374 
INDEX. 
MORPHIA. 
Morphia acetate, action on Drosera, 
167 
Morren, E., on Drosera binata, 227 
Motor impulse in Drosera, 190, 209 
in Dionæa, 252 
Movement, origin of power of, 293 
Movements of leaves of Pinguicula, 
299 
of tentacles of Drosera, means 
of, 206 
of Dionæa, means of, 252 
Mucin, not digested by Drosera, 100 
Mucus, action on Drosera, 67 
Müller, Fritz, on rhizocephalous 
crustaceans, 288 
Munk, on Dionæa, 234, 247 
, onelectric phenomena in Dionæa, 
ose 
256 
N. 
Nepenthes, its power of digestion, 81 
Nickel chloride, action on Drosera, 
152 
Nicotiana tabacum, glandular hairs 
of, 284 
Nicotine, action on Drosera, 165 
Nitric ether, action on Drosera, 180 
Nitschke, Dr., references to his papers 
on Drosera, 1 : 
, On sensitiveness of backs of 
leaves of Drosera, 188 
, on direction of inflected ten- 
tacles in Drosera, 198 
, on Aldrovanda, 261 
Nourishment, various means of, by 
plants, 365 
Nuttall, Dr., on re-expansion of Dionza, 
257 
0. 
Odour of pepsin, emitted from leaves 
of Drosera, 74 
Oels, W., on comp, anatomy of Dro- 
seraceæ, 2 
Oil, olive, action of, on Drosera, 66, 
104 
POISON. 
Oliver, F., on motor impulse, 204 
, Prof, on Utricularia, 349, 
356-360 a 
Oudemans, on Dionæa, 233 
P. 
Papaw, juice of, hastening putrefac- 
tion, 331 
Particles, minute size of, causing 
inflection in Drosera, 24, 28 
Peas, decoction of, action on Drosera, 
69 
Pelargonium zonale, glandular hairs 
of, 283 
Penzig, Otto, on roots of Droso- 
phyllum, 288 
Pepsin, odour of, emitted from Dro- 
sera leaves, 74 
, not digested by Drosera, 101 
, its secretion by animals excited 
only after absorption, 107 
Peptogenes, 106 
Pfeffer, on sensitiveness of Drosera to 
contact, 22, 31 
, on nucleus in Drosera, 32 
, on aggregation, 34 
, on Dionzea, 256 
, on roots of carnivorous plants, 
288 
, on Pinguicula, 314 
Pinguicula grandiflora, 315 
lusitanica, 315 
vulgaris, structure of leaves 
and roots, 297 
, number of insects caught by, 
298 
< 
, power of movement, 299 : 
, Secretion and absorption by, 307 
——-, digestion by, 307 ‘ 
, leaves of, used to curdle milk, 
314 
, effects of secretion on living 
seeds, 315 
Platinum chloride, action on Drosera, 
152 
Poison of cobra and adder, their 
action on Drosera, 168 
