460 



INDEX. 



F1NGUICILA. 



Pinguicula vulgaris, structure of 



leaves and roots, 368 

 , number of insects caught by, 



369 



, power of movement, 371 



, secretion and- absorption by, 



381 



, digestion by, 381 



, cftects of secretion on Jiving 



seeds, 390 

 Platinum chloride, action on Dro- 



sera, 186 

 Poison of cobra and adder, their 



action on Drosera, 206 

 Pollen, its digestion by Drosera, 



117 



Polypompholyx, structure of, 445 

 Potassium, salts of, inducing ag- 



gn gation in Drosera, 50 

 , , action on Urosera, 179 



- phosphate, not decomposed by 

 Drosera, 180, 187 



Price, Mr. John, on Utricularia, 

 429 



Primula sinensis, glandular hairs 

 of, 348 



-, number of glandular hairs of, 



355 



Protoplasm, aggregation of, in Dro- 

 sera, 38 



, , in Drosera, caused by 



small doses of carbonate of am- 

 monia, 145 



, , in Drosera, a reflex 



action, 242 



- aggregated, re-dissolution of, 

 53 



, aggregation of, in various 



species of Drosera, 278 



, in Dionsea, 290, 300 

 -, in Drosophyllum, 337, 



339 



-, in Pinguicula, 370, 389 

 -, in Utricularia, 411, 415, 



429 430 436 



Quinine, salts of, action on Drosera, 

 201 



8AX1FKAQA. 

 . 



Rain-water, amount of ammonia in, 

 172 



Ealfs, Mr , on Pinguicula, 390 

 Ransom. Dr., action of poisons on 



the yolk of eggs, 225 

 Re-expansion of headless tentacles 



of Drosera, 229 

 of tentacles of Drosera, 260 



- of Dionsea, 318 

 Roots of Drosera, 18 



- of Drosera, process of aggrega- 

 tion in, 63 



of Drosera, absorb carbonate of 



ammonia, 141 



of Diousea, 286 



of Drosophyllum, 332 



of Pinguicula, 369 



Roridula, 342 



Rubidium chloride, action on Dro- 

 sera, 181 



S. 



Sachs, Prof., effects of heat on pro- 

 toplasm, 66, 70 



, on the dissolution of proteid 

 compounds in the tissues of 

 plants, 362 



Saliva, action on Drosera, 80 



Salts and acids, various, effects of, 

 on subsequent action of ammonia, 

 214 



Sanderson, Burdon, on coagulation 

 of albumen from heat. 74 



, on acids replacing hydro- 

 chloric in digestion, 89 

 -, on the digestion of fibrous 



basis of bone, 108 



, of gluten, 118 



, of globulin, 120 



, - - of chlorophyll, 126 

 , on different effect of so Hum 



and potassium on animals, 187 

 , on electric currents in Diomca. 



318 

 Saxifraga umbrosa, glandular hairs 



of, 345 



