INDEX, 



833 



Balanophoraceae, 577 

 Balausta, 314, 492 

 Balm, 554 



Balm, of Gilead, 475, 

 599 



Balonia, 595 

 Balsam, bursting 



of 



seed-vessel of, 15 



of Peru, 480 



of Tolu, 480 



— — of Umiri, 46a 

 ■ trees. Region of, 



685 

 Balsam, bog, 509 

 Balsamifluae, 504 

 Balsaminaceae, 464 

 Balsamodendron, 475 

 Bamboo, 632 

 Bambusa, 632 

 Bambusium, 754 

 Banana, 608 

 Baneberry, 427 

 Banisteria, 458 

 Banksia, 570 



fruit of, 152, 312 



Banyan, age and size 



of, 360 

 Baobab, 449 

 Baphia, 482 

 - Baptisia, 480 

 Barbacenia, 610 

 Barbadoes Cherry, 458 



Gooseberry, 501 



Barbed hairs, 32 



Barberry, 430 



fertilisation of, 



83 

 Bark, 50, 56, 76, 512 

 Bark-bread, 599 

 ' false, in endo- 



gens, 65 

 Barley, 630 

 Barosma, 467 

 Earringtoniese, 490 

 Bartsia, 551 

 Basal placenta, 257 

 Base of fruit, 302 

 Base of ovule, 253 

 Basella, 562 

 Bases, organic, 170 

 Basidia, 269 

 Basil, 554 

 Basilar, 247 

 Bassia, 53X 

 Bassorin, 163 

 Bast or Bass, 450 

 Bastard-Cedar, 460 

 Bast-layer, 57 

 Batatas, 544 

 Bauera, 504 

 Bauhinia, 478 

 Bay, 567 

 — =- laurel, 486 

 Bay-Myrtle, 592 

 Bdellium, 475 

 Bean, 479 

 Bean-caper, 466 

 Beania, 749 

 Bearded, 33 

 Bearded filamentj 

 Beaumontia, 537 

 Beaver- tree, 429 



I 217 



Bebeeru, 568 

 Beech, 595 

 Beech-drops, 551 

 Beet, 562 

 Beet-sugar, 164 

 Begass, 164 

 Begonia, 566 

 Begoniacese, 566 

 Belladonna, 549 

 Bellis, 520 



Bell-shaped, 198, 205 

 Bengal hemp, 480 

 Bennettites,75o 

 Ben-nuLs, 483 

 Ben-oil, 483 

 Bent or marram, 632 

 Benzoin, 529, 569 

 Berberidaceae, 430 

 Berberin, 430 

 Bere or Bigg, 630 

 Bergamot, 455 

 Bergia, 443 

 Berried, 313 

 Berry, 313 

 BerthoUetia, 492 

 Berzelia, 504 

 Beta, 562 



Betel-nut palm, 621 

 Betel-pepper, 591 

 Betula, 593 

 Betulacese, 593 

 Betzal, 615 

 Bhang, 585 

 Biennial, 359 

 Bifid, 202, 248 

 Bifurcate, 223, 248 

 Bignoniacese, 540 

 Bijugate, 92, 104 

 Bikh or Bish, 427 

 Bilabiate, 207 

 Bilateral, 248 

 Bilamellar, 249 

 Bilberry, 526 

 Billardiera, 466 

 Bilobate, 249 

 Bilocular, 222, 241 

 Bindweed, 544 

 Binomial system of 

 nomenclature, 406 

 Biogenesis, 15 

 Biparous cyme, 183 

 Bipartite,' 87, 202, 248 

 Bipinnate, 92 

 Bipinnatifid, 87 

 Bipinnatipartite, 87 

 Birch,, 593 

 Bird lime, 33° 

 Birds, agency in fer- 

 tilisation, 290 

 Birthwort, 577 

 Biscuit-root, 613 

 Bisexual, 212 

 Bistort, 564 

 Bitemate, 93 

 Bitter almond, 485 



apple, 496 



sweet, 548 



wood, 430 



Bivalvular, 303 

 Bixaceae, 439 

 Bizarres, 445 

 Black Alder, 472 



Black Birch, 593 



Bryony, 611 



Cummin, 428 



Whortleberry, 526 



Bladder-nut, 472 



Senna, 480 



wort, 557 



Blade of leaf, 82 



Blaeberry, 526 



Blanching, 397 



Bleeding, or flow of 

 sap, 144 



Blessed Thistle, 520 



Bletting, 322 



Blighia, 459 



Blight, 399 



Blood-root, 434, 610 



Bloom of Grapes, 168 



Blume's Floral Re- 

 gion, 684 



Boards for pressing 

 plants, 798 



Bocagea, 429 



Bcehmeria, 584 



Boerhaavia, 561 



Bog-bean, 540 



mosses, 643 



myrtle, 592 



Bolax, 509 



Boldoa, 589 



Boletus, 649 



Bolivaria, 532 



Bombaceee, 448 



Bombax, 449 



Bonapartea, 612 



Bone-earth, 138 



Bones as a manure, 139 



Bonnetia, 452 



Bonpland's Floral Re- 

 gion, 686 



Boopis, 517 



Borage, 546 - 



Boraginaceas, 545 



— ■ — fruit of, 311 



Bbrassineas, 621 



Boronia, 467 



Boswellia, 475 



Botanical box, 796 



spade, 796 



terms explained, 



809 



Botany Bay Kino, 491 

 Bothrenchyma, or 



Taphrenchyma,6, 20 

 Botbrodendron, 734 

 Botnim, 474 

 Botrychium, 639 

 Botrytis, 650 

 Bottle Gourd, 496 

 Bourdeaux Pine, 599 

 Bovista, 650 

 Bowenia, 600 

 Box-tree, 582 

 Brachychiton, 449 

 Brachyphyllum, 748 

 BracteEe, 189 

 Bracteoles, 177, 189 

 Bractlets, 177, 189 

 Bracts, or floral leaves, 



172, 189 



arrangement of, 



190, 



H 



Bracts, coloured, 189 



enipty, 18^ 



phyllotaxis of, 



189 



viviparous, or 



proliferous, 191 



Bramble, 312, 485 



Branches, 112 



arrested, 119 



Branching of trees, 45 



Branchlets, 112 



Brassica, 437 



Brassicacese, 434 



Brayera, 486 



Brazil-nuts, 492 



wood, 481 



Brazilian flora, 687 



Bread-fruit, 316, 587 



nuts, 587 



tree, 601 



Brexia, 504 



Brinjal, 548 



Britain, distribution of 

 plants in, 702 



British plants, local- 

 ities of, 703 



types of, 703 



sporadic species 



Brocoli,, 437 

 Bromelia, 612 

 Bromeliaceae, 612 

 Bromus, 632 

 Brongniart's division 



of fossil plants, 721, 



727 

 Brookweed, 559 

 Broom, 480 

 Broom-rape, 550 

 Brosimum, 5S7 

 Broussonetia, 587 

 Brown coal, 757 

 Brown's floral Region, 



689 

 Brownian corpuscles, 



293 

 Brucea, 469 

 Bniniaceae, 504 

 .Brunoniaceae, 522 

 Bryaceae, 641 

 Bryonia, 494 

 Bryony, 496 

 Bryophyllum, 499 

 Bryson's ^ instrument 



for slicing fossils, 



788 

 Bryum, 643 

 Buchu, 468 

 Buck-bean, 540 



eye, 459 



Bucklandia, 504, 750 

 Buckthorn, 472 

 Buckwheat, 564 

 Bud, arrangement of 



leaves in the, iii 

 Budding, 109, 325 

 Buds, leaf, ic8 



abnormal, 40 



adventitious, 117 



— — embryo, 116 



flower, 193 



latent, 112, 117 



