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INDEX 



Phytography — Continued 



importance of, i8 



of Brunfels, 172 



of Cord us, 275-280 



of Fuchs, 206, 207 



of Theophrastus, loi— 105 



of Tragus, 223 

 Pilosella, major, 211 



minor, 211 

 Pinnate leaf, named by Theophras- 

 tus, 79 



new study of, by Cordus, 80 

 Pinus, Halepensis, 121 



maritima, 121 



picea, 121 



pinea, 87, 121 

 Pisum sativum, 287 

 Pith, distinguished by Theophrastus, 

 100 



components of, 10 1 

 Placentation, studied by Theophras- 

 tus, 94 



observed by Cordus, 293 

 Plantagoaquatica, generic name, 216, 



255 

 Plantago, coronopus, 254 



major, 188 



minor, 188 

 Plant life, many phases of, 73 

 Plant organs, list of, ancient, 61, 63 

 Plants, as cultivated or wild, 175 



of deep fresh water, 127 



interrelations of, debated, 114, 115 



of lake shores, 127 



marine aquatic, 127 



marine littoral, 127 



of marshes, 127 



poisonous, Nicander on, 145 



of river banks, 127 



sleep of, known of old, 133 



Theophrastan main divisions of, 

 107-111 

 Platanus ori en talis, 104 

 Plato, Theophrastus auditor of, 54, 



74 

 Plinia, genus, 159 

 Pliny, C., Adanson on, 159 



Historia Naturalis, work of, 157 

 records Greek iconographers, 167 

 tragic death of, 157 

 views of nature, 158 

 Plum flowers studied by Theophras- 

 tus, 85 

 Plumier, C, dedicates genus to 

 Brunfels, 172 

 to Cordus, 314 

 to Dioscorides, 155 

 to Fuchs, 197 

 to Tragus, 220 

 Poem of Nicander on agriculture, 



144 

 Poems of Virgil, botany of, 149 

 Pollen discovered by Cordus, 290 



Polygonum aviculare, ecology of, 257 

 Pomology, of Cato, 146, 147 



of Columella, 151 



of Cordus, 3 1 1-3 14 



of Varro, 147-149 

 Pomphylus, overseer in Theophras- 

 tus' garden, 57 

 Pontus, choice fruit varieties from, 



148 

 Poplar, black, from Crete, 129 

 Poppy, Tragus on calyx of, 229 



water lily related to, 118 

 Populus alba, tassels of, 237 

 Porta, J. B., Adanson on, 17 

 Potentilla, genus, 186 

 Praefloration, not yet noticed, 209 



first noted by Cordus, 288, 289 

 Prasfoliation first noted, 278 

 Prince Ludewig patron olE Tragus, 222 

 Prince of Philosophers, Linnaeus on, 



52 

 Priority, Cordus as to, 306 



Fuchs' conservatism of, 215 



Linnasus reckless of, 305 



Tragus' indifference to, 255 

 Prunus Cerasus, 121 



insititia, 121 



Pad us, 121 

 Psoralea bituminosa, 31 

 Pulicaria, genus, 120 

 Pulsatilla, first figured, 190 



stamens of, 289 



vemalis, 298 

 Punica granatum, 34 

 Pyrola, genus, 185 



Quercula minor, 185 

 Quercus, as once restricted, 41 



alba, 36 



castaneaefolia, 36 



Hispanica, 36 



marina, 127 



rubra, 36 



salicifolia, 36 



Raceme, uses of term, 201, 202 

 Ralla, Joachim, and Cordus, 271 

 Ranunculus acris, 188, 248, 298 



arvensis, 298 



bulbosus, 188, 298 



coronarius, 301 



flammula, 298 



leptophyllus, 298 



palustris, 298 



platyphyllus, 298 



sardous, 298 



sceleratus, 248, 298 

 Ranunculaceous types in Trifolium, 



Rapunculus, old name of Campanula, 



249 

 Ray, John, on Quercus, 41 

 Ray-flowers, first named, 289 



