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B. D. Jackson, A glossary of botanic terms, 2. ed. (London, 1905).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEY TO THE FAMILIES
PAGE
Gymnospermae[1]
Monocotyledoneae[2]
Apetalae[6]
Choripetalae[18]
Sympetalae[49]
KEY TO THE GENERA
I. CYCADALES.
[1.] Cycadaceae[69]
II. CONIFERAE.
[2.] Taxaceae[70]
[3.] Pinaceae[70]
III. GNETALES.
[4.] Gnetaceae[71]
IV. MONOCOTYLEDONEAE.
Pandanales.
[5.] Typhaceae[72]
[6.] Pandanaceae[73]
[7.] Sparganiaceae[73]
Helobiae.
[8.] Potamogetonaceae[73]
[9.] Naiadaceae[75]
[10.] Aponogetonaceae[75]
[11.] Scheuchzeriaceae[75]
[12.] Alismataceae[75]
[13.] Butomaceae[77]
[14.] Hydrocharitaceae[77]
Triuridales.
[15.] Triuridaceae[78]
Glumiflorae.
[16.] Gramineae[79]
[17.] Cyperaceae[106]
Principes.
[18.] Palmae[110]
Spathiflorae.
[19.] Araceae[114]
[20.] Lemnaceae[119]
Farinosae.
[21.] Flagellariaceae[119]
[22.] Restionaceae[119]
[23.] Mayacaceae[120]
[24.] Xyridaceae[121]
[25.] Eriocaulaceae[121]
[26.] Rapateaceae[121]
[27.] Bromeliaceae[122]
[28.] Commelinaceae[122]
[29.] Pontederiaceae[123]
[30.] Cyanastraceae[124]
Liliiflorae.
[31.] Juncaceae[124]
[32.] Liliaceae[125]
[33.] Haemodoraceae[134]
[34.] Amaryllidaceae[135]
[35.] Velloziaceae[139]
[36.] Taccaceae[139]
[37.] Dioscoreaceae[140]
[38.] Iridaceae[140]
Scitamineae.
[39.] Musaceae[145]
[40.] Zingiberaceae[146]
[41.] Cannaceae[147]
[42.] Marantaceae[148]
Microspermae.
[43.] Burmanniaceae[149]
[44.] Orchidaceae[150]
V. DICOTYLEDONEAE.
ARCHICHLAMYDEAE.
Verticillatae.
[45.] Casuarinaceae[160]
Piperales.
[46.] Piperaceae[161]
Salicales.
[47.] Salicaceae[161]
Myricales.
[48.] Myricaceae[162]
Juglandales.
[49.] Juglandaceae[162]
Fagales.
[50.] Betulaceae[162]
[51.] Fagaceae[163]
Urticales.
[52.] Ulmaceae[163]
[53.] Moraceae[164]
[54.] Urticaceae[168]
Proteales.
[55.] Proteaceae[170]
Santalales.
[56.] Santalaceae[172]
[57.] Opiliaceae[173]
[58.] Grubbiaceae[173]
[59.] Olacaceae[173]
[60.] Octoknemataceae[175]
[61.] Loranthaceae[175]
[62.] Balanophoraceae[176]
Aristolochiales.
[63.] Aristolochiaceae[176]
[64.] Rafflesiaceae[177]
[65.] Hydnoraceae[177]
Polygonales.
[66.] Polygonaceae[177]
Centrospermae.
[67.] Chenopodiaceae[179]
[68.] Amarantaceae[182]
[69.] Nyctaginaceae[186]
[70.] Cynocrambaceae[187]
[71.] Phytolaccaceae[187]
[72.] Aizoaceae[188]
[73.] Portulacaceae[190]
[74.] Basellaceae[191]
[75.] Caryophyllaceae[191]
Ranales.
[76.] Nymphaeaceae[197]
[77.] Ceratophyllaceae[197]
[78.] Ranunculaceae[197]
[79.] Berberidaceae[199]
[80.] Memspermaceae[199]
[81.] Anonaceae[203]
[82.] Myristicaceae[206]
[83.] Monimiaceae[208]
[84.] Lauraceae[209]
[85.] Hernandiaceae[211]
Rhoeadales.
[86.] Papaveraceae[211]
[87.] Capparidaceae[213]
[88.] Cruciferae[216]
[89.] Resedaceae[228]
[90.] Moringaceae[229]
Sarraceniales.
[91.] Nepenthaceae[229]
[92.] Droseraceae[230]
Rosales.
[93.] Podostemonaceae[230]
[94.] Hydrostachyaceae[231]
[95.] Crassulaceae[232]
[96.] Saxifragaceae[233]
[97.] Pittosporaceae[235]
[98.] Cunoniaceae[235]
[99.] Myrothamnaceae[236]
[100.] Bruniaceae[236]
[101.] Hamamelidaceae[238]
[102.] Platanaceae[238]
[103.] Rosaceae[239]
[104.] Connaraceae[243]
[105.] Leguminosae[245]
Pandales.
[106.] Pandaceae[289]
Geraniales.
[107.] Geraniaceae[289]
[108.] Oxalidaceae[290]
[109.] Tropaeolaceae[291]
[110.] Linaceae[291]
[111.] Humiriaceae[292]
[112.] Erythroxylaceae[292]
[113.] Zygophyllaceae[293]
[114.] Cneoraceae[295]
[115.] Rutaceae[295]
[116.] Simarubaceae[299]
[117.] Burseraceae[301]
[118.] Meliaceae[302]
[119.] Malpighiaceae[306]
[120.] Polygalaceae[308]
[121.] Dichapetalaceae[309]
[122.] Euphorbiaceae[309]
[123.] Callitrichaceae[324]
Sapindales.
[124.] Buxaceae[324]
[125.] Empetraceae[325]
[126.] Coriariaceae[325]
[127.] Anacardiaceae[325]
[128.] Aquifoliaceae[329]
[129.] Celastraceae[329]
[130.] Hippocrateaceae[332]
[131.] Salvadoraceae[332]
[132.] Icacinaceae[333]
[133.] Aceraceae[335]
[134.] Sapindaceae[335]
[135.] Melianthaceae[342]
[136.] Balsaminaceae[343]
Rhamnales.
[137.] Rhamnaceae[343]
[138.] Vitaceae[345]
Malvales.
[139.] Elaeocarpaceae[347]
[140.] Chlaenaceae[347]
[141.] Tiliaceae[348]
[142.] Malvaceae[350]
[143.] Bombacaceae[353]
[144.] Sterculiaceae[354]
[145.] Scytopetalaceae[357]
Parietales.
[146.] Dilleniaceae[358]
[147.] Ochnaceae[359]
[148.] Theaceae[360]
[149.] Guttiferae[360]
[150.] Dipterocarpaceae[363]
[151.] Elatinaceae[363]
[152.] Frankeniaceae[363]
[153.] Tamaricaceae[364]
[154.] Cistaceae[365]
[155.] Bixaceae[365]
[156.] Cochlospermaceae[366]
[157.] Winteranaceae[366]
[158.] Violaceae[366]
[159.] Flacourtiaceae[367]
[160.] Turneraceae[373]
[161.] Passifloraceae[374]
[162.] Achariaceae[376]
[163.] Caricaceae[377]
[164.] Loasaceae[377]
[165.] Begoniaceae[377]
[166.] Ancistrocladaceae[378]
Opuntiales.
[167.] Cactaceae[378]
Myrtiflorae.
[168.] Geissolomataceae[379]
[169.] Penaeaceae[379]
[170.] Oliniaceae[380]
[171.] Thymelaeaceae[380]
[172.] Elaeagnaceae[383]
[173.] Lythraceae[383]
[174.] Sonneratiaceae[385]
[175.] Punicaceae[386]
[176.] Lecythidaceae[386]
[177.] Rhizophoraceae[387]
[178.] Alangiaceae[389]
[179.] Combretaceae[389]
[180.] Myrtaceae[391]
[181.] Melastomataceae[392]
[182.] Oenotheraceae[397]
[183.] Halorrhagaceae[399]
[184.] Cynomoriaceae[400]
Umbelliflorae.
[185.] Araliaceae[400]
[186.] Umbelliferae[401]
[187.] Cornaceae[414]
METACHLAMYDEAE.
Ericales.
[188.] Clethraceae[414]
[189.] Ericaceae[415]
Primulales.
[190.] Myrsinaceae[417]
[191.] Primulaceae[419]
[192.] Plumbaginaceae[420]
Ebenales.
[193.] Sapotaceae[421]
[194.] Hoplestigmataceae[424]
[195.] Ebenaceae[424]
[196.] Styracaceae[425]
Contortae.
[197.] Oleaceae[425]
[198.] Loganiaceae[427]
[199.] Gentianaceae[429]
[200.] Apocynaceae[432]
[201.] Asclepiadaceae[441]
Tubiflorae.
[202.] Convolvulaceae[457]
[203.] Hydrophyllaceae[462]
[204.] Borraginaceae[463]
[205.] Verbenaceae[467]
[206.] Labiatae[470]
[207.] Solanaceae[481]
[208.] Scrophulariaceae[483]
[209.] Bignoniaceae[495]
[210.] Pedaliaceae[498]
[211.] Martyniaceae[500]
[212.] Orobanchaceae[500]
[213.] Gesneraceae[500]
[214.] Lentibulariaceae[501]
[215.] Globulariaceae[502]
[216.] Acanthaceae[502]
[217.] Myoporaceae[515]
Plantaginales.
[218.] Plantaginaceae[515]
Rubiales.
[219.] Rubiaceae[516]
[220.] Caprifoliaceae[533]
[221.] Valerianaceae[534]
[222.] Dipsacaceae[534]
Campanulatae.
[223.] Cucurbitaceae[535]
[224.] Campanulaceae[541]
[225.] Goodeniaceae[544]
[226.] Compositae[544]
[Statistical Table][585]
[Glossary of Botanical Terms][591]
[Abbreviations of Authors’ Names][600]
[List of Popular Names][602]
[Additions and Corrections][607]
[Index][613]

LIST OF PLATES

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[1.][Cycadaceae. Encephalartos Lemarinelianus De Wild. et Dur. ][70]
[2.][Pinaceae. Callitris cupressoides (L.) Schrad.][71]
[3.][Pandanaceae. Pandanus candelabrum Beauv.][72]
[4.][Potamogetonaceae. Potamogeton javanicus Hassk.][73]
[5.][Aponogetonaceae. Aponogeton leptostachyus E. Mey.][74]
[6.][Alismataceae. Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq.][75]
[7.][Hydrocharitaceae. Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.][78]
[8.][Gramineae. Chloris Gayana Kunth][79]
[9.][Cyperaceae. Kyllinga alba Nees][110]
[10.][Palmae. Raphia Laurentii De Wild.][111]
[11.][Palmae. Raphia Laurentii De Wild.][114]
[12.][Araceae. Amorphophallus gratus (Schott) N. E. Brown][115]
[13.][Restionaceae. Restio compressus Rottb.][120]
[14.][Xyridaceae. Xyris augustifolia De Wild. et Dur.][121]
[15.][Eriocaulaceae. Mesanthemum radicans (Benth.) Koern.][122]
[16.][Commelinaceae. Aneilema beninense Kunth][123]
[17.][Juncaceae. Prionium serratum Drege][124]
[18.][Liliaceae. Dracaena Perrotetii Bak.][125]
[19.][Amaryllidaceae. Crinum abyssinicum Hochst.][138]
[20.][Velloziaceae. Barbacenia aequatorialis Rendle][139]
[21.][Dioscoreaceae. Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax.][140]
[22.][Iridaceae. Lapeyrousia Fabricii Ker.][141]
[23.][Musaceae. Strelitzia Reginae Banks ex Ait.][146]
[24.][Zingiberaceae. Aframomum Laurentii (De Wild. et Dur.) K. Schum.][147]
[25.][Marantaceae. Clinogyne arillata K. Schum.][148]
[26.][Orchidaceae. Listrostachys vesicata Reichb. f.][149]
[27.][Piperaceae. Piper guineense Schum.][160]
[28.][Salicaceae. Salix Safsaf Forsk.][161]
[29.][Myricaceae. Myrica conifera Burm. f.][162]
[30.][Ulmaceae. Trema guineensis Schum.][163]
[31.][Moraceae. Dorstenia elliptica Bureau][164]
[32.][Urticaceae. Fleurya aestuans Gaud.][165]
[33.][Proteaceae. Leucospermum conocarpum R. Br.][170]
[34.][Loranthaceae. Loranthus capitatus (Spreng.) Engl.][171]
[35.][Santalaceae. Osyris tenuifolia Engl.][172]
[36.][Opiliaceae. Opilia amentacea Roxb.][173]
[37.][Olacaceae. Olax Durandii Eng.][174]
[38.][Aristolochiaceae. Aristolochia bracteata Retz.][175]
[39.][Polygonaceae. Oxygonum sinuatum (Hochst. et Steud.) Benth. et Hook.][178]
[40.][Chenopodiaceae. Traganum nudatum Del.][179]
[41.][Amarantaceae. Achyranthes angustifolia Benth.][184]
[42.][Nyctaginaceae. Pisonia aculeata L.][185]
[43.][Aizoaceae. Trianthema pentandrum L.][190]
[44.][Portulacaceae. Talinum cuneifolium Willd.][191]
[45.][Caryophyllaceae. Polycarpaea linearifolia DC.][196]
[46.][Ranunculaceae. Anemone vesicatoria (L. f.) Prantl][197]
[47.][Menispermaceae. Cocculus Leaeba DC.][202]
[48.][Anonaceae. Anona senegalensis Pers.][203]
[49.][Myristicaceae. Pycnanthus Kombo (Baill.) Warb.][208]
[50.][Monimiaceae. Glossocalyx longicuspis Benth.][209]
[51.][Lauraceae. Ocotea bullata (Burch.) Benth.][210]
[52.][Papaveraceae. Trigonocapnos curvipes Schlecht.][211]
[53.][Cruciferae. Heliophila amplexicaulis L. f.][214]
[54.][Capparidaceae. Polanisia hirta (Klotzsch) Sond.][215]
[55.][Resedaceae. Oligomeris glaucescens Cambess.][228]
[56.][Droseraceae. Drosera Burkeana Planch.][229]
[57.][Podostemonaceae. Tristicha alternifolia Tul.][230]
[58.][Hydrostachyaceae. Hydrostachys multifida A. Juss.][231]
[59.][Crassulaceae. Kalanchoe laciniata DC.][232]
[60.][Saxifragaceae. Brexia madagascariensis Thouars][233]
[61.][Pittosporaceae. Pittosporum viridiflorum Sims][234]
[62.][Cunoniaceae. Weinmannia Hildebrandtii Baill.][235]
[63.][Bruniaceae. Raspalia microphylla (Thunb.) Brongn.][236]
[64.][Hamamelidaceae. Trichocladus ellipticus Eckl. et Zeyh.][237]
[65.][Rosaceae. Parinarium congoense Engl.][242]
[66.][Connaraceae. Connarus Smeathmannii DC.][243]
[67.][Leguminosae. Bauhinia macrantha Oliv.][288]
[68.][Geraniaceae. Monsonia biflora DC.][289]
[69.][Oxalidaceae. Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.][290]
[70.][Linaceae. Hugonia acuminata Engl.][291]
[71.][Erythroxylaceae. Erythroxylon pictum E. Mey.][292]
[72.][Zygophyllaceae. Balanites aegyptiaca Del.][293]
[73.][Rutaceae. Agathosma ciliata Link][298]
[74.][Simarubaceae. Irvingia Barter Hook. f.][299]
[75.][Burseraceae. Pachylobus edulis G. Don][302]
[76.][Meliaceae. Trichilia retusa Oliv.][303]
[77.][Malpighiaceae. Acridocarpus macrocalyx Engl.][306]
[78.][Polygalaceae. Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen.][307]
[79.][Dichapetalaceae. Dichapetalum leucosepalum Ruhl.][308]
[80.][Euphorbiaceae. Phyllanthus floribundus Muell. Arg.][309]
[81.][Anacardiaceae. Lannea Schimperi (Hochst.) Engl.][328]
[82.][Celastraceae. Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC.][329]
[83.][Hippocrateaceae. Salacia Dusenii Loesen][332]
[84.][Icacinaceae. Apodytes dimidiata E. Mey.][333]
[85.][Sapindaceae. Deinbollia pycnophylla Gilg][340]
[86.][Melianthaceae. Bersama abyssinica Fresen.][341]
[87.][Balsaminaceae. Impatiens capensis Thunb.][342]
[88.][Rhamnaceae. Ventilago leiocarpa Benth.][343]
[89.][Vitaceae. Cissus cirrhosa (Thunb.) Planch.][346]
[90.][Chlaenaceae. Leptochlaena multiflora Thouars][347]
[91.][Tiliaceae. Grewia occidentalis L.][350]
[92.][Malvaceae. Pavonia praemorsa Willd.][351]
[93.][Bombacaceae. Bombax lukayensis De Wild. et Dur.][354]
[94.][Sterculiaceae. Dombeya Bruceana A. Rich.][355]
[95.][Scytopetalaceae. Rhaptopetalum sessilifolium Engl.][358]
[96.][Dilleniaceae. Tetracera alnifolia Willd.][359]
[97.][Ochnaceae. Ochna Hoepfneri Engl. et Gilg][360]
[98.][Theaceae. Visnea Mocanera L. f.][361]
[99.][Guttiferae. Allanblackia floribunda Oliv.][362]
[100.][Elatinaceae. Bergia suffruticosa (Del.) Fenzl][363]
[101.][Tamaricaceae. Tamarix senegalensis DC.][364]
[102.][Cistaceae. Cistus heterophyllus Desf.][365]
[103.][Violaceae. Rinorea gracilipes Engl.][366]
[104.][Flacourtiaceae. Flacourtia Ramontchi L’Her.][367]
[105.][Turneraceae. Wormskioldia lobate Urb.][374]
[106.][Passifloraceae. Adenia lobata (Jacq.) Engl.][375]
[107.][Begoniaceae. Begonia Favargeri Rechinger][378]
[108.][Penaeaceae. Sarcocolla squamosa (L.) Kunth][379]
[109.][Thymelaeaceae. Lachnaea filamentosa (L. f.) Gilg][382]
[110.][Lythraceae. Nesaea floribunda Sond.][383]
[111.][Lecythidaceae. Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Blume][386]
[112.][Rhizophoraceae. Weihea africana Benth.][387]
[113.][Combretaceae. Combretum racemosum Beauv.][390]
[114.][Myrtaceae. Eugenia natalitia Sond.][391]
[115.][Melastomataceae. Dissotis capitata (Vahl) Hook. f.][396]
[116.][Oenotheraceae. Jussieua linifolia Vahl][397]
[117.][Halorrhagaceae. Laurembergia repens Berg][400]
[118.][Araliaceae. Cussonia spicata Thunb.][401]
[119.][Umbelliferae. Annesorrhiza capensis Cham. et Schlechtd.][414]
[120.][Ericaceae. Philippia Chamissonis Klotzsch][415]
[121.][Myrsinaceae. Maesa lanceolata Forsk.][418]
[122.][Primulaceae. Ardisiandra sibthorpioides Hook.][419]
[123.][Plumbaginaceae. Dyerophyton africanum (Lam.) O. Ktze.][420]
[124.][Sapotaceae. Mimusops Kummel Bruce][421]
[125.][Ebenaceae. Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Pers.][424]
[126.][Oleaceae. Schrebera alata Welw.][425]
[127.][Loganiaceae. Nuxia Autunesii Gilg][428]
[128.][Gentianaceae. Chironia transvaalensis Gilg][429]
[129.][Apocynaceae. Clitandra Arnoldiana De Wild.][440]
[130.][Asclepiadaceae. Tacazzea venosa (Hochst.) Decne][441]
[131.][Convolvulaceae. Jacquemontia capitata Don][462]
[132.][Borraginaceae. Cordia senegalensis Juss.][463]
[133.][Verbenaceae. Clerodendron formicarum Guerke][470]
[134.][Labiatae. Plectranthus madagascariensis Benth.][471]
[135.][Solanaceae. Discopodium penninervium Hochst.][482]
[136.][Scrophulariaceae. Chaenostoma Burkeanum (Benth.) Wettst.][483]
[137.][Bignoniaceae. Kigelia aethiopica Decne][496]
[138.][Pedaliaceae. Sesamum angolense Welw.][497]
[139.][Orobanchaceae. Cistanche lutea Link et Hoffmsg.][500]
[140.][Gesneraceae. Streptocarpus Cooperi Clarke][501]
[141.][Lentibulariaceae. Utricularia livida E. Mey.][502]
[142.][Acanthaceae. Justicia matammensis (Schweinf.) Lindau][503]
[143.][Plantaginaceae. Plantago palmata Hook. f.][516]
[144.][Rubiaceae. Pavetta lasiorrhachis K. Schum.][517]
[145.][Caprifoliaceae. Viburnum rugosum Pers.][532]
[146.][Valerianaceae. Valeriana capensis Vahl][533]
[147.][Dipsacaceae. Cephalaria rigida (Spreng.) Schrad.][534]
[148.][Cucurbitaceae. Momordica Charantia L.][535]
[149.][Campanulaceae. Lightfootia subulata L’Her.][544]
[150.][Compositae. Vernonia Baumii O. Hoffm.][545]