INDEX. 



457 



DAIiWlN. 



D. 



Darwin, Francis, on the effect, of an 

 induced galvanic current on Dro- 

 sera, 37 



, on the digestion of grains of 

 chlorophyll, 126 



, on Utricnlaria, 442 



Delpino, on Aldrovanda, 321 



, on Utricularia, 395 



Dentine, its digestion by Drosera, 

 106 



Digestion of various substances by 

 Dionsea, 301 



by Drosera, 85 



by Drosophyllum, 339 



by Pinguicula, 381 



, origin of power of, 361 



Digit-aline, action on Drosera, 203 



Dionfea muscipula, small size of 

 roots, 286 



, structure of leaves, 287 



, sensitiveness of filaments, 



289 



, absorption by, 295 



, secretion by, 295 



, digestion by, 301 



, effects on, of chloroform, 304 

 -, manner of capturing insects, 



305 



-, transmission of motor impulse, 



313 



-, re-expansion of lobes, 318 



Direction of inflected tentacles of 



Drosera, 243 

 Dohni, Dr., on rhizocephalous crus- 



taceans, 357 

 Danders, Prof., small amount of 



atropine affecting the iris of the 



dog, 172 



Dragonfly caught by Drosera, 2 

 Drusera anglica, 278 



- biuata, vel dichotoma, 281 



- capensis, 279 

 - filiformis, 281 



- heterophylla, 284 

 intermedia, 2 



, 

 Drosera rotundifolia, structure of 



leaves, 4 

 , effects on, of nitrogenous 



fluids, 76 



FIBROUS. 



Drosera rotundifolia, effects of heat 



on, 66 



, its power of digestion, 8"> 



, backs of leaves not sensitive, 



231 

 , transmission of motor impulse, 



234 



, general summary, 262 



spathulata, 280 



Droseracese, concluding remarks on, 



355 



, their sensitiveness compared 



with that of animals, 366 

 Drosophyllum, structure of leaves, 



333 



1 , secretion by, 334 



, absorption by, 337 

 , digestion by, 339 



E. 



Enamel, its digestion by Drosera, 



106 

 Erica tetralix, glandular hairs of, 



351 

 Ether, effects of, on Drosera, 219 



, , on Dionaea, 304 



Euphorbia, process of aggregation 



in roots of, 63 

 Exosmose from backs of leaves of 



Drosera, 231 



F. 



Fat not digested by Drosera, 126 

 Fayrer, Dr., on the nature of cobra 



poison, 206 

 , on the action of cobra poison 



on animal protoplasm, 208 

 , on cobra poison paralysing 



nerve centres, 224 

 Ferment, nature of, in secretion of 



Drosera, 94, 97 



Fibrin, its digestion by Drosera, 100 

 Fibre-cartilage, its digestion by 



Drosera, 104 

 Fibro-elastic tissue, not digested by 



Drosera, 122 

 Fibrous Da-is of bone, its digestion 



by Drot-era, 108 



