INDEX 



481 



scarcity in humid temperate regions, 

 i. 491 ; seeds of, i. 148, 442, 470 ; 

 example of inherited pelorism in, ii. 

 359 ; Lord Farrer's observations on 

 fertilisation of, ii. 388 ; nectar-holders 

 in flowers, ii, 380 ; reason for 

 absence of ii. 256 

 Leibnitz, rejection of theory of gravity 



by, i- 35 



Lemuria, continent of, ii. 15 



Lepadidge, Darwin's work on, i. 254 

 (see also Barnacles) ; fossil, i. 97. 



LepaS) nomenclature of, i. 68-70 



Lepidodendron^ i. 86 ; ii. 219 



Lepidoptera, Sexual Selection in, i. 357 ; 

 ii. 66 ; breeding in confinement, 

 ii. 96 ; F. Muller on mimicry in, 

 ii. 91 ; protection afforded by wings, 

 ii. 67 ; want of colour-perception, 

 ii. 66 ; Weir on apterous, ii. 64 



Lepidosiren, reason for preservation of, 



i- H3 



Leptotes, ii. 82 



Lesckenaultia, fertilisation mechanism, 

 ii. 257, 258 ; self-fertilisation of, ii. 

 258, 259 ; L. biloba, fertilisation 

 mechanism of, ii. 260 ; L. formosa, 

 fertilisation mechanism of, ii. 258, 

 261 



Lesquereux, L., biographical note, i. 

 260 ; convert to evolution, i. 260 ; on 

 Coal floras, i. 260 



Leuckart, convert to Darwin's views, i. 



257 

 Lewes, G. H., letter to, i., 306-8. 



Lewy, Naphtali, letter to Darwin 

 from, i. 365, 366. 



Lias, cephalopods from the, i. 340 



Life, Bastian's book on the beginnings 

 of, i. 321 ; mystery of i. 302; origin 

 of, i. 140, 164, 173, 418; ii. 171; 

 principle of i. 273 ; bearing of vitality 

 of seeds on problem of, ii. 245. 



Light, action on plants of flashing, ii. 



, .431 



Lima, Darwin visits, i. 26 



Linnilus, ii. 102 



Linaria, peloria as reversions, ii. 335 



Lindley, J., biographical note, ii. 243 ; 

 Hooker's eloge of, i. 88 ; and Royal 

 Medal, i. 88 ; ii. 231 ; Vegetable 

 Kingdom by, i. 83 ; on Acropera 

 and Gongora, ii. 282 ; Darwin on 

 his classification of orchids, ii. 281 ; 

 letters to, ii. 243, 244, 276, 280 ; on 

 Melastomaceae, ii. 293 ; on orchids, 

 ii. 274, 278 ; Hooker reviews Dar- 

 win's Orchid book in style of, ii. 

 290 ; mentioned, i. 83 ; ii. 230, 290, 

 291 



VOL. II. 



Lingula, persistence of, i. 164 ; 

 Silurian species, i. 1 16 



Link, on Alpine and Arctic plants, i. 

 466 



Linnaeus, i. 45 



Linnean Society, Bentham's address, 

 i. 243,^ 298, 299, 316, 317, 349; 

 Collier's picture of Darwin in rooms 

 of, i. 399 ; Darwin's paper on Linum, 

 i. 223, 228 ; Darwin advises Bates to 

 give his views on species before, i. 

 182 ; Wallace's paper on the Malayan 

 papilionidae. i. 265 



Linnet, a migratory bird, ii. 70 



Linope, E. Hackel on, ii. 348 



Limitn, Darwin's work on, i. 221, 223, 

 228 ; ii. 314, 347 ; dimorphism of, ii. 

 310 ; interaction of pollen and stigma, 

 ii. 313 ; mucus in seeds of, ii. 387 



Linum flavum, i. 228 ; ii. 408 ; Z. 

 grandifloruHi) two forms of, ii. 271, 

 272 ; L. Lewisii, experiments on, 

 ii. 323 ; L, trigynum, i. 228 ; L. 

 usitatissimuni) circumnutation of, ii. 



.345. 346 

 Lister, Lord, on spines of Hedgehog, 



ii. 106 

 Listera,) fertilisation of ii. 265, 373, 



419 ; L. cordata, fertilisation of, ii. 



270 ; L. ovata, fertilisation of, ii. 270 

 Litchfield, Mrs. (see Darwin, Henrietta), 



i. 178, ii. 2, 4, 251 ; criticism of 



Huxley, i. 216, 238 

 Littoral shells, glacial period and, i. 92. 

 Liverpool, Brit. Assoc. meeting at 



(1870), i. 322 

 Livingstone, D., on the distribution of 



thorny plants, i. 308 

 Lobelia^ Darwin's experiments on, ii. 



352 ; fertilisation mechanism of, ii. 



258-262, 311 ; fertility of, ii. 309 ; L. 



fulgens, Scott's experiments on, ii. 



321 

 Lochaber, Parallel Roads of, ii. 171-93 



(see also Glen Roy) ; evidence of 



ice-action, ii. 178 

 Lochs, Laggan, ice-action in, ii. 179, 



193 ; Roy, Darwin disbelieves in exis- 

 tence of, ii. 182 ; Spey, shelves of ii. 



179*; Treig, ice-action in, ii. 182, 186, 



189, 190, 193 ; Milne's account of, 



ii. 178 



Locust grass, germination of, i. 303 

 Locusts, blown out to sea, ii. 4 ; plants 



from dung of, ii. 4 

 Logwood, leaf-movement of, ii. 411, 



412 : see Htzmatoxylon 

 Loiseleuria procumbcns, i. 433 

 London clay, supposed germination of 



seeds from, ii. 245 



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