The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For SchoolsGray, Asa
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The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools
Gray, Asa
Plants
Changed "Lepreiurei" to "Leprieurei" in the caption to figure 561.
Changed "Sun-flowers" to "Sunflowers" on page 187: "Sunflowers and
Thistles."
Changed symbol for Earth to symbol for Male on page 189 in unit 581: "To
indicate sexes, ♂ means staminate."
Preserved the order of the index entries, even though they aren't
strictly alphabetical.
Removed extra comma after "Amphitropous" in its index entry.
The index references for "Anemophilous" and "Entomophilous" should
probably be 115, rather than 113, but were not changed.
The index reference for "Antheridium" should probably be 159, rather
than 150, but was not changed.
Changed "short-fluited" to "short-fruited" in the index entry for
"Brachy-."
The index references for "Caulescent" and "Cauline" should probably be
38, rather than 36, but were not changed.
The index reference for "Cladophylla" should probably be 61, rather
than 64, but was not changed.
The index reference for "Dotted Ducts" should probably be 134, rather
than 148, but was not changed.
Changed "trifoliate" to "trifoliolate" in the index entry for
"Foliolate."
Changed "6" to "13" in the index entry for "Gemmule."
The index references for "Hemitropous" and "Heterotropous" should
probably be 111, rather than 123, but were not changed.
The index reference for "Hortus Siccus" was changed from 201 to 186.
The index reference for "Incised" should probably be 55, rather
than 58, but was not changed.
The index reference for "Jointed" is 64, and was not changed even though
it does not seem to make sense. Better candidates include 57 and 122.
The index references for "Laticiferous" and "Milk-vessels" were changed
from 138 to 135.
Changed the last index reference for "Ligule" from 57 to 67; also the
reference for "Ocreate."
Changed comma to semi-colon after "86" in the index entry for "Naked."
The index reference for "Panicle" should probably be 76, rather
than 81, but was not changed.
The index references for "Pentandrous" and "Triandrous" should probably
be 100, rather than 112, but were not changed.
Changed "leaf stalk" to "leaf-stalk" in its index entry, as well as the
index entry for "Petiole."
The index reference for "Pinnule" should probably be 59, rather
than 66, but was not changed.
The index reference for "Seed-vessel" should probably be 117, rather
than 127, but was not changed.
The second index reference for "Starch" is 163, and was not changed even
though it does not seem to make sense.
Changed "one" to "on" in the index entry for "Stipules": "appendages on
each side."
The index reference to page 37 for "Suffruticose" doesn't seem to make
sense, but was left as is.
The index reference for "Trigynous" should probably be 105, rather
than 116, but was not changed.
The index reference for "Unequally Pinnate" should probably be 58,
rather than 65, but was not changed.
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