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INDEX. 



Falconer, Dr., on bones of fossil 

 Tortoise, 764. 



Fallacies of Microscopists, 164 — 

 170. 



Farrants's Medium, 222. 



Farre, Dr. A., his researches on 

 Bowerbankia, 580. 



Fat-cells, 721, 722 ; capillaries of, 

 745. 



Feathers, structure of, 704, 707, 

 708. 



Feet of Insects, 680—682; of Spiders, 

 687, 688. 



Fermentation, influence of vegeta- 

 tion on, 353. 



Ferns, 376—383 ; fructification of, 

 376 -378 ; spores of, 379, 380 ; 

 prothallium of, 380 ; antheridia 

 of, 380 ; archegonia of, 380—382 ; 

 generation and development of, 

 382. 



Fertilization of ovule, in Flower- 

 ing-plants, 429, 430. 



Fibre-cells of anthers, 427 ; of seeds, 

 397, 398. 



Fibres, Muscular, 726—729. 



Nervous, 729—732. 



Spiral, of Plants, 397, 398, 



402, 403. 



Fibrillse of Muscle, structure of, 



727. 

 Fibro-Cartilage, 724. 

 Fibro- Vascular Tissue, 401, 415. 

 Fibrous Tissues of Animals, 714 — 



717 ; formation of, 692. 

 Field's Educational Microscope, 58, 



59. 



Simple Microscope, 50, 51. 



Filiferous capsules of Zoophytes, 



553, 554. 

 Finders, 104—106. 

 Fine Adjustment, 43 ; uses of, 148, 



149. 

 Fin-feet of Branchiopoda, 639, 642. 

 Fishes, bone of, 693—696 ; teeth 



of, 697—700 ; scales of, 700—702 ; 



blood of, 709—711; circulation 



in, 736 ; gills of, 746, 747. 

 Fishing-tubes, 135. 

 Flatness of field of Object-glasses, 



173, 174. 

 Flint, organic structure in, 758; 



examination of, 759. 

 Flint-Glass, dispersive power of, 13. 

 Floridece, 348—350. 

 Floscularians, 477, 478. 

 Flowers, small, as Microscopic ob- 

 jects, 425 ; structure of parts of, 



425 431. 

 Fluid, mounting objects in, 223 — 



225 ; 231-234. 



Fluke, 625. 



Fiustra, 577—581. 



Fly, number of objects furnished 

 by, 652 ; circulation in, 672 ; 

 tongue of, 668 ; spiracle of, 675 ; 

 wing of, 678 ; foot of, 680, 681. 



Focal Adjustment, 146 ; precautions 

 in making, 147; errors arising 

 from imperfection of, 148, 149 

 166, 167. 



Focal Depth of Objectives, 171 

 172 ; increase of with Binocular 

 40. 



Focke, on Closterium, 265 ; on 

 Diatomacese, 289. 



Follicles of Glands, 724, 725. 



Foot of Fly, 680 ; of Dytiscus, 681, 

 682 ; of Spider, 687, 688. 



Foraminifera, 482 — 523 ; their re- 

 lation to Rhizopods, 438 ; to 

 Sponges, 501 ; their general 

 structure, 482 — 489 ; principal 

 types of, 489— 521 ; collection 

 and mounting of, 521 — 523 ; fossil 

 deposits of, 489, 491, 492, 498, 

 505, 507 note, 510, 517—521, 755— 

 757 ; mode of making sections of, 

 192 note. 



Forbes, Mr. D., on structure of 

 Rocks, 765—767. 



Forceps, 136 ; stage, 127 ; slider 

 214. 



Forficulidce, wings of, 678. 



Formed Material, 691—693. 



Fossil Bone, 764. 



Diatomacese, 311—314, 755. 



Foraminifera, 489, 491, 492, 



498, 505, 507 note, 510, 517—521, 

 755—757. 



Polycystina, 524—526. 



— Sponges, 758. 

 Teeth, 762, 763. 

 Wood, 751, 752. 



Fotol, lung of, 748. 



Fragillariece, 293. 



Frog, blood of, 710, 711 ; pigment- 

 cells of, 719, 720 ; circulation in 

 web of, 733—735; in tongue of, 

 735 ; in lung of, 739 ; structure 

 of lung of, 747, 748. 



Fructification, of Fuci, 345—348; 

 of Floridese, 349, 350 ; of Lichens, 

 351, 352 ; of Fungi, 365 ; of Mar- 

 chantia, 368, 369 ; of Mosses, 371 

 —375; of Ferns, 376—379; of 

 Equisetacese, 383. 



Frustules, of Diatomacese, 275, 276. 



Fucacece, 345 ; sex ual apparatus of, 

 345—348 ; development of, 348. 



Fungi, simplest forms of, 352, 353 ; 

 in bodies of living Animals, 353 



