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INDEX. 



Bamboo. See Bambusa. 



type of culm, i. 714. 

 Bamboo-forest, ii. 890. 

 Bambusa, habit of growth, ii. 746. 



in Java, i. 713. 



leaf, vertical sections, i. 296. 



peg-shaped projections of cuticle, i. 310. 



protection of stomata from moisture, L 29- 



reserve-buds, ii. 32. 



venation, i. 633. 



Bambusa nigra, mechanical tissue arrange 



ment, i. 731. 

 Banana, germination, i. 604. 



leaves of, structure in relation to transpi 



ration, i. 288. 



sheltering of pollen, ii. 108. 



venation, i. 634. 



Bangia, where thrives best, i. 105. 

 Banisteria, fruit, ii. 428. 



pollen-grains, ii 99. 



Banisteria Sinemariensis, seed-dispersal, ii 



853. 

 Banksia, follicles, ii. 430. 



vertical leaf-blades, i. 336. 



Banksia ericifolia, inflorescence and fruiting 



spike, ii. 751. 



Banksia ericoides, style and stigma, ii. 752. 

 Banksia littoralis, single flower, ii. 751. 

 -- style and stigma, it 752. 

 Banksia serrata, fruiting branch, ii. 429. 

 Banyan-tree. See Ficus Indica. 

 Baobab. See Adansania. 

 Baptisia australis, colour-contrast of flower 



ii. 190. 

 Barbanea vulgaris, and galls of Cecidomyia 



Sisymbrii, ii. 545. 

 Barbed bristles, Opuntia buds, i. 446. 



- fruits, ii. 870. 

 Barbs, i. 439. 



Barbula, absorptive felt, i. 86. 



- folding of leaf, i. 346. 



- phyllotaxis, i. 408. 



transpiring cells, i. 278. 



Barbula abides, absorptive mechanism of 



leaf, i. 218. 

 -- assimilating plates, ii. 702. 



plates of cells, ii. 697. 

 Barbula ambigua, absorptive mechanism of 



leaf, i. 218. 

 Barbula fragilis, propagation from leaves, ii. 



458. 



Barbula rauralis, collection of dust, i. 266. 

 Barbula recurvifolia, parthenogenesis, ii. 464. 

 Barbula rigida, absorptive mechanism of leaf 



i. 218. 



Bardfleld Oxlip. See Primula elatior. 

 Bark, application of term, i. 719. 



as nutrient substratum, i. 106. 



-kind of, affected by Aroids and Orchids, 

 i. 108. 



- protection by, i. 476. 



sorts of, i. 719. 



Barley. See Hordeum vulgare. 

 Barley-corns, germinating, heat of, i. 497. 

 Barriers to seed-dispersal, i. 879. 

 Bartsch, naturalist, &c., i. 139. 

 Bartsia, i. 180. 



- absorbent cells, i. 766. 



capturing apparatus, i. 137 

 -distribution, appearance, habitat, &c., i. 



hibernation, i. 140. 



- nectary, ii. 174. 



- parasitic, i. 176. 



- pollination, ii. 129. 



- sticky stigmas, ii. 282. 



venation, i. 631 



Basella alba, pollen-grains, ii. 99. 

 Basidia, of ^Ecidia, ii. 22. 



of Agaricus, ii. 684. 



of Amanita, ii. 21. 



of Hymenomycetes, ii. 688. 



Basidial layer of Amanita phalloides, ii. 68 

 Basidiolichenes, geographical distributio 



and characters, ii. 695. 

 Basidiomycetes, i. 159 ; ii. 21, 606. 



basidia, ii. 20. 



certain, on Populus, i. 256. 



characteristics, ii. 684. 



- fermentation, i. 505, 508. 



suppression of teleutospore in most, i 



680. 



various, ii. 685. 



Basidiospore, of Hymenomycetes, ii. 688. 

 Basidiosporese, ii. 606. 

 Basidium, nature of, ii. 20. 



of Hemibasidii, ii. 675. 

 Basil. See Ocymum. 



Basins, water-collecting, position, i. 240. 

 Bast, i. 208. 



- hard, function, i. 469. 



in Scoparium, i. 331. 



in switch-plants, i. 426. 



soft, constituents, i. 469. 

 Bastard Palm. See Melittis. 

 Bast-cells, functions, i. 468. 

 Bast-islands, i. 477. 



Bast parenchyma, i. 469. 



Bast-tube, i. 469. 



Bast-vessel, i. 469. 



Batrachium, section of Ranunculus, ii. 505. 



Batrachospermum, epiphytic, i. 161. 



structure, i. 530. 



Bauhin, Historia plantarum, ii. 1. 



Bauhinia, movements of cotyledons, i. 532. 

 Bauhinia anguina, ribbon-shaped stem i 

 734. 



Bauhinia armata, pollen-grain, ii. 100. 



Bauhinia furcata, pollen-grain, ii. 100. 



Bay Laurel. See Laurus nobilis. 

 Bean, French. See Phaseolus vulgaris 



- starch, i. 459. 



Bearberry, evergreen. See Arctostaphylos 



Uva-Ursi. 

 Bedeguar, and Rhodites Rosse, ii. 552. 



- gall of Rose-gall Wasp, ii. 537. 

 Jed-straw. See Galium. 



Bee, colour preference, ii. 195. 



parthenogenesis, ii. 464. 



pollen-collector, ii. 167. 

 Jeech. See Fagus. 



Beech, American. See Fagus ferrugi nea. 

 Beech-gall Gnat. See Hormomyia fagi 

 Jees'-wax, scent, ii. 202. 

 Beetles and indoloid scents, ii. 207. 



sheltering in Compositse, ii 163 

 Jeet-root. See Beta. 



Beggiatoa, movement of, i. 40. 



Beggiatoa alba, reduction of sulphates ii 624 



Beggiatoa roseo-persicina, "peach-mud" ii.' 



H& 



Beggiatoa versatilis, habitat, &c., i 105 

 -Begonia, anthocyanin, i. 520. 



arrangement of stomata, i. 289 



buds on leaves, ii. 41. 



-hybrids, autogamous propagation, ii. 579. 

 - root-forming leaves, i. 772. 



roots from leaf -cutting, i. 88. 



ternary hybridization, ii. 560 

 egonia Dregei, leaf -mosaic i 420 



Begonia fuchsioides, scarlet'flower,' ii 196 

 Begomacese, on trees, i. 106 



saprophytic, 



anthocyanin, i. 522. 



arcUc perennial member of 



geitonogamy, ii. 331. 

 pollen-sprinkling, ii 272 



, ogamy, ii 359 

 - flowers after pollination, ii 286 

 -hermaphrodite and pistillate flowers, ii. 



Jejlidiastrum Michelii, dichogamy ii 312 

 elhs. opening of flowers and growth ii 220 

 protection of pollen, ii. 120 127' ' 

 lis perennis, anthocyanin, i. 523- ii 220 

 Beloperoneinvolucrata, scarlet flowe"ii 196. 



Bent-grass. See Agrostis. 



N orthern. See Elymus mollis. 



Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarum, 



ii. 604. 



Benzoloid scent, ii. 199. 

 Berberidacese, anthocyanin, in adventitious 



buds, i. 484. 



dehiscence of pollen-sacs, ii. 93. 



protogynous, ii. 312. 



Berberis and Puccinia graminis, ii. 686. 



dehiscence of pollen-sacs, ii. 93. 



extirpation by law, ii. 687. 



irritable stamens, ii. 263. 



nectaries, ii. 264. 



phyllotaxis, i. 400. 



protection of pollen, ii. 119. 



radical shoots, ii. 27. 



scent, ii. 200. 



spines, i. 448. 



transference of pollen, ii. 264. 



venation, i. 630. 



weaving stem, i. 672. 



Berberis vulgaris and ^Ecidium Magelhse- 



nicum, ii. 527. 

 berry, ii. 427. 



dates of flowering, i. 519. 



spines, i. 449. 



thermal constants, i. 559. 



Bergamot Orange, reputed hybrid, ii. 569. 

 Bergenia crassifolia, elevation and colora- 

 tion, ii. 511. 

 Berries shrivelling through loss of water i 



216. 

 Berry, nature of, ii. 427. 



of Mistletoe, germination experiment, i. 



205. 

 Beta, germination constant, i. 558. 



grooved leaf-stalk, i. 95. 

 Betel Pepper. See Piper Betle. 

 Betula, amount of pollen, ii. 151. 



avoided by Mistletoe, i. 205. 



chalazogamic fertilization, ii. 412. 



flowering, ii. 150. 



foliage-leaves, i. 92. 



from chalk, ii. 613. 



pollen storing and dispersion, ii 148 



pollination, ii. 133. 



protection of pollen, ii. 119. 



protogynous, ii. 313. 



storage of pollen, ii. 94. 



thin places of pollen-grain, ii. 102 

 Betula alba, i. 721. 



and B. nana, hybrid of, ii. 586 



bark, i. 720. 



catkins, ii. 759. 



mite-galls, ii. 529. 



similarity to young B. verrucosa, ii 514 



Betula alpestris, hybrid, ii. 586. 



Jetula carpatica, mite-galls, ii. 529. 



Jetula nigra, i. 488. 

 Betula papyracea, i. 488. 

 "Betula verrucosa, and Exoascus turgldus, 



difference between young and old 



plants, ii. 514. 



normal and sucker leaves, ii. 515. 



seed-dispersal, ii. 853. 



Betulacese, chalazogamic fertilization in, ii 

 412. 



everages, alcoholic, i. 507. 



hotan Pine. See Pinus excelsa. 



idens bipinnata, hooked fruit, ii. 871. 



idens-cernua, and flooding by rivers, ii. 500. 



iennial plant, nature of, i. 658. 



plants, light and growth, experiments, ii. 

 508. 



of Mediterranean, peculiarity, i. 319. 



ignonia, clinging roots, i. 754. 



seed-dispersal, ii. 852. 



ignonia argyro - violacese, peculiarity of 

 climbing, i. 706. 



-Rio Negro, i. 709. 



ignonia capreolata, tendrils, i. 699. 



gnonia unguis, i. 706. 



ignonia venusta, hooked tendrils, i. 698 



gnoniacese, ii. 771. 



climbing roots, i. 702. 



