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INDEX 
Canarium commune L. ; -tree 
(W.L), Terminalia Catappa J^. 
Aloes, Aloe 
Aloe- wood, Cordia Sebestana ; 
Aloes-wood, Eagle wood 
Alpestris, alpinus (Lat.), alpine, 
growing at high elevations 
Alpine flora, 180, 148 ; -rose, Rho- 
dodendron ; -snow-leaves, 183 ; 
-zone, 180 
Alsad (Cl.), a grove plant 
Alsike, Trifolium 
Alsium (Cl.), a grove formation 
Alt., alternate ; -leaves, 45, 51 ; 
-members of whorls, 70 
Alternation of Generations, 56, 
Pteridophyta 
Altemifolius (Lat.), with alternate 
leaves 
Alternipinnate, leaflets of pinnate 
leaf not exactly opposite 
Alum-root, Heuchera 
Alveolate, honey-combed 
Am., America 
Amarus (Lat.), bitter 
Amathad (Cl.), a sand-hill plant 
Amathium (Cl.), sand-hill or sand- 
plain formation 
Ambiguous, of uncertain origin or 
doubtful position 
Amboyna wood, Pterospermum 
indicum 
Amentaceous, catkin-bearing 
Amentum (Lat.), a catkin, 63 
American aloe, Agave ; -ebony, 
Brya ; -Elemi, Bur sera ; -fly- 
trap, Apocynum ; -mastic, Schi- 
nus ; -water- weed, Elodea 
Amides, 33, 34 
Ammochthad (Cl.), a sandbank 
plant 
Ammochthium (Cl.), a sandbank 
formation 
Amoenus (Lat.), sweet, pleasant 
Ammoniacum, gum-, Dorema 
Amorphous, shapeless 
Amphibious plants, 162 
Amphicarpic, with two kinds of 
fruit, Aethionema^ Cardamine , 
Dimorphotheca 
Amphimixis, sexual reproduction 
Amphitrop., amphitropous, 83, 105 
Amplectens (Lat.), embracing 
Amplexicaul leaves, 51 
Amylaceous, starchy 
Amyloid, starch-like 
Anabaena, Bowenia 
Anabolism, 33 
Analogous organs, 30 
Ananas (W. I.), pine-apple 
Anandrous, with no stamens 
Anastomosis, 48 
Anatomy, 2 
Anat., anatropous, 82, 105 
Ancad, a canon plant 
Anceps (Lat.), ancipitous, two- 
edged 
Anchovy pear, Grias 
Andes rose, Befaria 
Andiroba, Carapa 
Andro- (Gr. pref.), male 
Androdioecism, 68 
Androeceum, 77, and see stamens 
Androgynous, monoecious in one 
infl. 
Andromonoecism, 68 
Androphore, 72, Capparidaceae , 
Passiflora 
Anemo- (Gr. pref.), wind- 
Anemophilous flowers, 85, 86, 60, 
96, 101, 184 
Anfractuosus (Lat.), sinuous 
Angeleen tree (W. I.), Andira 
inermis H. B. et K. 
Angelica, Archangelica 
Angico gum, Piptadenia 
Angostura bark, Ctisparia 
Angustifolius (Lat. ) , narrow-leaved 
Angustiseptal, with narrow septum 
Animals, seed dispersal by, no 
Anime resin, Hymenaea 
Animes, 199, Agathis 
Anise, Pwipinella ; star-, Illicium 
Aniseed, Pimpinella 
Anisolobous, with unequal lobes 
Anisomerous, 69 
Anisophylly, 47, Centradenia , Col- 
umnea , Gardenia 
Anlage (German), the rudimentary 
beginning 
Annatto, 201, Bixa 
Annexed, adnate 
