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INDEX 



Linnaeus, C, amendments of, 217 

 classifies botanists, 52 

 compares plant and animal, 73 

 dedicates genus Galenia,i64 

 generic names by, 185 

 ignores subterranean stems, 76 

 judgment of, as to Theophrastus, 



nomenclator, 119, 216, 305 



opinion of, as to Aristotle, 52 



refers fig tree to cryptogams, 83 



Species Plantarum of, 23 



zeal of, for Cesalpino, 30 

 Lithospermum, genus, 298 

 Lobel, M. de., Adanson on, 17 

 Longevity of, Leonicenus, 264 



Theophrastus, 56 



trees, 134 

 Lonicera, genus, 253 

 Lotus, genus, 3S 

 Lupha, genus, 278 

 Lupinus, properties of, 310 

 Lycopersicum, genus, 164 

 Lycopus europffius, 243 

 Lycostaphylus, prior name for Opu- 

 lus, 304 



Macedonia, ancient trees of, 126 

 Magnus, Albertus, botanist, 165 

 Malpighi, and Theophrastus, 97 



ignored by Toumefort, 1 5 

 Malus, genus, amplified, 34 



communis, ancient varieties of, 34 

 communis, mediaeval varieties of, 



313, 314 

 Malvae, early name of Malvaces, 254 

 Mandragora, genus, 285 

 Manes, slave of Theophrastus, 57 

 Maranta, commentator, on Dioscori- 



des, 153 

 Marcellus Virgilius, Fuchs on, 197 

 Marchantia, genus, 176 

 Margrave of Brandenburg and Fuchs, 



193, 196 

 Marine, aquatics, Theophrastus on, 



128 

 fig tree of Theophrastus, 128 

 littoral plants, 128 

 oak, a coral, 128 

 Maro, Publius Virgilius, 149 

 Marrow, ancient name of pith, 98 

 Marrubium palustre, 243 

 Martyn, J., on botany of Virgil, 150 

 Matricaria, genus, 213 

 Matrix, Theophrastan word for pith, 



99 

 Matthiola, genus, 231, 249 

 Matthiolus, A., commentator, on 



Dioscorides, 153 

 Medicago, genus, 31 

 Mediterranean region, trees of, 103 

 umbellifers of, 113 



Melampyrum of ancients, 121, 136, 



137 

 Melanthus, father of Theophrastus, 



54 

 Melilotus, genus, 31, 32 

 Melissa, genus, 186 

 Melongena, genus, 284 

 Memmingen, birthplace of Fuchs, 192 

 Menestor, rhizotomus, 58 

 Mentha, genus, 243 

 Menyanthes, genus, 31 

 Mesophyll noted by Theophrastus, i o i 

 Mespilus, Amelanchier, 121 



anthedon, 121 



cotoneaster, 121 

 Metamorphosis in trees, 138, 139 

 Metaphysical definitions in biology, 



74 

 Meteorology and plant life, 72 

 Method of Theophrastus, 60-72 

 Metrodorus, Greek painter of plants, 



167 

 Meyer, A., artist to Fuchs, 195 

 Meyer, E. H. F., on Aristotle, 55 



on inflorescence, 92 



on Nicander, 147 



on Valerius Cordus, 92 

 Mimosa polyacantha, 80, 133 

 Mimosaceffi, metamorphoses of, 139 

 Mistletoe, Tragus on, 257 

 Mitylene, native island of Theophras- 

 tus, 53 

 Modem botany and Theophrastus, 



140 

 Modes of flowering in trees, 91 

 Molo, slave of Theophrastus, 57 

 Momorf^ica, genus, 253, 297 

 Monachella, old name of larkspur, 



214 

 Monophyllous flowers, Theophrastus 



on, 90, 91 

 Monotypes, early preponderant, 241 



Theophrastan, 116, 121 



Tragus on, 242 



without specific names, 216 

 Morphologic descriptive types, 103 

 Morphology, disregarded, 210 



distrusted by Theophrastus, 76, 77 



of flower, Theophrastus on, 83 



of leaf, Theophrastus on, 81, 83 

 Moschatella, prior name of Adoxa, 



310 

 Moss, sundew taken for, 309 

 Mosses, Tragus on, 258 

 Mulberry tree as flowering, 86 

 Mullein described by Tragus, 225 

 Mushrooms, Nicander on, 145 

 Myosotis, genus, 183 

 Myrtus, alba, 146 



conjugalis, 146 



nigra, 146 



Nasturtium, aquaticum, 247 



