s f -
Books, 393, 396, 399, 539, 649, 6S9.
Boots, 576, 759.
BOOZÜ, 92.
Borage, 263.
Borago Africana, see Trichodesma.
Cretica, 972.
oflicinalis, 263.
Orientalis, 996.
Borassns Aethiopicus, 125.
dichotomus, i.
flabelliformis, 515.
A/ailagascariensis. 38 5.
Borax, Ó12.
Borbonia cordata, 975.
crenata, 975.
lanceolata, lOOO.
trinervia, 1000.
Borgite, Memluk dynasty, 796.
Borneo, island of, 788, 814, 846.
Boro Budur, Buddhist temple, 7S2.
Borodino, city in Russia, 1059.
Borrichia frutescens, 962.
Borysthenes, city at the mouth of
the Dnieper, 226.
Bos bubalus, 277.
Americanus, American bison,
864, S69, S7S, SS0-81.
bison, 135, 452.
Caffer, African buffalo, 564.
grunniens, yak, 527.
taurus, 67, 154, 424, 452.
urus, 135. ,
Boscia sp., 730.
Bosea yermavora, 1014.
Bosporus, or Panticapéeum, Greek
city in the Crimea, 265.
Boston, city and seaport in New
England, 947-4S, 95B 981, 985,
994, 1004, 1028, 1035, 1070.
Boston Massacre, the, so-called,
1030.
BoswelHa glabra, no.
papyrifera, 346.
sp., 346.
thui'ifera, no.
Bosworth, battle at, 843.
Botanic gardens, 472,885,919,1004,
1027, 1032, 1045, Î066.
one established in Egypt, 1066.
Botanical nomenclature, improvement
in, by Linnæus, 1015.
Botrychium dissectum, 1000.
lunaria, 849.
matricarioides, 978.
rutaceum, 921.
Virginicum, 987.
Zeylanicum, 966.
Bouca oppositifolia, \ 12.
Bourbon or Mascareigne Island,
953. 957-
Bouriates, of Siberia, 759.
Bouro, one of the Molucca Islands,
299.338.925-
Bouteloua curtipendula, 1044.
hirsuta, 1055.
oligostachya, 1058.
Bonton, island in the East Indies,
960, 981.
Bows, metallic, 120, 789.
Bcnv-siring hemp, 95.
Box-elder, 641.
Box-wood, 171-72.
Boykinia aconitifolia, 1060.
Brabejum stelhdifolhim, 229, 766.
Brachychaeta cordata, T067.
Brachyelytrum amstatum, 1033.
Brachyris sarothra, 1055.
Brachystelma sp., 731.
Bradleia Philippensis, 990.
Sinica, 1000.
Bragantia Wallichii, 774-
Brakes, or bracken, 97.
Brambanan, first capital of Java,
597 i 7 5 2 -
Bramble, 177.
Bramins, 330, 369, 444, 482, 557, 560.
Brasenia peltata, 1000.
Brassavola cucullata, 987.
Brassica arvensis, 556.
Chinensis, 417.
Crética, 352.
eruca, 281.
erucastritm, 883.
incana, 434.
napus, 320.
olerácea, 242, 960.
rapa, or campestris, 27Ó.
Richerii, 919.
Brata Yudha, Javan poem, 5S6, 622.
Braya alpina, 1042.
Brayera anthelmintica, 185-
Brazen Age, nS.
Brazil, 791, 858, 1063.
Brazil wood, 526, 857.
Bread, 741.
Breadfruit tree, 437, 441, 69^^
Bread-root, 748.
Breakstone, 599.
Bretagne, in France, 325.
Bricks, sun-dried, or adobes, 32,
591-
Bridges, 519, 675, 705, 709.
Briedelia spinosa, 522.
Brimstone, 794.
Britain, 325, 454, 478, 516, 525, 531,
536, 544, 564, 566, 568, 1038.
Briza humilis, 971.
maxima, 907.
media, 880.
minor, 996.
Brizopyrum spicatum, 1016.
Brodicea grandiflora, 605.
Bromelia acanga, 950.
ananas, 674.
bracteata, 950.
car agitata, 858.
humilis, 950.
lingulata, 986.
pinguin, 999.
Bromus alopecuroides, 1007.
arvensis, 905.
asper, 978.
Bromus catharticus, 662.
ciliatus, 1019.
confertus, 1007.
erectus, 971.
giganteus, 1005.
inermis, 1007.
Kalmii, 1019.
lanceolatus, 1007.
Ligusticus, 1005.
Madritensis, 978.
mollis, 852.
pinnatus, 841.
racemosus, 976.
rubens, see Festuca.
secalinus, 979.
sterilis, 704.
squarrosus, 1005.
tectorum, 841.
velutinus, 940.
Bronze, 80, 106, 612, 618-19.
Age, 167.
Brooklime, 502.
Broom, 447.
Broom corn, 724.
Brossaea coccinea, 9S6.
Broussonetia ? ats'ni, 499.
kaji-no-ki, 601.
papyrifera, 591, 846.
Brcnvallia elata, 1015.
Brcnvnwort, 206, 637.
Brucea antidysenterica, 185.
{Alma) quassioides, 497.
Bruchus pisi, 283.
Bruges, city in Belgium, 799.
Brugmansia candida, 1003.
Bruguiera eriopetala, 423.
gymnorhiza, 300.
Brunella grandiflora, 907.
laciniata, 907.
vulgaris, 419.
Bruiifelsia Americana, 986.
Brunia lanuginosa, 999.
nodifiora, 975.
Brunnichia cirrhosa, 1026.
Brunsvigia toxicaría, 766.
Bryonia alba, 474.
Americana, 987.
callosa, 745.
Cretica, 309.
dioica. 309.
epigaea, 745.
ficifolia, to il.
laciniosa, 731.
racemosa, 987.
rostrata, 523.
scabrella, see Mukia.
Bryophyllum calycinum, 384.
Bubastis, or Pi-beseth, city of, 402.
Bubon gummifer, 993.
Macedonicum, 466.
Siculus, 972.
Buceros, the Abyssinian hornbill,
322.
Bnchanania angustifolia, 729.
lancifolia, 734.
latifolia, 333.
IN D E X TO N AM E S OF P L A N T S , E T C . ”53
Buchnera Americana, 1016.
Asiatica, 1000.
elongata, 986.
Bucida buceras, 982.
Buckthorn, 3S6.
Buckwheat, 841, 904.
Ihida, city in liungary, 869.
Buddhism, the religion, 347, 383,
421, 4 4 4 . 4 5 3 . 4 7 6 . 4 8 3 , 4 9 7 , 5 3 3 .
5.(1, 560, 568, 57 s, 584, 591, 619,
^ 625, 645.
Buddhist cave-temples, 103, 277,
3 8 3 . 3 9 5 . 560'
councils, 277, 347, 386,40S, 667.
Scriptures, 55^, 753, 1062.
Buddleia Americana, 982.
coriacea, 665.
diversifolia, 385.
globosa, 1002.
incana, 799.
Madagascarensis, joy.
Occidentalis, 999.
Budua, city in Illyria, 150.
Buenos Ayres, colonized by the
Spanish, S75, 1064.
Bufo vulgaris, toad, 453.
Buffalo, 277, 880.
Buffoons, 758.
Bugis of Celebes, Malayans, 664.
347-
Bugloss, 509, 935.
Bulbocodium autumnale, 902.
Bulbophyllum pttsillum, 1067.
Bulgarians, Slavonic and European
nation, 571, 600, 611, 656, 787.
Bullace, 219.
Bullock, 14, 42, 64, 67, 571, 667, 985.
Bullocks-heart, 867.
Bulls, the Pope’s nunciamentos,
676, 67S, 6S4, 714, 735, 8oi, 817.
hornless, 67.
the Indian, 85.
Bulrush, 3S8.
Bumelia decandra, or oblongifolia,
1028.
lanuginosa, 1040.
lycioides, 1006.
reclinata, 1041.
salicifolia, 982.
serrata, 1057.
tenax, 1024.
Bunias erucago, 485.
Orientalis, 781.
spinosa, 903.
Syriaca, 910.
Tartarica, 1033.
Bunium aromaticum, 903.
bulbocastanum, see Sium.
Copticum, 888.
ferulaceum, 196, 961.
Bunker Flill, battle of, 1035.
Buphthalmuin aquaiicum, 973.
durum, 1000.
Jlosculosum, 973.
maritinmm, 907.
? sagittatum, 1055.
Buphthalmum salicifoHum, 921.
spinosum, 889.
sp., 764.
Bupleurum angulosum, 937.
aristatum, 90.
Báldense, 972.
falcatum, 878.
fruticosum, 371.
graminifolium, 918.
junceum, 342.
longifoliicm, 909.
odontites, 934.
petraeum, 937.
protractum, 337.
Pyrenaicum, 930.
ranunculoides, 937.
rigidum, 906.
rotundifolium, 170.
stellatum, 937.
tenuissimum, 934.
Burdock, 451, 458.
Bur grass, 430, 962.
Burgundians, 552, 562, 577, 579, 834.
Burmah, j 12-13, 44^» 588, 590,
1063, 1069.
Burmannia bifloi-a, 1015.
disticha, 970.
Burnet, 4S7, 626.
Burning of widows, 330, 651, 787.
the dead, 647, 763, 802.
Bur-marigold, 98S.
Bursa, city in Turkey, 779.
Bursera acuminata, 855.
guinmifera, S55.
Bicr-xuced, 976.
Bustard, 26.
Butcher's broom. 316.
Butea frondosa, 420.
superba, 606.
Butomus umbellatus, 163.
Butter, 107.
Buttercup, 451, 653, 786.
Butterflies, 60.
Butternut, 807.
Butier-tree, 603.
xvort, 653.
Buttonwood, 961.
Buxus Balearica, 171.
sempervirens, 172.
Buzzard, Buteo vulgaris, 132.
Bystropogon Canariense, 993.
Byzantium, or Constantinople, 222,
621, 814.
C a b a , temple at Mecca,
Cabbage, 242, 915.
Cabinet furniture, 137.
Cacalia albifrons, 894.
alpina, S89.
anteuphorbinm, 906.
atriplicifolia, 979.
ficoides, 1001.
hastata, 1013.
Kleinii, 915.
papillaris, lo il.
Cacalia reniformis, 1052.
sonchifolia, see Emilia,
suaveolens, 1020.
Cachrys alata, 357.
Cretica, 272.
dichotoma, 909.
loevigata, 294.
libanotis, 272.
nHcrocarpa, 975, 998.
odontalgica, ID33.
Sicula, 49S.
Cactus, see Cereus Opuntia, and
Mamillaria.
glomeratus, 986.
melocacius, 932.
paniculatus, 986.
phyllanthoides, 1000.
(Epiphyllum ) I^hyllaizthics, 915.
viviparus, 1057.
Cadaba farmosa, 585.
Cadis, Muslim judges, 797.
Cadiz, city in Spain, 918.
Cadmaeans from Phoenicia, 150,
167, 186.
Caenopteris cicutaria, 987.
rhizophylla, 983.
Coenotus divaricatus, 1044.
Coesalpinia coriarea, 674.
crista, 9S6.
digyna, 744.
echinata, S57.
mimosoides, 974.
sappan, 526, 642.
sepiaria, 737.
vesicaria, 982.
Cairo, founded, 656.
Cajanus flavus, 443.
Cajiiput oil, 44.
Cakile maritima, 679, 968.
Calabash tree, 677.
Calabria, in Southern Italy, 658.
Caladium, see Colocasia.
arborescens, 950.
auritum, 987.
bicolor, 950.
Pinnaiifidicm, 987.
{Xanthosoma) sagittifolium, 909.
Calais, city in France, 7S7, 892.
Calamagrostis arundinacea, ygz.
calamagi'ostis, 379.
Canadensis, 1044.
confinis, 1049.
epigeios, 495.
Pickeringi, 1063.
Plinii, 1003.
speciosa, 1005.
strida, 1043, 10^4-
Calamintha acinos, 654.
clinopodium, 419, 654.
grandiflora, 1033.
nepeta, 520.
oflicinalis, 263.
Calamus draco, 514.
equestris, 966.
erectus, 735.
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