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INDEX. 



Page 

 ed, 243— Reticulated Clotli, 

 i!44 — Buds, ib. — Fronds or 

 Leaves, ib. — Leaves employed 

 as Thatch, ib. — Leaves used 

 for preserving fish, ib. — 

 Leaves employed to show 

 marks of respect, ib. — Used 

 to write upon, lb. — Baskets 

 for catching fish made from 

 them, 245 — Houses made of, 

 ib. — Used for Oars,ib. — -Harps 

 made of, ib. — Flower and 

 Fruit, ib . — Arrack made from, 

 ib.— Names of, 243— Uses of, 

 ib.— Root, ib.— Wood, ib. — 

 Maldive, Medicinal virtues in, 

 24i — Sold at high prices, ib. 

 Cups made of, ib. — Injured 

 by insectSjib. — Flower, sweet 

 juice extracted from, 246 — 

 Husk of, 250— Oil, 251— Du- 

 ties on, 252— Double Cocoa 

 Nut Palms, 253— Aiticles 

 manufactured from, 252-253 



Cocoa Plum, . . 328 



Cocos, . . . 654 



CoflFea Arabica, 393 — Occiden- 



taljs, ... 394 



Cofi'ee Tree, 166, 170, 393— 

 where Native, 3M4— Intro- 

 duced into Europe by the 

 Dutch, ib. — Sale of Coffee 

 prohibited in Syria, ib. — Cof- 

 fee-houses in Turk^ ordered 

 to be shut, ib. — Coffee-houses 

 when established in Paris and 

 London, 395 — mode of culti- 

 vating Coffee, 395, 396— Cof- 

 fee, Curing of, ib. — Qualities 

 of, ... 396 



Coir, . . 250 



— Cordage, . . ib. 



Coix, ... 88 



Colchicaceae, . . 202 



Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron, 546 

 Colebrookdale Ironstone, 662 



Coleoptile, . . 105 



Coleorhiza, . 31, 103 



Colocynth, . . 538 



Colouring Matter, . .140 



Columella, the, . . 92 



Combretaceas, 643 



Commelineae, . . 202 



Coniose Roots, . . 15 



Compound Leaves, . 39 



Comptonia, . . 652 



Cone of Long-Leaved Pine, 465 



Confer\'ites, . . 656 



Conical Roots, . . 15 



Conifera?, 455 — Families of, 456, 

 650, 658 — Leaves Fascicled, 

 ib. — Leaves Solitary, ib. — 

 Leaves Similar, ib. . C64 



Connaraceas, . . 647 



Consumption, . . 133 



Contorted Roots, . . 15 



Contortion, . 132 



Convallarifces, . . 654 



Convolvulacea?, . 619 



Copal, . . .148 



CopaivaTrce,! 47,553 — itsstruc- 

 turc, its balsamic juices, how 

 obtained, 564 — its qualities 

 and uses, . . 564 



Cardiocarpum Aeutum, . 658 

 Cork, 1 5 i —Tree, 1 64— Oak, 428 

 Com, Geographical distribution 



of, . . . 161 



Cornel Cherry, . . 447 



Corolla, . . .12, 66 



Cortical Pores, 21 — Glands, ib. 



— Layers, 20, 22 — System oi 



Stems, . . .30 



Page 

 Corylus Avellcna, 385 — Ameri- 

 cana, 386 — Columa, . 386 

 Corymb, . . .72 

 Corymbifera?, . . 623 

 Corypha Cerifera, . . 262 

 Costard-monger, . 322 

 Costmary or Alecost, . 493 

 Cotton, 168— Plant, 405— its va- 

 rieties, early history of its cul- 

 tivation and use, ib. — gi'ows 

 in Upper Egypt, 406 — culti- 

 vated at present in the Le- 

 vant,ib. — and in various other 

 countries, ib. — Bengal a great 

 cotton market, 407 — importa- 

 tion of raw cotton from East 

 Indies,ib. — cultivated in Italy, 

 ib.— Cotton Trade, ib.— Cot- 

 ton Plant, Herbaceous, 408 — 

 Cotton, Barbadoes, Indian, 

 Tree, ib. — Vine-leaved, Hairy, 

 Spotted-barked, Silk, 409-^ 

 Cotton Plant, general descrip- 

 tion of its culture and -pre- 

 paration, ib. 412 — consump- 

 tion of the article, . 413 

 Cotyledonary Body, . 103 

 Cotyledons, Epigeal, . 104 



— Hypogeal, . ib. 

 Cowslip, 581 — indigenous to 



Britain, the Double Cowslip, 581 

 Craigleith quames, . 661 



Crambe Maritima, . 299 



Cranberry, 161— Red, 347— 



American, 367 — culture of, 347 

 Crassulaceje, . . 640 



Crecy, Anecdote of battle of, 473 

 Creeping Stem, . . 20 



Cress, localities of, 300 — culti- 

 vation of, ib. — Winter Cress, 300 

 Cretan Cistus, . . 560 



Criobotrya Japonica, . 328 



Crocus, 574 — whence its name 

 derived, peculiarities of tliis 

 fiower,its culture, ib. — Saffron 

 Crocus used as a dye, and 

 formerly as a medicine, 575 



Crops, Rotation, . . 670 



Croton, 542 — Cascarilla Croton, 



ib.— Oil, . . .648 



Crowberry, . . 347 



Crown Imperial Fritillary, 576 



Cruciferse, 292 — localities of, ib. 



— useful qualities of, ib. 636 



Cryptogamic Plants, 12 — Fruc- 

 tification, 74 — Ferns, exten- 

 sive observations regarding, 

 ib. et seq. — Mosses, 76 — an- 

 cient opinions and modern 

 discoveries relating to them, 

 ib. 77 — description of the 

 flowers of Mosses, ib. — fertile 

 floAvers, ib. — Cryptogamus 

 flowers destitute of sexual 

 organs, 78, 79 — Hepaticeae, 

 their reproduction, ib. 80 — 

 Algffi, their fructification, ib. 

 — Lichens, ib. — propage of, 

 ib.— fuel, ib. — Fungi, repro- 

 duction of, . . 80 

 Cucumber, 378 — Receipts for 

 the use of, by Dr. Abernethy, 

 378— Tree, . . . 4.52 

 Cucumis Melo, . . 376 



— Sativa . . 378 

 Cucurbita, 378 — Pepo, ib. — Ci- 



trullus, 379 — Aurantia, ib. — 

 Melopepo, ib. — Succada, 379 



Cucurbitaceffi, . 376,641 



Cud-bear, (Lichen Tartareus,) 198 

 Culm or Straw, its nature and 



structure, . . 19 



Culniites, . . 654 



Pa^e 

 Cultivation, Improvement of, 341 

 Cup, of the Nepenthes Distilla- 



toria, . . .45 



Cupressinea3, . 650,653 



Cupuliferse, . . , 650 



Curdistan, Products of, . 165 



Currants of Commerce, what 



they are, 341,344-Black, 344 

 .—Red, ... 344 



Curry, . . .250 



Custard Apple, . . 375 



Cuticle, 20— its Structure, 20 



Cycadeae, . . 651,665 



Cycadesdeae, . . 653 



Cycadifes, . . . 653 



Cycas Circinalis, . 241,261 



Cyclamen, . . . 590 



Cyclopteris, . . 665 



Cydenia Chinensis, . . 328 



Cyme, . . 72 



Cynara Scolymus, . . 305 



Cynarocephalae, . . 623 



Cynips, . . .381 



Cyperacese, . . 202 



Cypress, . . . 475 



Cysticercus, an Animal Hydat- 



ed, 4 — its Structure, . 4 



Cytineae, . . . 611 



Dahlia, 168 — whence named, 



its Varieties, &o . . 579, 580 

 Daisy, . . .589 



Dandelion, . . 556 



Darkness, effects of, . 123 



Dates, an article of foo ^, 255 

 — Various Uses, . 255-257 



Date Palm, 253,— Manner of 

 impregnating, 254, 255, — 

 where found, 257 — an em- 

 blem of majesty. 

 Date Plum, Chinese, 

 Daucus Carota, 

 Daum Palm, 

 Dead Sea Fruit, fables concem- 



Decandolle advances Botanical 

 Knowledge, 



Decay, Natural, 



Dianthese, 



Dichotomous Stem, . 



Dicotyledonous Plants, 12, 103, 

 27 1 —Divisions of, 27 i— Fami- 

 lies of, 



Didynamia, 



Digger, the, . 



Digitalis, . 



Digitate Roots, 



Dill, 



Dilleniaceas, . 



Dimocarpus Lichti, 



Dioecia Female, 



Dioscoreae, 202 — Dioscorea Ala- 

 ta, 263 — Sativa, 



Dioscorides, his Work on Medi- 

 cal Botany, 



Diosm ese, 



Diospyrus Kaki, 



Dipsaceae, 



Discs, 



Disk of a Leaf, 38 — Epigynous, 

 89 — Hypogenous,ib. — Perigy- 

 nous. 



Dissemination, 



Diurnal Flowers, 



Dodonceaceae, 



Dogwood, 



Dombeyaceae, 



Double Rocket, 588— how Cul- 

 tivated, 



Douglas Pine, 



Dragon's Blood Tree, 147. 



Dropsy, 



Droscra, or Sun Dew, 



258 

 371 

 285 

 258 



381 



3 



133 



C39 



20 



611 



87 



678 



£54 



15 



291 



626 



370 



85 



263 



2 



628 

 371 

 624 

 664 



89 



5)7 



73 



634 



447 



630 



588 

 470 



479 

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