Balbeck, in Syria, temple there, 528,
1069.
Baideyahroxv, 703.
Baldwinia iinifiora, 105S.
Balearic Islancls, in the Mediterranean
near Spain, 201, 41 r.
Ballabi dynasty of kings in Guzerat,
52S, 574-
Balloon voyages, 1070.
Balloon-vbie, 567.
Ballota alba, 910.
nigra, 206.
Balm, garden, 3Ó3.
Balm of Gilead, iiS, S12.
Bdlm-tree, 115.
Balsam, 652.
copaiva, 783-S4.
of Acoiichi, 673.
of Pern, 717.
of Tolu, 8S9.
Balsam-apple, 87.
Balsam-fr, 920.
Balsam-Jioiver, 556.
Balsamita ageratifolia, 89S.
vulgaris, 549. '
Balsamodendron Africanum, 2.
agallocha, 2.
kafal, 410.
mukul, 333.
. myrrha, 142.
opobalsamzim, 115.
Baltimore, city in Maryland, 1035,
1042, 1070.
Bamboo, 88, 95, 217, 264, 407, 431,
630,659,787.
Bambusa arundinacea, 88, 217.
[Melocanna) baccifera, 95.
[Dendrocalamus) ballcooa, 95.
Polynesian, 438.
sp., 431.
[Dendrocalaimis] strictus, 95.
[Dendivcala?nus) tulda, 88.
verticillata, 966.
Bamia, see Hibisats esculenhis.
Banabe, or Ascension, island in the
Pacific, 752, 106S.
Banana, 277, 779.
Banda, island in the Moluccas, 933.
Bandolier fruit, 745. ^
Banians, Hindu merchants, 424.
Banian tree, 329.
Banisteria dichotoma, &c., 986.
fulgens, 9S2.
Banks and banking, 388.
Banksia integrifolia, 985.
Baobab, 819.
Baptisid alba, 1009.
coerulea, 1025.
lanceolaia, 1040.
perfoliata, lo ii.
tinctoria, 943, 958.
villosa, 1040.
Baptism, 476, 597, 599, 630.
Baptistery, 708, 751.
Barabra, or Nubians, 789, 817.
Barbadoes, island in W. Indies, 943.
Barbarea praecox, 98S.
vulgaris, 175.
Barbary, 442, 901.
Barberry, 500, 830.
Barilla, 51S, 646.
Barkal, see Gebel Barkal.
Barleria bispinosa, 721.
buxifolia, 702.
ciliata, 702.
coerulea, 696.
cristata, 419.
hystrix, 1000.
longifolia, see Asteracantha.
noctíflora, 589.
prioziitis, 701.
solanifolia, 986.
Barley, 34, 451, 935, 944.
Barnacles, 335.
Barnevelt’s Islands, near Terra del
Fuego, 933.
Barringtonia acutangula, 593.
racemosa, 593.
speciosa, 437.
Bartonia nuda, 1057.
ornata, 1054.
Bartsia alpina, 518.
maxima, 961.
pallida, 1013.
spicata, 971.
tenuifolia, 1055.
trixago, 934.
viscosa, 971.
Basella alba, 696.
tuberosa, 678.
Bashee Islets, near Luzon, 9S1.
Basil, Ó24, 654, 695, 701, 935.
Basra, or Bassora, city and seaport
at the mouth of the Euphrates,
6oi.
Bassia butyracea, 603.
latifolia, 421.
longifolia, 523.
Parkii, 426.
Bastile, fortress and prison in Paris,
791, 1043.
Bat, 52.
Batatas edulis, 917, 976, 1017.
Bathenians, or Hassassins, 688,751,
77 9 -
Batinda, city in India, 664.
Batschia canescens, 767.
Carolinensis, 767.
longiflora, 1057.
Battering ram, engine of war, 198.
Battle-axe, 676.
Bauhinia aculeata, 986.
acuminata, 561.
aurita, 1024.
diphylla, 734.
divaricata, 1015.
porrecta, 986.
purpurea, 423.
racemosa, 593.
scandens, 372.
sheen-byat, 112.
tomentosa, 632.
Bauhinia Vahlii, 593.
variegata, 334.
Bayberzy, 771.
Bdelliuzn, I , 2, 472, 545.
Beach-pea, 873.
Beacons, on shoals, 981.
Bean, see Faba ancl Phaseolus.
Bear, 45, 114, 136, 452, 753.
Bear Island, discovered, 918.
Bearberry, 529.
Beaver, 125, 452, 752, loio.
Beckinannia erucaeformis, 971.
Bedouins, 3, 87, 212, 226.
Beech, 134, 451.
Bee-floxver, S27.
-nettle, 685.
Beefivood, 113.
Beer, 92, 8i8.
Beet, 109, 909, 960.
Beflcria racemosa, 1043.
Begonia acutifolia, 983.
grandis, 620.
macrophylla, 987.
rotundifolia, 987.
tuberosa, 966.
sp, 620.
Belai dynasty of Carnata, 773.
Belgium, 892, 919.
Belgrade, in Hungary, 866.
Belis jaculifolia, 1000.
Belleisle cress, 988.
Bellis integrifolia, 1044.
perennis, 507.
sylvestris, 2 58.
Bellium bellidioides, 507.
Bells, invention of, 29, 758, 800.
Belonia aspera, 986.
Benares, city on the Ganges, 555,
669, 716.
Benedictines (MonasticOrder),589,
655-
Bengal, 783, 897, 94S, 1026.
Bengal rose, 817.
Benihassan, 85.
Benincasa cerifera, 606.
Benjamin, 884.
Bent, or sea-weed, 605.
Benzoin, 551.
odoriferum, 893, 923.
Berberis aquifolium, 830.
aristata, 708.
Canadensis, 1029.
Cretica, 393.
Japonica, 632.
lycium, 446.
nervosa, 1055.
Siberica, 1031.
vulgaris, 500, 969.
Berchemia volubilis, 881.
Berckheya ciliaris, 1000.
incana, 1000.
setosa-, 993.
Bergamot, 686.
B ergerà Koenigii, 521.
Bergia verticillata, 974.
Berkhampsted, 613.
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Berlandiera tomentosa, 1033.
Berlin, city in Germany, 1056.
Bermudas Isis., 866, 915, 92S, 930.
Berne, in Switzerland, 869.
Berrya ammonilla, 244.
Besleria melittaefolia, &c.. 9S6.
Beta maritima, 366.
vulgaris, 109.
Betel, 331, 517, 58S.
Beth-horon, two cities in Palestine,
122.
Bethlehem, town in Pennsylvania,
1017.
Betonica alopecurus, 470.
hirsuta, 919.
oflicinalis, see Stachys.
Orientalis, 734.
stricta, 870.
Betony, 340.
Betula alba, 134, 451, 622.
. asada, 418.
beitats, 418.
bhojputra, 713.
excelsa, 1043.
fruticosa, 1014.
lenta, 807, 925.
nana, 951, 1017.
nigra, 962.
papyracea, 666, 875, 924, 940,
942, lOIO.
populifolia, 80S.
pubescens, 911..
pumila, 1019.
sp., 830.
ulmifolia, 622.
Beurreria succulenta, 982.
Bezoars, 323, 799.
Iffiasvati, Sanscrit writing, 684.
Bhering's Straits, 1008.
Bible, first printed in Plebrew, 867.
manuscripts and translations
°f. 5 5 3 .5 6 5 .59S. 6 1 3 ,6S4,
756, 791, 795, 901, 960, 963.
Bich-balik, or Ouroumtsi, city in
Tartary, Ó02.
Bidens bipinnata, 74S.
cernua, 988.
Chinensis, 966.
chrysanthemaides, 103S.
■connata, 1052.
frondosa, 785, 978.
nodi flor a, lOli.
pilosa, 42S.
tripartita, 7S5.
Bigeloxuia nudata, 1041.
Bighorn, see Ovis.
Bignonia Aequinoctialis, &c., 986.
alba, 950.
capreolata, 962.
( Stereospermum ) chelonoides,
73S-
chica, 715.
chrysantha, 950.
( A rthrophyllum ) Comorense,
3S0.
[Colea] floribunda, 384.
Bignonia grandiflora, 989.
( Calosanthes) Indica, 694.
leucoxylon, 1000.
( A rthrophyllu-m) Madagascari-
ense, 385.
orbiculata, 950.
radiata, 1002.
( Tecoma) radicans, 942.
[Spathodea) Rheedii, 462.
[Spathodea) Roxburghii, 728.
( Tecoma) stans, 984, 986.
- [Spathodea) stipulata, 112.
suberosa, 739.
[Colea) Tclfarioe, 3S5.
[Spathodea] tenuifolia, 380.
tomentosa, 571.
xylocarpa, 739.
Bills of credit, 986, loio, 1020,1035.
Bindxoeed, 20Ó.
Bintara, city in Java, S29.
Birch, 134, 713, S07-S, S30, S72.
Bird-eggs, gigantic fossil, 762.
Birdlime, 187, 247.
Bird's-nest, S48.
Biscuit-root, 604.
Biscîitella apicla, 485.
coronopifolia, 894.
loevigata, 485.
longifolia, 971.
montana, 1015.
picridifolia, 907.
raphanifolia, 972.
sempervirens, 994.
Biserrula pelecinus, 341.
Bismuth, the metal, 756.
Bistort, see Polygonum bistorta.
Bithynia, in Asia Minor, 377, 445.
Bitter-cress, 848.
Bitter-sxveet, 530.
Bitumen, 125.
Bixa Orellana, 672.
Blackberry, 134, 177, 777, S69.
Black dammer, 744.
Black death, a pestilence, 787.
Blackhole, prison at Calcutta, 1025.
Black xvaluut, 778.
Blackxuood, 463.
Bladder fern, 850.
xvort, 599,
Bladhia crispa, 976.
Japonica, 97Ó
Blaeria ericoides, 997.
glabella, 1014.
Blatta Germanica, 482.
Blazing stars, 927.
Blechnum Australe, 1000.
Boreale, 760.
Occidentale, 987.
serrulatum, 1043.
Blechum Broxvnei, 983.
Blemyes, Nubian tribe, 441.
Blepharis boerhaaviaefolia, 1000.
edulis, 425.
Blephilia ciliata, 999.
hirsuta, 1041.
Bletia verecunda, 1009.
Blitum capitatum, 940.
virgatum, 882.
Blockading of ports, 1070.
Block Island, murder at, 949.
Bloodroot, 767.
Bloodxjuort, 638, 848.
Blue-bell, 828.
Blueberry, 806.
Bluebottle, 434.
Blue dye, 590.
Blue earth, 114.
Blue-eyed grass, 776.
Blue-fish, 1026
Blumea balsamifera, 745.
grandis, 78S.
Boar, 322, 452.
Bocconia frutescens, 915.
Boebera glandulosa, 1044.
Boehmeria cylindrica, 983.
frondosa, 38 5.
interrupta, 974.
uriiccefolia, 1067.
Boeotia, 128.
Boerhaavia dflusa, 701.
hirsuta, 999.
paniculata, 1045.
scandens, 999.
sp., 732.
Bogomiles, sect of, 685.
Bohemia, in central Europe, 658,
669.935-36-
Bohemian glass, 888.
poems, 61S.
Boii (Bohemians .^), 376, 583.
Bolbophylhivi sunipia, 589.
Boletus edulis, 155.
igniarius, 1S7.
kuruma, 418.
laricis, 440.
luridus, 279.
polycephalus, 971.
umbellatus, 971.
Boleros, a sling-like implement, 875.
Bolgari, city on the Lower Volga,
710, 7S4, go2.
Bolivia, or Upper Peru, £064.
Bolt, 556.
Boltonia asteroides, 1021.
diffusa, 1061.
glastifolia, 1041.
Bombax [Eriod.) anfractuosum,3^3,.
ceiba, 853.
erianthus, 985.
[Salmalia) insigne, 27S.
[Salmalia) Malabaricum, 253.
Bombay, 855.
Bombs, invention of, 913.
Bombus, 878.
Bonin Islands, 846, 884, 972.
Bontia daphnoides, rooo.
Bonzessas, Bud. priestesses, 792.
Booby bird, 573.
Book of the Dead, a work in hieroglyphic
writing. 81.
Book of Nature, an encyclopedic
work by Conrad, 787.
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