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. i46; mosses on, ii. i47; second visit to, ii. i68 Abolboda pulehella, i. 469 Abuta, ii. 280 Acacia Farnesiana, ii. 338 Acacia paniculata, i. 83 Acacias, ii. 236 Acalypha, ii. 280 ACAntHACe/F., ii. 246, 290 AChiMeNeS, ii. 29O ACHYrOPHOrI, ii. 288 ACHYrOPHOrLS, ii. 264 Acrodiclidium Itauha, i. i60 Acrostichum, i. 47 ACrOStICHUMS, i. 304 Adelanthus, ii. i00 Adenaria purpurata, ii. 285 Adiantum, ii. 29i -echmea, ii. 240 /egiphila, i. 467 Aerial roots, i. 24 Agoyan, bridge of, ii. i63 Aguacatal, port of, ii. 306 Alausf, the Cinchona forests of, ii. 229; village, ii. 234; windy, ii. 235 Alchemilla, ii. i8i AlDINa, i. 422 Aldina latifolia, i. 29i Algarrobo in desert, ii. 335, 336 Allamanda, i. 468 Alligator, visit of, i. 89; and snake, ii. ii8 Alligator pear, attractive to cats, etc., ii. 376 Alligators, i. i70, i77, 239 Allpa-yacu river, ii. i45 Alnus, ii. i82 Alpine vegetation, fine, ii. 264 Alpinia, i. 47 Andropogon Alsophila, i. 47, ii. 29i Alstrcemeria, ii. 250 Amaiona, ii. 396 Amaiona saccifera, ii. 396 Amanita muscaria, ii. 429 AMArAntACea, desert, ii. 334 AMArANtACe/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. 2i7 Amazonian villages, how formed, i. 476; vegetation, ii. 343 Ambato, description of, ii. iS6; winds and sand-drifts of, ii. i89; healthi- ness of, ii. i90; 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 Anacardium, i. 229 Anacardium giganteum, i. 400 Anacardium occidentale, i. 66 Anacardium Spmceanum, i. 237 A...