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INDEX 
dus L.; -withe (W. I.), Tourne- 
fortia 
Baskets, Bambusa , Borassus, Cocos 
Bass, inner fibrous bark (Tilia) 
Bass-wood, Tilia 
Bassora gum, a mixture of Indian 
bassorin gums 
Bassorin, 198 
Bast, 33 
Bastard balm, Melittis ; -cedar, 
Chickrassia\ -teak, Bulea ; - toad- 
flax, Thesium 
Bat-pollination, Freycinetia 
Bat flowers, 99 
Bateson, W., 23, 197, Veronica 
Bath-sponge, Lnffa 
Bathyphytium (Cl.), lowland plant 
formation 
Bawchan seed, Psoralea corylifolia 
L. 
Bay, Laurus\ -bean (Bermuda), 
Canavalia obtusifolia DC. ; 
-berry, Myrica\ loblolly-, Gor- 
donia ; -rum, Pimenta ; sweet- 
Magnolia , Laurus 
Bdellium , Com tniphora 
Beach-jungle, 191; -grass (Am.), 
Ammophila ; -pea (Am.), Lathy - 
rus maritimus Bigelow 
Bead-tree, Melia , (W. I.) Ormo- 
sia\ -vine (W. I.), Rhynchosia 
Beads, 207 
Beak, a pointed outgrowth 
Beak-rush, Rynchospora 
Beam-tree, Pyrus Aria 
Bean, Vicia\ asparagus- (W. I.), 
Dolichos sesquipedalis L. ; bog- 
Menyanthes ; Calabar-, Physo- 
stigma ; cherry-, Vigna\ duffin-, 
Phaseolus ; French- or haricot-, 
Phaseolus ; Hibbert- (W. I.), 
Phaseolus lunatus L. ; horse- 
(W. I.), Canavalia ensiformis 
DC.; horse-eye- (W. l.),Mucuna 
urens Medic.; kidney-, Phase- 
olus ; Lima-, Phaseolus lunatus 
L. ; ordeal-, Physostigma; red- 
(W. I.), Vigna catjang Walp. ; 
sacred-, Nelu 7 nbium\ seaside- 
(W. I.), Canavalia obtusifolia 
DC. ; Vigna glabra savi ; soja-, 
Glycine ; sugar- (W. I.), Phase- 
olus lunatus L. ; St Ignatius’-, 
Strychnos Ignatii Berg. ; sword- 
(W. I.), Canavalia ensiformis 
DC. ; Tonka-, Dipteryx ; Ton- 
quin-, Dipteryx\ -tree, Castano- 
spermum , (W. I.) Erythrina\ 
yam-, Pachyrhizus , Dolichos ; 
year- (W. I.), Phaseolus vulgaris 
L* 
Bearberry, Arctostaphylos (Am.), 
Rhamnus Purshiana DC. 
Beard, an awn 
Beard-grass, Polypogon 
Bear grass (Am.), Yucca 
Bear’s-foot, Helleborus foetidus L. 
Beauv., Beauvois 
Beaver poison (Am.), Cicuta 
maculata L. 
Beda nut, Terminalia belerica 
Roxb. 
Bed-straw, Galium 
Bee-flowers, 92, Antirrhinum , 
Begonia , Borago t Coryanthes , 
&c. 
Bee-hives, Bambusa 
Bee-orchis, Ophrys', -tree (Am.), 
Tilia 
Beech, Fagus ; -fern, Polypodium\ 
seaside- (W. I.), Exostemma 
Beef-apple (W. I.), Sapota \ -wood, 
Casuarina 
Beet-root, Beta% sugar-, Beta 
Behen-oil, Ben-oil, Moringa 
Bell-apple (W. I.), Passiflora 
laurifolia L. ; -flower, Campan- 
ula , Wahlenbergia 
Belladonna, Atropa 
Belly-ache bush (W. I.), Jatropha 
gossypifolia L. 
Beni seed, Poly gala butyracea 
Heckel (W. Afr.) 
Ben-nut (W. I.), Moringa ptery- 
gosperma Gaertn. ; -oil, Moringa 
Bengal kino, Butea 
Benjamin, gum-, Sty rax ; -bush 
(Am.), Lindera Benzoin Meisn. 
Bent-grass, Agrostis , Apera 
Benth., Bentham 
Benth.-Hook, Bentham and 
Hooker 
