INDEX. 



599 



Edwai-ds, Mr., plants collected by him 

 in Melville Island, 185, 194 



Ebreiiberg, C. G., his account of the 

 structure of the pollen masses in 

 Asolepiadete, 521, 532 note; his 

 further observations on the sexual 

 organs of, 54-2-3 



ElseagneBB, hovir distinguished from 

 ProteacesB, 82 



Elseis, moncEcious and not dioecious, 

 140; situation of the foramina in 

 its putamen, 140; its remarkable 

 geographical distribution,[141 ; un- 

 doubtedly indigenous to the whole 

 of the West Coast of Africa, 161 



Embryo, on the plurality and de- 

 velopment of, in the seeds of Coni- 

 ferse, 565 — 575 



Epacrideee, observations on the order 

 and on its diatribution in Terra 

 Australis, 38 ; hardly exists in the 

 interior, 339 



Ephedra has a naked ovulum, 453; 

 structure of the nucleus in, 455 



Epistepliium,M.AohilleIlichard'sideas 

 of the structure of an Orchideous 

 flower derived from, 501, 561 



Eremophila, observations on the genus 

 and its species, 332-3 ; character- 

 istic of the vegetation of the interior 

 of N. Holland, 339 



Erythrophleum, observations on the 

 genus. 111, 153, 290, 291 



Erythrospermum, its affinities, 121 



Eucalyptus, reason why the species 

 forms one of the most striking 

 features in the vegetation of Terra 

 Australis, 18, 62, 317; origin of 

 the operculum, 75 ; species found 

 by Mr. Eraser at Swan River, 311 ; 

 species found in the interior of 

 New Holland, 339 



Eudesmia, its relation to Eucalyptus, 

 75 



Eugenia, species of, in which the in- 

 tegument of the seed is absorbed 

 before its separation from the 

 parent plant, 364 

 Euonyraus, reSupination of its ovula, 



448-9 

 Euphorbia, the author's view of the 

 structure of the genus, 28 ; a fru- 

 tescent species with cylindrical 

 stem and branches, observed in the 

 vicinity of the Congo, 128 



Euphorbiacese, observations on the 

 order, and on its distribution in 

 Terra Australis, 28 ; on the species 

 found in the vicinity of the Congo, 

 127 i the double stigmata of many 

 species of, 569 



Eupomatia, how shown to belong to 

 Anonacese, 74 



Earsetia, character of the genus and 

 observations on its structure, espe- 

 cially as regards its dissepiment, 

 269 

 Fecundation, observations on the 

 organs and mode of, in Orcliideae 

 and Asclepiadeee, 487 — 543; sup- 

 plementary observations on 545 — 

 551; various opinions on the sub- 

 ject, in Orchideaj, 490-8 ; in Ascle- 

 piadeae, 516—521; as held in 

 Orchidese by Haller, Adanson, 

 490; Curtis, C. K. Sprengel, Wach- 

 ter, Sohkuhr, Swartz, 49] ; Salis- 

 bury, L. C. Treviranus, Ad. Brong- 

 niart, Linuseus, Sohmidel, 492 ; 

 Koelreuter, Jonathan Stokes, 

 Batsch, L. C. Eichard, 493; du 

 Petit Thouars, 494 ; Link, Lindley, 

 495 ; Erancis Bauer, 496-8 ; and in 

 Asclepiadese by Adanson, Gieichen, 

 516, 517; C. K. Sprengel, 518; 

 Francis Bauer, 519 ; Elliott, Mac- 

 bride, Link, L. C. Treviranus, 520; 

 Bhrenberg, 521 

 Eilices, observations on the order, and 

 on its distribution in Terra Austra- 

 lis, 59 ; on the venation of, and the 

 relation of the involucra to veins in 

 various subdivisions of the genus 

 Aspleniura, 60; further observations 

 on the order, on its proportions, and 

 geographical distribution, and on 

 the species found in the vicinity of 

 the Congo, 148 

 Eisher, Mr., plants collected by him 



in Melville Island, 185 

 Elagellaria, observations on the genus, 



52 

 Elinders, Matthew, his survey of the 



coasts of Terra Australis, 3 

 Elindersia, in what respects it differs 



from Cedreleaj, 72 

 Elower, the regular alternation of the 

 divisions of the proximate organs, 



