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INDEX 



Staminate strobilus, 446, 447, 447*; 



of Pines, 452, 452*, 453*. 

 Standard, 23, 23*. 

 Starch, as a storage product, 279; 



formation, 255; test for, 256. 

 Starch grains, 256, 256*; structure, 



280, 280*. 



Starch sheath, 147, 192, 193*. 

 Starchy endosperm, 64. 

 Stemonitis, 337*. 



Stems, aerial, 172; branching, 187; 

 characteristic features, 166; 

 classes, 170; climbing, 175; erect, 

 173; functions, 168; growth, 213- 

 221; of Ferns, 427; of herbaceous 

 Dicotyledons, 192-197; of Mono- 

 cotyledons, 187-192; of woody 

 Dicotyledons, 197-203; pros- 

 trate, 173; pruning, 221-225; 

 structure, 192-203; underground, 

 177; use in propagation, 225- 

 232. 



Stigma, 33, 33*. 

 Stink Horn Fungus, 392, 392*. 

 Stinking Smut, 395. 

 Stipe, 386. 

 Stipules, 235, 234*. 

 Stock, 227. 

 Stolons, 361. 

 Stomata, 184; function, 247; location, 



248, 249; structure, 247, 246*. 

 Stoneworts, 329; described, 332-335. 

 Storage tissue, 132. 

 Strap-shaped flowers, 25> 24*. 

 Strawberry fruit, 79, 79*. 

 Strengthening tissue, 129, 128*, 129*, 



130*. 



Strobilus, 437, 439, 441, 447, 452. 

 Stromata, 371, 371*. 

 Structure, of cells, 112-116, 114*, 

 115*; of herbaceous dicotyle- 

 donous stems, 192-197; of leaves, 

 242-252; of monocotyledonous 

 stems, 187-192; of roots, 143- 

 150; of stems, 182-203; of woody 

 stems, 197-203. 



Struggle for existence, 565; described, 

 566. 



Strychnine, 286. 



Style, 34, 33*. 



Suberin, 276. 



Sugar cane, plants, 496, 496*; propa- 

 gation, 226, 228*, 229*. 



Sugar, formation, 253; kinds, 278; 

 transformation into starch, 255. 



Sulphur, as a soil constituent, 158. 



Summer spores of Rust, 397, 397*. 



Sundew, 272. 



Survival of the fittest, 565; described, 

 568. 



Suspensor, 466, 466*. 



Swamp societies, 505. 



Sweet Cherry, 212, 211*. 



Sweethearts, 240*. 



Sweet Potato family, 490. 



Sweet Potato, propagation, 165, 165*. 



Sympetalae, 427; families, 489-495. 



Synangium, 430. 



Systematic Botany, 3. 



Tannin, 287. 



Tap-root, 139, 139*. 

 Taphrina pruni, 376. 



Tassel of Corn, 16*, 17*. 



Tartar ic acid, 287. 



Taxonomy, 3. 



Teleutospores, 397, 398*. 



Temperature, in relation to germina- 

 tion, 89, 90; in relation to growth 

 of stems, 218; in relation to 

 photosynthesis, 260; in relation 

 to transpiration, 263. 



Temporary roots, 103. 



Terminal buds, 206. 



Terminal flowers, 27, 27*. 



Tertiary roots, 150. 



Testa, 55. 



Tetraspore, 329. 



Tetrasporic plant, 328. 



Thalictrum, 467. 



Thallophytes, 292; described, 296- 

 405; Algae, 296-329; Bacteria, 

 341-350; Basidiomycetes, 382- 

 404; Blue-green Algae, 297-301; 

 Brown Algae, 318-324; Flag- 

 ellates, Diatoms, and Stone- 



