INDEX TO NAMES OF PLANTS, ETC. 



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Berlandiera tomentosa t 1033. 

 Berlin, city in Germany, 1056. 

 Bermudas Isls., 866, 915, 928, 930. 

 Berne, in Switzerland, 869. 

 Berrya ammonilla, 244. 

 Besleria melittaefolui, &c. 986. 

 Beta maritima, 366. 



vulgaris, 109. 

 Betel, 331, 517, 588. 

 Beth-horon, two cities in Palestine, 



122. 

 Bethlehem, town in Pennsylvania, 



1017. 

 Betonica alopecurus, 470. 



hirsuta, 919. 



officinalis, see Stachys. 



Orientalis, 734. 



stricta, 870. 

 Betony, 340. 

 Betula alba, 134, 451, 622. 



asada, 418. 



beitats, 418. 



bhojputra, 713. 



excelsa, 1043. 



fruticosa, 1014. 



leuta, 807, 925. 



nana, 951, 1017. 



nigra, 962. 



papyracea, 666, 875, 924, 940, 

 942, 1010. 



populifolia, 808. 



pubescens, 911. 



pumila, 1019. 



j/., 830. 



ulmifolia, 622. 

 Beurreria sticculenla, 982. 

 Bezoars, 323, 799. 

 Bhasvati, Sanscrit writing, 6S4. 

 Bhering's Straits, 1008. 

 Bible, first printed in Hebrew, 867. 



manuscripts and translations 

 of > 553. 5 6 5* 59S, 613, 684, 

 756, 79 T > 795» 9 0I > 96o t 963. 

 Bich-balik, or Ouroumtsi, city in 



Tartary, 602. 

 Bidens bipiunata, 748. 



cerniia, 98S. 



Chinensis, 966. 



chrysanthemoides, 1038. 



connata, 1052. 



frondosa, 785, 978. 



nodiflora, ton. 



psilosa, 428. 



tripartita, 785. 

 Bigelowia nudata, 1041. 

 Bighorn, see Ovis. 

 Bignonia Aequinoctialis, &c, 986. 



alba, 950. 



capreolata, 962. 



( Stereosperm um ) chelonoides, 



73s. 



ckica, 715. 



chrysantha, 950. 



( ^ rM rophyllum ) Comorense, 



3S0. 

 (Colea) floribunda, 384. 



Bignonia grandiflora, 989. 



( Calosanthes) Indica, 694. 



leucoxylon, 1000. 



(Arthrophyllnm) Madagascari- 

 ense, 385. 



orbiculata, 950. 



radiata, 1002. 



( Tecoma) radicans, 942. 



(Spathodea) Rheedii, 462. 



{Spathodea) Roxburghii, 728. 



( Tecoma) stans, 984, 986. 



[Spathodea) stipulata, 112. 



suberosa, 739, 



(Colea) Telfarice, 385. 



(Spathodea) temiifolia, 380. 



tomentosa, 571. 



xylocarpa, 739. 

 Bills of credit, 986, 1010, 1020, 1035. 

 Bindweed, 206. 

 Bintara, city in Java, 829. 

 Birch, 134, 713, 807-8, 830, 872. 

 Bird-eggs, gigantic fossil, 762. 

 Birdlime, 187, 247. 

 Bird's- nest, 848. 

 Biscuit-root, 604. 

 Biscutella apula, 485. 



c o?-o n op i folia, 894. 



laevigata, 485. 



longifolia, 971. 



montana, 1015. 



picridifolia , 907. 



rapham 'folia, 972. 



sempervirens, 994. 

 Biserrula pelecinus, 341. 

 Bismuth, the metal, 756. 

 Bistort, see Polygonum bistorta. 

 Bithynia, in Asia Minor, 377, 445. 

 Bitter-cress, 848. 

 Bitter-sweet, 530. 

 Bitumen, 125. 

 ^/jrrt Orellana, 672. 

 Blackberry, 134, 177, 777, 869. 

 Black dam?ner, 744. 

 Black death, a pestilence, 787. 

 Blackhole, prison at Calcutta, 1023. 

 Black walnut, 778. 

 Blackwood, 463. 

 Bladder fern, 850. 



■ZCW-/, 599. 

 Bladhia crispa, 976. 



Japonica, 976 

 Blaeria ericoides, 997. 



glabella, 1014. 

 Blatta Germanica, 482. 

 Blazing stars, 927. 

 Blechnum Australe, 1000. 



Boreal e, 760. 



Occidentale, 987. 



serrulatum, 1 043. 

 Blechum Brownei, 9S3 

 Blemyes, Nubian tribe, 441. 

 Blepharis boerhaaviaefolia, IOOO. 



edulis, 425. 

 Blephilia ciliata, 999. 



hirsuta, 1041. 

 Bletia verecunda, 1009. 



Blitum capitatum, 940. 



virgattcm, 882. 

 Blockading of ports, 1070. 

 Block Island, murder at, 949. 

 Bloodroot, 767. 

 Bloodwort, 638, 848. 

 Blue-bell, 828. 

 Blueberry, S06. 

 Bluebottle, 434. 

 Blue dye, 590. 

 Blue earth, 114. 

 B lite-eyed grass, 776. 

 Blue-fish, 1026 

 Blumea balsamifera, 745. 



grandis, 78S. 

 Boar, 322, 452. 

 Bocconia f'utescens, 915. 

 Boebera glandulosa, 1044. 

 Boehmeria cylindrica, 983. 

 frondosa, 385. 



interrufla, 974. 



urticafolia, 1067. 

 Boeotia, 128. 

 Boerhaavia diffusa, 701. 



hirsuta, 999. 



paniculata, 1045. 



scandens, 999. 



■*/-. 73 2 - 

 Bogomiles, sect of, 685. 

 Bohemia, in central Europe, 658, 



669. 935-36- 

 Bohemian glass, 888. 



poems, 61S. 

 Boii (Bohemians ?), 376, 5S3. 

 Bolbophyllum sunipia, 589. 

 Boletus edulis, 155. 



igniarius, 187. 



kuruma, 418. 



laricis, 440. 



luridus, 279. 



polycephalus, 971. 



umbellatus, 971. 

 Boleros, a sling-like implement, 875. 

 Bolgari, city on the Lower Volga, 



710, 7S4, 902. 

 Bolivia, or Upper Peru, 1064. 

 £0//, 556. 

 Boltonia asteroides, 1021. 



diffusa, 1061. 



glastifolia, 1041. 

 Bombax (Eriod.) anfractuosu;n,yS^ 



ceiba, 853. 



eriauthus, 985. 



(Sahnalia) iusigne, 278. 



(Salmalia) Alalabaricum, 253. 

 Bombay, 855. 

 Bombs, invention of, 913. 

 Bombus, 878. 



Bonin Islands, S46, 884, 972. 

 Bontia daphnoides, 1000. 

 Bonzessas, Bud. priestesses, 792. 

 Booby bird, 573. 



Book of the Dead, a work in hiero- 

 glyphic writing, 81. 

 Book of Nature, an encyclopedic 

 work by Conrad, 787. 



