INDEX. 



711 



DroseracesB, . . .637 



Driipaoeae, . 645 



Drape, ... 96 



Du Hamel, . . Ul 



Dulse, a sea-weed, . .186 



Duration of Flowers, . 74 



Durion, . . .369 



Durio Zibetliinus, . ib. 



Dutch Elm, . . 432 



Dwarf Palm, . . 2S9 



Dyeing, Trees and Plants used in, 494 

 Dyer's Broom, 619— Oak, 430— 

 Weed, . . .614 



Earths in Plants, 118— Lampa- 

 dius on, ib. — Ruckert on, ib. 

 Combination of, 1 19 — Absorp- 

 tion of, ib.— Effects of, ib.— 

 Produce of, . 1)9,154 



Earth Nut, . . 285 



Ebenaceee, , . .621 



Kchinostachys, . . 664 



Egg Plant, . . .380 



Egg, Vegetable, Gaertner on, 83 

 Egypt, Products of, . 166 



Elajagneae, . . 612 



ElaeocarpeEe, . . 631 



Elder, Healing properties of, 346 

 — Berry, . . ib. 



Elecampane, or Inula, . 633 



Electricity, . . 127 



Elementary ingredients of Vege- 

 tables, ... 4 

 Elemi, . . . 147,561 

 Elm, a native of Britain, 161, 432 

 — Wych Elm, 432— Smooth 

 Elm, ib.— Dutch Elm, ib.— 

 American Elm, ib. — Propaga- 

 tion of the Elm — its size— a 

 Tree most easily transplanted, 433 

 Elcesis Guinansis, . . 263 

 Embryo, its four Parts, . 1 03 

 Embryo, or Endosperm, . ib. 

 fc'ndive, 166, 308— Wild, 308 

 Endogenites, . . 654 

 Endorhizous, . . 103 

 Endosperm, use of, 1 07 — Carti- 

 laginous, 103 — Coriaceous, ib. 

 — Dry, ib. — Farinaceous, ib. 

 ■ — Fleshy, ib. — Horny, ib. — 

 Oleaginous, ib. — Thin, 1 03 

 Engrafting, theoty of, . 32 

 Epacridese, . . . 622 

 Epidermic Glands, . 21 

 Epidermis, 20— its Structure,ib. 

 — Various opinions regarding 

 it, ib. — Amicis's microscopic 

 observations, . 20, 21 

 Epigenists, theory of, . 84 

 Epipodium, . . .89 

 Ei-isperm, 101— Single, 10-2— 



Use of, . . 107 



Equiseta, or Mare's Tail, 200, 656 

 Ericinea?, . . . 622 



Ervum, . . 315 



Eryngium Maritimum, . 291 



Erythroxylese, . . 634 



Etiolation, . . .132 



Etna, Mount, Chestnut Tree, 384 

 Eugenia Jambos, 370 — Malac- 



censls, . . _ 370 



Euonymus Europseus, 92 — Lati- 

 folius, ib. — Verrucosus, ib. — 

 Lenticular glands of, . 21 



Euphorbiaeeae, 647 — Euphor- 

 bia, Simple tubes of, 7 — Eu- 

 phorbium, . . 1^9 



Europe receives the knowledge 

 of Botany from the Arabians, 

 3— Products of, . ^^""'So 



Evergreen Oak, . . 428 



Evergreens, . . ',m 



Excitability of vegetables, i ^i 



Excretion, . , 63 



Exorhizous, , .103 



Exostoses, . . 14 



Expiration, its nature explained 



and illustrated, , . 53 



Extract, . . 140 



Fagus Castanea, . 383 



Fairy Rings, description of, 1 93 



Fall of the Leaves, . 43,44 



Farina, or Starch, . 1 38 



Favularia Tesselata, . 662 



Fecundation, ill — Mechanism 

 of, ib. — Fecundation of Plants, 

 ib. — ofVegetables,ib. — recent 

 theories on, 86 — Phenomena 

 of, 87— Influence of, 88— Ar- 

 tificial Fecundation, . 88 

 Felicites, . , . 655 

 Fennel, . . . 291 

 Fenugreek, . . . 634 

 Ferns, 6 — their Fructifications, 

 74— South American, 169— 

 Description of Ferns, 200, 663 

 — six Figures of, . 663 

 Fibrine, , . .140 

 Fibrous Roots, . 14 

 Fiooidcie, . . . 6,39 

 Ficus Carica, . . 3.55 

 Field Book, . . .679 

 Fig;, 164, 166, 355— Caprifioa- 

 tion of the, 355, 356 — History 

 of the, 3.56 — Various Cere- 

 monies in which it was used, 

 ib. — Locality of, ib. — Fig Tree 

 brought to England in 1625, 

 3.i7 — Cultivated in various 

 parts of England, ib. — Fig 

 Tree, Pooook, ib. — Propaga- 

 tion of, 368 — Indian, 364 — 

 Manner of Cultivating, 365 

 Filament, . . 67,68 

 Filbert, 162, 385— Etymology of 

 the name, 385 — Impregnation 

 of Filberts, . ' . 386 

 Fir, Wood of, 25- Firs, 469— 

 Norway Spruce Fir, ib. — Sil- 

 ver Fir, lb. — Douglas Pine, 

 470- Lambert Pine, . 470 

 Fish, . . .672 

 Fistulous Stem, . 20 

 Flabellaria, . . 654 

 Flacourtianca?, . . 637 

 Flake Carnation, . . 683 

 Flax, cultivation of, 402 — the 

 steeping of, 403 — water-ret- 

 ting for, 403, 404— preparation 

 of, 404 — heckling and bleach- 

 ing, 40.5 — BerthoUet's experi- 

 ments, ib. — produce of fiax, 

 quantity of seed, ib. — New 

 Zealand flax, . . 421 

 Fleshy root, . . 15 

 Flora in Keeling islands, 100 

 Flora's Timepiece, . 124 

 Floral Calendar, . 609,611 

 — Leaf, . . .39 

 Flower Buds, Observations on, 83 

 Flowering Ash, . . 436 

 Flowers, 12 — Geographical Dis- 

 tribution of, 164, 166— Her- 

 maphrodite Flowers, 81 — 

 Monoecious Flowers, . 87 

 Fly-trap, Motions of its Leaves, 42 

 Forcing Houses knoAvn to the 



Roman."!, . . 376 



Forests, Russian, . .160 



Forests of Pines on fire, 469 



Fossil Plants forming coal, 656 



Fossil Preservation, . 662 



Foxglove, . . . 564 



Fragariacese, . . 648 



Frankeniacea?, . . 635 



Frankincense, , . l')5 



Franklinia, . , . 453 



Fritillary, Common, . 676 



Frond, ... 39 



Fnictification, 12— Organs of, 65 

 — Calyx, 66 — Glume, ib. — 

 Corolla, ib. — Stamen, 67 — 

 Anther, 67, 68— Pollen, 67, 68 

 Filament, ib. — Particular 

 Observ.ations regarding the 

 Pollen, 68, 70— Pistil, 70— 

 Base and summit, ib . — Ovary, 

 its Cells and Ovules or seeds, 

 ib.— Style, 71— Stigma, ib. — 

 its Varieties, ib. 72 — Inflore- 

 scence, ib. — Spiked, ib.^ 

 Thyrsus, ib. — Paniculate, ib. 

 Corymbose, ib. — Cymose, ib. 

 Umbellate, ib. — AVhorled, 73 

 — Spadix, ib. — Catkin, ib. — 

 Amentaceous, ib. ■ — Seasons 

 of Flowers, ib. — Diurnal and 

 Nocturnal Flowers, ib. — Sen- 

 sibility of Flowers to changes 

 of Atmosphere, 74 — Dura- 

 tion of Flowers, ib. — Necta- 

 ries, ib. — the Term ill defin- 

 ed, ib.^Cryptogamic Fructi- 

 fication, ib. — Progress of, SI) 

 Fruit and Envelopes, 89— Con- 

 nection of Fruit and Flower, 

 ib.— Size of Fruit, 90— Con- 

 sistence of, ib. — Covering of,ib. 

 — Surface of,ib. — Colour of,ib. 

 Number of, ib. — Compound,ib. 

 - — Constituent Parts of, ib. — 

 K.picarp of, ib. — Endocarp of, 

 91 — Complete Partitions,ib. — 

 Incomplete Partitions, ib. — 

 True Partitions, ib. — False 

 Partitions, ib. — Pappus of, 

 93 — Names of, 94 — Uses of 

 Fruits and Seeds, 1 00 — Peri- 

 carps of Fruits, ib. — Compo- 

 sition of, 101 — Seed part of, 

 ib. — Geographical distribu- 

 tion of, . . 162, 165 

 Fuchsia, 1 68, 693 — whence 

 name derived, its beauty, 

 593 — Varieties, how raised, h^\ 

 Fuci, their reproduction, . 80 

 Fucoides, . . 656 

 Fucus Giganteus, . . 185 

 Fucus Tenax, a Chinese sea- 

 weed, used as a glue and var- 

 nish, . . .186 

 Full-Beard . . 385 

 Fumariacese, . . . 635 

 Fungi, Reproduction of, 80, 81 

 — Bulliard's opinion of, ib. — 

 Gaertner's opinion of, ib. — 

 their general characteristics. 

 Mode of growth, &c., 191,196 

 Fusiform Koots, . . 16 

 Fustic, . . . 168,516 



Galbanum, 148 — its gum, qua- 

 lities and uses, . 566 

 Gallipoli, 361 — Caverns at for 

 storing olive oil, 361 — advan- 

 tages of peace to, . 362 

 Gamboge, . . 149, 544 

 Gangrane, . . . 131 

 Gaijs in Plants, 11 — their na- 

 ture, ib. — transverse Gaps, ib. 

 Garcinia, . . . 369 

 Garden Cress, . . 299 

 Garden Flowers, 666, et seq. — 

 their delicacy of texture and 

 odour, ib. — their cultivation, 

 ib. 667 — instructions regard- 

 ing, ib. — Hyacinth, ib. — Tu- 

 lip, 670 — Ranunculus, . 675 



