CONTENTS. 



Carnivorous Plauts which exliibit Move- 

 ments in the capture of Prey, - - 140 



Carnivorous Plants with Adhesive A)i]3a- 



ratus, - - - - - - - 153 



4. Absorption of Nutriment by 

 Parasitic Plants. 



Classification of Parasites, - - . - 159 

 Bacteria: Fungi, . . . - - 161 



Climbing Parasites; Green-leaved Parasites: 



Toothwort, ------ 171 



Broom-rapes, Balauophore.ie, RafflesiaceBe, - 183 

 Mistletoes and Loranthuses, - - - 204 

 Grafting and Budding, . - . - 213 



5. Absorption op Water. 



Importance of Water to the Life of a Plant, 2 1 (i 

 Absorption of Water by Lichens and Mosses, 

 and by Epijihytes furnished with Aerial 

 Roots, 217 



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 Absorption of liaiu and Dew by the Foliage- 

 leaves, ------- 225 



Development of Absorption-cells in Special 



Cavities and Grooves in the Leaves, - 230 



6. Symbiosis. 



Lichens, 243 



Symbiosis of Green-leaved Phanerogams 

 with Fungal Mycelia destitute of Chloro- 

 phyll : Monotropa, . - - . 249 

 Animals and Plants considered as a great 



Symbiotic Communit}', - - - 254 



7. Changes in the Soil incident to 

 THE Nutrition of Plants. 



Solution, Displacement, and Accumulation 

 of particular Mineral Constituents of 

 the Soil resulting from the Action of 

 Plants, --..-. 257 



Mechanical Changes effected in the ground 



by Plants, 265 



CONDUCTION OF FOOD. 



1. Mechanics of the Movement of 

 the Raw Food-sap. 



Capillarity and Root-pressure, _ - - 269 

 Transpiration, ------ 273 



2. Regulation of Transpiration. 



Means of accelerating Transpiration, - - 284 

 Maintenance of a Free Passage for Aqueous 



Vapour, ------ 290 



3. Prevention of Excessive Transpiration. 



Protective Arrangements on the Epidermis, 307 

 Form and Position of the Transpiring 



Leaves and Branches - - - - 325 



4. Transpiration during various Seasons 

 OF the Year: Transpiration op Lianes. 



Old and Young Leaves, - . - - 347 

 Fall of the Leaf, ------ 355 



Connection between the Structure of the 



Vascular Tissues and Transpiration, - 362 



5. Conduction of Food-gases to the 

 Places of Consumption. 



Transmission of the Food-gases in Land and 

 Water Plants and in Lithophytes: Sig- 

 nificance of Aqueous Tissue in the con- 

 duction of Food-gases, - - - - 367 



FORMATION OF ORGANIC MATTER FROM THE ABSORBED 

 INORGANIC FOOD. 



1. Chlorophyll and Chlorophyll- 

 granules. 



Chlorophyll-granules and the Sun's Rays, - 371 

 Chloro|)hyll-granules aud the Green Tissue 

 under the Lifluence of various degrees 



of Illumination, 



379 



2. The Green Le.wes. 



Distribution of the Green Leaves on the Stem, 396 

 Relation between Position and Form of 



Green Leaves, ----- 408 

 Arrangements for retaining the Position 



assumed, ------ 424 



Protective Arrangements of Green Leaves 



asxainst the Attacks of Animals. - - 430 



