tei %
Maugo, 237, 445, S32.
Mangosieeii, 642.
Mangroves, 300, 324, 423, 622.
ManhaUan island, 92S, 932-33.
Manhawer, city in Hindustan, 517.
Manicaria saccharifera, 7 1 5.
Manichæan sect, 542, 66S, 7 1 1.
Manihot aipi, 576.
utilissima, 575-
Manila, city on the Philippines,
788, Siq , 84Ó, 900, 91S, I03I.
Manilla-nut, 736.
Manisuris granularis, 985.
Manna, 75, 614.
the drug, 169.
Man-orchis, 890.
Mansura, on the Indus, 621, 755.
Mantineia, battle at, 288, 31S.
Mantis, or praying-insect, 48.
Manufactures and Mechanic Arts ,
1020.
Manulea cheiranthus, 993.
tomentosa, lOOO.
villosa, 1016.
I^Ianwantara, Hindu period of
time, SS, 99, 124, 179, 224, 347,
4S1, 5Ó1, 621, ÓS7.
Many-pronged anchor, 234.
Manzanitta, 582.
Maple, 157, 271, 354, 5S0, S03.
Maps, 341, 7S7, 789, 792, 798, 87S.
Maracanda, see Sama rcan d .,
Maranon, or Amazons, river, 85S.
Maranta arundinacea, 985.
dichotoma, 697.
tonchat, 966.
IMarathon, battle at, 258.
Marblehead, seaport of N ew Eng
laud, 1012.
Marcgravia umbellata, 9S6.
Marchantia polymorpha, 514.
Marcomanni, a Germanic tribe, 542
Mards-taii, 501.
Margarita, isl. in W . I., 857, 939.
Margaritaria nobilis, 1000.
Marigold, 223, 550, 785, 820.
Marine societies, 1027.
Mariscus aphyllus, 982.
glandulosus, 3SÓ.
maculatus, 1040.
ovularis, 999.
paniceus, 999.
retrofractus, 999.
Marjoram, 248, 262.
Market, first, estab. in Boston, 948.
, Ma rk Islands, in the Pacific, 953.
Markland, 787.
Marquesan, or Nukuhivan, Islands,
in the Pacific, 1034, 104Ó.
Marriage, among priests, 687, 740,
Marrubium acetabulosum, 918.
Africanum, 1000.
alyssum, 316.
Astrakanicum, 1007.
candidissimum, 971.
catariæfolium, 316.
Marrubium cinereum, 991.
Creticum, 463.
peregrinum, 907. -
pseudodictamnus, 317.
supinum, &c., 993.
vulgare, 316.
Mars, worship of, 439.
Marsdenia erecta, 187.
tinctoria, 5S8.
Marseilles, 231, 325, 409.
Marshallia angustifolia, 1040.
lanceolata, 1040.
latifolia, 1040.
Marsh fe rn , 849.
■mallow, 392.
marigold, 352.
Marsilea dentata, 69S.
quadrifolia, 702.
Martaban, city in Burmah, 753, 766.
Marten weasel, 52, 136, 452.
Ma rth a’s Vineyard, island, 923.
Martynia diandra, 1009.
proboscidea, 1024.
Martyrs, Ó32, SSS, 891, 900, 91S,
1019, 1071-72.
Maruta cotula, 703, 969.
Marwar, capital of the Rahtor clan,
716.
Maryland, North American State,
947.951.9587961 •
Mascareigne, or Bourbon Island,
953. 957-
Mascr-tree, 353.
Massachusetts, North American
S tate, 943, 953, 975. 980, 990.
1035. 1039, 1041-
Massacre o£ Protestants on St.
Bartholomew’s day, 900.
Massara, quarries at, 107.
Massonia latifolia, 97S.
Masterwort, 760.
Mastich, 275.
Mastiff, Thibetan, 20.
Mathematical science, 65, 66,
Matricaria Capensis, 1014.
chainoviilla, 295.
discoidea, 1055.
parthenhini, 9Ò9.
suaveolens, 295.
Mats, 234.
Matsmay, city in Japan, 817.
Matsuri, religious festival o f the
Japanese, 611.
Matthiola fenestralis, 434.
incana, 375, 969.
livida, 26.
sinuata, 894.
tricuspidata, 584.
Maudeline, 669.
Maulmain, city and seaport in B u r mah,
766.
Mauritania, or Barbary, 532.
Mauritia flexuosa, 858.
Maurya, dynasty of Hindu kings, 554-
Mayaca Michauxii, 1041.
Mayapan, c ity in Y u ca tan , 799.
May-apple, 767.
Mayence, city on the Rhine, 552,
631, 6S4. 796, S43, S58.
Mayflower, Puritan ship, 939.
Maytenus Chiiensis, 661.
May-weed, 295, 326.
Meadow clary, 630.
rue, 4S4, 563.
sajfron, 945.
Mecca, 566, 583, 6oo, 603, 650, 652,
S60.
Mechoacan, 784.
Medeola angustifolia, 1007.
Virginica, 80S.
Media, 136, 21S, 2 21,457.
Median Empire, 221.
Medicago arizorea, 217.
coronata, 931.
denticulata, 1052.
elegans, 977.
falcata, 474.
Gerardi, 977.
intertexta, 977.
laciniata, S94.
lupidina, 871.
maculata, 654.
marina, S9S.
minima, 451.
murex, S94.
muricata, 977.
nigra, 977.
orbicularis, 937.
pubescens, 931.
radiata, 904-
rigidula, 931.
sativa, 2 58.
scutellata, 945.
sylvestris, 1062.
terebellum, 977.
tornata, 894.
tuberculata, 931.
turbinata, 898.
Medicine, early wo rk on, 63, 623.
men of the N. American tribes,
604.
Medinet A bu, temple at Thebes,
136, 5^5-
Medlar, 201.
Megalopolis, city in the Peloponnesus,
312.
Megara, city in Greece, 186.
city in Sicily, 261.
Megarhiza Oregana, 581.
Megiddo, battle-field in Palestine,
113.
Melaleuca cajuputi, 444.
leucadendron, 444.
Melampodium Americanum, 1012.
Melampyrum Americanum, 1038.
ai'vense, 847.
cristatum, 837.
ncmoi'osnm, 918.
sylvaticum, 911.
vulgatum, 635.
Melananthera hastata, l o i i .
Melanorrhcea usitatissima, 423.
Melanlhesa rhamnoides, 737.
Melanthium Sibericum, 1013.
Virginicum, 999-
Melastoma acinodendron, tooo.
argenteum, 9S2.
asperum, 966.
discolor, 1000.
fragile, 915-
hirta, 1000.
holosericeum, 975.
Malabathricum, 339, 974-
splendens, 986.
Meleagris ga llipavo , turkey, 8S1,
908.
Meles vulgaris, badger, 136, 452-
Melia azedarach, 670.
composita, 670.
Japónica, 622
Melianthus comosus, lOOi.
major, 970.
minor, 981.
Melica ciliata, S40.
mitans, 921.
papilionacea, 982.
pyramidalis, 971.
speciosa, 978.
iinijlora, 89S.
Melicocca trijuga, 993.
Melilotus alba, 221.
cærulea, 644.
Cretica, 271.
Indica, 802.
Italica, 802.
Messaneztsis, 338.
ojfcinalis, 221.
Melissa altissima, 364.
Cz'ctica, see Thymus Barrelieri.
grandiflora, 932.
officinalis, 363.
Melittis melissophyllum, 824.
Melochia concatenata, lOOO.
corchorifolia, 974.
depi'essa, 1012.
nodijioz'a, 983.
pyramidata, 950.
tomentosa, 983.
Melon, 72, 239, 929.
Melothria pendala, 992.
Memecylon capitellatum, 970.
tinctorium, 671.
Memluks, 735, 741, 862, 105S.
Memphis, city in E g yp t , 63.
Men with tails, 305.
Mendang Kamulan, capital of
Java, 623.
Mendes, city in Eg ypt, 65, 292.
Mendicant orders of Monks, 755,
Mendoza, city of, in Chili,, 1070.-
Menispermum [Clypea] Burmanni,
521.
Canadense, 993, 1000.
[Anamiz’ta] cocculus, 541.
{ Tinospora] cordifolia, 6go.
[enestratum, 521.
Menispermum [Cocculus) leoeba, 541-
peltatum, 970.
Mezitha aquatica, 190, 935.
arvensis, 227.
auricularia, 966.
borealis, 968.
Canadensis, 935.
cez'vina, 894.
citrata, 686.
crispa, 242.
gentilis, ^75.
gracilis, 919.
piperita, 671 .
pulegium, 199, 969-
rotundifolia, 242.
rubra, 870.
sylvestris, 263.
tomentella, 492.
viridis, 886.
Mentzelia aspera, 986.
Menyanthes trifoliata, 450, 81 S.
Menziesia cærulea, see Phyllodon.
empetriformis, 1046.
fez'ruginea, 104Ó.
globularis, 1041.
Mephitis Americana, 909.
Merchant adventnrers, an asso ciation
so-called, 887-88, 920.
Merchants of the Staple, an association
so-called; 773.
of the Steelyard, an association
so-called, 773.
Mercurialis annua. 138.
elliptica, 961.
perennis, 354.
tomentosa, SSg.
Mercury, the planet, 3S2.
w o r sh ip o f, 139, 1 5 '. 491-
h le r g u i A r c h ip e la g o , 233.
Mergus merganser, 453.
Meriandra Bengalensis, 57S.
Meroe, city in Upper Nubia , 228,
441.477.571- ^
M e ro v in g ia n d y n a s ty o f F r e n c h
kings, 620.
Mertensia dichotoma, 976.
fiircata, 9S7.
paniculata, 1043.
Merulius lobatus, 921.
Mesembryanthanum acinaciforma,
1004.
albidum, 1004.
beilldfolium, lo i t .
bicolor, 9S2.
bractiatum, t o n .
calamiforme, t 004.
caninum, 1004.
Copticum, 506.
cnissifoliiim, 1004.
crystallinum, 990.
difforme, 990.
dolabriformc, 1004.
edule, 230.
emarcidum, 230.
expansitm, 975.
falcatum, 1004.
Mesembryanthemum f linum, 1009.
filamentosum, io n .
genictdiflorum, &c., 997.
glatccum, 1004.
glomez'atum, l o i i .
hispidum, 1004.
latum, lo i i -
liziguiforme, lo ro .
longum, 10 1 1.
loreum, i o n .
micans, 1004.
molle, 975.
muz'icaiuzn, 1004.
nodiflorum, 315.
obliquuni, io n .
pezfoliaium, 1004.
pomeridianum, .1014-
pugioniforme, 1004.
rostratuzn, l o i i .
scabruzn, io n .
scalpratum, 1004.
serratum, i o n .
sp., 104S.
spinosum, 1004.
splendens, 1004.
stipulaccuzn, lo i i .
tenuiflomtm, 976.
tenuifolium, 1004.
tortziosum, 1004.
Utbcrosum, 1004.
uncinatum, 1004.
verruculatum, i o n .
Mespilus Germanica, 201.
Messene, city of Messenia in
Greece, 207, 213, 221, 269.
Messerschmidia arguzia,
Mesua ferrea, 497.
Metacom, 956.
Metallurg)-, 220.
Metapontum, city in Southern
Ita ly, 209, 267.
Metastelma parviflorum, 975.
Meteoric stones, 26S.
Meteorites, or shooting stars, 541,
1051, 1072.
Methodici, medical sect, 454.
Metonic Cy c le, 281.
Metrosideros hispida, 9S5.
Metroxyion sp., 861.
robusta, 437.
Meum athamantha, 396.
heterophyllum, 902.
inundatum, 976.
mutellina, 8S9.
Mexican empire, 790.
monuments, 575, Ö04.
silver mines discovered, SSS.
Mexico, 532, 604, 709, 776, S63, 905,
915, g ig , 1069.
Mezquite tree, 7i,;-
Miao-tseu, independent tribes in
China, 1035.
Michauxia campauuioides, 900.
Michelia champaca, 335.
Nilagirica, 743.
Michigan, N. ,-kmerican State, 1067.
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