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INDEX 



C 



Cactacete, 211, 212. 



Cacti, 18, 201, 231, 237, 260, 261, 272. 



Cresalpineae, 212. 



Cakile (Sea-rocket), 275. 



Calamites, Calamiteae, 142, 224, 225. 



Calcium, 72. 



Calcium carbonate, 61, 72. 



California, 167, 174, 187, 192, 237, 



238, 239, 241. 

 Calla-lily (Richardia), 25, 185, 246, 



247, Fig. 55. 

 Callithamnion, 72 ; C. floccosum, 72, 



Fig. 19. 



Calochortus (see " Mariposa-lily "). 

 Calyciflorae, 211, 212, 218, 219. 

 Calyptra, 110. 

 Calyx, 178, 179, 182, 190, 205, 206, 



209, 210, 211, 215. 

 Cambium, 172, 200, 268. 

 Canada, 230. 



Canada thistle, 215, Fig. 53. 

 Canua, Canua family, 192, 193, 194, 



249, Fig. 47. 



Cape region (of Africa), 192. 

 Caprif oliaceae (Honeysuckle family) , 



215. 



Capsella, 84, 200, Fig. 48. 

 Capsule (of Mosses), 111, 116, 117, 



120, Fig. 30. 



Carbo-hydrate, 8, 11, 19. 

 Carbon, 2, 8, 9, 19, 30, 80, 297. 

 Carbon assimilation (see also 



" Photo-synthesis "), 10, 11, 17, 22, 



24, 37, 64, 71, 80, 263, 278. 

 Carbon dioxide, 8, 11, 17, 19, 21, 30, 



262, 269, 297. 

 Carboniferous formations, 138, 142, 



147, 154, 165, 174, 175, 223, 224, 225, 



226. 

 Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), 



249. 



Carnation (Dianthus), 248. 

 Carnivorous plants, 257, 258, 259. 

 Carpel, 159, 160, 161, 169, 177, 179, 



181, 184, 185, 189, 190, 196, 197, 202, 



205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 



217, 218, 245, 293. 

 Carpogonium, 73, 74. 



Carpospore, 74. 



Caryophyllacese (see " Pink fam- 

 ily"). 

 Castor-bean (Ricinus), 200, 210, 



Fig. 48. 

 Catalpa, 214. 



Catch-fly (Silene) , 206, 248, Fig. 49. 

 Catkin, 206. 



Cat-tail rushes (Typhacese), 186. 

 Caulerpa, 56, 58; C. plumaris, 56, 



Fig. 11. 



Ceauothus, 240. 

 Cecropia, 261. 

 Cedar-apple, Cedar-rust (Gymno- 



sporangium), 89, 90, 95, Fig. 23. 

 Celastrus, 237. 



Cell-division, 7, 8, 35, 40, 41, 285. 

 Cell-membrane (see also "Cell- 

 wall"), 4, 284. 

 Cell-plasm (Cytoplasm) , 4, 6. 

 Cells, 4, 284. 

 Cell-sap, 7. 

 Cell-wall, 4, 284. 

 Cellulose, 11. 

 Centrosome, 7. 

 Centrospermffi, 206, 208, 217, 218, 



219, Fig. 49. 



Century plant (Agave) , 272. 

 Cercis, 212. 

 Cereals, 188. 

 Chsetophora, 51. 

 Chaparral, 240. 

 Chara, 22, 62, 63, 75 ; C. crinita, 75 ; 



Fig. 14. 

 Characese, 14, 61, 62, 63, 78, 79, 103, 



118, 222. 



Cheiranthus, 210, Fig. 51. 

 Chenopodiaceae (Pig-weed family), 



208. 



Cherry, 93, 165. 

 China, 166, 236. 

 Chlamydomonas, 42. 

 Chlorophyll, 6, 8, 12, 20, 22, 23, 48, 



49, 80, i96, 262, 263, 269, 278, 297. 

 Chlorophyceffi (see also "Green 



Algfe"), 46, 47, 49, 70, 78, 79, 101, 



286, 288. 

 Chloroplast (see also "Chromato- 



phore"), 6, 19, 20, 21, 38, 59, 60, 



