goose, i. 121. 

 Antinnce, horns, i. 423. 

 Antholyxa, from anthos, a flower, lyssa, rage, 



i. 274. 

 Apetalous, without petals, i. 435. 

 A'ptera, from a, privative, pteron, a wing, i. 424. 

 Aquilina, eagle-like, i. 122. 

 A'rbutus, from the Celtic ar-boise, austere bush j 



roughness of the fruit, iii. 350. 

 Argonauta, from argonautes, companions of 



Jason so called, i. 28. 

 Argutor, from argutor, to make a shrill noise, 



i. 55. 

 ArmillcE, bracelets, i. 124. 

 Arndldn, from Dr. Arnold, i. 67. 

 Arundo, from am, water (Celt), iii. 59. 

 A'tropa, from Atropos, one of the Fates, i. 435. 

 Auchenium, below the nape, i. 277. 

 Aiires, the ears, i. 123. 

 AxilliS, axillaries, i. 123. 

 Bamboo, from Bambusa, iii. 59. 

 Bdnks'ia, named after Sir Jos. Banks, i. 362. 

 Burba, the beard, i. 123. 

 Belluce, from bellua, a great beast, iii. 515. 

 Biennis, from bis, twice, annus, a year, iii. 137. 

 Bimanes, from bis, twice, manus, a hand, 



iii. 513. 

 Bipinnate, twice-winged, ii. 156. 

 Bivalve shell, composed of two pieces, iii. 335. 

 Braird, to shoot above the earth's surface, ii.480. 

 Branchiostegous, from brdnchicc, gills, stege, a 



covering, i. 162. 

 Brida, from brutus, brute, iii. 514. 

 'Ruteonina, buzzard-like, i. 122. 

 Biitomus, from bous, an ox, femnOj to cut, 



i. 161. 

 Calamus, from kalam, Arab., iii. 59. 

 Calcaria, the spurs, i. 124. 

 Calochdrtus, from kalos, handsome, chortos, a 



kind of grass, i. 166. 

 Calyciflhrce, from calyx, andj?os, a flower, i. 136. 

 €alyptra, a cover, iii. 52. 

 Campagnol, from campana, a bell, i. 198. 

 Campestre, champaign, iii. 140. 

 Cdraium, from kardia, the heart, i. 29. 

 Carinhria, from carina, a keel, i. 30. 

 Carndssiers, from caro, flesh, iii. 513. 

 Carpella, dim. of karpos, a fruit, i. 141. 

 Carpology, from karpos, fruit, and logos, a dis- 

 course, i. 137. 

 C&rthamus, from quortom, to paint (Arab.), 



i. 168. 



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Carnnculee, wattles, i. 124, 



Capistrum, the face, i 123. 



Cciput, the head, i. 123. 



Catbdon, from kato, below, odous, a tooth, 



ii. 197. 

 Cauda, the tail, i. 123. 

 Cellulures, from cellula, a little cell, i. 136 

 Cephaelis, from kephale, a head, i. 61. 

 Cera, wax (on the bill), i. 123. 

 Cervix, hinder part of the neck, i. 277. 

 Cetaceous, from cete, a whale, iii. 514. 

 Charadri(E, sea-larks, i. 122. 

 Chce'todon, from chaite, a bristle, odous, tooth, 



i. 163. 

 Ch\one, from Chione, the daughter of Daedalion, 



1. 30. 

 Chlorophane, from chloros, green, phaino, to 



shine, i. 154. 

 Clypeus, shield of the head, i. 423. 

 Coccin^lla, dim. of kokkos, a berry, i. 54. 

 Coleorhiza, from koleos, a sheath, rfiiza, a root, 



i. 143. 

 Coledptera, from koleos, a sheath, pteron, a 



wing, i. 424. 

 C6llum, the neck, i. 123. 

 Colymbetes, from kolymbetes, a swimmer, i. 54. 

 Comdtula, from coma, a tuft, ii. 115. 

 Condyle, from kondylos, a knuckle, iii. 511. 

 Conirdstres, conic-beaked, i. 122. 

 Connate, from con, together, natus, born, i. 45L 

 Cdrnua, the horns, i. 124. 

 Corolla, dim. of corona, a crown, i. 231. 

 Corollijidrce, from corolla, and Jios, a flower, 



i. 136. 

 Cdrpus, the body, i. 124. 

 Crista, the crest, i. 123. 

 Crinoidea, hly-like, ii. 115. 

 Crissum, the vent, i. 123. 

 Crura, the legs, i. 123. 

 Culmen, the ridge, i. 277. 

 Cultch, term defined, iii. 42. 

 Cummlngia^ named after Lady .Gordon Gum- 

 ming, i. 362. 

 DentirOstres, tooth-beaked, i. 122. 

 Dertrum, the hook, i. 277. 

 Dichlam'pdecB, from dis, two, and chlamys, a 



covering, i. 136. 

 Dicotyltldones, from dis, two, and cotyledon, 



i. 136, 

 Diddctyli, two-toed, i. 123. 

 Digiti, the toes, i. 124. 



Dice\-ia, from dis, twice, oikos, a house, i. 164. 

 Diplecolobece, from diplax, double, lobos, a pod, 



i. 144. 

 Dipsacus, from dipsao, to thirst, i. 431. 

 Diptera, from dis, twice, pteron, a wing, i. 424. 

 Doree, from dore*?, gilt, i. 89. 

 Dorsal, from dorsum, the back, i. 162. 

 Ddrsum, the back, i. 124. 

 Drydndra, from Dr. Dryander, i. 360. 

 Dryandroides, from Dry&ndra and eidos, like, 



i. 362. 

 Ec/«5m, sea-urchins, ii. 115. 

 Edentes, from e, without, and dens, a tooth, 



iii. 513. 

 E'lytra, the wing covers, i. 423. 

 Entomology, from entoma, insects, logos, a dis. 



course, i. 421. 

 Epidermis of shells, the external membrane 



■ iii. 347. 



Epiphyte, from epi, upon, phyton, a plant, i, 61 

 Er(Co, from emAo, to break, iii. 13a 



