INDEX 
585 
All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. . 
Curly maple, 263 
Currant, 88, 94, 121, 125 
Cyamophycee, Blue Algze 
Cycad, 558; Japanese, 555 
Cycadacee, Cycad Family 
Cycadales, Cycad Order 
Cycad Family: 397; 
eycad, 555 
Cycad Order, 397 
Cycads, 554; evolution of, 558 
Cycas revoluta, Japanese Cycad 
Cycles of life, 470 
Cydonia vulgaris, Quince 
Cyme, 344 
Cymose inflorescence, 343, 344, 
345, 352 
Cyperacee, Sedge Family 
Cypripedium hirsutum, 
Ladies’ Slipper 
parviflorum, Yellow Ladies’ Slip- 
Japanese 
Showy 
per 
Cytoplasm, 473 
Daily ration, 117, 118 
Dandelions, 442, 443 
Daphne, 205, 209 
Daphne Mezereum, Daphne 
Darwin, Charles, 446 
Darwinism, 446, 453, 456, 457; 
objections to, 452 
Date, 88, 100, 101, 114, 121, 124, 
388, 422, 423 
Date-palm, 274 
Datura Stramonium, Jimson-weed 
Daucus Carota, Carrot 
Dead substances, 570 
Death, 572 
Death-cup, 214, 215 
De Candolle, Augustin Pyrame, 
316 
Decay, 494, 504 
Decompound leaves, 339, 352 
Decoration, 223 
Definite variations, 448 
Degeneration, 468, 512; in ferns, 
535 
Dehiscence of anthers, 354; by 
longitudinal slits, 355; by pores, 
_ 379; by uplifted valves, 360 
Dehiscence of fruits, 351; dorsal, 
359; loculicidal, 368; margin- 
icidally septifragal, 382; pori- 
cidal, 362; septicidal, 379; septi- 
fragal, 382; ventral, 351 
Dentists’ absorbent, 239 
Departments of botany, 8 
Description, early attempts, 312; 
Linnzan ideal, 314; in ‘“ordi- 
es English,”’ 312; technical, 
Desert plants, 454 
Desmidiacee, Desmid Family 
Desmid Family: grape desmid, 477 
Desmids, 476 
Determinate inflorescence, 343, 352 
Devil’s Aprons, 485 
Diadelphous stamens, 366 
Diastase, 32 
Dicots, 397 
Dicotyledonous embryo, 386 
Dicotyl Subclass, 397 
Dietary standards, 117 
Diet, mixed, 118; well-balanced, 
118 
Difference between animals and 
plants, 573 
Digitalis purpurea, Foxglove 
Dicecious inflorescence, 360 
Dippers, 276 
Diseases due to fungi, 504 
Disk, 61 
Dispersal of seeds, 560; of spores, 
511, 532 
Dissemination, 560; organs of, 322 
Distillation, 128 
Distilled beverages, 159 
Distinct floral organs, 350, 354 
Ditch Crowfoot, 216, 328-356 
Divided leaves, 339 
Diving-dresses, 284 
Division, 8 
Division of labor, 321 
Divisions of vegetable kingdom, 
394, 396 
Dogbane Family, 401; oleander, 
206, 207 
Dogwood Family, 400 
Domesticated varieties, 430 
Domestication, 446 
Domestic utensils, 243 
Door-mats, 235 
Dorsal dehiscence of pericarp, 359; 
placenta, 346 
Double flowers, 347 
