INDEX. 
427 
Indians, their knowledge of botany, 15. 
Inflorescence, 100. 
Inorganized bodies, 298. 
Involucrum, 83. 
Irritability of leaves, 75. 
Irides, 183. 
Jasmine, 180. 
Jussieu, 292. 
Jussieu’s division of compound flower, 
233 
Jussieu’s general divisions, 38. 
“ method, 154. 
L. 
Labiate corollas, 166, 220. 
Lacebark tree, 205. 
Ladies’ eardrop 204. 
Ladies’ slipper, 235. 
Laurel, 206. 
Lauri, 165. 
1 ,eavi’.s, 45, 67. 
“ anatomy of, 73. 
Legume, 107, 114, 209, 226. 
Leguminous plants, 173, 227. 
Liber, 136. 
Lichens, 218. 
Lilac, 179. 
Liliaceous plants, 164, 199. 
Lily, 23, 199. 
Lily of the valley, 201. 
Lima bean, 227. 
Linnaea borealis, 258. 
Linnteus, 289. 
Linnteus, system of, 19, 28, 149, 151, 176. 
Litmus, 249. 
Liverworts, 247. 
Lupine, 228. 
Lurida?, 190. 
Lizard’s tail, 203. 
M. 
Magnolia, 219. 
Mandrake, 53, 191,216. 
Mary gold, 232, 266. 
Matter, sciences which relate to, 16. 
Mesocarp, 164. 
Microscope, 289. 
Milk weed, 235. 
Mind, its faculties, 13. 
“ sciences which relate to it, 13. 
Misseltoe, 242. 
Monocotyledonous plants, 139. 
Monsters, 47. 
Mosses, 163, 244, 255. 
Mountain laurel, 210. 
Mountains, 269. 
Mullein, 1 92. 
Multisiliquae, 218. 
Mushroom, 162, 249. 
N. 
Narcissi, 164. 
Nasturtion, 205, 264. 
Natural families of Linnteus, 35, 156. 
“ of Jussieu, 40, 163. 
Natural History, 18. 
“ scienos, 296. 
Nature, 296. 
Nectary, 92. 
Numerals, Latin and Greek, 28. 
Nyctanthes, 181. 
O 
Odor of flowers, 90. 
Oil, 275. 
Olive, 181. 
Opium, 217. 
Orchis, 165, 234, 237. 
Ovary, 104. 
Ovule, 104. 
P 
Palms, 163 
Papilionaceous corolla, 90, 173, 227. 
Parasites, 51, 273. 
Parenchyma, 74. 
Paris, 205. 
Passion flower, 223, 260. 
Peduncle, 58. 
Peony, 218. 
Perennial roots, 51. 
Perianth, 83. 
Pericarp, 104. 
“ parts of 105. 
“ Mirbel’s classification of, 105. 
“ Linnteus’, “ U 3 . 
Perspiration of plants, 132. 
Petiole, 58. 
Phamogamous plants, 45. 
Philosophers of Greece, 277. 
Physiological Botany, 19 
Pink, 21,“ 211. 
Pistil, 20, 93, 96. 
Pith, 137. 
Plantain, 187. 
Plants, method of preserving, 45. 
“ when first spoken of, 276. 
Pliny, 280. 
Poke weed, 211. 
Pollen, 91, 98. 
Polyadelphia, 30, 223. 
Polygamia, 30. 
Polygonoeae, 165. 
Pomacetc, 214. 
Pomegranate, 213. 
Poppy, 217. 
Pond lily, 216, 258. 
Potatoe, 55, 190. 
Praemose root, 53. 
Prickles, 77. 
Proper juices, 133. 
Proteae, 165. 
Proximate principles, 142. 
