INDEX. 



307 



Embryo of bean, 19, 

 Entoniophilous flowers, 34,67, 68. 

 Eocene period, flora of, 287. 

 Epiphytal Orchids, 20,6 ; plants, 



240. 

 JSqtiisetums, 130. 

 EricacecE, the, 102. 

 Eriophoriwi, 112. 

 Erodiuvi, 193. 

 Erythrhcm centatireinn, 126. 

 Ettonyjfius etiropceiis, ^2, 105. 

 EjiphorbiacecB, 117, 200. 

 Euphrasia officinalis ^ 252 ; pilosa, 



291. 

 Evening Primrose, the, 81. 



Ferns, tannin in, 129 ; leaves of, 

 192. 



Eiais repens, 49. 



Fig, receptacle of, 100, 



Figwort, the, 77, 124. 



Fir, 103. 



Fission and Air-plant, 57. 



Flora, British bird, 103. 



Floral altruism, 168. 



Floral poverty, 210. 



Flowers, nature of, 1 1 ; of Aloe, 

 14; Alpine Gentians, 15; of 

 Nettles, 33 ; of Common Vine, 

 33 ; anemophilous, 34, 72 ; 

 entomophilous, 34 ; ovary of, 

 36 ; blind, 70 ; hermaphrodite, 

 71; dioecious, 72; monoecious, 

 72 ; proterogynous, 77 ; pro- 

 terandrous, 77 ; colours of, 81 ; 

 white, etc., 81 ; double colours 

 in, 82 ; gamopetalous, 81, 83 ; 

 irregular, 85 ; and humming- 

 birds, etc. , 90 ; and fruits of 

 Horse-chestnut, 211. 



Flowering, Herbert Spencer on, 



60 ; of grasses, 74. 

 Food-store of seeds, 180; bulbs, 



183 ; roots, 188. 

 Forbes, Prof., on origin of British 

 flora, 280, 290, 291. 



Forget-me-not, the, 82. 



Fossil funguses, 252. 



Foxglove, the, 124. 



Fraxiitiis excelsior, 71. 



Fruits, Ruskin on, 93 ; and birds, 

 94 ; and men, 95 ; average sizes 

 of, 96 ; hard stones of, 97 ; 

 colours of, 102 ; bird -dissem- 

 inated, 103; nauseous, 104; 

 bloom of, 121 ; acids in, 126. 



Functions of stomata, 27. 



Galium APARiNE, 47, 107. 

 Gamopetalous flowers, 81, 85. 

 Gentianacece, the, 126. 

 Gentians, 77. 

 Gentians, Alpine, 15. 

 Geraniacece, the, 193. 

 Geraniums, 77. 

 Glacial period, the, and plants, 



285 ; flora of, 287, 289, 293, 



294 ; Darwin on, 294. 

 Glumes of Grasses, 132. 

 Goat's-beard, no, 140. 

 Gono^hor es oi Sej'tularia, 12. 

 Goose-grass, the, 47, 107. 

 Gorse leaves, 152. 

 Gorse, seeds of, 109. 

 Gosse, Mr., 122, 221, 233. 

 Gossypitim, 112. 

 Grant Allen, 31, 81, 85, 107, 



120, 134, 154, 199, 211. 

 Grasses, flowering of, 74. 

 Gray, Dr. Asa, 271. 

 Growth of plants, 8, 20. 



N A MM E LIS VIRGINICA, Io8. 



Harpagophytuin, 108. 



Harvey a, 251. 



Hawthorn, the, 84. 



Hazel, 94 ; American Witch, 108. 



Heath, Common, 129. 



Hibbertia, 53. 



Hippomane mancinella, 104. 



Hips, 100. 



Holly leaves, 154. 



