RAM. 



INDEX. 



REVERSION. 



479 



Ram, goat-like, from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, ii. 41. 



Ramu, M., on appendages to throat of 

 goat, i. 106. 



Ranchxn, heredity of diseases, i. 451. 



Range of gallinaceous birds on the 

 Himalaya, i. 249. 



Ranke, on the effects of use and disuse 

 of organs, ii. 285. 



Ranunculus ficaria, ii. 154. 



Ranunculus repens, ii. 152. 



Rape, i. 344. 



Raphanus caudatus, i. 345. 



Raphanus raphanistrum, i. 345. 



Raphanus sativus, ii. 335. 



Raspberry, yellow-fruiterl, ii. 216. 



Rattlesnake, experiments with poison 

 of the, ii. 279. 



Raven, stomach of, affected by vege- 

 table diet, ii. 292. 



Raavson, a., self-impotence in hybrids 

 of Gladiolus, ii. 121, 122. 



Re, Comte, on the assumption of a 

 yellow colour by all varieties of maize, 

 i. 339. 



Reaumur, effect of confinement upon 

 the cock, ii. 27 ; fertility of fowls in 

 most climates, ii. 144. 



Reed, Mr., atrophy of the limbs of 

 rabbits, consequent on the destruc- 

 tion of their nerves, ii. 287. 



Regeneration of amputated parts in 

 man, i. 459 ; in the human embryo, 

 ii. 357 ; in the lower vertebrata, 

 insects, and myriapoda, ii. 358. 



Re-growth of amputated joints, ii. 

 357. 



Regnier, early cultivation of the cab- 

 bage by the Celts, i. 342 ; selection 

 practised by the Celts, ii. 187. 



Reindeer, individuals recognised by 

 the Laplanders, ii. 238. 



Reissek, experiments in crossing Cytisus 

 pnrpureus and laburnum, i. 416 ; mo- 

 dification of a Tuesium by CEcidium, 

 ii. 274. 



Relations, characters of, reproduced 

 in children, ii. 7. 



Rengger, occurrence of jaguars with 

 crooked legs in Paraguay, i. 17 ; 

 nahed dogs of Paraguay, i. 24, 32, ii. 

 70, 80 ; feral dogs of La Plata, i. 28 ; 

 on the aguara, i. 27 ; cats of Para- 

 guay, i. 48, ii. 63, 133; dogs of Para- 



guay, ii. 64; feral pigs of Buenos 

 Ayres, i. 80 ; on the refusal of wild 

 animals to breed in captivity, ii. 132 ; 

 on Dicuti^les labiatus, ii. 133 ; sterility 

 of plantigrade carnivora in captivity, 

 ii. 134; on Cavia aperea, ibid.; 

 sterility of Cebus azarce in captivity, 

 ii. 136 ; abortions produced by wild 

 animals in captivity, ii. 142. 



Reproduction, sexual and asexual, 

 contrasted, ii. 351 ; unity of forms 

 of, ii. 378; antagonism of, to growth, 

 ii. 379. 



Reseda odorata, self-sterility of, ii. 118, 

 223. 



Retinitis, pigmentary, in deaf-mutes, 

 ii. 322. 



Reuteu, Herr, potato-grafting, i. 

 422. 



RevePvSION, ii. 1, 2, 368, 369, 390, 393- 

 399 ; in pigeons, ii. 2 ; in cattle, ii. 

 3 ; in sheep, ibid. ; in fowls, ii. 4 ; in 

 the heartsease, ibid. ; in vegetables, 

 ibid. ; in feral animals and plants, ii. 

 5-7 ; to characters derived from a 

 previous cross in man, dogs, pigeons, 

 pigs, and fowls, ii. 7-9 ; in hyi.rids, 

 ii. 9; by bud-propagation in plants, 

 ii. 10-13; by age in fowls, cattle, 

 &c., ii. 12, 13 ; partial, from an in*" 

 jury, ii. 12 ; caused by crossing, ii. 

 13-25; explained by latent charac- 

 ters, ii. 25-31 ; producing monstro- 

 sities, ii. 31 ; producing peloric 

 flowers, ii. 32-34 ; of feral pigs to 

 the wild type, i. 81, 82 ; of supposed 

 feral rabbits to the wild type, i. 108, 

 116, 118; of pigeons, in coloration, 

 when crossed, i. 206-213; in fowls, 

 i. 251-258; in the silkworm, i. 318; 

 in the pansy, i. 393 ; in a pelargo- 

 nium, i. 403; in Chrysanthemums, 

 i. 404; of varieties of the China rose 

 in St. Domingo, i. 406 ; by buds in 

 pinks and carnations, i. 407 ; of la- 

 ciniated varieties of trees to the 

 normal form, i. 408; in variegated 

 leaves of plants, i. 409; in tulips, i. 

 412; of suckers of the seedless bar- 

 berry to the common form, i. 410 ; 

 by buds in hybrids of Tropceolum, i. 

 425 ; in plants, i. 442 ; of crossed 

 peloric snapdragons, ii. 46 ; analogous 

 variations due to, ii, 340-B44. 



