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INDEX TO NAMES OF PLANTS, ETC. 



Balbeck, in Syria, temple there, 528, 

 1069. 



Baldeyabnna, 703. 



Baldwinia uuiflora, 1058. 



Balearic Islands, in the Mediter- 

 ranean near Spain, 201, 411. 



Ballabi dynasty of kings in Guzerat, 



5-S, 574- 

 Balloon voyages, 1070. 

 Balloon-vine, 567. 

 Ballota alba, 910. 



nigra , 206. 

 Balm, garden, 363. 

 Balm of Gil cad, ilS, 812. 

 Balm-tree, 115. 

 Balsam, 652. 



copaiva, 783-84. 



of Acouchi, 673. 



of Peru, 717. 



of Tolu, 889. 

 Balsam-apple, S7. 

 Balsam-fir, 920. 

 Balsam-flower, 556 

 Bahamifa ageratifoha, 898. 



vulgaris, 549. 

 Balsamodendron Africanum, 2. 



agallocha, 2. 



kafal, 410. 



muhtl, 333. 



myrrha, 142. 



opobalsamnm, 1 1 5. 

 Baltimore, city in Maryland, 1035, 



1042, 1070. 

 Bamboo, 88, 95, 217, 264, 407, 431, 



630, 659, 787. 

 Bambusa arundinacea, 88, 217. 



(Jfeloean/ia) baccijera, 95. 



[Dendrocalamus) ballcooa, 95. 



Polyueuan, 438. 



j/., 431. 



{Dendrocalamus) strictus, 95. 



[Dendrocalamus) In Ida, 88. 



verlicillata, 966. 

 Bamia, see Hibiscus csculentits. 

 Banabe, or Ascension, island in the 



Pacific, 752, 1068. 

 Banana, 277, 779. 



Banda, island in the Moluccas, 933. 

 Bandolier fruit, 745. 

 Banians, Hindu merchants, 424. 

 Banian tree, 329. 

 Bauisteria dkhotoma, &c, 986. 



fulgens, 9S2. 

 Banks and banking, 3SS. 

 Banksia integi'ifolia, 985. 

 Baobab, 819. 

 Baptisia alba, 1009. 



coerulea, 1025. 



la?iceolata, 1040. 



perfoliate 1 o 1 1 . 



tinctoria, 943, 958. 



villosa, 1040. 

 Baptism, 476, 597, 599, 630. 

 Baptistery, 708, 751. 

 Barabra, or Nubians, 789, S r 7. 

 Barbadoes, island in \V. Indies, 943. 



Barbarea prcecox, 988. 



vulgaris, 175. 

 Barbary, 442, 901. 

 Barberry, 500, 830. 

 Barilla, 518, 646. 

 Barkal, see Gebel Barkal. 

 Barleria bisfiuosa, 721. 



buxifolia, 702. 



ciliata, 702. 



coerulea, 696. 



cristata, 419. 



Itvstrix, 1000. 



lougifolia, see Asteracantha. 



noctijiora, 589. 



prioiuhs, 701. 



solauifolia, 9S6. 

 /^-At, 34, 45 1 . 935. 944- 

 Barnacles, 335. 

 Barnevelt's Islands, near Terra del 



Fuego, 933. 

 Barmngtonia acutangula, 593. 



racemosa, 593. 



speciosa, 437. 

 Bartonia nuda, 1057. 



ornata, 1054. 

 Bartsia alpina, 518. 



maxima, 961. 



pallida, 1013. 



spicata, 971. 



teuuifolia, 1055. 



trixago, 934. 



viscosa, 971. 

 Basella alba, 696. 



tuberosa, 678. 

 Bashee Islets, near Luzon, 9S1. 

 Basil, 624, 654, 695, 701, 935. 

 Basra, or Bassora, citv and seaport 

 at the mouth of the Euphrates, 

 6or. 

 Bassia bu/yrarea, 603. 



tati folia, 42 x. 



long/folia, 523. 



Parkii, 426. 

 Bastile, fortress and prison in Paris, 



791, 1043. 

 Bat, 52. 



Batatas edulis, 917, 976, 1017. 

 Bathenians, or Hassassins, 688,751, 



779- 



Batinda, city in India, 664. 



Batselua caueseeus, 767. 



Carol/ueusis, 767. 



lougi/lora, 1057. 

 Battering ram, engine of war, 19S. 

 Battle-axe, 676. 

 Baukinia aculeata, 986. 



acuminata, 561. 



aurita, 1024. 



diflivlla, 734. 



divaricata, 1015. 



porreeta, 986. 



purpurea, 423. 



raceniosa, 593. 



scaudeus, 372. 



shcen-byat, 112. 



tomentosa, 632. 



Baukinia Valilii, 593" 



variegata, 334. 

 Bay berry, 771. 

 Bdellium, 1, ^, 472, 545. 

 Beach-pea, 873. 

 Beacons, on shoals, 9S1. 

 Bean, see /'iz&z and Phaseolus. 

 Bear, 45, 114, 136,452,753- 

 Bear Island, discovered, 918. 

 Bearberry, 529. 

 Beaver, 125, 452, 752, 1010. 

 Beckmannia erucaeformis, 97 r. 

 Bedouins, 3, 87, 212, 226. 

 Beech, 134, 451. 

 Bee-flower, 827. 



•nettle, 685. 

 Beef-wood, 113. 

 ^r, 92, 818. 

 j5V^, 109, 909, 960. 

 Beftcria racemosa, 1043. 

 Begonia acutifolia, 983. 



grandis, 620. 



macrophylla, 987. 



rotund 1 folia, 987. 



tuberosa, 966. 



JT/., 620. 



Belal dynasty of Carnata, 773. 

 Belgium, S92, 919. 

 Belgrade, in Hungary, 866. 

 Belis jaculi folia, xooo. 

 Belle isle cress, 9S8. 

 Bellis integrifolia, 1044. 

 fereuuis, 507. 

 svlvcstris, 258. 

 Bellium bellidioides, 507. 

 Bells, invention of, 29, 75S, Soo. 

 Belonia aspera, 9S6. 

 Benares, city on the Ganges, 555, 



669, 716. 

 Benedictines f Mmub tic Order), 5S9, 



655. 



Bengal, 7S3, 897, 94S, 1026. 

 Bengal rose, 817. 

 Benihassan, 85. 

 Benincasa ccrifera, 606. 

 Benjamin, 884. 

 -5V///, or sea-weed, 605. 

 Benzoin, 551. 



odorifcrum, S93, 923. 

 Berberis aquifolium, 830. 



aristata, 708. 



Canadensis, 1029. 



Ov^-rf, 393. 



Japoniea, 632. 



lycium, 446. 



nervosa, 1055. 



Siberica, 1031. 



vulgiris, 500, 969. 

 Bercliemia volubilis, 881. 

 Berckheya ciliaris, 1000. 



iucaua, 1000. 



setosa, 993. 

 Bcrgamot, 686. 

 Bergera Jvcenigii, 521. 

 Bergia verlicillata, 974. 

 Berkhampsted, 613. 



