INDEX 
629 
Asymmetrical flower, 73, 74, 77 
,, leaf, 52 
Asymmetry, 3 1 
Atavism, 29 
Ater, atro- (Lat. pref.), black 
Atl., Atlantic 
Atlantic cedar, Cedrus 
Atmospheric moisture and plant 
distribution, 143 
Atropous ovule, 82 
Attar of roses, Rosa , Pelargonium 
Aubl., Aublet 
Aureus (Lat.), gold-coloured 
Auricled leaf, 51 
Auricula, Primula 
Austr. , Australia 
Austral regions, 195 
Australian black- wood, Acacia ; 
chestnut, Castanospermum ; cur- 
rant, Leucopogon ; red cedar, 
Cedrela 
Australis (Lat.), southern 
Autogamy, 97 seq., 59, 103, 181 
Autumn crocus, Colchicum 
Avens, Geum 
Avocada, Persea 
Awl-wort, Subularia 
Awn, 109, Geraniaceae , Grami- 
neae 
Axile placentation, 79, 82 
Axillary branches, 41 
Axis (floral), 83 
Ayapana, Eupatorium Ayapana 
Vent. 
Azores, flora of, 148 
B (flower-class), 90 
B' (ditto), 91 
B. and H., Bentham and Hooker 
Bab., Babington 
Babul, Acacia 
Bacca, a berry 
Bacteroids, Leguminosae 
Bael, Aegle Marmelos Corr. 
Bailey, L. H., 197 
Balata, 200, Mini us ops 
Bald-money, Meum 
Balf., Balfour 
Balm, Melissa ; bastard-, Melittis ; 
of Gilead, Commiphora 
Balsam, Impatiens ; -bog, Azorella ; 
pig’s-, Hedwigia ; -poplar, Popu- 
lus ; -tree, Commiphora ; Balsam 
(resin), 212; Canada-, Abies; 
Gurjun-, Dipt erocar pus; of Co- 
paiba, Copaifera ; of Peru, 
Toluifera ; of Tamacoari, Ca - 
raipa ; of Tolu, Toluifera 
Bamboo, Bambusa , Gramineae 
Banana, Musa 
Bandakai, Hibiscus esculentus L. 
Baneberry, Actaea 
Banyan -tree, Ficus 
Baobab, Adansonia 
Barberry, Berber is 
Bark, 43, 158; Angostura-, Cus- 
paria; brown Peru-, Cinchona; 
Canella-, Canella ; Cartagena-, 
Cinchona ; Cascarilla-, Croton; 
Cassia-, Cinnamomum ; crown-, 
Cinchona ; iron-, Eucalyptus ; 
Jesuits’-, Cinchona; red Peru-, 
Cinchona; Quercitron-, Quercus; 
stringy-, Eucalyptus; Winter’s-, 
Drimys; yellow-, Cinchona 
Barley, Hordewn; -grass, Hor - 
deum 
Barren flr., male 
Barns camphor, Dryobalanops 
Basal placentation, 80, 82 
Basifixed, 78 
Basil, Calamintha , Ocimum 
Basipetal, developing from apex 
towards base 
Basiscopic, facing the base 
Basitonic, Orchidaceae 
Bass-wood, Tilia 
Bassora gum, a mixture of Indian 
bassorin gums 
Bassorin, 198 
Bast, 33 
Bastard- balm, Melittis 
Bastard cedar, Chickrassia 
Bastard toad- flax, Thesium 
Bat-fertilisation, Freycinetia 
Bat-flowers, 99 
Bateson, W., 23, 197, Veronica 
Bath-sponge, Lujfa 
Bay, Laurus; -berry, My rica; lob- 
lolly-, Gordon ia 
Bdellium, Commiphora 
Beach-jungle, 191 
