386 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Beech, distribution in Ontario and 



U.S.A., 367 

 Berlin, condensation in soil, 79 

 Bettila lutea, Distribution in North 



America, 368 



growth, 372 



Betiila pubescens, stomatal closure, 1 87 

 Birch, distribution in North America, 



368 



effect of flooding, 371-372 



growth, 372 



moisture changes in leaves, 374 



Blanket bog, 13, 17 



Bodensee, precipitation, 158 



Brachyblasts, 208-212 



Brassica napus, water saturation deficit, 



103, 107 



wilting, 108 



Brassica oleracea, water saturation deficit, 



103, 104, 107 



wilting, 108 



Braunton Burrows, (North Devon), 



sand dune plants, 168-187 



temperature, 177, 179 



British Isles, factors influencing distri- 

 bution of certain species of plants, 



289-311 

 Bryophytes, 225 



Cabbage, osmotic values and yield, 



275, 276 



water saturation deficit, 103, 104, 



107 



wilting, 108 



Cairo, rainfall, 199 



root penetration of desert plants, 



204 

 California, distribution of Sequoia, 367 

 Caltha palustris, dew and photosynthesis, 



54 

 Cambridge, evaporation and dewtall, 



25 



surface energy balance, 22 



Camellia japoiiica, photosynthesis, 367 

 Canary grass, cropping pattern, 359, 



360 

 Carex arenaria, 183 

 transpiration, 183, 186 



Carrots, 253 



radiation and growth, 250 



water use and growth, 251, 252 



Carya illiuoensis, growth and flooding, 



372 

 Cauliflower, 253 



growth and radiation, 250 



water use and growth, 251 



Celtis inississippiensis, growth and flood- 

 ing, 372 

 Ccntaurea aegyptiaca, root penetration, 204 

 Cerastiuni, 244 



Ceratonia siliqua, absorption of dew, 54 

 Chamaephytes, seasonal dimorphism, 

 206-221 



transpiration, 215-218 



Cistus salvijolius, 207 



seasonal body reduction, 215 



— - transpiration, 217, 218 



weight of transpiring body, 



214, 216 

 Climatic diagrams, 3-9 

 Climatic types, 7 

 Coffea arabica, stomatal closure, 185 



transpiration, 122 



Coffee, moisture stress and flowering, 1 7 

 Condensation, 37-46 



in soil, 65-82 



Convolvulus lanatus, root penetration, 204 

 Corn, cropping pattern, 363, 364 

 Cornus sanguinea, 289 



(see also under Thelycrania sanguinea) 

 Coryncphorus canescens, 196 



stomatal closure, 197 



transpiration, 190-191, 193- 



195 



water content, 193-195 



Coshocton, Ohio, dewfall, 42 

 Cotton, 54 



transpiration, 302 



Crimea, large heaps of stones as dew 



collectors 45 

 Crop yield, 326-339 

 Cropping patterns, 356-365 

 Cwm Dyli, potential water deficit 



and surplus, 16 

 Cyanide, effect on permeability coeftici- 



ents of tomato roots, 96-98 



