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INDEX. 



Aciil, carlwnic. excretion by hyphre of Lichen, 

 action on calcium carbonat«, i. 257. 



— citric, i. 135, 4*}3. 



— formic, i. 135. 441. 463; ii. 233. 



— gallic, from tannin, i. 507. 



— humic. produced by decay, i. 101. 



— in Dionaea digestive eecrt- tion. i. 150. 



— in secretion of Drosera glands, i. 144. 



of Dro80i)byllum glands, i. 154. 



of Pinguicula glantis, i. 142. 



— lactic, from milk. i. 506. 



— malic, i. 135, 463. 



— nitric, i. 04. 83. 2Ö3, 458. 



— nitrous, i. 263. 



— oünanthic, ii. 202. 



— oxaUc. i. 67, 458, 463. 



— Pelargonie, ii. 202. 



— phosphoric, ferment action, I. 465. 



— prussic. i. 462. 



— silicic, occurrence in plants, 1. 67, 261. 

 in Diatom frustules though no trace in 



aqueoiLS habitat, i. 70. 



— sulphuric, reduction, i. 458. 



— valerianic, ii. 202. 



Acids, fatty, nature of, i. 463. 



— humous, and preservation of fossil plants, 



i. 262 ; ii. 612. 



— organic, function, i. 463. 



— volatile fatty, i. 263. 



— water incorporated in, i. 216. 

 Aconitum, and field-mice, i. 763. 



— and humble-bees, ii. 239. 



— cross- fertilization, ii. 304. 



— downward pull of roots. L 767. 



— follicles, ii. 430. 



— hybrids in, ii. 584. 



— insects and pollen, ii. 245. 



— leaf-buds, emergence from soil, i. 639. 



— nectaries, ii, 179. 



— odourless, i. 431. 



— pollen-sacs, ii. 89. 



— protandrous, ii. 311. 



— protection of pollen from wet, ii. 110. 



— trabecule in green cells, i. 374. 

 Aconitum Napellus, i. 450. 



colour of sepals, ii. 183. 



germination, t. 622. 



stamen, ii. 87. 



Aconitum paniculatum. temperature within 

 flower, i. 501. 



Aconitum variegatum, re-erection of inflo- 

 rescence, i. 744. 



Aconitum Vulparia, buds, emergence from 

 soil, i. 639. 



Acorus Calamus, absorptive cells of, i 91. 



fertility, dependence on insects, ii. 402. 



native place, ii. 402. 



rhizome, ii. 745. 



Acotyledones, of de Juasieu, ii. 602. 



Acramphibrya, of Endlicher, ii. 604. 



Acrocarpous, applied to Mosses, ii. 703. 



Acrocomia sclerocarpa, and Clusia alba, i. 

 680. 



Acrodrnmous venation, i. 632, 633. 



Acrosticheaj, sporangia, ii. 706. 



Acrostichura, distribution of sporangia, it 

 706. 



Acrostichum sphenopbyllum, venation, i. 635. 



Aetata, coloured stamen -älaments, ii. 183. 



Act^ea spicata, filament of stamen, ii. 88. 



protogynous. ii. 310. 



stamen, ii. 87- 



Actinomorphic symmetry, ii 229. 



Aculei, i. 433. 439. 



Adam, and reputed graft-hybrid of Cytisus, 

 ii. 570. 



Adansonia, flower, monadelphia, it 292. 



— hermaphrodite, ii. 296. 

 Adansonia digitata, age, i. 720. 



dimensinns, i. 722. 



Adaptation in plants, i. 567. 



— to light intensity, i. 394. 

 Adaptations, theory of, ii. 596. 



Adaptive mechanisms subserve several pur- 

 poses, ii. 128. 

 Adder's Tongue. SaeOphioglossumvitlgatum. 

 Adenium Hongdel, seed dispersal, ii. 857. 



Adenncari'us decorticans. &c., fruit protec- 

 tion, ii. 447. 



Adenostyles, autogamy, ii. 363. 



Adenostytes alpiua, re-erection of inflo- 

 rescence, ii, 744. 



Adenostyles Cacalise, offshoot formation, ii. 

 4M. 



Adherent fruits, ii. 867. 



AiUiesion, i. 58. 



Adhesive disc, of tendril, i. 699. 



Adiantum, cilia of spermatozoid, i. 29. 



Adiantum arcuatum, venation, i. 635. 



Adiantum Capillus-veneris, indusium, ii. 706. 



AdinidjB, group of Dinoflagellata, ii. 625. 



Adonis, foliage and light, i. 412. 



— nectarless, ii. 1G7. 



— j)rotogynous, ii. 311. 



Adonis a-stivalis, colour-contrast in flower, 



ii. 189. 



effect of dry soil, ii. 500. 



persistent cotyledons, i. 622. 



scentless, ii. 209. 



Adonis flammea. colour-contrast in flowers, 



Ü. 189. 



effect of dry soil, ii. 500. 



scentless, ii. 209. 



Adonis vemalis, autogamy, ti. 381, 382. 



protection of pollen, ii. 120. 



protogynous, ii. 310. 



Adoxa, dehiscence of pollen-sacs, ii. 92. 



— honey, ii. 173. 



— pollen-sacs, ii. 89. 



Adoxa Moschatellina, autogamy, ii. 335. 



scale-leaves of epicotyl, i. 624. 



Bubei of plumule, i. 651. 



Adventitious bud, development, ii, 26. 



— buds of Mistletoe, i. 209. 



— root. i. 751. 



— shoot of Loranlhus Europfeus. i. 213. 

 ..^-^chmea, honey-concealment, ii. 180. 



— protective water receptacles, ii. 234. 

 .iEchmea paniculata, ii. 733. 

 ^cidiomycetes, ii. 606. 



^cidium fruit, ii. 686. 



— of rust-fungus, ii, 522. 



— stage of Gymnoaporangium, ii. 522. 

 jEcidium berberidis, ii. 686. 



./Ecidium elatinum causing Witches" Broom 



on Abies pectinata, ii. 526. 

 ..ä^cidium Magelhainicum and Berberis vul- 

 garis, ii. 527. 

 .iEgUops ovata and Triticum sativum, hybrid 



of, ii, 583. 



creeping fruits, ii. 843. 844. 



.^gilops ventricosa, creeping fruits, ii. 843, 



844. 

 .iEgopodium. how protected, i. 451. 

 .iEgopodium Podagraria, farmers' enemy, ii. 



798. 

 Aerial roots, i. 752. 



buds on, ii. 28. 



of Aroidejy, ii. 745. 



of Orchideie, i. 221. 



Aerides, sugar crystals in honey, i. 172. 

 ^schynanthus speciosus, plumed seeds, ii. 



858. 

 .^schynomene glabrata, seed-dispereal, ii. 



853. 

 .lEschyoomene Indica, and rain, i. 537. 



sensitiveness, i. 535. 



jEsculin» of Braun, ii. 605 

 .iEsculus and Nectria, ii. 678. 



— arrangement of foliage-leaves, i. 92. 



— cotyledons, i. 608. 



— curvature of branches, i. 416. 



— deciduous bud-scales, i. 626. 



— flowers, sexual conditions, ii. 295, 2%. 



— roots, i. 753. 



— stamens as insect platform, ii. 225. 

 .(Esculus discolor, &c., branching, i. 749. 

 .<£sculus Hippocastanum and gall-mites, ii. 



529. 



deciduous protective woolly hairs, i. 354. 



flower, heptandria, U. 289. 



leaf-fall, i. 361, 560. 



scent, ii. 200. 



separation layers, i. 360. 



JEsculus Hippocastanum, thermal constants, 

 i. 559. 



unfolding leaves, i. 351. 



JEsculus macrostachya, coloured stamen- 

 filaments, ii. 183, 



.^sculufl neglecta, bud-scales, L 626. 



.iKfltivatiou, sorts tif, ii. 210. 



.iEtbionema, colour- contrast in inflorescence, 

 ii. 192. 



.^.thusa, protogynous, ii. 311. 



^tlutsa Cynapium, autogamy, ii. 342, 344. 



.^''Ihusa segetalis, autogamy, Ii. 344. 



Affinity, chemical, i. 58. 



— selective, extreme cases of, i. 71. 

 Africa, poverty in Balanophorese, i- 196. 

 Agardh, ii. 603. 



Agaricineie, Brazilian, liuninosity, i. 502. 



— edible forms, ii. 689. 



— structure and characteristics, ii. 689. 

 Agaricus, basidial layer, ii. 684. 



— latex, i. 470. 



— spore-formation, ii. 20. 

 Agaricus campestris, edible, ii. 689. 

 Agaricus Gardneri, &c., luminosity, L 502. 

 Agaricus melleus, sclerotia, ii. 689. 

 Agaricus muscarius, PI. XIV., i\. 689. 



— — appearance, ii. 491. 



— — respiratory heat, i. 498. 

 Agaricus vellereus, raising power, i. 514. 

 Agarum Graelini, ii. 662. 



Agate, construction through plants. I. 261. 

 Agathis. ii. 721. 

 Agave, ii. 734. 



— contractile layers of anther, ii, 94. 



— leaf point, i- 438. 



— Mexican uplands, i. 657. 

 Agave Americana, i. 658, 746. 

 flowering, i. 745. 



— — sap extrusion, "pulque". 1. 272. 

 Age of trees, i. 720. 



Aggregate fruits, ii. 436. 



Aggregation in cell-contents of Drosera leaf. 



i. 148. 

 Agrimonia. anther, ii. 90. 



— fruit, ii. 343, 434. 



Agrimonia Eupatoria, autogamy, ii. 343. 344 



duration of flowering, ii. 213. 



flower, ii. 779. 



— — flower, dodecandria. ii. 293. 



hermaphrodite, ii. 296. 



persistent receptacle, ii- 435. 



Agrimonia odorata, hooked fruit, ii. 873 

 Agropyrura, pollination, ii. 142. 

 Agropyrum repens, boring runners, i. 516 

 Agrostemma Gitbago. i. 491. 



absorbent cells, i. 600. 



autogamy, ii. 336. 



cotyledons, i. 610. 622. 



course of pollen-tubes, ii. 410. 



effect of dry soil, ii. STH). 



elevation and coloration, ii. 511. 



gemiinating seed, i. 599. 



light and growth, ii. 508. 



movements of cotyledons, i, 532. 



pollen-grain, ii. 100. 



seed fixation, i. 616. 



Agrostis, pollination, ii. 142. 



Agrostis alpina, habitat, i. 112. 



Agrostis stolonifera, kc, adaptability, ii. 513 



habit and habitat, ii. 502. 



Agrotis and Habenaria bifoha, ii. 256. 

 Ailanthus, flower, ii. 778. 



— scent, ii. 200. 



Ailanthus glandulosa, antbocyanin in buda 

 i. 481 



— .— dimensions, i. 722. 



fruit, ii. 428. 430. 



radical shoots, ii. 27. 



seed-dispersal, ii. 853. 



separation layers, i. 360. 



Air, dust in, i. 79. 



— loss of constituents through plants not 



directly observable, i. 258. 



— moisture of, and size of leaves, i. 287. 

 Aira alpina, bulbils, ii, 454. 



Aira cfespitosa, antbocyanin in glumes, i. 528. 

 pollination, ii. 142. 



