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Melandrium, 201, 229 



Melastoma, 30, 226 



Melilotus, 43, 44, 142 



Melocanna, 257 



Mercurialis, 2 



Mesocotyl, 290 



Mesogamy, 186 



Metaxenia, 259 



Mezzettia, 56 



Microcycas, 411 



Micropyle, 58, 183, 184, 187, 188, 202 



Microsporangium, 28 



Microspore, division of, 154 



formation of, 45 



resting period of, 154 

 Microspore mother cell, 37 

 Microspore tetrad, 10, 45-48 

 Microsporogenesis, simultaneous, 42, 44 



successive, 43, 45 

 Middle layers in anthers, 31, 32 

 Migration of nucellar nuclei into embryo 



sac, 91 

 Milla, 380 

 Mimusops, 188 

 Mirabilis, 394 

 Mitella, 208, 248, 249 

 Modifications of suspensor, 290 

 Monochoria, 159, 249, 251 

 Monocotyledonous embryo, 286, 428 

 Monosiphonous pollen grains, 181 

 Monosporic embryo sacs, 87 

 Monotropa, 8, 16, 17, 191, 195, 202, 205 

 Moringa, 35, 39, 58, 271 

 Morphological nature, of embryo sac, 412 



of endosperm, 19, 424 

 Mosaic endosperm, 259 

 Mulberry, 2 



Multiple embryo sacs, 89-91, 347, 350 

 Multiple embryos, 205, 348 

 Multiple fusions and polyspermy, 202 

 Multiple seedlings, 350, 352 

 Musa, 30, 46, 75, 91, 169, 222, 225, 492 

 Muscari, 165, 247, 248, 287, 288 

 Myosotis, 281, 282, 302 

 Myosurus, 169, 211 

 Myricaria, 118, 156, 200, 207 

 Mijriocarpa, 186, 187 

 Myriophyllum, 134, 295, 296 

 Myzodendron, 64 



N 



Naias, 39 

 Naked ovule, 63 

 Narcissus, 13, 161, 167 

 Narthecium, 248 

 Necrohormone, 174, 394 

 Nelumbo, 188 

 Nemec-phenomenon, 172 

 Nemesia, 193 

 Nemophila, 165, 237, 238 

 Neottia, 46 

 Nerine, 58 

 Nicolaia, 32, 46, 67 



Nicotiana, 3, 42, 92, 164-166, 169, 195, 

 204, 277-280, 317, 318, 345, 389, 401 

 Nigella, 138, 206 

 Nigritella, 335-337 

 Nomocharis, 371 

 Nonrecurrent apomixis, 314 

 Nothoscordum, 15, 54, 132, 368 

 Nucellar beak, 59, 61 

 Nucellar budding, 351 

 Nucellar cap, 67, 68 

 Nucellar tracheids, 68, 69 

 Nucellar embryony, 335, 349 

 Nucellus, 59, 188 



Nuclear divisions in tapetum, 33-35 

 Nuclear fusions in tapetum, 34 

 Nuclear type of endosperm, 221, 222 

 Nymphaea, 344 



O 



Obturator, 60, 185-187 



Ochna, 332 



Oedoqonium, 9 



Oenothera, 34, 40, 96, 97, 132, 169, 203, 



205, 314, 392, 394, 395 

 Oenothera type of embryo sac, 96 

 Oldenlandia, 62, 63 

 Onagraceae, 365 

 Oncidium, 71, 73, 87, 337 

 Ononis, 291, 293 

 Operculum, 67 

 Ophiopogon, 29, 40, 59 

 Opuntia, 54, 56, 57, 337, 362, 363 

 Orange, 398 

 Orchis, 6, 62, 87, 190, 200, 204, 314, 316, 



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