Chapter V: Dicotyledoneae (26)

BLADE (_lamina_). The upper expanded part of a leaf or leaf-like organ.

BRACT (_bractea_). A modified leaf, usually reduced in size, intermediate between the foliage leaves and the flowers, especially those in the axil of which a flower or branch of inflorescence arises.

BRACTEOLE (_bracteola_). A bract arising immediately below a flower or on the pedicel.

BULB (_bulbus_). A usually underground part of the stem of certain plants, which is surrounded by numerous fleshy scales.

CADUCOUS (_caducus_). Falling off very early.

CALYX (_calyx_). The outer floral envelope, usually smaller and firmer than the inner and of green colour.

CAMPANULATE (_campanulatus_). Bell-shaped.

CAPITATE (_capitatus_). Head-like.

CAPSULE (_capsula_). A dry dehiscent fruit, especially if formed of several carpels.

CARPEL (_carpellum_). A modified leaf bearing the female reproductive organs (ovules).

CARUNCLE (_caruncula_). An outgrowth near the hilum of certain seeds.

CATKIN (_amentum_). A deciduous spike with a thin rachis and inconspicuous unisexual flowers.

CAULINE (_caulinus_). Arising along the stem.

CELL (_cellula_). One of the sack-like bodies of which the tissue of the plants is composed.

CELL (_loculus_). One of the cavities into which the ovary, the fruit, and the anthers are usually divided. The number of anther-cells refers to the time after their dehiscence, 2-celled anthers being 4-celled when young.

CENTRIFUGAL (_centrifugus_). Developing from the centre outwards or from the apex towards the base.

CENTRIPETAL (_centripetus_). Developing from without towards the centre or from the base towards the apex.

CIRCINNATE (_circinnatus_). Coiled from the apex downwards.

CIRCUMSCISS (_circumscissus_). Split circularly around.

CLAW (_unguis_). The narrow base of perianth-leaves, especially petals.

CLEFT (_fissus,-fidus_). Divided half-way down.

COHERENT (_cohaerens_). Slightly united to an organ of the same kind.

COLLATERAL (_collateralis_). Placed side by side.

COMPOUND LEAF (_folium compositum_). A leaf formed of leaflets jointed with the rachis and usually falling off separately.

CONDUPLICATE (_conduplicatus_). Doubled along the midrib.

CONE (_conus_). A spike-like inflorescence flower or fruit with large bracts or scales usually becoming woody at maturity.

CONFLUENT (_confluens_). Blended into one.

CONNATE (_connatus_). United with an organ of the same kind by confluence of the margins or by elongation of the common base.

CONNECTIVE (_connectivum_). The part of the stamen which connects the anther-halves.

CONNIVENT (_connivens_). Converging.

CONTORTED (_contortus_). Imbricate in bud, all segments overlapping on the same side (to the right or the left from the spectator).

CONVOLUTE (_convolutus_). Rolled up from one margin.

CORDATE (_cordatus_). Heart-shaped, i.e., with two rounded basal lobes.

CORM (_cormus_). The thickened base of certain stems, enveloped by some large scales and usually underground.

COROLLA (_corolla_). The inner floral envelope, usually larger than the outer, of soft texture, and bright coloured.

CORONA (_corona_). A crown formed by scale-or thread-like appendages of the perianth or the stamens.

CORYMB (_corymbus_). A more or less flat-topped, raceme-like or compound inflorescence.

COTTONY (_tomentosus_). Covered with short matted hairs.

COTYLEDON (_cotyledo_). Seed-leaf, i.e., one of the first leaves of the embryo, which differ from the following.

CRENATE (_crenatus_). With rounded teeth at the margin.

CRUSTACEOUS (_crustaceus_). Crusty, i.e., thin and brittle.

CYME (_cyma_). An inflorescence of the centrifugal (cymose) type, especially when loose and equally-branched.

CYMOSE (_cymosus_). Consisting of a main axis, which ends in a flower, and several stronger lateral axes.

CYSTOLITH (_cystolithus_). Cell-stone, i.e., a hard outgrowth of the cell-wall, appearing as a point or short line on the surface of the leaves of certain plants.

DECIDUOUS (_deciduus_). Falling off after flowering or at the end of the season.

DECUMBENT (_decumbens_). Reclining.

DECURRENT (_decurrens_). Prolonged below the insertion.

DEHISCENT (_dehiscens_). Opening spontaneously when ripe to discharge the contents (seeds or pollen).

DENTATE (_dentatus_). Toothed, i.e., provided with small incisions and projections on the margin.

DESCENDING (_descendens_). Tending downwards; or attached somewhat below the apex.

DICHOTOMOUS (_dichotomus_). Repeatedly divided in pairs, each branch dividing into two subequal branches.

DIDYMOUS (_didymus_). Bi-globose, i.e., divided into two roundish lobes.

DIDYNAMOUS (_didynamus_). In two pairs of unequal length.

DIGITATE (_digitatus_). Palmately compound.

DIOECIOUS (_dioicus_). Unisexual and the male and female flowers on different plants.

DISC (_discus_). A usually ring-, cushion-, or cup-shaped expansion of the receptacle.

DISSECTED (_dissectus_). Divided to the base, but not jointed with the rachis.

DISSEPIMENT (_septum_). A partition of the interior of the ovary, usually formed by the margins of the carpels. A partition not having that origin is called a false or spurious dissepiment.

DIVARICATE (_divaricatus_). Diverging at an angle approaching 180°.

DORSAL (_dorsalis_). Situated on the back, especially on the midrib of a folded leaf or leaf-like organ; or turned away from the axis to which the organ in question is attached.

DORSIFIXED (_dorsifixus_). Attached by the back.

DRUPE (_drupa_). Stone-fruit, i.e., a fruit with a hard (bony, woody, or crusty) endocarp called the stone, a succulent, more or less fleshy mesocarp, and a thin (membranous or leathery) epicarp.

ELLIPTICAL (_ellipticus_). About twice as long as broad and narrowed towards both ends.

EMARGINATE (_emarginatus_). With a small, usually apical notch.

EMBRYO (_embryo_). The rudimentary plant formed in the seed.

ENDOCARP (_endocarpium_). The innermost layer of the pericarp.

ENTIRE (_integerrimus_). Without toothing or division.

EPICALYX (_epicalyx_). A whorl of bracts closely surrounding a flower and resembling an outer calyx.

EPICARP (_epicarpium_). The outermost layer of the pericarp.

EPIGYNOUS (_epigynus_). Inserted at the upper edge of a concave receptacle which is united with the ovary.

EPIPHYTE (_epiphyticus_). Growing upon other plants without deriving nourishment from them.

EX-(_ex-_). Without. Exalbuminous = without albumen. Exstipulate = without stipules.

EXOCARP (_exocarpium_). The outermost layer of the pericarp.

EXSERTED (_exsertus_). Projecting beyond the tube of the perianth or corolla.

EXTRORSE (_extrorsus_). Turned outwards.

FALCATE (_falcatus_). Sickle-shaped.

FASCICLE (_fasciculus_). A cluster, especially a short and dense cymose inflorescence of distinctly stalked or conspicuous flowers.

FEMALE FLOWER (_flos foemineus_). A flower containing fertile (ovule-bearing) carpels, but no fertile (pollen-producing) stamens.

FERTILE (_fertilis_). Capable of producing progeny, especially bearing pollen or ovules which develop into seeds.

FILAMENT (_filamentum_). The lower narrow part (the stalk) of the stamen.

FILIFORM (_filiformis_). Thread-shaped, i.e., cylindrical and very slender.

FLEXUOUS (_flexuosus_). Bent alternately in opposite directions.

FOLIACEOUS (_foliaceus_). Leaf-like, i.e., having the shape and texture of a foliage-leaf.

FOLIOLE (_foliolum_). Leaflet, i.e., one of the leaf-like parts of a compound leaf, which are jointed to the rachis.

FOLLICLE (_folliculus_). A one-celled fruit opening lengthwise (at the ventral suture).

FORKED (_furcatus_). Divided into two subequal branches.

FREE (_liber_). Not united, not even at the base.

FUNICLE (_funiculus_). The stalk of the ovule.

GAMO-(_gamo-_). With the parts more or less united, e.g., gamopetalous = with the petals united below into a ring, cup, or tube.

GLABROUS (_glaber_). Without hairs.

GLAND (_glans_). A thick, usually roundish outgrowth, generally secreting a liquid.

GLANDULAR (_glandulosus_). Bearing a gland or glands.

GLOMERULE (_glomerulis_). A short and dense cymose inflorescence of subsessile inconspicuous flowers.

GLUME (_gluma_). A chaffy bract, especially in the inflorescence of grasses.

GYNOPHORE (_gynophorum_). An elongation of the receptacle below the carpels.

HASTATE (_hastatus_). Halbard-shaped, i.e., with two acute basal lobes turned outwards.

HEAD (_capitulum_). A centripetal inflorescence with a short and usually thick axis and sessile or nearly sessile flowers.

HERMAPHRODITE (_hermaphroditus_). Bisexual, i.e., containing both kinds of sexual organs (stamens and carpels) in complete development.

HILUM (_hilus_). The point where the ovule or the seed is attached to the funicle or the placenta.

HIRSUTE (_hirsutus_). Densely covered with erect, rather short and stiff hairs.

HISPID (_hispidus_). Beset with long stiff hairs.

HYALINE (_hyalinus_). Membranous and translucid.

HYPOGYNOUS (_hypogynus_). Inserted at the base of the ovary or below it, upon a small and flat or an elevated receptacle.

IMBRICATE (_imbricatus_). Overlapping at the edges, as the tiles of a roof, especially in the bud.

IMPARIPINNATE (_imparipinnatus_). Unequally pinnate, i.e., pinnate with a terminal leaflet.

INCLUDED (_inclusus_). Concealed within the tube of the perianth or corolla.

INCUMBENT (_incumbens_). Placed upon the back, especially of the cotyledons.

INDEHISCENT (_indehiscens_). Remaining closed at maturity.

INDUPLICATE (_induplicatus_). Doubled along the midrib, with the margins turned inwards.

INFERIOR OVARY (_ovarium inferum_). An ovary adnate to a concave receptacle or to the tube of the perianth or calyx.

INFLORESCENCE (_inflorescentia_). The flowering part of a branch and the arrangement of the flowers upon it. The flower-clusters constituting together a compound inflorescence are termed partial inflorescences.

INTRORSE (_introrsus_). Turned inwards.

INVERTED OVULE (_ovulum anatropum_). An ovule with the micropyle next to the hilum.

INVOLUCEL (_involucellum_). The involucre of a partial inflorescence.

INVOLUCRE (_involucrum_). A group of bracts surrounding an inflorescence.

INVOLUTE (_involutus_). Rolled inward from the margins towards the midrib.

IRREGULAR FLOWER (_flos irregularis_). A flower with unequally shaped or disposed perianth-leaves.

JOINTED (_articulatus_). Divided into portions which subsequently separate; or separating at the point of attachment.

LACINIATE (_laciniatus_). Lacerated, i.e., slit into narrow and irregular segments.

LANCEOLATE (_lanceolatus_). About 3-6 times as long as broad and ending in an angle or point.

LEGUME (_legumen_). A one-celled fruit opening by two valves.

LIGULATE (_ligulatus_). Strap-shaped, i.e., produced on one side into a long and narrow limb.

LIGULE (_ligula_). A strap-shaped body, especially the scale-like appendage on the inner side of certain leaves, usually between the sheath and the blade.

LIMB (_limbus_). The upper, more or less expanded part of a perianth.

LINEAR (_linearis_). Very narrow (many times as long as broad) with almost parallel edges.

LIP (_labium_). A part of a perianth formed of several united segments or of one large segment which is separated from the rest.

LOBE (_lobus_). Division of a leaf or a perianth, especially when short.

LOBED (_lobatus_). Shortly divided, the incisions not reaching to the middle.

LOCULICIDAL (_loculicidus_). Opening along the median line of the outer wall of the ovary-or fruit-cells (along the dorsal suture of the carpels).

LYRATE (_lyratus_). Lyre-shaped, i.e., pinnately divided with a large and rounded terminal lobe and small lateral ones.

MALE FLOWER (_flos masculus_). A flower containing fertile (pollen-producing) stamens, but no fertile carpels.

MEDIAN (_medianus_). Placed in the middle-line of a bilateral organ.

MERICARP (_mericarpium_). Partial fruit, i.e., one of the parts into which a schizocarp separates.

MEROUS (_merus_). With the parts of the flower consisting of a certain number of divisions or leaves, e.g., dimerous = with the parts in twos.

MESOCARP (_mesocarpium_). The intermediate layer of the pericarp.

MICROPYLE (_micropyle_). The aperture in the coats of the ovule.

MONOECIOUS (_monoicus_). Unisexual and the flowers of both sexes on the same plant.

MUCRONATE (_mucronatus_). Ending in a short bristle-like point (mucro).

MUTICOUS (_muticus_). Without awns or spines.

NAKED (_nudus_). Not enveloped by a perianth or by carpels.

NERVE (_nervus_). A vascular bundle in a leaf or leaf-like organ, usually appearing as a dark or translucent line or a ridge projecting on the under surface.

NET-VEINED (_reticulatim venosus_). With the lateral nerves irregularly connected by a network of small veins.

NEUTER (_neuter_). Without perfect sexual organs.

NODE (_nodus_). The usually knot-like part of the stem, where a leaf or a whorl of leaves are inserted.

NUT (_nux_). A dry and indehiscent fruit, especially one with a thick and hard rind.

OB-(_ob-_). Reversedly. Thus obcordate or obovate = cordate or ovate, the upper part the broader.

OBLONG (_oblongus_). About 3-6 times as long as broad and rounded at the top.

OBTUSE (_obtusus_). Blunt, i.e., narrowed, but not pointed at the apex.

OPEN AESTIVATION (_aestivatio aperta_). A form of aestivation in which the margins of the perianth-leaves do not touch one another.

OPPOSITE (_oppositus_). Set against in pairs at the same level; or placed one before another.

OVAL (_ovalis_). About twice as long as broad and rounded at the top.

OVARY (_ovarium_). The lower part of the pistil, which encloses the ovules.

OVATE (_ovatus_). Shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg, i.e., oval and narrowed towards the top.

OVOID (_ovoideus_). Egg-shaped.

OVULE (_ovulum_). The grain-like body which contains the female reproductive cells and developes into the seed after fertilization.

PALMATE (_palmatus_). With the divisions or branches springing from one point.

PANICLE (_panicula_). A repeatedly branched inflorescence of more or less pyramidal or ovoid form.

PAPILLA (_papilla_). A soft superficial protuberance.

PARALLELNERVED (_parallelinervius_). With the principal nerves nearly parallel and connected almost at right angles by equally subparallel side-nerves.

PARASITE (_planta parasitica_). A plant growing upon an other plant and feeding from it.

PARIETAL (_parietalis_). Attached to the wall of the ovary, usually at the sutures of the carpels.

PARIPINNATE (_paripinnatus_). Equally or abruptly pinnate, i.e., pinnate without a terminal leaflet.

PARTED (_partitus_). Divided nearly to the base.

PEDATE (_pedatus_). With the larger branches or divisions springing from the lowest lateral ones.

PEDICEL (_pedicellus_). The stalk of a flower.

PEDUNCLE (_pedunculus_). The stalk of an inflorescence.

PELTATE (_peltalus_). Shield-shaped, i.e., roundish and attached by the middle of the under surface.

PENICILLATE (_penicillatus_). Shaped like a tuft of hairs or a painter’s brush.

PENNINERVED (_penninervius_). With pinnate nervation.

PERENNIAL (_perennis_). Not perishing after maturity, the underground part of the stem at least remaining alive.

PERIANTH (_perianthium_). Floral envelope, i.e., the aggregate of the modified leaves surrounding the stamens and carpels and forming part of the flower.

PERICARP (_pericarpium_). The wall of the fruit enclosing the seeds.

PERIGYNOUS (_perigynus_). Inserted upon the margin of a more or less concave receptacle which is free from the ovary, at some distance from and usually higher than the ovary.

PERSISTENT (_persistens_). Remaining on the plant at the time of maturity.

PETAL (_petalum_). One of the inner perianth-leaves, usually differing from the outer in the larger size, the softer texture, and the bright colour.

PETALOID (_petaloideus_). Petal-or corolla-like.

PETIOLE (_petiolus_). The foot-stalk of a leaf.

PHYLLODE (_phyllodium_). A broadened, leaf-like branch.

PINNA (_pinna_). One of the lateral branches or divisions of a pinnate organ.

PINNATE (_pinnatus_). With the divisions, leaflets, or branches arranged along each side of the midrib or rachis. Unequally pinnate leaves have a terminal leaflet, equally (abruptly) pinnate ones have none.

PISTIL (_pistillum_). The aggregate of the carpels of a flower.

PLACENTA (_placenta_). The part of the ovary or fruit which bears the ovules or seeds.

PLICATE (_plicatus_). Folded along the ribs.

PLUMULE (_plumula_). The upper part of the embryo (above the cotyledons).

POLLEN (_pollen_). The fertilizing cells produced in the anthers.

POLYGAMOUS (_polygamus_). Partly hermaphrodite and partly unisexual.

POSTERIOR (_posticus_). Directed towards the axis upon which the organ in question is inserted.

PRAEFLORATION (_praeflovatio_). The arrangement of the perianth-leaves in the bud.

PRAEFOLIATION (_praefoliatio_). The mode in which a foliage-leaf is disposed before its expansion.

PROCUMBENT (_procumbens_). Spreading along the ground.

QUINCUNCIAL (_quincuncialis_). Imbricate in bud, so that one perianth-leaf is overlapped on one side only, the others on either or neither side.

RACEME (_racemus_). A centripetal (racemose) inflorescence with an elongated axis and distinctly stalked flowers.

RACEMOSE (_racemosus_, _botryosus_). Consisting of a main axis not ending in a number of weaker lateral axes.

RACHIS (_rhachis_). The main axis of an inflorescence or of a compound leaf.

RADIATING (_radians_). Spreading all round; or bearing larger flowers or larger perianth-leaves at the circumference than in the centre.

RADICAL (_radicalis_). Arising from the base of the stem, apparently from the root.

RADICLE (_radicula_). The lower part of the embryo (below the cotyledons).

RAPHE (_raphe_). A cord of tissue forming a prolongation of the funicle along the coats of the ovule.

RECEPTACLE (_receptaculum_). The extremity of the flower-stalk bearing the floral envelopes and the sexual organs; or the enlarged end of a branch upon which the flowers are seated.

REDUPLICATE (_reduplicatus_). Doubled along the midrib with the margins turned outwards.

REFLEXED (_reflexus_). Bent back.

REGULAR (_regularis_). With all parts of the same kind, especially all perianth leaves, equal in shape and arrangement.

RENIFORM (_reniformis_). Kidney-shaped.

REVOLUTE (_revolutus_). Rolled backwards from the margins.

RIB (_costa_). A strong, more or less projecting nerve.

ROOT-STOCK (_rhizoma_). The root-like, underground or prostrate lowest part of the stem of certain plants.

ROTATE (_rotatus_). Wheel-shaped, i.e., with a very short tube and a spreading limb.

RUDIMENTARY (_rudimentarius_). Very imperfectly developed.

RUMINATE (_ruminatus_). Marked with irregular fissures.

RUNCINATE (_runcinatus_). Pinnately cleft with pointed recurved lobes.

SACCATE (_saccatus_). Provided with a pouch-shaped appendage.

SAGITTATE (_sagittatus_). Arrow-shaped, i.e., with two acute basal lobes directed downwards.

SALVER-SHAPED (_hypocraterimorphus_). With a long and narrow tube and a spreading limb.

SAPROPHYTE (_saprophytum_). A plant living upon decaying organic matter.

SCALE (_squama_). A reduced leaf usually destitute of green colour, or a similar outgrowth of the skin of a plant.

SCAPE (_scapus_). A leafless stalk of an inflorescence rising from the ground.

SCARIOUS (_scariosus_). Dry and membranous.

SCHIZOCARP (_schizocarpium_, _fructus in coccos secedens_). A fruit separating into several usually nut-like mericarps.

SCORPIOID (_scorpioideus_). One-sided and coiled at the top.

SEGMENT (_segmentum_). A division of a deeply divided leaf, or a division of the perianth, especially when the latter is deeply divided.

SEPAL (_sepalum_). An outer perianth-leaf, usually small, green, and of a firm texture.

SEPALOID (_sepaloideus_). Sepal-or calyx-like.

SEPTATE (_septatus_). Chambered, i.e., divided into cells by dissepiments.

SEPTICIDAL (_septicidus_). Opening at the dissepiments or placentas.

SEPTIFRAGAL (_septifragus_). Opening so that the valves of the fruit break away from the dissepiments.

SERRATE (_serratus_). Cut at the margin into sharp teeth direct towards the apex.

SESSILE (_sessilis_). Without a stalk.

SHEATH (_vagina_). The dilated base of certain leaves.

SIMPLE (_simplex_). Without branches; or without segments jointed to the rachis.

SMOOTH (_laevis_). With an even surface (without protuberances).

SPADIX (_spadix_). A spike with a thick axis and inconspicuous flowers, usually enveloped by a spathe.

SPATHE (_spatha_). A large bract more or less enveloping a flower or inflorescence.

SPATULATE (_spathulatus_). More or less rounded above and tapering towards the base.

SPIKE (_spica_). A centripetal (racemose) inflorescence with an elongated axis and sessile or nearly sessile flowers.

SPIKELET (_spicula_). A spike-like partial inflorescence.

STAMEN (_stamen_). A modified leaf bearing the male reproductive cells (the pollen).

STAMINODE (_staminodium_). A barren stamen (without anthers or with incompletely developed anthers).

STERILE (_sterilis_). Barren, i.e., without well developed ovules or pollen.

STIGMA (_stigma_). The uppermost, papillose part of the pistil, which receives the pollen.

STIPEL (_stipella_). A stipule at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.

STIPULE (_stipula_). A leaf-or scale-like appendage of the leaf-base.

STRIATE (_striatus_). Marked with longitudinal lines.

STROPHIOLE (_strophiolus_). Caruncle, i.e., an outgrowth near the hilum of certain seeds.

STYLE (_stylus_). The narrowed part of the pistil, intermediate between the ovary and the stigma.

SUB-(_sub-_). Under; or almost, somewhat; e.g., subsessile = almost sessile.

SUBTEND (_subtendere_). Extend under; especially: bear in its axil.

SUBULATE (_subulatus_). Awl-shaped, i.e., very narrow and pointed.

SUFFRUTICOSE (_suffruticosus_). Woody at the base, herbaceous above.

SUPERIOR OVARY (_ovarium superum_). An ovary free from the receptacle and the perianth.

SUTURE (_sutura_). Line of union, especially of the margins of carpels.

SYMMETRICAL (_symmetricus_). Divisible by one or several planes into two or more similar parts.

SYMPETALOUS (_sympetalus_, _gamopetalus_). With the petals more or less united.

TERETE (_teres_). Cylindrical and circular in transverse section.

TERNATE (_ternatus_). In threes; especially with 3 leaflets or divisions.

TESTA (_testa_). The outer coat of the seed.

THROAT (_faux_). The mouth of the perianth-tube.

TOMENTOSE (_tomentosus_). Cottony, i.e., covered with short, soft, matted hairs.

TOOTHED (_dentatus_). Provided with short marginal incisions, especially when they are sharp and turned outwards.

TRIQUETROUS (_triqueter_). Three-edged (with 3 salient angles).

TRUNCATE (_truncatus_). Terminating abruptly as though cut off at the end.

TUBE (_tubus_). A hollow, more or less elongated body, especially the lower undivided and more or less narrowed part of the perianth, or a concave receptacle bearing the perianth at the margin.

TUBER (_tuber_). A short and thick, more or less fleshy underground part of a stem, not surrounded by scales, or a similar root.

TUBERCLE (_tuberculum_). A wart-like swelling on the surface of an organ.

UMBEL (_umbella_). A centripetal (racemose) inflorescence with a very short axis and stalked flowers arising apparently all from the same point.

UMBONATE (_umbonatus_). Bearing a boss in the centre of the surface.

UNARMED (_inermis_). Without spines or bristles.

UNDERSHRUB (_suffrutex_). A plant woody in the lower part of the above-ground stem, herbaceous towards the top.

UNIFOLIOLATE (_unfoliolatus_). With a single leaflet, which is jointed to the leaf-stalk.

UNISEXUAL (_unisexualis_). Having only the organs of one sex completely developed; or containing the flowers of one sex only.

URCEOLATE (_urceolatus_). Urn-or pitcher-shaped, i.e., with an inflated tube contracted at the mouth.

UTRICLE (_utriculus_). A bladder-shaped indehiscent or irregularly bursting fruit.

VALVATE (_valvatus_). With the margins meeting in the bud without overlapping.

VASCULAR BUNDLES (_fasciae vasculares_). Fibre-like bundles of vessels (confluent cells).

VEIN (_vena_). A faint nerve.

VENTRAL (_ventralis_). Placed at or directed towards the inner side of the carpel.

VENTRICOSE (_ventricosus_). Swelling on one side.

VERNATION (_vernatio_). Praefoliation, i.e., the disposition of a leaf in the bud.

VERSATILE (_versatilis_). Attached by a point and turning freely on its support.

WINGED (_alatus_). With a much projecting, thin and flat appendage.

WHORL (_verticillus_). A group of similar organs arranged in a circle round an axis.

WHORLED (_verticillatus_). Arranged in whorls of 3 or more parts.

ABBREVIATIONS OF AUTHORS’ NAMES

Adans. Adanson Afz. Afzelius Ait. Aiton All. Allioni Anders. Anderson Andrz. Andrzeiowski Ant. Antoine Arn. Arnott Aubl. Aublet

Baill. Baillon Bak. Baker Balf. Balfour Barckh. Barckhausen Bartl. Bartling Battand. Battandier Baumg. Baumgarten Beauv. Palisot de Beauvois Becc. Beccari Benn. Bennett Benth. Bentham Berg. Berger Bernh. Bernhardi Berth. Berthelot Bertol. Bertoloni Bisch. Bischoff Bocq. Bocquillon Boeck. Boeckeler Boiss. Boissier Boiv. Boivin Boj. Bojer Bonpl. Bonpland Br. Brown, Browne Briq. Briquet Brongn. Brongniart Brot. Brotero Bur. Bureau Burch. Burchell Burm. Burmann

Cambess. Cambessèdes Cass. Cassini Cav. Cavanilles Celak. Celakovsky Cerv. Cervantes Cham. Chamisso Chev. Chevalier Chiov. Chiovenda Cogn. Cogniaux Colebr. Colebrook Comm. Commerson Cord. Cordemoy Coss. Cosson Cost. Costantin Coult. Coulter Cuss. Cusson Cyr. Cyrillo

Dalech. Dalechamps Dalz. Dalzell Decne. Decaisne DC. De Candolle Del. Delile Dennst. Dennstedt De Not. De Notaris Desf. Desfontaines Desv. Desvaux De Wild. De Wildeman Didr. Didrichsen Dill. Dillen Dumort. Dumortier Dun. Dunal Dur. Durand Durazz. Durazzini Duv. Duval

Eckl. Ecklon Ehrenb. Ehrenberg Ehrh. Ehrhart Endl. Endlicher Engelm. Engelmann Engl. Engler

f. (or fil.) filius (son) Fisch. Fischer Forsk. Forskal Forst. Forster Foug. Fougeraux Franch. Franchet Frapp. Frappier Fres. Fresenius

Gaertn. Gaertner Gall. Gallaud Gaud. Gaudin Gaudich. Gaudichaud Gled. Gleditsch Gmel. Gmelin Godr. Godron Grah. Graham Gren. Grenier Griff. Griffith Griseb. Grisebach Gronov. Gronovius Guill. Guillemin

Hack. Hackel Hamilt. Hamilton Harv. Harvey Haw. Haworth H. B. & K. Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth Heist. Heister Heldr. Heldreich Hemsl. Hemsley Herb. Herbert Hildebr. Hildebrand Hochst. Hochstetter Hoffm. Hoffmann Hoffmsg. Hoffmannsegg Hook. Hooker Horan. Horaninow Houst. Houstoun Humb. Humboldt

Jacks. Jackson Jacq. Jacquin Jaub. Jaubert Jum. Jumelle Juss. Jussieu

Kam. Kamienski Kit. Kitaibel Koel. Koeler Koen. Koenig Koern. Koernicke Korth. Korthals Kraenzl. Kraenzlin Ktze. Kuntze

Labill. Labillardière Lag. Lagasca Lam. Lamarck Ledeb. Ledebour Lehm. Lehmann Leschen. Leschenault Less. Lessing L’Hér. L’Héritier Licht. Lichtenstein Lindb. Lindberg Lindl. Lindley L. Linné Loefl. Loefling Lopr. Lopriore Loud. Loudon Lour. Loureiro

Marcgr. Marcgraf M. Bieb. Marschall von Bieberstein Marsh. Marshal Mart. Martius Mast. Masters Med. Medikus Meissn. Meissner Mey. Meyer Mich. Micheli Michx. Michaux Mill. Miller Miq. Miquel Moehr. Moehring Moq. Moquin-Tandon Moris. Morison Muell. Mueller Muell. Arg. Mueller Argovensis

Naud. Naudin Neck. Necker Nied. Niedenzu Nor. Noronha Nutt. Nuttall

Oerst. Oersted Oliv. Oliver Op. Opiz

P. Beauv. Palisot de Beauvois Pall. Pallas Parl. Parlatore Pauq. Pauquy Pav. Pavon Perr. Perrotet Pers. Persoon Peyr. Peyritsch Pfitz. Pfitzer Pilg. Pilger Planch. Planchon Plum. Plumier Poepp. Poeppig Pourr. Pourret

Radlk. Radlkofer Raf. Rafinesque Ram. Ramond Reichb. Reichenbach Rich. Richard Ridl. Ridley Roehl. Roehling Roem. Roemer Rohrb. Rohrbach Rottb. Rottboell Roxb. Roxburgh Ruhl. Ruhland Rumph. Rumphius Rupr. Ruprecht

Salisb. Salisbury Schimp. Schimper Schlecht. Schlechter Schlechtd. Schlechtendal Schleid. Schleiden Schrad. Schrader Schreb. Schreber Schult. Schultes Schum. Schumann Schweinf. Schweinfurt Scop. Scopoli Seem. Seemann Soland. Solander Sond. Sonder Sonn. Sonnerat Sparm. Sparmann Spenn. Spenner Spreng. Sprengel Steinh. Steinheil Steud. Steudel Stev. Steven St. Hil. St. Hilaire

Taub. Taubert Targ. Tozz. Targioni-Tozzetti Tausch. Tauscher Ten. Tenore Thonn. Thonning Thou. Du Petit-Thouars Thunb. Thunberg Thwait. Thwaites Torr. Torrey Tourn. Tournefort Trin. Trinius Tul. Tulasne Turcz. Turczaninow

Urb. Urban

Vaill. Vaillant Vand. Vandelli Van Tiegh. Van Tieghem Vell. Velley Vent. Ventenat Vill. Villars Vis. Visiani Vog. Vogel Volk. Volkens

Wahlenb. Wahlenberg Waldst. Waldstein Wall. Wallich Walt. Walter Warb. Warburg Warm. Warming Wedd. Weddell Welw. Welwitsch Wendl. Wendland Wettst. Wettstein Wikst. Wikstroem Willd. Willdenow Willk. Willkomm Winckl. Winckler Wuert. Wuertemberg

Zeyh. Zeyher Zucc. Zuccarini

LIST OF POPULAR NAMES

OF AFRICAN PLANTS AND THEIR PRODUCTS

African ammoniacum--Ferula. African mahogany--Khaya. African sandal-wood--Osyris. African teak--Oldfieldia. African tulip-tree--Spathodea. Akee--Blighia. Alder--Alnus. Alkanet--Anchusa. Allseed--Radiola. Allspice--Pimenta. Almond--Prunus. Ambatch--Aeschynomene. Anise--Pimpinella. Apple--Pirus. Apricot--Prunus. Arnatto--Bixa. Arrow-root--Maranta, Tacca. Artichoke--Cynara. Ash--Fraxinus. Avens--Geum. Avocado-pear--Persea.

Balata--Mimusops. Balm--Melissa. Balsam--Impatiens. Bamboo--Bambusa (and allies), Raphia. Banana--Musa. Baobab--Adansonia. Barley--Hordeum. Basil--Ocimum. Bead-tree--Melia. Bean--Phaseolus, Vicia. Beef-wood--Casuarina, Mimusops. Bent-grass--Agrostis. Betel-palm--Areca. Bindweed--Convolvulus. Bird’s-foot--Ornithopus. Bitter cress--Cardamine. Black mustard--Brassica. Bladderwort--Utricularia. Blood-plum--Haematostaphis. Borage--Borrago. Bottle-gourd--Lagenaria. Box--Buxus. Bowstring-hemp--Sansevieria. Bramble--Rubus. Breadfruit--Artocarpus. Broomrape--Orobanche. Buckthorn--Rhamnus. Buckwheat--Fagopyrum. Bugle--Ajuga. Bugloss--Echium. Burdock--Arctium. Bur-reed--Sparganium.

Cabbage--Brassica. Calabar-bean--Physostigma. Calla--Zantedeschia. Calumba-root--Iatrorrhiza. Camellia--Thea. Camomile--Anthemis, Matricaria. Camphor--Blumea, Cinnamomum. Cam-wood--Baphia. Canary-seed--Phalaris. Candlenut--Aleurites. Candytuft--Iberis. Cane--Calamus (and allies). Caper--Capparis. Caraway--Carum. Cardamom--Elettaria. Carob--Ceratonia. Carrot--Daucus. Cashew--Anacardium. Cassava--Manihot. Castor-oil--Ricinus. Cayenne-pepper--Capsicum. Ceara-rubber--Manihot. Cedar--Cedrus. Celandine--Chelidonium. Celery--Apium. Cherry--Prunus. Chervil--Anthriscus. Chestnut--Castanea. Chick-pea--Cicer. Chicory--Cichorium. Chillies--Capsicum. Chinese grasscloth-plant--Boehmeria Clover--Trifolium. Cloves--Jambosa. Cock’s foot--Dactylis. Cocoa-plum--Chrysobalanus. Coconut--Cocos. Colt’s foot--Tussilago. Columbine--Aquilegia. Comfrey--Symphytum. Copal--Copaifera, Cynometra, Trachylobium. Coracan--Eleusine. Cork--Quercus. Corn-cockle--Agrostemma. Corn-salad--Valerianella. Cotton--Gossypium. Cotton-grass--Eriophorum. Coutch-grass--Agropyrum. Crab’s eye--Abrus. Cranes’s bill--Geranium. Crawberry--Empetrum. Cucumber--Cucumis. Cudweed--Gnaphalium. Custard-apple--Anona. Cypress--Cupressus.

Daisy--Bellis. Dandelion--Taraxacum. Darnel--Lolium. Date-palm--Phoenix. Date-plum--Diospyros. Dattock--Detarium. Day-lily--Hemerocallis Dead-nettle--Lamium. Dika--Irvingia. Dill--Anethum. Dinde--Colocasia. Dock--Rumex. Dodder--Cuscuta. Dog’s tail--Cynosurus. Dog’s tooth--Cynodon. Double coconut--Lodoicea. Dragons blood--Dracaena. Duchn--Pennisetum. Duckweed--Lemna. Dum-palm--Hyphaene. Dwale--Atropa. Dwarf-palm--Chamaerops.

Ebony--Dalbergia, Diospyros, Euclea. Egg-plant--Solanum. Elder--Sambucus. Elemi--Canarium. Elm--Ulmus. Esparto-grass--Ampelodesmos, Lygeum, Stipa. Evening-primrose--Oenothera. Everlasting--Helichrysum. Eyebright--Euphrasia.

False bamboo--Raphia. Feathergrass--Stipa. Fennel--Foeniculum. Fescue--Festuca. Fig--Ficus. Fir--Abies. Flame-tree--Poinciana. Flax--Linum. Flowering rush--Butomus. Fool’s parsley--Aethusa. Forget-me-not--Myosotis, Omphalodes. Foxglove--Digitalis. Foxtail--Alopecurus. Frankincense--Boswellia. Frogbit--Hydrocharis. Fumitory--Fumaria. Fundi--Paspalum. Furze--Ulex.

Gambodge--Garcinia. Garden-cress--Lepidium. Garlic--Allium. Germander--Teucrium. Ginger--Zingiber. Globe-thistle--Echinops. Goldenrod--Solidago. Gooseberry--Ribes. Goosefoot--Chenopodium. Grains of Paradise--Aframomum. Grape-vine--Vitis. Grasscloth-plant--Boehmeria. Grasses--Gramineae. Grasswrack--Zostera. Gromwell--Lithospermum. Groundnut--Arachis. Guava--Psidium. Guelder-rose--Viburnum. Guinea-corn--Andropogon. Guinea-pepper--Xylopia. Gum-lac--Aleurites, Anona, Croton, Ficus, Zizyphus. Guttapercha--Palaquium, Payena.

Hare’s tail--Lagurus. Hawkweed--Hieracium. Hawthorn--Mespilus. Hazel--Corylus. Heartseed--Cardiospermum. Heath--Erica. Hemlock--Conium. Hemp--Cannabis. Henbane--Hyoscyamus. Henna--Lawsonia. Holly--Ilex. Holygrass--Hierochloe. Honeysuckle--Lonicera. Hop--Humulus. Horehound--Marrubium. Horseradish-tree--Moringa. Hound’s tongue--Cynoglossum. Houseleek--Sempervivum.

Indian corn--Zea. Indian cress--Tropaeolum. Indian plum--Flacourtia. Indian shot--Canna. Indigo--Indigofera. Ireh--Funtumia. Iron-wood--Acacia, Argania, Casuarina, Sideroxylon, Stadmannia. Ivy--Hedera.

Jerusalem-artichoke--Helianthus. Jessamine--Jasminum. Job’s tears--Coix. Jujube--Zizyphus. Jute--Corchorus.

Kino--Eucalyptus, Pterocarpus.

Ladanum--Cistus. Lady’s mantle--Alchimilla. Lagos-rubber--Funtumia. Larkspur--Delphinium. Lattice-leaf--Aponogeton. Laurustinus--Viburnum. Lavender--Lavandula. Leek--Allium. Lemongrass--Andropogon. Lentil--Lens. Lettuce--Lactuca. Ling--Calluna. Liquorice--Glycyrrhiza. Logwood--Haematoxylon. Longan--Euphoria. Loquat--Eriobotrya. Lousewort--Pedicularis. Lucern--Medicago. Lymegrass--Elymus.

Mace--Myristica. Madder--Rubia. Mahogany--Khaya. Maize--Zea. Mallow--Malva. Mandioc--Manihot. Mandrake--Mandragora. Mango--Mangifera. Mangrove--Rhizophora. Manila-hemp--Musa. Manna--Alhagi, Astragalus, Cassia. Maple--Acer. Maram--Ammophila. Marigold--Calendula. Marjoram--Majorana. Mastic--Pistacia. Matgrass--Nardus. Medlar--Mespilus. Melon--Cucumis. Mignonette--Reseda. Milkwort--Polygala. Millet--Panicum. Mint--Mentha. Mistletoe--Viscum. Mousetail--Myosurus. Mulberry--Morus. Mullein--Verbascum. Mustard--Brassica, Sinapis. Myrrh--Commiphora.

Nettle--Urtica. Nettle-tree--Celtis. New Zealand flax--Phormium. New Zealand spinach--Tetragonia. Nitgrass--Gastridium. Nitrebush--Nitraria. Nutmeg--Myristica.

Oak--Quercus. Oat--Avena. Oil-palm--Elaeis. Oleander--Nerium. Oleaster--Elaeagnus. Olive--Olea. Onion--Allium. Opium--Papaver. Orange--Citrus. Orris-root--Iris. Ovala--Pentaclethra.

Palmiet--Prionium. Palmyra-palm--Borassus. Panama-rubber--Castilloa. Pansy--Viola. Papaw-tree--Carica. Paper-mulberry--Broussonetia. Para-rubber--Hevea. Parsley--Petroselinum. Parsnip--Pastinaca. Passion-flower--Passiflora. Pea--Pisum. Peach--Prunus. Pear--Pirus. Pearlwort--Sagina. Pellitory--Parietaria. Pennycress--Thlaspi. Pepper--Capsicum, Piper. Periwinkle--Vinca. Persian lilac--Melia. Persian manna--Alhagi. Piassava--Borassus, Dictyosperma, Raphia. Pigeon-pea--Cajanus. Pimpernel--Anagallis. Pine-apple--Ananas. Pink--Dianthus. Pistachio-nut--Pistacia. Pitcher-plant--Nepenthes. Plane--Platanus. Plantain--Musa, Plantago. Plum--Prunus. Poke--Phytolacca. Pomegranate--Punica. Pondweed--Potamogeton. Poplar--Populus. Poppy--Papaver. Potato--Ipomoea, Solanum. Prickly pear--Opuntia. Primrose--Primula. Privet--Ligustrum. Pumpkin--Cucurbita. Purslane--Portulaca.

Quaking-grass--Briza. Quince--Cydonia. Quinine--Cinchona. Quitch-grass--Agropyrum.

Radish--Rhaphanus. Rambutan--Nephelium. Ramie--Boehmeria. Ramtil-oil--Guizotia. Rapeseed--Brassica. Rattan-palm--Calamus. Ray-grass--Lolium. Reed--Arundo, Phragmites. Reedmace--Typha. Rice--Oryza. Rock-cress--Arabis. Rock-rose--Cistus, Helianthemum. Rose of Jericho--Anastatica, Odontospermum. Rose-wood--Calophyllum, Pterocarpus, Thespesia. Rosemary--Rosmarinus. Rubber--Various Apocynaceae and Asclepiadaceae, Ficus, Manihot. Rue--Ruta. Rush--Juncus. Rye--Secale.

Safflower--Carthamus. Saffron--Crocus. Safu--Pachylobus. Sage--Salvia. Sago--Cycas. Sainfoin--Onobrychis. Salep--Orchis (and allies). Salsify--Tragopogon. Saltwort--Salsola. Samphire--Crithmum. Sandal-wood--Pterocarpus, Osyris. Sandarac--Callitris. Sandbox-tree--Hura. Sandwort--Arenaria. Sapodilla-plum--Achras. Sassy-tree--Erythrophloeum. Savory--Satureia. Sawwort--Serratula. Screw-pine--Pandanus. Scull-cap--Scutellaria. Sedges--Cyperaceae. Senegal-ebony--Dalbergia. Senna-leaves--Cassia. Shea-butter--Butyrospermum. Shellac--Anona, Croton, Ficus, Zizyphus. Shepherd’s purse--Capsella. Silver-fir--Abies. Silver-tree--Leucadendron. Snake-gourd--Trichosanthes. Snapdragon--Antirrhinum. Sneeze-wood--Pteroxylon. Soapberry--Sapindus. Soapwort--Saponaria. Sorghum--Andropogon. Soursop--Anona. Sow-thistle--Sonchus. Soy-bean--Glycine. Spanish broom--Spartium. Speedwell--Veronica. Spinach--Spinacia, Tetragonia. Spindle-tree--Evonymus. Spurge--Euphorbia. Spurry--Spergula. Squill--Scilla. Squirting cucumber--Ecballium. Stitchwort--Stellaria. Stock--Matthiola. Stork’s bill--Erodium. Strawberry--Fragaria. Strawberry-tree--Arbutus. Sugar-cane--Saccharum. Sumac--Rhus. Sundew--Drosera. Sunflower--Helianthus. Sweet basil--Ocimum. Sweet flag--Acorus. Sweet potato--Ipomoea.

Tallow-tree--Pentadesma. Tapioca--Manihot. Taro--Colocasia. Tea--Thea. Teak--Oldfieldia, Tectona. Teasel--Dipsacus. Tef--Eragrostis. Teosinte--Euchlaena. Thorn-apple--Datura. Thrift--Armeria. Thimothy-grass--Phleum. Toad-flax--Linaria. Tobacco--Nicotiana. Tomato--Solanum. Tragacanth--Astragalus. Traveller’s tree--Ravenala. Tulip-tree--Spathodea. Turmeric--Curcuma. Turnip--Brassica. Turnsole--Chrozophora. Turpentine--Abies, Pinus, Pistacia.

Vegetable silk--Various Asclepiadaceae, Strophantus. Venus’ looking-glass--Specularia. Verek--Acacia. Vernal grass--Anthoxanthum. Vervain--Verbena. Vetch--Vicia. Vetiver-root--Andropogon. Violet--Viola.

Wallflower--Cheiranthus. Walnut--Juglans. Water-chestnut--Trapa. Water-cress--Nasturtium. Water-lily--Nymphaea. Water-melon--Citrullus. Water-plantain--Alisma. Water-tree--Tetracera. Wheat--Triticum. White mustard--Sinapis. Willow--Salix. Willow-herb--Epilobium. Winter-cherry--Physalis. Winter-cress--Barbarea. Woad--Isatis. Woodruff--Asperula. Woodrush--Luzula. Wormwood--Artemisia.

Yams--Dioscorea. Yew--Taxus. Ylang-Ylang--Cananga.

Zachun-oil--Balanites.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS

(especially from the years 1911 and 1912).

Page VII., after line 21, insert: R. MUSCHLER, A manual flora of Egypt (Berlin, 1912).

“ VIII., after line 13, insert: E. DE WILDEMAN, Etudes sur la flore des districts des Bangala et de l’Ubangi (Bruxelles, 1910).

“ 10, No. 110, for “83. =Monimiaceae=,” read: Leaves opposite, _Xymalos_, 83. =Monimiaceae=. Leaves alternate, _Plagiostyles_, 122. =Euphorbiaceae=.

“ 19, No. 202, for “=Prrteaceae=,” read: =Proteaceae=.

“ 20, No. 213, omit lines 1 and 2.

“ 35, No. 388, omit lines 1 and 2.

“ 79, line 3, read: Genus 1, species 4. West Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles.

“ 82, No. 21, line 3, add: (Including _Heteranthoecia_ Stapf).

“ 84, No. 41, after line 4, insert: Outer glumes convex, without spines. Flowering glume awned. Stigmas feathery.--Species 2. East Africa. =Dignathia= Stapf

“ 85, No. 46, line 2, add: _Rytilix_ Raf.

“ 89, No. 84, line 2, add: (Including _Lepturella_ Stapf).

“ 92, No. 111, after line 3, insert: Spikes 2-3 together. Spikelets many-flowered. Fruit elliptical. Leaves narrow.--Species 1. Madagascar. =Sclerodactylon= Stapf

“ 100, No. 176, line 2, add: _Weingaertneria_ Bernh.

“ 102, No. 195, line 5, add: _Trichoneura_ Anders.

“ 104, No. 212, after line 3, insert: Spikelets in head-like panicles. Flowering glumes 5-nerved.--Species 1. East Africa. =Drake-Brockmania= Stapf

“ 105, No. 222, line 1, add: Axis of the spikelet jointed between and below the flowering glumes.

“ 105, No. 222, after line 1, insert: Flowering glumes 2-cleft, awned, 7-9-nerved, much exceeding the outer glumes. Axis of the spikelet jointed below the flowering glumes only. Spikelets in 1-3 spike-like racemes.--Species 1. East Africa. (Including _Negria_ Chiov.) =Lintonia= Stapf

“ 117, No. 25, line 3, read: (_Hydrosme_ Schott). (Plate 12). =Amorphophallus= Blume

“ 118, No. 32, line 4, add: Rudimentary flowers club-shaped. Appendage of the spadix long.

“ 118, No. 32, after line 3, insert: Ovules 2. Leaves several, dissected. Rudimentary flowers awl-shaped. Appendage of the spadix short.--Species 1. Egypt. =Helicophyllum= Schott

“ 123, No. 6, last line, insert: (Including _Baoutia_ A. Chev.)

“ 128, No. 32, after line 3, insert: Capsule opening loculicidally. Flowers in spikes, with bracts. Ovary deeply lobed.--Species 1. South Africa (Cape Colony). =Neodregea= C. H. Wright

“ 129, No. 35, lines 2 and 3, omit: “(Including _Neodregea_ Wright).”

“ 136, No. 13, line 4, for “Perianth-tube long,” read: Perianth-tube short or moderately long, not longer than the segments.

“ 136, No. 13, line 7, omit “(Including _Choananthus_ Rendle).”

“ 136, No. 13, after line 7, add: Filaments longer than the anthers. Perianth-tube much longer than the segments. Leaves ovate.--Species 2. Equatorial Africa (Ruwenzori). =Choananthus= Rendle

“ 146, No. 4, line 3, insert: (Including _Siphonochilus_ Wood & Franks).

“ 151, No. 11, line 4, after “_Penthea_ Lindl.” add: and _Orthopenthea_ Rolfe.

“ 151, No. 15, line 3, for “Tropics,” read: Tropical and South-east Africa.

“ 155, No. 52, line 3, for “Tropics,” read: Tropical and South-east Africa.

“ 158, No. 78, line 4, after “including” insert: _Lemurorchis_ Kraenzl.

“ 159, No. 89, omit lines 3 and 4.

“ 171. No. 8, line 2, after “Including” insert: _Diastella_ Knight.

“ 176, No. 3, line 6, after “Islands” insert: (_Balaniella_ Van Tiegh.).

Page 177, No. 1, line 4, for “Species 1; Southern West Africa,” read: Species 2; Southern Central Africa.

“ 179, No. 5, line 5, add: Wings of the fruiting perianth equal.

“ 179, No. 5, at end add: Branches continuous. Disc lobed. Wings of the fruiting perianth unequal.--Species 1. Egypt. =Seidlitzia= Bunge

“ 181, No. 18, at end add: Bracteoles united more than half-way up. Stigmas 2. Stem and leaves clothed with stellate hairs.--Species 1. Egypt. =Eurotia= Adans.

“ 184, No. 17, line 3, add: (Including _Centemopsis_ Schinz and _Nelsia_ Schinz).

“ 184, No. 18, line 3, add: Stigma entire.

“ 184, No. 18, after line 3, add: Stamens 4-5. Stigma 2-cleft. Perianth woolly at base. Undershrubs.--Species 1. East Africa. =Lopriorea= Schinz

“ 185, No. 20, line 2, add: Leaves opposite.

“ 185, No. 20, after line 2, add: Spurious staminodes none. Leaves alternate. Partial inflorescences consisting of 2-3 fertile and 2-4 spinous sterile flowers. Ovary glabrous.--Species 2. East Africa. =Neocentema= Schinz

“ 188, No. 4, line 7, for “Species 15,” read: Species 25.

“ 189, No. 15, line 4, for “Species 1,” read: Species 3.--In the same line omit “Cape Colony.”

“ 191, No. 3, Portulacaria may be divided into two genera: =Portulacaria= Jacq. (Flowers hermaphrodite. Ovary turgid. Fruit with 3 wings, dry. Species 1.) and =Ceraria= Pearson & Stephens (Flowers polygamous. Ovary compressed. Fruit with 1 wing, finally berry-like. Species 3).

“ 193, No. 9, line 4, for “sepals obtuse” read: style very short.

“ 201, No. 11, line 6, add: including _Bricchettia_ Pax.

“ 203, No. 31, line 4, add: (Including _Junodia_ Pax).

“ 208, No. 3, omit _Chloropatane_ Engl., which belongs to _Erythrococca_ Benth. (Euphorbiaceae).

“ 233, No. 7, line 4, add: including _Geaya_ Cost. & Poisson.

“ 236, No. 3, line 6, for “Species 1,” read: Species 3.

“ 238, No. 11, line 5, add: _Nebelia_ Neck.

“ 244, No. 6, line 3, add: (Including _Santaloides_ Schellenb.).

“ 244, No. 7, line 2, for “Species 2,” read: Species 4.

“ 244, No. 7, line 3, add: (Under _Byrsocarpus_ Schum. & Thonn.)

“ 244, No. 7, after line 3, insert: Stem twining. Inflorescence fasciculate. Calyx herbaceous. Anther-halves approximate. Seeds with thick cotyledons.--Species 2. West Africa. =Roureopsis= Planch.

“ 244, No. 9, line 3, add: (Under _Manotes_ Soland.).

“ 246, No. 18, line 4, read: Species 4. West Africa.

“ 249, No. 38, after line 3, insert: Receptacle saucer-shaped, thick. Calyx-lobes 2-3. Petals none. Stamens 16.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa. =Mildbraediodendron= Harms

“ 249, No. 38, line 4, add: Calyx-lobes 4-5. Stamens very numerous.

“ 251, No. 54, line 1, for “Species 10,” read: Species 25.

“ 251, No. 54, line 3, add: (Under _Dialium_ L.)

“ 252, No. 61, line 2, read: Species 4. Central Africa.

“ 252, No. 61, line 3, add: including _Eriander_ Winkl.

“ 253, No. 74, line 1, add: (Under _Cynometra_ L.)

“ 253, No. 75, line 2, add: (Under _Cynometra_ L.)

“ 255, No. 89, last line, read: Species 1. Central Africa. Yields timber and aromatic resin. (Under _Daniella_ Benn.) =Paradaniellia= Rolfe

“ 256, No. 95, line 4, after “pendulous,” insert: oblong. Flowers in few-flowered racemes.

“ 256, No. 95, after line 4, add: Petals subequal. Seeds roundish. Flowers subsessile, paniculate.--Species 3. West Africa. (Under _Berlinia_ Soland.) =Isoberlinia= Craib & Stapf

“ 256, No. 100, line 3, read: Species 8. Central Africa.

“ 256, No. 100. line 4, read: (Including _Cyanothyrsus_ Harms) =Daniellia= Benn.

“ 256, No. 101, line 4, read: Species 6. Central Africa.

Page 258, No. 117, line 5, for “Species 2,” read: Species 4.

“ 259, No. 125, line 3, for “Species 2,” read: Species 5.

“ 263, No. 160, line 5, add: some are poisonous for cattle.

“ 265, No. 175, line 1, add: Ovules few. Leaves distinctly stalked, stipulate.

“ 265, No. 175, after line 3, insert: Keel and style straight. Bracteoles present. Ovules many. Fruit elongate. Leaves sessile or nearly so, exstipulate.--Species 10. South Africa. (Under _Lotononis_ L.) =Pearsonia= Duemmer

“ 272, No. 239, line 5, add: other species yield dyes.

“ 273, No. 242, line 4, after “Balf. f.” add: and _Saldania_ Sim.

“ 278, No. 283, line 3, insert: One species has edible fruits and tubers.

“ 287, No. 359, line 1, add: Standard broad.

“ 287, No. 359, after line 2, add: Fruit winged. Standard narrow, boat-shaped. Calyx narrowly bell-shaped. Branches of the panicle nodose.--Species 17. Central Africa. (Under _Derris_ Lour.) =Leptoderris= Dunn

“ 288, No. 368, line 1, add: Leaflets without stipels.

“ 288, No. 368, after line 1, insert: Wings adhering to the keel. Leaflets with stipples. Fruit flat, indehiscent.--Species 4. Central Africa. =Ostryoderris= Dunn

“ 288, No. 374, after line 3, insert: Leaves alternate, not dotted. Fruit compressed.--Species 15. Central Africa. =Craibia= Harms & Dunn

“ 297, No. 21, omit lines 1-3, as _Eriander_ Winkl. belongs to _Oxystigma_ Harms (Leguminosae).

“ 299, No. 32, add: Ovary with numerous ovules in each cell. Anthers oblong. Pericarp hard. Leaves with a single leaflet.--Species 1. West Africa. =Aeglopsis= Swingle

“ 300, No. 6, line 3, add: Filaments thread-like. Ovules laterally affixed. Leaflets few.

“ 300, No. 6, after line 4, insert: Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, with imbricate aestivation. Filaments broadened below, with a short scale. Style long. Ovules pendulous. Leaflets many, oblong.--Species 1. West Africa. =Simarubopsis= Engl.

“ 300, No. 8, line 3, add: (Under _Mannia_ Hook. fil.).

“ 301, No. 15, Irvingia may be divided into two genera: =Irvingia= Hook. fil. (inflorescence axillary, seeds exalbuminous) and =Irvingella= Van Tiegh. (inflorescence terminal, seeds albuminous).

“ 302, No. 4, line 3, add: Stamens inserted outside the cushion-shaped disc.

“ 302, No. 4, line 9, add: Stamens inserted on the edge of the disc.

“ 302, No. 2, line 4, add: (Including _Katafa_ Cost. & Poisson).

“ 303, No. 4, omit lines 1-4, as _Pynaertia_ De Wild. belongs to _Anopyxis_ Pierre (Rhizophoraceae).

“ 304, No. 13, last line, omit “_Bingeria_ A. Chev.”

“ 305, No. 20, for “=Tourraea=” read: =Turraea=.

“ 305, No. 25, line 3, add: (Including _Bingeria_ A. Chev.)

“ 309, family 121, lines 7 and 13, for “species 75,” read: species 120.--Line 7, add: one species has edible fruits.

“ 309, family 122, line 6, omit “(Including _Daphniphyllaceae_).”

“ 310, No. 8, line 5, for “Species 10,” read: Species 20.

“ 311 and 312, for No. 14-23 substitute the following:

14. Calyx splitting into 5 equal segments. Disc indistinct or wanting. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. 15

Calyx splitting into 2-4 more or less unequal segments. Shrubs or trees. 16

15. Styles two-cleft. Rudimentary pistil absent in the male flowers. Plants with stellate hairs.--Species 7. Northern and tropical Africa. Some are poisonous or yield dyes and medicaments. “Turnsole.” (_Tournesolia_ Scop.) =Chrozophora= Neck.

Styles many-cleft. Rudimentary pistil present in the male flowers. Herbaceous plants with simple hairs.--Species 10. Tropics. Several species yield fibre. =Caperonia= St. Hil.

16. Petals of the male flowers united below. 17

Petals of the male flowers free. 18

17. Styles two-cleft. Leaves palminerved. Climbing shrubs.--Species 1. West Africa. Yields fibre. =Manniophyton= Muell. Arg.

Styles 3-8-cleft. Leaves penninerved.--Species 12. West Africa. (Under _Crotonogyne_ Muell. Arg.) =Neomanniophyton= Pax & Hoffm.

18. Young branches, leaves, and inflorescence clothed with scales. 19

Young branches, leaves, and inflorescence clothed with hairs or glabrous. 20

19. Stamens 7-15. Receptacle of the male flowers with 5 glands, glabrous within them. Male inflorescence spicate.--Species 2. Equatorial West Africa. =Crotonogyne= Muell. Arg.

Stamens 20-30. Receptacle of the male flowers with 10 glands, also glandular within them. Male inflorescence paniculate.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa. =Cyrtogonone= Prain

20. Fruit a drupe. Disc of the female flowers obscure or reduced to small glands. Stamens 8-20. Anthers attached by the base. Trees with stellate, rarely with simple hairs. Leaves palminerved. Flowers in terminal cymes or panicles.--Species 2. Cultivated and naturalized in the tropics. They yield timber, gum-lac, tanning bark, dye-stuffs, and edible oily seeds (candle-nuts). =Aleurites= Forst.

Fruit a capsule. Disc of the female flowers ring-or cup-shaped. Anthers attached by the tip or the back, sometimes near the base. Flowers in racemes, rarely in panicles, but then leaves penninerved. Glabrous or simple-haired shrubs or trees. 21

21. Receptacle of the male flowers glandular on the whole surface, but without separate glands. Stamens 20-30. Anther-halves pendulous from the connective. Flowers in axillary racemes.--Species 1. Islands of Fernando-Po and St. Thomas. (Under _Agrostistachys_ Dalz.) =Pseudagrostistachys= Pax & Hoffm.

Receptacle of the male flowers with separate glands. Anther-halves attached by the back. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. 22

22. Stamens 20-30.--Species 3. West Africa. (Including _Fournaea_ Pierre) =Grossera= Pax

Stamens 8-12. Flowers in racemes. 23

23. Petals of the female flowers shorter than the calyx. Sepals of the female flowers free. Flowers dioecious.--Species 2. East Africa. (Under _Tannodia_ Baill.) =Holstia= Pax

Petals of the female flowers exceeding the calyx. Sepals of the female flowers united at the base.--Species 2. East Africa. =Tannodia= Baill.

Page 313, No. 30, line 7, add: (Including _Pseudotragia_ Pax).

“ 313, No. 31, line 5, for “Species 20,” read: Species 12.

“ 315, No. 48, omit lines 1-3, as _Pseudotragia_ Pax belongs to _Plukenetia_ L.

“ 316, No. 55, line 3, after “medicine” add: (Including _Discoclaoxylon_ Pax & Hoffm.)

“ 316, No. 56, line 7, add: (Including _Chloropatane_ Engl.).

“ 316, No. 57, after line 6, insert: Disc of the female flowers formed of 6-8 scales. Styles recurved, undivided. Stamens 7. Calyx 5-partite. Flowers in panicles.--Species 1. West Africa. =Discoglypremna= Prain

“ 316, No. 61, line 3, add: Bracts not forming an involucre. Petals membranous. Plants clothed with stellate hairs. (Under _Mildbraedia_ Pax).

“ 316, No. 61, after line 3, insert: Flowers dioecious. Bracts forming an involucre. Petals leathery. Plants clothed with simple hairs.--Species 1. West Africa (Cameroons). =Chlamydojatropha= Pax & Hoffm.

“ 317, No. 66, at end, add: Stamens numerous. Ovary 1-celled. Stigma 1, entire. Flowers in racemes, dioecious.--Species 1. West Africa. The seeds yield oil. (Under _Daphniphyllum_ Blume) =Plagiostyles= Pierre

Stamens numerous. Ovary 3-celled. Stigmas 3, entire. Flowers in racemes, dioecious.--Species 1. West Africa. (Under _Plukenetia_ L.) =Hamilcoa= Prain

“ 317, No. 70, line 5, read: (_Excoecariopsis_ Pax, under _Excoecaria_ L.) =Spirostachys= Sond.

“ 318, No. 72, line 7, add: (Under _Sapium_ P. Browne or _Sebastiania_ Spreng.)

“ 318, No. 74, line 3, for “Species 3,” read: Species 6.

Page 318, No. 74, line 4, for “yields rubber,” read: and three other species yield rubber.

“ 318, No. 74, after line 7, insert: Flowers in panicles, which on the male plants are composed of fascicles, dioecious. Sepals 4-5, united half-way up in the male flowers. Disc present. Leaves undivided.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa. =Klaineanthus= Pierre

“ 318, No. 75, line 5, add: (Including _Neochevaliera_ Beille).

“ 318, No. 76, line 3, add: (Tribe PHYLLANTHEAE).

“ 319, omit No. 81, as _Junodia_ Pax belongs to _Anisocycla_ Baill. (Menispermaceae).

“ 319, omit No. 82, as the African _Daphniphyllum_ belongs to _Plagiostyles_ Pierre.

“ 319, omit No. 85, as _Bricchettia_ Pax belongs to _Cocculus_ L. (Menispermaceae).

“ 319, No. 87, line 1, add: or nearly so.

“ 320, No. 89, line 4, for “_Megabaria_ Pierre,” read: (Including _Megabaria_ Pierre) =Spondianthus= Engl.

“ 320, omit No. 92, as _Neochevaliera_ Beille belongs to _Chaetocarpus_ Thwait.

“ 321, No. 99, line 2, omit “Mosambic.”

“ 321, No. 104, omit lines 3-5.

“ 322, No. 107, line 2, for “Species 4.” read: Species 12.

“ 322, No. 107, line 3, add: (Including _Staphysora_ Pierre).

“ 322, No. 109, line 2, add: (Under _Thecacoris_ Juss.)

“ 322, No. 109, after line 3, insert: Disc divided into 5 glands. Styles 4, short, entire. Flowers monoecious. Trees. Stipules lanceolate.--Species 1. West Africa. =Apodiscus= Hutchinson

“ 322, for No. 111, substitute the following:--

111. Bracts of the male flowers in 3 series, the intermediate in the shape of a cup. Disc of the female flowers adnate to the perianth.--Species 2. West Africa. (Under _Megabaria_ Pierre). =Protomegabaria= Hutchinson

Bracts of the male flowers solitary. Disc of the female flowers free from the perianth. 111, b.

111, b. Fruit entire, 1-celled. (See 107). =Maesobotrya= Benth.

Fruit lobed, 3-celled. (See 94). =Thecacoris= Juss.

“ 322, No. 113, line 3, add: (Under _Drypetes_ Vahl).

“ 322, No. 114, line 4, add: (Under _Drypetes_ Vahl).

“ 323, No. 123, line 5, for “Species 2.” read: Species 5.

“ 324, No. 2, line 2, add: (Under _Notobuxus_ Oliv.).

“ 326, No. 5, omit line 5.

“ 327, No. 12, line 6, for “Species 20,” read: Species 30.

“ 328, omit No. 20, as _Spondianthus_ belongs to Euphorbiaceae.

“ 329, No. 27, line 7, for “Species 30,” read: Species 50.

“ 341, No. 51, line 2, after “capsular,” add: septicidal.

“ 341, No. 51, after line 5, insert: Disc annular, with 10 teeth on the inside. Stamens 8. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit capsular, loculicidal. Embryo spirally twisted. Leaves pinnate.--Species 1. West Africa =Anoumabia= A. Chevs

“ 344, No. 6, line 4, add: including _Tzellemtinia_ Chiov.

“ 346, line 9, for “200,” read: 250.

“ 346, No. 3, line 2, after “Inflorescences,” add: nearly always.

“ 346, No. 3, line 5, omit “mostly.”

“ 346, No. 4, line 6, for “150,” read: 200.

“ 349, No. 3, line 1, omit “Ovules 2 in each ovary-cell.”

“ 349, No. 3, line 2, add: (Under _Christiania_ DC.).

“ 349, No. 9, line 6, add: (Under _Duboscia_ Bocq.).

“ 349, No. 10, line 4, add: under _Desplatzia_ Bocq.

“ 355, No. 11, line 4, add: (Tribe HUAEAE).

“ 384, No. 5, for “=Ammania=” read: =Ammannia=.

“ 386, at top, for “LECTYHIDACEAE” read: LECYTHIDACEAE.

“ 388, No. 9, line 1, add: (Including _Pynaertia_ De Wild.).

“ 399, No. 9, last line, add: (_Raimannia_ Rose).

“ 403, No. 12, after line 4, insert: Secondary ribs thick, rounded, unarmed. Seeds slightly grooved on the inner face, somewhat compressed from front to back.--Species 1. Northern East Africa (Eritrea) =Stephanorossia= Chiov.

Page 406, No. 37, after line 5, insert: Pericarp not much thickened. Ribs thread-shaped. Fruit with a broad commissure. Oil-channels 4-5 in each furrow.--Species 2. Central Africa. =Afrosison= Wolff

“ 409, No. 53, line 2, after “furrows,” insert: and sometimes under the ribs.

“ 409, No. 53, after line 2, insert: Marginal ribs of the mericarps thickened, corky. Oil-channels solitary under each dorsal rib, 3 under each marginal rib. Calyx indistinctly toothed. Petals straight or nearly so.--Species 1. Abyssinia. (Under _Peucedanum_ L.) =Erythroselinum= Chiov.

“ 413, No. 92, after line 2, insert: Mericarps with 5 broad and thick ribs. Oil-channels solitary under each rib, none at the commissure. Calyx-teeth mucronate. Undershrubs.--Species 1. South-west Africa (Nama-land) =Marlothiella= Wolff

“ 413, No. 92, line 4, add: Oil-channels in the furrows and at the commissure.

“ 414, No. 93, at end, add: Petals yellow or brown, notched. Herbs.--Species 1. Equatorial East Africa. =Volkensiella= Wolff

“ 418, No. 5, line 8, for “Species 10,” read: Species 20.

“ 421, No. 3, after line 3, insert: Fertile stamens as many as the petals, 8. Calyx falling off very early, excepting the persistent base of the tube.--Species 1. West Africa. Yields timber. =Dumoria= A. Chev.

“ 421, No. 3, line 4, add: Calyx persisting or falling off as a whole.

“ 421, No. 3, line 7, omit “_Dumoria_ A. Chev.”

“ 434, No. 15, after line 4, insert: Corolla-segments overlapping to the right. Disc wanting. Ovules numerous. Leaves with axillary glands.--Species 1. West Africa. =Farquharia= Stapf

“ 444, No. 22, line 6, insert: rarely shrubs.

“ 449, No. 59, last line, add: including _Folotsia_ Cost. & Bois and _Voharanga_ Cost. & Bois.

“ 454, No. 99, after line 1, insert: Corona simple, of 10 lobes. Calyx without glands. Corolla deeply divided, with spatulate segments.--Species 1. Northern East Africa. =Spathulopetalum= Chiov.

“ 463, No. 5, line 2, after “Shrubs,” read: Species 2. Socotra and German South-west Africa. (Subfamily =WELLSTEDIOIDEAE=.)

“ 472, No. 8, line 6, for “4-cleft,” read: 4-5-cleft.

“ 472, No. 9, after line 3, insert: Lower lip of the corolla deeply 3-cleft, the median lobe slightly concave, the lateral ones narrow. Calyx 2-lipped; the upper lip entire, the lower 4-toothed.--Species 1. South-east Africa. =Thorncroftia= N. E. Brown

“ 473, No. 15, line 2, insert: Including _Bouetia_ A. Chev.

“ 473, No. 19, line 4, read: Species 2. Tropics.

“ 473, No. 19, line 5, omit “including _Iboza_ N. E. Brown.”

“ 480, No. 64, after line 5, insert: Corolla subequally 5-cleft; tube exserted. Stamens 4, about equal in length. Flowers very small, indistinctly dioecious.--Species 12. Central and South-east Africa. (Under _Moschosma_ Reichb.) =Iboza= N. E. Brown

“ 482, No. 10, line 2, for “Species 25” read: Species 40.

“ 510, No. 66, after line 2, insert: Corolla-tube funnel-shaped. Flowers in lateral spikes. Bracts narrow; bracteoles broad. Leaves elliptical.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa. =Leiophaca= Lindau

“ 554, No. 93, line 2, for “Species 20,” read: Species 30.

“ 556, No. 108, line 4, after “winged” add: Inner involucral bracts short, scale-like.

“ 556, No. 108, at end, add: Stem not winged. Inner involucral bracts long, bristle-like. Receptacle at first flat.--Species 1. North-west Africa. =Lifago= Schweinf. & Muschl.

“ 562, No. 186, after line 2, insert: Pappus wanting. Heads in corymbs.--Species 1. South-east Africa. =Humea= Sm.

“ 570, No. 258, line 2, for “Species 1,” read: Species 4.

Plate 12, for _Hydrosme grata_ Schott, read: Amorphophallus _gratus_ (Schott) N. E. Brown.

“ 138, last line, for “plant” read: branch.

MAP OF AFRICA.]

INDEX

OF LATIN NAMES OF FAMILIES AND GENERA

Synonyms are printed in _Italics_.

_Abelmoschus_, 352.

_Aberia_, 372.

Abies, 70.

_Abildgaardia_, 109.

Abrotanella, 579.

Abrus, 270.

Abutilon, 352.

Acacia, 247.

Acaena, 241.

Acalypha, 313.

Acampe, 158.

ACANTHACEAE, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 502, Pl. 142.

Acanthonema, 501.

Acanthopale, 506.

Acanthophoenix, 113.

Acanthopsis, 509.

Acanthosicyos, 540.

Acanthotreculia, 167.

Acanthus, 509.

_Acanthyllis_, 270.

Acer, 335.

ACERACEAE, 31, 34, 335.

Aceras, 152.

_Aceras_, 152.

_Achantia_, 355.

Acharia, 376.

ACHARIACEAE 54, 376.

Acharitea, 469.

Achillea, 577.

Achneria, 105.

Achras, 423.

Achyranthes, 184, pl. 41.

Achyrocline, 556, 562.

_Achyropsis_, 184.

Achyrospermum, 478.

Achyrothalamus, 552.

Acidanthera, 142.

Acioa, 243.

Acmadenia, 297.

_Acmena_, 392.

Acocanthera, 437.

Aconitum, 199.

Acorus, 115.

_Acrachne_, 93.

Acridocarpus, 307, pl. 77.

Acritochaete, 82.

Acriulus, 106.

Acrocephalus, 473.

Acrocoelium, 335.

Acrolophia, 156.

Acrosanthes, 190.

_Acrosepalum_, 350.

Acrospira, 131.

_Acrostemon_, 416.

Acrostylia, 151.

Acrotome, 476.

Actephila, 320.

Actinoschoenus, 108.

_Acuan_, 245.

_Acustelma_, 445.

Adansonia, 353.

_Adelodypsis_, 113.

Adelosa, 470.

Adelostigma, 567.

_Adenachaena_, 580.

Adenandra, 297.

Adenanthera, 246.

Adenia, 376, pl. 106.

Adenium, 433.

Adenocarpus, 266.

Adenochlaena, 313.

Adenocline, 315.

Adenodolichos, 278.

_Adenogonum_, 572.

Adenogramma, 188.

Adenoplea, 427.

Adenoplusia, 428.

Adenopus, 539.

_Adenosolen_, 579.

Adenostemma, 570.

_Adhatoda_, 512, 513.

_Adicea_, 169.

Adina, 530.

Adinandra, 360.

_Adolia_, 344.

Adonis, 198.

Aechmolepis, 444.

Aedesia, 570.

_Aegialophila_, 550.

_Aegilops_, 90.

Aegle, 299.

Aeglopsis, 609.

Aeluropus, 104.

Aeolanthus, 474.

_Aeonia_, 159.

_Aeonium_, 232.

Aerangis, 158.

Aeranthus, 158.

Aerua, 184.

Aeschynomene, 269, 270, 284, 286.

_Aetheilema_, 505.

Aethionema, 225, 228.

Aethusa, 410.

Aframomum, 147, pl. 24.

Afrardisia, 418.

Afrocalathea, 149.

_Afrodaphne_, 210.

Afromendoncia, 502.

Afrorhaphidophora, 115.

Afrormosia, 259.

Afrosison, 611.

Afrostyrax, 425.

Afrothismia, 150.

_Afzelia_, 255.

Afzelia, 255.

Afzeliella, 394.

Agapanthus, 130.

Agathelpis, 489.

Agathophora, 180.

_Agathophyllum_, 209.

Agathosma, 296. pl. 73.

Agauria, 416.

Agave, 138.

Agelaea, 244.

Ageratina, 569.

Ageratum, 570.

_Agialid_, 293.

Agrimonia, 241.

Agropyrum, 90.

Agrostemma, 196.

Agrostis, 97.

_Agrostis_, 97.

_Agrostistachys_, 312, 610.

Agrostophyllum, 156.

Agyneia, 323.

_Aichryson_, 232.

Aira, 98.

_Aira_, 98, 100.

Airopsis, 98.

_Aitonia_, 305.

_AITONIEAE_, 302.

AIZOACEAE, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 27, 48, 49, 63, 68, 188, pl. 43.

Aizoon, 190.

Ajuga, 471.

Alafia, 435.

ALANGIACEAE, 43, 65, 67, 389.

Alangium, 389.

_Albersia_, 183.

Alberta, 516.

Albizzia, 248.

Albuca, 126.

_Alcea_, 352.

Alchimilla, 241.

_Alchornea_, 314.

Alchornea, 314, 315.

Alciope, 573, 575.

Aldrovanda, 230.

_Alectra_, 486.

Alepidea, 403.

Aleurites, 312, 610.

Alhagi, 274.

Alisma, 76.

_Alisma_, 76.

ALISMATACEAE, 5, 75, pl. 6.

_ALISMATACEAE_, 77.

Alkanna, 465.

Allagopappus, 560.

Allamanda, 436.

Allanblackia, 361, pl. 99.

Allexis, 367.

Alliaria, 223.

Allium, 125.

Allocalyx, 494.

Allophyllus, 336.

_Alluaudia_, 335.

Alnus, 163.

Alocasia, 116.

Alocasiophyllum, 117.

Aloë 133.

Alonsoa, 490.

Alopecurus, 84, 86.

Alpinia, 147.

_ALSINACEAE_, 192.

Alsine, 195.

_Alsodeia_, 367.

_Alsodeiidium_, 334.

Alsodeiopsis, 334.

Alstonia, 441.

Alternanthera, 183.

Althaea, 352.

Althenia, 74.

_Altheria_, 356.

Alvesia, 474.

Alysicarpus, 273.

Alyssum, 218, 219.

_Alyssum_, 219.

Alyxia, 438.

Amanoa, 320.

Amaralia, 527.

AMARANTACEAE, 9, 11, 50, 182, pl. 41.

Amarantus, 183.

AMARYLLIDACEAE, 4, 6, 135, pl. 19.

_AMARYLLIDACEAE_, 139.

Amaryllis, 137.

_Amberboa_, 550.

_Amblogyna_, 183.

Amblygonocarpus, 246.

_Ambora_, 209.

_Ambraria_, 522.

Ambrosia, 565.

_AMBROSIACEAE_, 545.

Ambrosinia, 118.

_Ambulia_, 494.

Amelanchier, 239.

Amellus, 573.

_Amerimnon_, 273.

Ammannia, 384, 611.

Ammi, 412.

Ammiopsis, 404.

Ammocharis, 138.

_Ammochloa_, 101.

Ammochloa, 101.

Ammodaucus, 405.

Ammophila, 96.

Ammosperma, 223.

_Amomum_, 147.

Amorphophallus, 117, 607, pl. 12.

Ampalis, 166.

_AMPELIDEAE_, 346.

Ampelocissus, 346.

Ampelodesma, 100.

_Ampelosicyos_, 536.

Amphiblemma, 397.

Amphidoxa, 558, 561.

Amphiestes, 511.

Amphiglossa, 561.

Amphimas, 258.

Amphithalea, 263.

_Amphoranthus_, 187.

_Amphorchis_, 152.

Amphorocalyx, 394.

_AMYGDALACEAE_, 239.

_Amygdalus_, 242.

Anabasis, 180.

Anacampseros, 191.

Anacamptis, 152.

ANACARDIACEAE, 8, 19, 20, 27, 28, 325, pl. 81.

Anacardium, 326.

Anacolosa, 174.

Anacyclus, 577.

Anagallis, 419.

Anaglypha, 561.

Anagyris, 258.

Ananas, 122.

_Ananassa_, 122.

Anaphalis, 557.

_Anaphrenium_, 327.

Anarrhinum, 491, 493.

_Anarthrosyne_, 280.

Anastatica, 218.

Anastrabe, 492.

_Anatherum_, 87.

Anaxeton, 557.

_Ancalanthus_, 514.

Anchomanes, 118.

Anchusa, 466.

Ancistrocarpus, 350.

Ancistrochilus, 157.

ANCISTROCLADACEAE, 65, 378.

Ancistrocladus, 378.

Ancistrophyllum, 112.

_Ancistrophyllum_, 112.

_Ancistrorhynchus_, 158.

Ancylanthus, 519.

_Ancylobothrys_, 436.

Andira, 289.

Andrachne, 320.

Andradia, 251.

Androcymbium, 129.

Andrographis, 510.

Andropogon, 87.

Androsace, 420.

_Androsaemum_, 361.

Androsiphonia, 370.

Androstachys, 321.

Andryala, 546.

Aneilema, 123, pl. 16.

Anemone, 198, pl. 46.

Anethum, 409.

Aneulophus, 292.

Angelonia, 490.

Angkalanthus, 514.

Angolaea, 231.

Angrecopsis, 159.

_Angrecum_, 158.

Angrecum, 158, 159.

Angylocalyx, 259.

Anisacanthus, 515.

_Anisanthus_, 141.

Aniseia, 461.

_Aniserica_, 416.

Anisochaeta, 559.

Anisochilus, 475.

Anisocycla, 203.

Anisomeles, 478.

Anisopappus, 554.

Anisophyllea, 387.

Anisopoda, 413.

Anisopus, 452.

_Anisorhamphus_, 546.

Anisostachya, 512.

Anisostigma, 190.

Anisotes, 514.

Anisothrix, 560.

Anisotome, 457.

_Anisotome_, 457.

Annesorhiza, 409, pl. 119.

Anogeissus, 390.

Anoiganthus, 137.

_Anomalanthus_, 416.

Anona, 204, pl. 48.

_Anona_, 206.

ANONACEAE, 24, 26, 40, 41, 42, 54, 64, 203, pl. 48.

Anonidium, 206.

_Anonychium_, 246.

Anopyxis, 388.

Anoumabia, 611.

Ansellia, 156.

Anthaenantia, 81.

_Anthagathis_, 243.

Anthemis, 577.

Anthephora, 84.

Anthericopsis, 122.

Anthericum, 132.

Antherotoma, 394.

_Anthistiria_, 87.

Anthocleista, 428.

Antholyza, 141.

_Anthospermum_, 522.

Anthospermum, 523.

Anthostema, 310.

Anthoxanthum, 94.

_Anthoxanthum_, 94.

Anthriscus, 405.

_Anthriscus_, 412.

Anthyllis, 260.

Antiaris, 167.

Anticharis, 488.

Antidesma, 321.

Antinoria, 98.

Antirrhinum, 490.

Antirrhoea, 518.

Antithrixia, 561.

Antizoma, 200.

_Antoschmidtia_, 100.

_Antrocaryon_, 328.

Anubias, 116.

Anvillea, 553, 554.

_Apalatoa_, 255.

Apaloxylon, 255.

Apera, 97.

_Aphanes_, 241.

Aphania, 340.

Aphanocalyx, 252.

_Aphanostylis_, 436.

_Aphelexis_, 553.

_Aphloia_, 373.

Aphyllanthes, 130.

_APIACEAE_, 401.

Apicra, 133.

Apium, 413.

_Apium_, 413.

Apluda, 85.

APOCYNACEAE, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 64, 66, 67, 432, pl. 129.

_Apodanthes_, 177.

Apodiscus, 611.

Apodocephala, 558, 569.

Apodolirion, 137.

Apodytes, 334, pl. 84.

_Apodytes_, 334.

Apollonias, 210.

Aponogeton, 75, pl. 5.

APONOGETONACEAE, 5, 75, pl. 5.

Aporrhiza, 339.

_Apostellis_, 155.

Aprevalia, 250.

Aptandra, 174.

_Apteranthes_, 455.

Aptosimum, 489.

AQUIFOLIACEAE, 59, 61, 329.

Aquilegia, 199.

Arabis, 217, 223.

_Arabis_, 218.

ARACEAE, 3, 114, pl. 12.

Arachis, 267.

ARALIACEAE, 43, 46, 67, 400, pl. 118.

Araliopsis, 298.

Araujia, 446.

Arbutus, 415.

Arceuthobium, 175.

_Arceuthos_, 71.

Arctium, 551.

Arctopus, 403.

_Arctotheca_, 548.

Arctotis, 548.

_Ardisia_, 418.

Ardisiandra, 420, pl. 122.

_Arduina_, 437.

Areca, 114.

Arenaria, 195.

_Arenaria_, 195.

Argania, 423.

Argemone, 213.

Argomuellera, 315.

Argostema, 532.

_Argyranthemum_, 565.

Argyreia, 461.

_Argyreia_, 461.

_Argyrella_, 394.

Argyrolobium, 264, 266.

Argyrostachys, 184.

Arisaema, 118.

Arisarum, 118.

Aristea, 143.

_Aristea_, 143.

Aristida, 95.

Aristogeitonia, 321.

Aristolochia, 176, pl. 38.

ARISTOLOCHIACEAE, 17, 176, pl. 38.

_Armeniaca_, 242.

Armeria, 421.

Arnebia, 465.