_Helminthia echioides_, 177
_Picris hieracioides_, 178
_Leontodon hirtus_, 266
" _hispidus_, 222
" _autumnalis_, 223
_Lactuca virosa_, 178
" _Scariola_, 179
_Sonchus arvensis_, 291
" _asper_, 180
" _oleraceus_, 179
_Crepis virens_, 180
_Hieracium Pilosella_, 98
" _boreale_, 181
_Taraxacum officinale_, 116
_Lapsana communis_, 181
_Cichorium Intybus_, 182
_Arctium Lappa_, 182
_Serratula tinctoria_, 142
_Carduus nutans_, 266
" _crispus_, 183
" _lanceolatus_, 183
" _eriophorus_, 303
" _palustris_, 243
" _arvensis_, 184
" _pratensis_, 224
" _acaulis_, 266
_Carlina vulgaris_, 267
_Centaurea nigra_, 224
" _Cyanus_, 291
" _Scabiosa_, 225
_Bidens cernua_, 244
" _tripartita_, 244
_Eupatorium cannabinum_, 313
_Tanacetum vulgare_, 185
_Artemisia Absinthium_, 186
" _vulgaris_, 185
_Petasites vulgaris_, 117
_Tussilago Farfara_, 98
_Solidago Virga-aurea_, 142
_Senecio vulgaris_, 98
" _Jacobæa_, 187
" _aquaticus_, 244
_Doronicum Pardalianches_, 143
" _plantagineum_, 143
_Inula Conyza_, 303
" _dysenterica_, 225
" _Pulicaria_, 226
_Bellis perennis_, 116
_Chrysanthemum segetum_, 292
" _Leucanthemum_, 227
_Matricaria Parthenium_, 187
" _inodora_, 188
_Anthemis nobilis_, 268
" _arvensis_, 292
" _Cotula_, 293
_Achillea Ptarmica_, 227
" _millefolium_, 189
CAMPANULACEÆ
_Campanula rotundifolia_, 269
" _Rapunculus_, 190
" _latifolia_, 144
" _Rapunculoides_, 144
" _Trachelium_, 144
" _glomerata_, 269
" _hederacea_, 144
" _hybrida_, 293
_Jasione montana_, 270
ERICACEÆ
_Erica Tetralix_, 270
" _ciliaris_, 271
" _cinerea_, 271
_Calluna vulgaris_, 271
VACCINIACEÆ (often included in the ERICACEÆ)
_Vaccinium Myrtillus_, 272
" _uliginosum_, 272
" _Vitis-idæa_, 272
AQUIFOLIACEÆ
_Ilex Aquifolium_, 145
OLEACEÆ
_Ligustrum vulgare_, 145
_Fraxinus excelsior_, 69
APOCYNACEÆ
_Vinca minor_, 54
" _major_, 54
GENTIANACEÆ
_Gentiana Pneumonanthe_, 273
" _Amarella_, 273
" _campestris_, 304
_Erythræa Centaurium_, 227
_Chlora perfoliata_, 304
_Menyanthes trifoliata_, 127
CONVOLVULACEÆ
_Convolvulus arvensis_, 228
" _sepium_, 190
_Cuscuta europæa_, 341
" _Epilinum_, 341
" _Epithymum_, 341
" _Trifolii_, 341
SOLANACEÆ
_Hyoscyamus niger_, 191
_Solanum nigrum_, 192
" _Dulcamara_, 192
_Atropa belladonna_, 194
SCROPHULARIACEÆ
_Verbascum Thapsus_, 304
" _Lychnitis_, 305
" _pulverulentum_, 305
" _nigrum_, 305
_Veronica spicata_, 305
" _serpyllifolia_, 100
" _scutellata_, 244
" _Anagallis_, 245
" _Beccabunga_, 245
" _officinalis_, 100
" _Chamædrys_, 100
" _arvensis_, 101
" _agrestis_, 102
" _polita_, 101
_Bartsia Odontites_, 195
_Euphrasia officinalis_, 274, 349
_Rhinanthus Crista-galli_, 118, 349
_Melampyrum cristatum_, 147
" _pratense_, 146, 349
" _sylvaticum_, 147
_Pedicularis palustris_, 127
" _sylvatica_, 118, 349
_Scrophularia nodosa_, 246
" _aquatica_, 246
_Digitalis purpurea_, 148
_Antirrhinum majus_, 326
_Linaria Cymbalaria_, 327
" _vulgaris_, 195
OROBANCHACEÆ
_Orobanche Rapum_, 345
" _caryophyllacea_, 345
" _elatior_, 346
" _minor_, 346
_Lathræa squamaria_, 54, 344
VERBENACEÆ
_Verbena officinalis_, 196
LABIATÆ
_Salvia Verbenaca_, 306
" _pratensis_, 229
_Lycopus europæus_, 246
_Mentha rotundifolia_, 247
" _aquatica_, 247
" _sativa_, 248
" _Pulegium_, 274
_Thymus Serpyllum_, 274
_Origanum vulgare_, 231
_Calamintha officinalis_, 198
" _Nepeta_, 198
_Melissa officinalis_, 198
_Teucrium Scorodonia_, 274
_Ajuga reptans_, 55
_Ballota nigra_, 199
_Lamium album_, 102
" _Galeobdolon_, 55
" _amplexicaule_, 119
" _purpureum_, 103
" _incisum_, 103
_Galeopsis Ladanum_, 306
_Stachys Betonica_, 149
" _sylvatica_, 199
" _palustris_, 248
_Nepeta Glechoma_, 104
_Prunella vulgaris_, 232
_Scutellaria galericulata_, 313
" _minor_, 275
BORAGINACEÆ
_Myosotis palustris_, 249
" _repens_, 249
" _cæspitosa_, 249
" _sylvatica_, 150
" _arvensis_, 200
" _versicolor_, 119
" _collina_, 104
_Lithospermum officinale_, 200
_Symphytum officinale_, 315
_Borago officinalis_, 200
_Anchusa officinalis_, 201
" _sempervirens_, 201
_Lycopsis arvensis_, 294
_Cynoglossum officinale_, 201
_Echium vulgare_, 306
" _Plantagineum_, 307
LENTIBULACEÆ
_Pinguicula vulgaris_, 353
" _alpina_, 354
" _lusitanica_, 354
_Utricularia vulgaris_, 351
" _minor_, 351
" _intermedia_, 351
PRIMULACEÆ
_Primula vulgaris_, 56
" _veris_, 120
_Lysimachia vulgaris_, 315
" _nemorum_, 105
_Anagallis arvensis_, 294
" _tenella_, 250
PLANTAGINACEÆ
_Plantago major_, 232
" _media_, 307
" _lanceolata_, 233
" _Coronopus_, 202
CHENOPODIACEÆ
_Chenopodium olidum_, 203
" _polyspermum_, 203
" _urbicum_, 203
" _album_, 204
" _ficifolium_, 204
" _rubrum_, 204
" _Bonus-henricus_, 204
_Atriplex patula_, 204
POLYGONACEÆ
_Polygonum Persicaria_, 205
" _lapathifolium_, 206
" _Hydropiper_, 250
" _aviculare_, 206
" _Convolvulus_, 295
_Rumex obtusifolius_, 206
" _crispus_, 207
" _Hydrolapathum_, 317
" _Acetosa_, 120
" _Acetosella_, 121
THYMELACEÆ
_Daphne Laureola_, 70
" _Mezereum_, 70
EUPHORBIACEÆ
_Euphorbia Helioscopia_, 208
" _Peplus_, 208
" _exigua_, 295
_Mercurialis perennis_, 105
URTICACEÆ
_Urtica dioica_, 209
" _urens_, 209
" _pilulifera_, 209
_Parietaria officinalis_, 327
_Humulus Lupulus_, 210
ULMACEÆ
_Ulmus campestris_, 71
" _montana_, 71
CUPULIFERÆ
_Quercus Robur_, 72
_Fagus sylvatica_, 73
_Carpinus Betulus_, 74
_Corylus Avellana_, 74
BETULACEÆ
_Betula alba_, 75
" _nana_, 75
_Alnus glutinosa_, 75
SALICACEÆ
_Populus nigra_, 77
" _tremula_, 76
" _canescens_, 76
" _alba_, 76
_Salix_, (_Willows_) 28, 276, 317
CONIFERÆ
_Pinus sylvestris_, 77
_Juniperus communis_, 276
_Taxus baccata_, 79
ORCHIDACEÆ
_Spiranthes autumnalis_, 277
_Listera ovata_, 121
_Epipactis latifolia_, 308
" _palustris_, 250
_Orchis Morio_, 122
" _mascula_, 122
" _maculata_, 277
" _latifolia_, 233
" _pyramidalis_, 308
_Gymnadenia conopsea_, 309
_Habenaria bifolia_, 234
_Aceras anthropophora_, 309
_Herminium Monorchis_, 309
_Ophrys apifera_, 310
" _aranifera_, 310
" _muscifera_, 310
_Cypripedium Calceolus_, 58
IRIDACEÆ
_Iris Pseudacorus_, 129
AMARYLLIDACEÆ
_Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus_, 48
LILIACEÆ
_Allium Scorodoprasum_, 59
" _ursinum_, 59
_Ornithogalum umbellatum_, 59
_Hyacinthus nonscriptus_, 60
_Ruscus aculeatus_, 278
DIOSCOREACEÆ
_Tamus communis_, 106
ARACEÆ
_Arum maculatum_, 106
JUNCACEÆ
_Narthecium ossifragum_, 251
_Juncus communis_, 252
" _glaucus_, 252
" _lamprocarpus_, 253
" _bufonius_, 253
" _squarrosus_, 279
_Luzula campestris_, 279
CYPERACEÆ
_Eriophorum polystachyon_, 254
" _vaginatum_, 255
_Carex vulgaris_, 256
" _paludosa_, 256
" _hirta_, 60
GRAMINEÆ
_Phalaris canariensis_, 210
_Phleum pratense_, 233
_Alopecurus pratensis_, 122
_Milium effusum_, 150
_Avena fatua_, 295
_Melica uniflora_, 60
_Poa annua_, 107
_Briza media_, 280
_Festuca ovina_, 234
_Brachypodium sylvaticum_, 150
_Triticum caninum_, 150
_Lolium perenne_, 234
_Hordeum pratense_, 233
_Nardus stricta_, 280
GLOSSARIAL INDEX
PAGE
ACHENE. A dry fruit that does not open, 13
ACUTE. Sharp.
ANTHER. The case at the top of the stamen containing
the pollen, 9
AXIL. The angle formed between leaf-stalk and stem.
AXILLARY. Situated in an axil, 6
BAST. Inner bark.
BERRY. A pulpy fruit containing several seeds, 13
BICRENATE. Doubly notched, 6
BIFID. Divided into two parts.
BISEXUAL. Including both male and female organs, 11
BRACT. A leaf or scale between flower and leaf, 10
BRACTEATE. Provided with one or more bracts, 10
CALYX. The outer whorl of a complete flower, 9
CAPITULUM. A head of flowers, 9, 175
CAPSULE. A term applied to some fruits which open, 13
CARPELS. Central parts of a perfect flower, 10
CATKIN. A spike of imperfect flowers, 12
CHLOROPHYLL. The green colouring matter of plants.
COMPOSITE FLOWER. A head of 'florets' all sessile
on a common receptacle, 175
CORDATE. Heart-shaped, 7
COROLLA. The second whorl of a complete flower, 9
CORYMB. A cluster of stalked flowers, the flowers
being all at one level, 8
COTYLEDONS. The lobes of the embryo plant, afterwards
forming the 'seed-leaves', 13, 47
CRENATE. Notched.
CUPULE. A cup, formed of bracts, surrounding a fruit.
CYME. An arrangement of stalked flowers in which the
terminal or central one is the first to open, 9
DECIDUOUS. Falling off. Applied to leaves, parts of
flowers, &c.
DEHISCENT. Splitting. Applied to fruits which open
when ripe, 12
DICOTYLEDON. A plant with two cotyledons in the embryo, 13
DIGITATE. Divided into finger-like lobes, 7
DISC. A fleshy ring or cup between the base of the
stamens and that of the ovary.
DRUPE. A stone-fruit, 13
ENTIRE. Not divided, 6
EPIDERMIS. The outer skin of a plant
EXSTIPULATE. Without stipules, 5
FILAMENT. The stalk which bears the anther of the stamen, 9
FOLLICLE. A fruit which opens, when ripe, on one
side only, 13
FRUIT. The ripened ovary of the flower, 12
GLUMES. The scaly bracts of sedges and grasses.
HERBACEOUS. Green--not woody.
HYBRID. The offspring of two different species.
IMPERFECT FLOWER. A flower which does not possess both
stamens and pistil, 12
INDEHISCENT. Not splitting. Applied to fruits that do
not open when ripe, 12
INFERIOR. Below. Applied to the ovary when the calyx
adheres to it; and to the calyx when it is free from and
below the ovary, 6
INFLORESCENCE. The arrangement of flowers, 10
INVOLUCRE. A whorl of bracts surrounding a single flower
or a flower-head.
LABIATE. Lipped. Applied to the calyx or the corolla of
a flower when it is divided into two lips.
LANCEOLATE. Long and narrow, like a lance-head, 7
LEAFLET. One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf, 5
LEAVES--COMPOUND. Leaves which are divided, quite to the
midrib, into distinct parts, 5
LEAVES--SIMPLE. Leaves which are not divided quite
to the middle, 5
LEGUME. A pod--a fruit of one cell which splits, when
ripe, on both sides, 12
LIGULATE. Strap-shaped, 176
LINEAR. Long and very narrow, 7
LYRATE. A term applied to a leaf which has a rounded,
terminal lobe and several lobes below.
MICROPYLE. A small opening in the ovule or seed, 26
MIDRIB. The central vein of a leaf--a continuation
of the stalk through the blade.
MONOCOTYLEDON. A plant which has only one cotyledon
in its embryo, 13
NECTARY. A gland that produces nectar.
NODE. The junction of leaf and stem.
NUT. A dry fruit which does not split, 13
OBCORDATE. Inversely heart-shaped, 7
OBOVATE. Inversely egg-shaped, 7
OBTUSE. Blunt.
ORBICULAR. Round, 7
OVARY. The part of the pistil which forms the fruit, 10
OVATE. Egg-shaped, 7
OVULE. The unripened seed within the ovary, 10
PALMATE. A term applied to simple leaves with spreading
divisions that radiate from one point, 7
PANICLE. A compound raceme, 9
PAPPUS. A hairy calyx, which often grows into a silky
tuft on the summit of the fruit, 176
PEDICEL. A secondary flower-stalk of a cluster of flowers, 8
PEDUNCLE. The flower-stalk, 6
PERFECT FLOWER. A flower with both stamens and pistil, 11
PERIANTH. The parts of the flower outside the stamens,
or outside the pistil if stamens are absent, 11
PERSISTENT. Applied to parts of a flower when they do
not wither and fall.
PETAL. One of the divisions of the corolla of a flower, 9
PETIOLE. The leaf-stalk, 5
PINNATE. Applied to a compound leaf when its leaflets
are arranged along the midrib on each side, 7
PINNATIFID. A term applied to simple leaves when they
are deeply divided into lateral lobes, 7
PISTIL. The inner part or whorl of a complete flower, 10
PISTILLATE. Applied to a flower when it has a pistil
and no stamens, 12
PLACENTA. The part of the ovary to which the ovules
are attached, 10
POD. _See_ LEGUME.
POLLEN. The cellular dust discharged by the anthers, 9, 25
POLLINATION. The transfer of pollen from anther
to stigma, 26
RACEME. An inflorescence in which the flowers are
stalked along a common axis, 8
RADICAL. Growing direct from a point near the summit
of the root, 4
RAY. The outer, spreading florets of a composite flower, 175
RECEPTACLE. The enlarged upper part of a flower-stalk
that gives attachment to the parts of the flower.
SAGITTATE. Arrow-shaped, 7
SAMARA. A winged fruit, 13
SEPAL. A part of the outer whorl (calyx) of a complete
flower, 9
SERRATE. Sawlike, 6
SESSILE. Without a stalk, 5, 6
SILICULA. A fruit resembling a siliqua, but shorter
and broader, 12
SILIQUA. A pod-like fruit with two valves that separate
from a central membrane to which the seeds are attached, 12
SOLITARY. Arranged singly, 8
SPATHULATE. Spoon-shaped, 7
SPIKE. An inflorescence in which the flowers are sessile
along a common axis, 8
STAMENS. The flower organs that produce the pollen, 9
STAMINATE. Applied to a flower that has stamens but
no pistil, 12
STIGMA. The part of the pistil which receives the pollen, 10
STIPULATE. Having stipules, 4
STIPULES. Scaly or leafy organs at the base of a leaf, 4
STOMATA. The openings in the epidermis of plants, 318
STYLE. The stalk that supports the stigma, 10
SUPERIOR. Above. Applied to the calyx when it is on
the ovary, and to the ovary when it is free from the
calyx or perianth, 10
TERNATE. Consisting of three parts, 7
UMBEL. An inflorescence in which the flower-stalks all
radiate from one point, 9
WHORL. A term applied to organs or parts arranged around
a common centre, 5
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Transcriber's note:
Inconsistent hyphenation in the original has been retained in this
version.
P. 24 "net veneid" changed to "net veined"
P. 40 "Lombardy Polar" changed to Lombardy Poplar
P. 75 "which peals off" changed to peels off
P. 78 "and peals off" changed to peels
P. 81 "of a glaucus green" changed to glaucous
P. 93 "Wild Strawbery" changed to Strawberry
P. 94 "Caprifoliacæ" changed to Caprifoliaceæ
P. 118 "stems each bears a" changed to bear
P. 119 "It leaves are" changed to Its
P. 124 "Glancous" changed to Glaucous
P. 207 "is usually nubranched" changed to unbranched
P. 228 "Convolvulacæ" changed to Convolvulaceæ
Plate VI caption. "Spring Rest Harrow" changed to "Spiny Rest Harrow"
as detailed in the Erratum.
P. 265 "which is somewhat resembles" changed to it
P. 272 "Vacciniam" changed to Vaccinium
P. 272 "Crowberry" changed to Cowberry
P. 304 "Great Mullien" changed to Mullein
P. 367 et seq. Section numbers corrected - 11 was omitted in original
P. 368 Added 253 to entry "Toad Rush"