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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1908. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX AbITAGUA Abitagua mountain, ii. 146; mosses on, ii. 147; second visit to, ii. 168 Abolboda pulehella, i. 469 Abuta, ii. 280 Acacia Farnesiana, ii. 338 Acacia paniculata, i. 83 Acacias, ii. 236 Acalypha, ii. 280 Acanthace/e, ii. 246, 290 AChiMEnEs, ii. 29O ACHYROPHORI, H. 288 ACHYROPHORus, ii. 264 Acrodiclidium Itauba, i. 160 ACROstICHum, i. 47 Acrostichums, i. 304 Adelanthus, ii. 100 Atlenaria purpurata, ii. 285 Adiantum, ii. 291 .echmea, ii. 240 .egifhila, i. 467 Aerial roots, i. 24 Agoyan, bridge of, ii. 163 Aguacatxl, port of, ii. 306 Alausf, the Cinchona forests of, ii. 229; village, ii. 234; windy, ii. 235 Alchemilla, ii. 181 Aldina, i. 422 Aldiua latifolia, i. 291 ALGArrObO in desert, ii. 335, 336 Allamanda, i. 468 Alligator, visit of, i. 89; and snake, ii. 118 Alligator pear, attractive to cats, etc., ii. 376 Alligators, i. 170, 177, 239 Allpa-yacu river, ii. 145 Alnus, ii. 182 Alpine vegetation, fine, ii. 264 Alpinia, i. 47 AnDROPOGOn Alsophila, i. 47, ii. 291 Alstrcemeria, ii. 250 Amaiona, ii. 396 Amaiona saccifera, ii. 396 Amanita muscaria, ii. 429 Amarantacea, desert, ii. 334 Amaraxtace.e, ii. 283 Amasona genipoides, i. 469 Amazon, in the, i. 59; and Rio Negro, contrasts of, i. 504; cause of banks falling, i. 505; grass - islands of, i. 506 Amazon stones, ii. 464 Amazonia, regrets England not hav- ing it, ii. 217 Amazonian villages, how formed, i. 476; vegetation, ii. 343 Ambato, description of, ii. 186; winds and sand-drifts of, ii. 189; healthi- ness of, ii. 190; pleasant society at, ii. 200; to Alausi, ii. 229; to the forests, ii. 263 Ambrosia peruviana, ii. 340 Amotape, aspect of, ii. 335 Amyridea, i. 304 Anacalypta, i. 382 Anacaritium, i. 229 Auacardium giganteum, i. 400 Anacardium occidentale, i. 66 Anacaniium Spruceanum, i. 237 Anapeltis...