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Absorption of Food-salts by Lithophytes, - 79 
Absorption of Food-salts by Land-plants, - 82 
Relations of the Position of Foliage-leaves 
to that of Absorbent Roots, - = - 92 
3. ABSORPTION OF ORGANIC MATTER FROM 
DecAyına PLANTS AND ANIMALS. 
Saprophytes and their Relation to Decaying 
Bodies, - 5 - - - - 99 
Saprophytes in Water, on the Bark of Trees, 
and on Rocks, - - - - - 104 
Saprophytes in the Humus of Woods, 
Meadows, and Moors, - - - - 109 
Special Relations of Saprophytes to their 
Nutrient Substratum, - - - - 113 
Plants with Traps and Pitfalls to ensnare 
Animals, - - - = = - 119 
Carnivorous Plants which exhibit Move- 
ments in the capture of Prey, - - 140 
Carnivorous Plants with Adhesive Appa- 
ratus, - = = = - - - 153 
4. ABSORPTION OF NUTRIMENT BY 
Parasitic PLANTSs. 
Classification of Parasites, - = = - 159 
Bacteria: Fungi, - - - - - 
Climbing Parasites: Green-leaved Parasites: 
m 
Toothwort, - - - - = - 
Broom-rapes, Balanophorex, Rafllesiacex, - 
Mistletoes and Loranthuses, 
Grafting and Budding, - - 
5. ABSORPTION OF WATER. 
Importance of Water to the Life of a Plant, ¢ 
Absorption of Water by Lichens and Mosses, 
and by Epiphytes furnished with Aörial 
Roots, - - - - - - - 
Absorption of Rain and Dew by the Foliage- 
leaves, - - - - - - - 
Development of Absorption-cells in Special 
Cavities and Grooves in the Leaves, - 
6. SyMBIOsIs. 
Lichens, - 
Symbiosis of Green-leaved Phanerogams 
with Fungal Mycelia destitute of Chloro- 
phyll: Monotropa, - = 2 EAS 
Animals and Plants considered as a great 
Symbiotic Community, = 2 aS 
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