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INDEX. 



(Jommon stinkhorn, 221 

 Compound spores, 7 

 Conidia of fly-mould, 242 

 Conjugation of hyplial bodies, 243 

 Copriniis micaccus, 217 

 Copriiius radiatics, 219 

 Cordyccps sphacocephaia, 232 

 Cordyceps Taylori, 238 

 Crottles, 60 



Cryptogamic vegetation, i 

 Cyathea dealbata, 14 

 Cycle of generations, 153 



Deposits of diatoms, 188 



Development of Pcronospom, 257 



Diatoms, if animal, 171 



Dicranum bryoides, 47 



Dry rot, 202, 206 



Dual lichen hypothesis, 73 



Dung-fly club, 237 



D'Urvillea utilis, 86 



Dust showers, 180 



Dye lichens, 59 



Early records of red rain, 296 

 Edible fern, 25 



lichens, 64 



Elaters of horsetails, 53 



of liverworts, 52 



Efjipiisa 7imsccT, 239 

 Endocarpoii viiniatiun, 72 

 EttiomophihorecE, 240 



Fall of manna, 66 

 Ferns and allies, 9 

 Fern seed, 28 

 Fly epidemics, 244 



moulds, 239 



Fossil diatoms, 185 

 Fungi defined, 197 



Germination of Puccinia, 249 

 Germs and disease, 287 

 Gigantic sea-weeds, 82 

 Ginger-beer plant, 298 

 Glas-lough, or green lake, 133 

 Gory dew, 155 

 Green Vol vox, 127 

 Growth of androspore, 92 

 Gulf-weed, 87 

 Gyrophora, species, 71 



Hcpatkce, or liverworts, 50 

 Heterocysts and hormogones, IG2 

 Heteroecism, 251 

 Hibernating mycelium, 262 



teleutospores, 270 



Plibcrnation in fungi, 261 

 Bimantidium papilla, 180 

 Hydrodictyon, 122 

 Hyphal bodies, 241 



Insect parasites, 234 

 Jungle fever, 288 



Lake jNIorat in flower, 119 

 Lecaiiora affinis, 70 



esailcnta, 65 



iartarea, 60 



LciitiiiHS cyathits, 273 

 Lessonia, species, 85 

 Lichen distribution, 58 



gonidia, 75 



manna, 65 



 starch, 65 



Lichens, 55 



and fungi compared, 76 



perennial, 56 



Lismore red snow, 148 

 Liverworts, or Hepatiaz, 50 

 Luminous agarics, 208 



moss, 48 



wood, 275 



Lycopodiitm clavatum, 38 

 selago, 37 



Macrocystis pyrifera, 82 



Malarial fevers, 170 



Marsh fever, or malaria, 2S8 



Llarsilea Druiuniondi, 34 



Meteoric paper, 177 



Microbe of cholera, 289 



Microbes, 285 



Micrococcus prodigiosics, 291 



Midsummer night and ferns, 30 



Moor balls, 97 



Moss capsule and peristome, 41 



Movements of Oscillaria, 136 



Mucor ferment, 299 



Mungo Park's moss, 45 



Myxo?)iyceies, 278 



