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INDEX. 



Microsomata in Desmidieae, i. 35. 



— of protoplasm, i. 33, 569. 

 Microsporangia, of Azolla, ii. 711. 



— of Hyclropterides, ii. 710. 



— of Isoetes, ii. 717. 



— of Marsilia, ii. 711. 



— of Pilularia, ii. 711. 



— of Pteridophyta, ii. 704. 



— of Rhizocarpefe and SelagineUese, ii. 69. 



— of SelagiueUa, ii. 477. 



— of Selaginella, germination, ii. 715. 

 Microspores of Azolla, ii. 711. 



Midges in Aristolochia Clematitis flower, ii. 



226. 

 Midrib tendril, i. 692. 

 "Milchdieb", German name for Euphrasia, 



i. 179. 

 Mildew, hyphse of, i. 165. 

 Mildews. See Erysiphece. 

 Milfoil. See Achillea. 

 Milium eflfusum, arched leaf, i. 429. 

 Milk, effect of Pinguicula ferment on, i. 143. 



— of Almonds, i. 458. 



— souring, i. 506. 



"Milk-thief", name for Euphrasia, i. 179. 

 MUlet. See Panicum. 



— starch, i. 459. 



Miltonia stellata, fruit, ii. 73. 



Mimosa, pulrini, i. 308. 



Mimosa hispidula, fruit protection, ii. 443. 



Mimosa Lindheimeri, leaf, day and night 



positions, i. 533. 

 Mimosa polycarpa, fruit protection, ii. 443. 

 Mimosa pudica, day and night positions, i. 

 537. 



fruit protection, ii. 443. 



liberation of cotyledons, i. 612. 



Mimosa sensitiva, and rain, i. 537. 

 Jlimosea;, Brazilian, spines, i. 444. 



— leaf movements, i. 338, 339. 



— movements of cotyledons, i. 532. 



— pollen-sacs, ii. 90. 



— position of stomata on leaves, i. 281. 



— sensitiveness, i. 535. 



Mimulus, dehiscence of poUen-sacs, ii. 93. 



— movements of cotyledons, i. 532. 

 Mimulus luteus, closing of stigma, ii. 281. 



flower and pollination, ii. 280. 



Mimulus moscbatus, poUen-grains, ii. 98. 

 Mineral constituents of soil, solution, dis- 

 placement, accumulation of, i. 257. 



— salts, role of, i. 510. 



Mineralization, by Bacteria, simple illustra- 

 tive experiment, i. 265. 

 Minerals, retention by humus, ii. 499. 

 Mirabilis, movements of cotyledons, i. 532. 

 Mirabilis Jalapa, autogamy, ii. 357. 



opening.of flower, ii. 212. 



poUen-grains, ii. 97. 



protogynous, ii. 310. 



stamen, ii. 87. 



Mirabilis longiflora, flower and visitors, ii. 

 225. 



opening and closing, ii. 212. 



poUen-grains, ii. 97. 



Mischococcus, life-cycle, ii. 636. 



Mistletoe, the European. See Viscum album. 



Mnium, phyUotaxis, i. 408. 



Mock Orange. See Philadelphtts. 



Mohl, applies term protoplasm, i. 25. 



Moisture, seed protection against, ii. 447. 



Molecules, arrangement of, i. 567. 



— forces affecting union of, i. 58. 



— groups of atoms, i, 57. 



— of albumen, i. 457. 



— size, i. 571. 



Molinia ccerulea, mechanical tissue arrange- 

 ment, i. 730. 

 Möller, observations on Cora, ii. 695. 

 Molluscs, on Mangrove roots, i. 756. 

 Monandrfe, floral characteristics, ii. 736. 

 Monarda fistulosa, colour and bees, ii. 195. 



seed-dispersal, ii. 841. 



Monkey Flower. See Slinmhis. 

 Monkey-ladder. See C'aulotretiis. 

 Monochlamydeae, ii. 617. 



— description, ii. 748. 



Monochlamydese, of Bent ham and Hooker, 

 ii. 604. 



— of De CandoUe, ii. 603. 

 Monocotyledones, distinctive characters, ii. 



728. 

 Monocotyledones, of de Jussieu, ii. 602. 

 Monocotyledons, of Bentham and Hooker, 



number of orders, ii. 604. 

 MoncEcious plant, type, ii. 298. 

 Monoecious plants and hybridization, ii 315. 



protogj-nous, ii. 313. 



Monoepigyme, of de Jussieu, ii. 602. 

 Monoperigj-nse, of de Jussieu, ii. 602. 

 Monopetala;, floral characteristics, ii. 748. 



— of de Jussieu, ii. 602. 

 Monostroma, thallus, ii. 648. 

 Monotropa, anthocyanin, i. 483. 



— colour and surroundings, ii. 195. 



— embryo, i. 596. 



— embryo-sac, ii. 417. 



— honey protection, ii. 241. 



— life-history, ii. 253. 



— nectaries, ii. 178. 



— pollen-sacs, ii. 89. 

 Monotropacese, ii. 768. 

 Monstera egregia, Brazil, leaf, i. 413. 

 Mousterese, climbing habit, ii. 745. 

 Monstrous flowers, ii. 80. 



Mont Blanc, insolation, i. 525. 



Moutbretia, equitant leaves, i. 336. 



Montia fontana, weather and autogamy, ii. 



391. 

 Moonwort. See Botrychium. 

 Moor-grass, Thin-leaved. See Sesleria tenui- 



folia. 

 Moracese, ii. 758. 

 MorcheUa, asci and ascospores, ii. 19. 



— structiure, i. 589. 

 MorcheUa esculenta, ii. 19, 683. 

 receptacle, ii. 683. 



Morel. See MorcheUa esculenta. 

 Morina, autogamy, ii. 352. 

 Morina Persica, autogamy, ii. 352. 



behaviour of flowers after fertilization, 



ii. 222. 



flower and autogamy, ii. 351. 



poUen-grains, ii. 98. 



poUinated stigma, ii. 351. 



time open, ii. 213. 



Morphine, i. 462. 



Morphology, comparative, aim of, 1. 15. 

 MortiereUese, distinctive characters, ii. 674. 

 Morus, collective fruit, ii. 436. 



— discharge of poUen, ii. 94. 



— fruit, ii. 433. 



— persistent perianth, ii. 750. 



— poUination, ii. 133. 



Morus nigra, normal and sucker leaves, ii. 515. 



notched leaves, i. 413. 



Mosaics, of leaves, i. 410. 

 Moschatel. See Adoxa MoschatelUna. 

 Moss, analogy of protonema with pro-embryo 

 of Chara, ii. 660. 



— germinating spore, ii. 477. 

 Moss Campion. See Silene ncaulis. 

 Moss-capsule, structure, ii. 702. 



Moss cushions, favourable site for germina- 

 tion of seeds, i. 266. 



Moss-leaves, folding of, i. 346. 



Moss-plant, ii. 477. 



Moss-protonema, ii. 701. 



and bud, ii. 477. 



Mosses, absorption of carbonic acid, i. '62, 

 368. 



— absorption of water, mechanism of absorp- 



tion, i. 218. 



— alternation of generations, ii. 477, 479. 



— apical-ceU, i. 579. 



— certain, give rise to a calcareous tufa in 



streams, i. 260. 



— climate and distribution, ii. 457. 



— corrotling action, similar to that of Lichens, 



i. 258. 



— epiphytic, i. 77. 



formerly treated as parasites, i. 156. 



— fastidious, i. 118. 



— fertilization under water, ii. 71. 



Mosses, formation of brood-bodies, ii. 25. 



— forming rings, ii. 794. 



— fossil, occurrence, ii. 704. 



— general description, ii. 699. 



— habitat and greenness, i. 387. 



— hybrids among, ii. 583. 



— in cascades, i. 79. 



— leaf characters, ii. 702. 



— lithophytic early stages, i. 82. 



— not eaten by animals, i. 432. 



— origin of sporophyte, ii. 654. 



— parthenogenesis in, ii. 464. 



— pressure exerted by rhizoids, i. 514. 



— propagation by thaUidia on Elvend Kuh, 



ii. 457. 



— rarely attacked by parasitic Fungi, i. 168. 



— reproductive organs, ii. 701. 



— saprophytic, i. 100, 103. 



— sexual organs, ii. 478. 



— spore-capsules, ii. 703. 



— spore-dispersal, ii. 813, 814. 



— sporogonium, ii. 473. 



— various, ii. 700. 



Moth Mullein. See Verbascum Blattaria. 

 Mother-plant, in hybridization, ii. 557. 

 Moths, night-flying, characteristics of fl()ral 



hosts, ii. 225. 

 Mougeotiacese, characteristics, ii. 658. 

 Moulds, and disease, i. 507. 



— as agents in putrefaction, i. 263. 



— description, ii. 677. 



— fermentative, i. 505, 508. 



— in amber, ii. 614. 



— mode of attack, i. 163. 



Mountain Ash. See Sorbus Aucuparia. 



Mountain Pines, Tyrol, i. 549. 



Mouse-ear Hawkweed. See Sieracium Pilo- 



sella. 

 Movement, in relation to animals and plants, 



i. 21. 



— of Diatoms, ii. 626. 



— of sap, i. 362. 

 Movements, autonomous, ii. 221. 



— of Chlamydomonas, and light, ii. 629. 



— of chlorophyll-granules, i. 380. 



— of cotyledons, i. 520 et seq. 



— of Desmids, ii. 656. 



— of flowers and loss of heat, i. 530. 

 and protection of poUen, ü. 120. 



— of leaves, i. 532. 



— of plants and sunlight, i. 380. 



— of protoplasm and chlorophyU-granules, 



i. 382. 



— of roots, i. 772. 



— of style, ii. 277. 



— periodic, and growth, ii. 220. 



pvizzling nature, ii. 221. 



Mucilage, i. 312. 



— and fertilization, ii. 64. 



— from ceUiüose, i. 458. 



— from Pinguicula glands, i. 141. 



— water retention, i. 329. 

 Mucor, fermentative action, i. 508. 



— self-parasitism, ii. 674. 



Mucor Mucedo, life-history, ii. 673. 



sporangia and fruit-formation, ii. 18. 



Mucor racemosus, respiration and fermenta- 

 tion, i. 509. 



Mucor tenuis, conjugating branches, ii. 673. 



Mucoracese, saprophytic and parasitic, ii. 674. 



Mucorini, asexual and sexual reproduction, 

 ii. 481. 



— fertilization and fruit-formation, ii. 53. 



— parthenogenesis in, ii. 464. 



Mucuna pruriens, fruit-protection and dis- 

 persal, ii. 444. 



Mud, and preseiTation of fossil plants, ii. 612. 



Mulberry. See Morus and Bronssonetia. 



Midgedium, geitonogamy, ii. 319. 



Mullein, Great. See Verbasc^im Thapsus. 



Mullein tea, preparation of, i. 443. 



Müller, Hermann, views on insect fertiliza- 

 tion in Alps, ii. 400. 



Multicellular structures, formation, i. 576. 



Musa, venation, i. 634. 



Musa paradisiaca, ii. 734. 



Musa sapientum, ii. 734. 



