INDEX or SUBJECTS 



VOL II. 



Abel, Clarke, characters and descrip- 

 tions of three new species of plants 

 found in China by, 319—328; notice 

 of his collection, 326 



Acicarpha, observations on the genus, 

 with description of a new species, 

 307 — 309 ; proposed as the type of 

 a new family, 309 ; further obser- 

 vations on, 312—318 



Actinophora, affinities of the genus, 

 646 



Albumen, its origin, 23 ; occasional 

 existence in Proteacese, ibid. ; and 

 in Cyrtandracese, 587 ; its import- 

 ance, 587 note ; in Sterculiacese, 623 



Allium descendens, exceptional order 

 of expansion of the flowers of, 280 



Anadenia, exceptional order of expan- 

 sion of the flowers of certain species 

 of, 280 



Angianthus, synonymy of the genus, 

 283 



Antherse, their examination at an 

 early period universally neglected, 

 6 ; great advantage of this exami- 

 nation, ibid. ; their structure in 

 Orchidese and Asclepiadese, ibid. ; 

 views of Linnaeus, Jussieu, and 

 Richard on this subject in Ascle- 

 piadesB, ibid. ; views of Jacquin, 

 Koelrenter, Rottboell, Cavanilles, 

 Smith, and Desfontaines, 7; views 

 of the author, 7, 8 ; and in Or- 

 chideaB, 9 ; development of in Ascle- 

 piadese, 197, 198 ; arrangement of 

 in Sterculiacese, 623 



Antennaria, history and characlers of 

 the genus, 300—302 



Apocinese, difficulty of circumscribing 

 the order, 195 ; subdivision of it, 

 ibid. ; characters and descriptions 

 of the genera, and species of the 

 section of tlie order "seminibus 

 comosis," 232—247 



Ascidia of Cephalotus and other 

 pitcher-plants, observations on the, 

 357 



Asclepiadese, views of various authors 

 as to the structure of the Antherae 

 in, 6 — 8 ; examination of, 8 ; me- 

 moir on the order, 193, &c. ; cha- 

 racters and descriptions of the order, 

 genera, and species, 200 — 231 ; ob- 

 servations on the flower in its earlier 

 stages, 196—198 



Asphodeleae, order of reduction of 

 stamina in, 278 



Baooharis, history and characters of 



the genus, 293-1 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, his invaluable 



herbarium and library, 31, 199 



important results of his voyage, 163 

 Begonia, order of expansion of flowers, 



and position of female flowers in 



279 note 

 Bennettia, observations on the struc 



ture and affinities of the genus, 



663, 664 ; characters of the species 



of, 665 

 Bentham's Tlora Australiensis, names 



of plants quoted in, from Mr. 



Brown's herbarium, 708 —711 

 Boeconia, reductions of pistillum in, 



272 

 Boopideae, proposed as a family, by M. 



