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GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Evaluation, estimate, iii, 504. 



Exchbitor, from excubitor, a watcher, i. 93. 



Fagapyrum, from fagus, a beech, pyros, corn, 

 iii. 142. 



Falconma, falcon-like, i. 122. 



Fasciolaria, from fasciola, a winding band, i, 56. 



Feldspathic, feldspar-like, iii. 497. 



Femora, the thighs, i. 123; 



Ferce, from ferus, a wild beast, iii. 514, 



Fissirdstres, cleft-beaked, i. 122. 



Flexura, the bend of the wing, i. 277. 



Folicicea;, from foliaceus, leafy, i. 136. 



Formbsum, handsome, iii. 139. 



Franciscea, from Francis, Emperor of Ger- 

 many, i. 165. 



FritiUaria, from fritillus, a chess-board, iii. 56. 



From, the forehead, i. 123. 



GalecB, shields of the mouth, i. 423. 



GallincB, from gallus, a cock, i. 121. 



Gallinaceous, from gallus, a cock, ii. 442. 



Gence, the cheeks, i. 123. 



Geodesical, relating to the measurement of the 

 earth's surface, iii. 504. 



Glires, from glis, a dormouse, iii. 515. 



Gluma, a husk, iii 52. 



Gneiss, a species of rock, iii. 497. 



Gonys, inferior point of the mandible, i. 277. 



Grdllce, from grallce, stilts, i. 121. 



Gressbrii, leaping, i. 124. 



Greywacke, a species of rock, iii. 498. 



Giila, the chin, i. 123. 



Gymndtus, from gytnnos, naked^ noios, back, 



Gymnospermia, a naked seed, iii. 353. 



Hallux, the great toe, i. 277. 



Halter es, the balancers, i. 423. 



Hamddryas, from Hamadryades^ nymphs who 



preside over trees, i. 287. 

 Hamadryades, from hama, with, diys, the oak, 



i. 287. 

 Haustiltum, a peculiar kind of mouth, i. 423. 

 Helix, from heileo, to twist round, i. 25. 

 Hemiptera, from hemtsu, half, pteron, a wing, 



i. 424. 

 Holoc^ntrus, from holos, hall, kentron, a spur, 



i. 163. 

 Hopeana, in compliment to Mrs. Thonus Hope, 



Humeri, the shoulders, i.. 123. 

 Hypoch6ndrice, hypochondres, i. 123. 

 Hypobldstus, from hypo, under, blastos, a bud, 



i. 142. * 



Hymendptera, from hymen, a film, pteron, a 



wing, i. 424. 

 Jnirmis, unarmed, iii. 142. 

 Ingluvies, the crop, i. 124. 

 Insect, from inscctus, cut or notched, i. 424. 

 Insessbres, perchers, i. 122. 

 Involuaum, a wrapper, iii. 52. 

 Jnterscdpulum, between shoulders, i. 123. 

 Ipecacuanha, from Ipe, aboriginal word, in Peru, 



for root, cacuan, aboriginal distinction for 



that root, i. 61. 

 Jiigulum, the throat, i. 123. 

 Labrum, lip or tip, i. 160. 

 iMgdstomos, from lagost a hare, stoma, a mouth, 



i. 185. 

 hampyrls, from lampo, to shine, pyr, fire, 



i. 155. 

 Lanceolaius, lance-leaved, i. 167. 

 Lanceolate, shaped like a lance, i. 235» 

 Lanius, from lanius, a butcher, i. 93. 

 Lemur, from lemures, ghosts, i. 208. 

 "Lepas, from lepas, a rock, i. 30. 

 Lepidoptera, from lepis, a scale, pteron, a wing, 



i. 424. 

 lueucbjum, from leulcos, white, ion, violet, iii. 



55. 

 Leucopbgon, from leulcos, white, pogon, a b^rd, 



i. 167. 

 Lobatus, lobed feet, i. 124. 

 L6ris, from loeris, a clown (Dutch), i. 209. 

 Lorum, naked line at the base of the upper ridge 



of the bill, i. 123.277. 

 Ligula, a latchet, i. 423. 

 Lindleyii, from John Lindley, Esq. F.R.S. I 165. 



Lingua, the tongue, i. 123. ' " ' 

 Macrocdrpus, from makros, long, HarpoSrii^tj. 



i. 166. 

 Mammiferous, from mamma, breasts, iii. 510. 

 Marshpia, from tnarsupium, a bag or purse, 



iii. 513. 

 Marsupites, from marsupium, a purse, ii. 115.- 

 Menuon, the chin, i. 277. 

 Mesorrinium, the upi)er ridge, i. 277. 

 Mica slate, a slate abounding with mica, iii. 497, 

 Milvina, kite-like, i. 122. 

 Monochlamydeee, from monos, one, and chlamysr 



a covering, i. 136. 

 Monocotyledones, from monos, one, and cotyle^ 



don,t. 136. 

 Monopetalous, one-petaled, i. 433. 

 Multivalve shell, composed of many pieces, iiL 



555. 

 Murex, from murex, the point of a'rock, i. 56; 

 'i^arclssus, from narke, stupor, iii. 55. 

 Nares, the nostrils, i. 123. 

 Ncisus, nose, i. 160. "^ 



Natatbres, swimmers, i. 122. 

 Nataldrius, palmatedfeet, i. 123. 

 'Sailtilu.'i, from nans, a ship, i. 28. 

 "Sepenthes, from ne, negative, penthosy grief, i. 80. 

 Merita, from neros, hollow, i. 30. 

 Neurdptera, from neuron, a nerve, pteron, a 



wing, i. 424. 

 NoctUuca, from nox, mg\\t,lucus, a light, i. 155. 

 Notorhlxe^, from notos, the back, rfiixa, a root. 



i. 144. 

 N&cha, the nape, i. 123. 

 O'cciput, the hind-head, i. 123. 

 Ocellata, from ocellus, a little eye,. L £4). 

 O'culi, the eyes, i. 123. 

 O'rbitcB, the orbits, i. 12a 

 Orthoplbcece, from orthos, upright, ploke, a fold, 



i. 144. 

 Oryctology, from oryhtos, fossil, logos, a dis- 

 course, i. 190. 

 Os, the mouth, i. 423. 

 Pachydermes, fiom pachys, thick, and derma, n 



skin, iii. 514. 

 Pce'ciltis, from pozkilos, spotted, i. 155. 

 Pdlpi, patters, i, 160. 

 Papilionaceous, butterfly-like, iii. 356. 

 Paris, from par, equal, iii. 142. 

 Fusseres, from passer, a sparrow,' i. 121. 

 Patella,, from patella, a little dish, i. 28. 

 Pecora, from pecus, cattle, iii. 515. 

 Pectoral, from pectus, the chest, i. 162. 

 Pectus, the breast, i. 124. 

 Peltate, from pelta, a target, iii. 141. 

 Pentacrinus, from pente, five, krinon, lily, ii. 62L. 

 Pentapetalous, five-petaled, i, 435. 

 Pcrfoliata, through the leaf, iii. 138. 

 Pes, the foot, i- 123. 



Petalite, from pet a Ion, a thin plate, i 154. 

 Phcebpus, from phaios, dark, dps, face, i. 297. 

 Phdlas, from pholeo, to seek a hiding place, i. 25. 

 PJciS, from pica, a magpie, i. 121. 

 Vinna, from pinna, a wing or feather, i. 30. 

 Pinndtus, pinnated, i. 124. 

 Pldnta, the foot with the toes, i. 277. 

 Plat§derus,'{rom platys,hroad,dere, a neck, i. 55. 

 PleurorhixecB, from pleuron, the side, rhiza, a 



root, i. 144. 

 Pogbmus, from pogon, a beard, i. 55, 

 Polybrachion, many arms, iii. 149. 

 Pokjbrachibne, from polys, many, brachion, arai, 



i.'62. 

 Polygonum, from polys, many, gonu, a joint, 



iii. 142. 

 Poly 6mmatus, from polys,many,omma, eye, i.'56. 

 Pomaderris, from poma, a lid, derris, a mem- 

 — brane, i. 61. 



Prehe'nsilis, grasping, i. 124. 

 Primarite, quills, i. 277. 

 Primates, from primus, first, iii. 514. ' 

 Proboscis, the feeding trunk, i. 423. 

 Pc^eudo-pldtanus, false-plane tree, iii. 140. 

 Quh-cus, from quer, fine, cuex, tree, i. 248. 

 Raptbres, preyers, i. 122. 

 Rash-es, scratchers, i. 122. 

 Rectrices, the tail feathers, i. 124. 



