518 i Index
Nintu (“Lady of Birth”), 104
Nippur (sky god), 88
Nissaba (goddess of writing), 105
Nous (Noys), 291
Novum Organum Scientarum (Bacon, Francis),
322, 345n1
Nuptiae Publicae Plantarum (Linnaeus), 465
nuptial bed, of Linnaeus, 354– 355, 368, 375n12
nut tree plantations, in ancient Mesopotamia,
92, 132nn23– 25
oat flower, 37f
Olenus, 235, 248n10
olive tree degeneration, original sin and,
247– 248
one- sex model, 6– 8, 7f, 218, 229, 323, 324, 344
On Nature (Empedocles), 201– 202, 212– 213
On the Sexuality of Plants (Henschell), 431, 455
operculum, 466f
Ophioglossum reticulum, 488
Orestes, 200– 201
original sin, olive tree degeneration and,
247– 248
Origin of Species (Darwin, Charles), 477, 478,
489– 493
origin of species, Linnaeus’ theory of,
373– 374, 378n69
Ouranos (Uranus, sky- god), 184
outcrossing, 36, 489– 490
Darwin (Charles) on, 490– 491
heterostyly in, 429n47
insect pollination in, 425– 426, 429n50
vs. selfing, 490
ovary, human, 2
Galen on, 6
labor on function of, hard physical, 14
ovary, plant
in alternation of generations, flowering
plants, 487f
vs. anima l ovar y, 493– 494
in Callitriche, 392
Camerarius on, 344
in classification, Tournefort’s, 366
of cryptogams, 494
in figurines, Hamagian type vase- shaped,
74, 77f
Grew on, 331, 336, 392, 471
of gymnosperms, Hofmeister on,
484– 485, 486f
Koelreuter on, 418
in Koelreuter’s Nicotiana hybridization, 416
in Linnaeus’ bridal bed, 368
Linnaeus on seeds as, 389
in Malpighi’s floral menstruation theory, 324
Mettrie on, 383
Miller on, 384
of oat flower, 37f
ovists on, 339
in rose vs. fern, 479
Withering on, 392
Ovid
The Art of Love, The Cure for Love, and
The Amours, 287
Metamorphosis, 203
on stamens, 197
ovists, 339– 340, 392
ovule, 2, 486fpalm tree. See also date palm trees
Aegean, 142n15
Paoletti, Jo, 4– 5
Parietaria, 355, 375n13
parthenogenesis, 2
Paul, Saint, 286
Pedanius Dioscorides, 253
Peloponnese, 69, 83n2
Peloria, 370– 373, 372f
penis
Galen’s internalized, 7, 7f
Magdalenian depictions of, 25
Upper Paleolithic depictions of, 23, 23f, 24f
Pepys, Samuel, 380
perceptions, on external reality, 4, 9n6
Perry, James, Mimosa: or, The Sensitive Plant,
385– 387, 398, 402n16
persea (Mimusops schimperi), 128, 136n86
Persephone, crocuses and, 163– 164, 165f,
179– 180nn49, 54
Persephone, Demeter and, 164, 189, 190,
208n15, 461n78
in bowl of Phaistos, 157– 159, 159f, 161f, 179n40
crocuses and, 163– 164, 165f, 179– 180nn49, 54
crocus goddess and, 159– 160, 161f
Persephone, Minoan
in bowl of Phaistos, 157– 159, 159f,
161 f, 179n40
crocuses and, 163– 164, 165f, 179– 180nn49, 54
as crocus goddess, 159– 160, 161f