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INDEX 
Areas, specific, 147 
Areca-nut, Areca 
Arenaceous, arenarius (Lat.), 
growing in sandy places 
Areole, Cactaceae 
Areschoug, F. W. C., 150, 154 
Argan oil, Argania 
Argentate, argenteus (Lat.), sil- 
very 
Argillaceus (Lat. ), growing on clay 
Aril, 106, hi, Euonymus , My - 
ristica 
Arillate, with an aril 
Arillode, a false aril, not arising 
from the placenta 
Aristate, awned (dim. aristulate) 
Armed, thorny 
Arn., Amott 
Amotto, Bixa 
Aroid house, 7 
Arrack, Cocos 
Arrangement (leaves), 51 ; (floral 
leaves), 69 
Arrow-grass, Triglochin 
Arrow-head, Sagittaria 
Arrow-root, Maranta ; Brazilian-, 
Manihot ; East Indian-, Cur -- 
cuma , Tacca \ Portland-, A rum ; 
West Indian -, Maranta 
Art., article 
Artichoke, Cynara\ Jerusalem-, 
Helianthus 
Articulate (leaf), 156, 53 
Articulated, jointed 
Artificial system of classification, 
121 
Artillery plant, Pilea 
Arum lily, Richardia 
Arundinaceous, reed -like 
Arvensis (Lat.), of arable land 
As., Asia 
Asafoetida, Ferula 
Asarabacca, As arum 
Ascending aestivation, 75 ; ovule, 
82 ; stem, 44 
-ascens (Lat. suff.), tending to- 
wards 
Ascidium (Lat.), a pitcher 
Aseptate, without partitions 
Asexual, sexless; -generation, 56; 
-reproductive cells, 54 
Ash, Fraxinus ; mountain-, Pyrus ; 
prickly-, Zanthoxylum\ -pump- 
kin, Benincasa 
Asparagin, 34 
Aspen, Populus 
Asper (Lat.), rough 
Asperifolius (Lat.), rough-leafed 
Aspermous, seedless 
Asphodel, Aspkodelus; bog-, Nar- 
thecium\ Scottish-, Tofieldia 
Assai palm, Euterpe 
Assegai-wood, Curtisia 
Assimilation, 33, 169 
Associations, plant, 179 
Assurgent, ascending 
Aster, China, Callistephus 
Asteroid, star-shaped 
Astichous, not in rows 
Astrophiolate, with no strophiole 
Asymmetrical flower, 73, 74, 77 ; 
leaf, 52 
Asymmetry, 31 
Atavism, 29 
Ater, atro- (Lat. pref.), black 
Atl., Atlantic 
Atlantic cedar, Cedrus 
Atmospheric moisture and plant 
distribution, 143 
Atratus (Lat.), blackened 
Atropin, Atropa 
Atropous ovule, 82 
Atropurpureus (Lat.), dark purple 
Atrovirens (Lat.), dark green 
Attar of roses, Rosa y Pelargonium 
Attenuate, tapering 
-atus (Lat. suff.), provided with 
Aubl., Aublet 
Aureus (Lat.), golden 
Auricled leaf, 51 
Auricula, Primula 
Austere, astringent 
Austr., Australia 
Austral regions, 95 
Australian blackwood, Acacia\ 
-chestnut, Castanospermum ; 
-currant, Leucopogon ; -red cedar, 
Cedrela 
Australis (Lat.), southern 
Authority for name, 2 1 1 
Autogamy, 97 seq., 59, 103, 181 
Autumn crocus, Colchicum 
