INDEX, 



595 



and on its distribution in Terra 

 Australis, 50 



Asteranthus, characters of the genus, 

 388 note. 



Astraiitbus referred to Homalinse, 

 120 



Atherospermese, characters of the order 

 and its distribution in Terra Aus- 

 tralis, 25 



Australia, Central, plants found in 

 Captain Sturt's expedition into, 

 313 ; number of species collected, 

 315 



Avena Porskalii forms a section of the 

 genus Danthonia; its characters, 

 and observations on its structure, 

 301-2 



Averrhoa, its relation to Oxalis deter- 

 mined, 114 



Baffin's Bay, list of plants collected 

 on the coasts of, by the ofiBcers of 

 Captain Ross's voyage, 175 



Balanites ^gyptiaca found in Bornou, 

 287 



Balanophorese, objections to their 

 union in the same class with Uafile- 

 siaceae, 412 — 415 



Banana of the banks of the Congo, 

 probably of Asiatic origin, 156; 

 further observations on the native 

 country of the bananas, 156-7 



Banks, Sir Joseph, New Holland 

 plants collected by him and con- 

 tained in his herbarium, 6 



Barren stamina in Orchidese, 48; 

 in Proteaceae, 81, 83 



Bauer, Ferdinand and Francis, their 

 unrivalled talent as botanical 

 painters, 402 note 



Bauer, Ferdinand, drawings made by 

 him in New Holland, 3 ; his draw- 

 ings of Hydnora Afrieana, 402 



Bauer, Francis, his opinion on the 

 placentation of Mosses, 348 ; his 

 drawings of Eafflesia Arnoldi, 373, 

 401, 408, 409 ; his theory of im- 

 pregnation in Orchidese, 496 — 498 ; 

 his view of the formation of the 

 ovarium in Orchidese, 561; his 

 drawings of Asclepiadeae, and opin- 

 ion respecting their mode of im- 

 pregnation, 519, 520, 522 note, 

 523 



Baxter, William, plants collected by, 

 in Western Australia, 338 ; found 

 Kingia both in flower and fruit, 

 435 



Begonia, a genus which it is perhaps 

 expedient to divide, 150 



Begoniacese form a distinct natural 

 order, 150 



Belvisia, observations on, 388 ; cha- 

 racter of the genus, 388 note 



Belvisese, characters of the order, 388 

 note 



Berberidese, characters and limits of 

 the order, 124 



Beverley, Mr., plants collected by 

 him in Melville Island, 185 



BlackweUia referred to Homalinse, 

 120 



Blighia sapida, undoubtedly intro- 

 duced into the West Indies from 

 Africa, 161-2 



Bonatea speeiosa, remarkable for the 

 great development of its lateral 

 stigmata, 503, 504 ; origin, produc- 

 tion, growth and function of pollen 

 tubes in, 537 — 540; viscidity of 

 retinaculum in, 538 



Boraginese, species in the collection 

 from Central Africa, 297 



Bragantia referrible to Asarinse, 385 ; 

 a new species of, discovered in 

 Java by Dr. Horsfield, 385 



Brass, William, number of species 

 collected by him in the neighbour- 

 hood of Cape Coast, 101 



Brongniart, Adolphe, liis observations 

 on the size, form, and motion of 

 particles from the grains of pollen, 

 478-9 ; his observations on the 

 fecundation of Orchidese and Asole- 

 piadese, 541-2 



Brown, Mr., the companion of Captain 

 Sturt, plants collected by him in 

 Central Australia, 315 



Brugmansia, Dr. Blume's account of 

 the genus, 402 ; its characters, 

 427 



Bulb-like seeds of certain liliaceous 

 plants, their structure and economy, 

 364-5, 450. 



Burton, David, plants collected by 

 him in New South Wales, 6 



Butomese, arrangement of ovula on 

 the carpels of, 379 note, 555 



Buttneriacese, characters of the order 



