INDEX. 



961 



Marchantiacese, description, ii. 697. 

 Marine vegetation, limits, i. 387. 

 Marjoram, seeds and heat, i. 555. 

 Marrubium, distribution of sexes, ii. 298. 



hairiness, i. 317. 



hybrids, ii. 585. 



Marrubium remotum, hybrid, ii. 563, 585. 

 Marrubium vulgare, hooked fruit, ii. 873. 

 Marsh Andromeda. See Andromeda poli- 



folia. 



Marsh Cinquefoil. See Comarum palustre. 

 Marsh Crane's-bill. See Geranium palustre. 

 Marsh gas, i. 453. 



Marsh-plants, adaptation to environment, i. 

 425. 



floating contrivances, i. C38. 



food-absorption, i. 75. 



roots, i. 752. 



Marsilia, leaves and sporocarps, ii. 711. 

 Marsilia quadrifolia, ii. 710. 



leaf-movements, i. 339. 



stomata, i. 339. 



Martagon Lily. See Lilium Martayon. 

 Martynia, closing of stigma, ii. 281. 

 Masdevallia, ii. 738. 

 Mastic Tree. See Pistacia Lentiscus. 

 Mastichonema, filaments, i. 586. 



symbiotic nature and habitat, i. 248. 

 Maternal stock, in hybridization, ii. 557. 

 Mat-grass. See Nardus stricta. 

 Matricaria, geitonogaruy, ii. 322. 

 Matricaria chamomilla, pericarp mucilage, 



i. 615. 



pollination and rachis, i. 740. 



Matter, decaying, in relation to life, i. 104. 



living, hypotheses of formation, ii. 597. 

 Matthiola annua, nectaries, ii. 174. 



possible cause of doubling, ii. 554. 



.scent, ii. 201. 



Matthiola bicornis, fruit protection, ii. 442. 

 Matthiola incana, possible cause of doubling 



ii. 554. 

 Matthiola tricuspidata, fruit protection, ii 



442, 445. 



Matthiola varia, scent, ii. 201. 

 May, " Eismanner ", i. 539. 



fall of temperature in, i. 539. 



May Lily. See Maianthtmum bifolium. 

 Meadow-grass. See Poa. 

 Meadow-rues. See Thalictrum. 

 Meadow-saffron. See Colchicum autumnale 

 Meadows of Central Alps and herbage, i. 451 

 Mechanical cells, nature of, i. 725. 

 Mechanical changes effected by plants in th 



ground, i. 265. 

 Mechanical force, of growing organs, i. 514. 



of roots, ii. 515. 



Mechanical tissue, distribution of, L 729 



730, 731. 

 Mechanism, transition from water absorbin 



to prey absorbing, i. 157. 

 Mechanisms for conveyance, general con 



siderations, i. 467. 



for protection against unwelcome guest 



ii. 232. 



of removal, sorts of, i. 468. 



strengthening, i. 474. 



Medeola asparagoides, extra-axillary buds 



ii. 28. 

 Medicago, explosive flowers, ii. 267. 



hybrid flower colour, ii. 567. 



leaf, diurnal positions, i. 534. 

 Medicago agrestis, hooked fruit, ii. 873. 

 Medicago falcata and M. sativa, colour o 



flowers and hybrid, ii. 567. 

 and M. sativa, hybrid, increased fe 



tility of, ii. 579. 

 Medicago media, hybrid, colour of flowers 



ii. 567. 



hybrid, increase of fertility, ii. 579. 



Medicago radiata, hooked fruit, ii. 873. 

 Medicago scutellata, wind dispersal, ii. 84; 

 Mediterranean flora, species with varnish 

 like coating on leaves, i. 312. 



plants with evergreen rolled leaves, i. 306 



Thistles, i. 438. 

 Medinilla, stamen, ii. 91. 



VOL. II. 



'edlar. See Mespilus Otrmanica. 

 [edulla, i. 469. 

 Medullary rays, i. 468. 



sheath, i. 469. 

 rpirari>:ra ladniat.i. il, ii. 



853. 



[egagauiete, of Chlamydomonas, format i< .11 

 of, ii. 630. 



of Phyllobinm, ii. 638. 

 x-lalciu-a. h.-nnai.lirodiU.-, ii. 296. 



inflorescence, i. 738. 



- silky bark, i. 720. 



unprotected pollen, ii. 107. 



- vertical leaf-blades, i. 336. 

 [elampsora Gceppertiana v 



Vitis-Idosa, ii. 525. 

 ilelampsora populina, on Populus leaves, L 



256. 

 ifelampyrum, parasitic, seedling, i. 176. 



protection of pollen from wet, ii. 110. 

 Melampyrum arvense, colour-contrast in 



flower, ii. 191. 

 ielampyrum cristatum, bract colour, and 



locality, ii. 194. 

 Melampyrum grandiflorum, colour-contrast 



in flower, ii. 191. 

 1 elampyrum nemorosum, colour-contrast in 



flower, ii. 191. 



ifelampyrum pratense, autogamy, ii. 253. 

 ilelampyrum sylvaticum, autogamy, ii. 377. 

 Melanium, tribe of Violaceje, ii. 386. 

 if elanoxylon decipiens, phyllode, i. 335. 

 Melastoma Malabathricum. ii. 783. 

 Melastomacese. explosive flowers, ii. 267. 



pollen-sprinkling in, ii. 271 



soft bast, L 469. 



uniformity of venation, i. 635. 

 Melastomales, ii. 783. 



Melianthus, odour of floral secretion, ii. 171. 



scent, ii. 200. 



storing of honey, ii. 172. 



Sun-birds and pollen, ii. 247. 



waxy coating, ii. 237. 

 Melianthus major, flower, ii. 227. 



flower and Sun-birds, ii. 225. 



Melica, pollination, ii. 142. 

 Melica altissima, arched leaf, i. 429. 

 dichogamy, ii. 312. 



seed-dispersal, ii. 854. 



Melica Balansse, plumed glumes, ii. 858. 



Melic-grass. See Melica. 



Meligethes aeneus, sheltering in Compositaj, 



ii. 163. 

 Melilotus, insects and keel-movements, ii. 



252. 



leaf, diurnal positions, i. 531 

 Meliola, tropical Mildew, ii. 677. 

 Melissa offlcinalis, stamen, ii. 91. 

 Melittis, cotyledons, i. 608. 



variability of floral colour, ii. 569. 

 Melliferous flowers, protection of nectar, U 



128. 

 Melocactus, and Wild Asses, i. 447. 



spines, i. 446. 

 Melon and cold, i. 545. 



seeds and heat, i. 555. 

 Melon-pumpkin. See Cucurbita maxima. 

 Members, protected by spines, i. 433. 

 Membranous bark, i. 720. 



scales, of Ferns, i. 355. 

 Menispennace*. leaf-stalk bundles, i. 649. 



liane-like, i. 670. 



Menispermum Carolinianum, leaf-stalk 

 bundles, i. 649. 



stem, i. 364. 



Mentba, distribution of sexes, it 298. 



hybrids, numerous, ii. 588. 

 Mentha alpigena, forms rings, ii. 793. 

 Mentha sylvestris, spikes and radiation, L 530 

 Menyanthes, autogamy, ii. 396. 



dehiscence of pollen-sacs, ii. 93. 

 Menyanthes trifoliata, creeping stem, i. 662. 

 heterostyly. ii. 302. 



protogynous, ii. 310, 311. 



weather and self- and cross-pollination 



ii. 391. 

 Menziesia, pollen tetrads, Ii. 97. 



errurialis, dioecious, ii. 300. 



. downward ; 



mix ii 403. 



[ericur; : 430. 



limn. liynn.n,,-;<-r. ii. 619. 



I..Tisni..i.-,lU. h.il.iu'. n .-..'I 

 Meristem, diversity of products, L 581 

 nature and activity, i. 582. 

 Mertensia. autogamy, II. 396. 



- beterostyly, ii. 302. 



- protection of pollen, ii. 118. 

 Mertensia maritima, Arctic, absence of 



hairs. L 316. 

 Mertensia Sibirica, floral change of colour, 



I.ruliuslacnrmans,Ll 



hyiiirtimm, Ac., ii. 888. 



mode of growth, ii. 790. 



: 



ii. 113. 



sal, ii. 845. 



Ir-mt.ryanth.-nmm r.m.l ::. .11:11111. 



dispersal, ii. 845. 

 [MtajMsthMM 



contrast of flower, ii. 189. 

 -- resistance to drought, L 329. 

 Mesembryanthetnum foliosum. aqueoot tis- 



sue. i. 338. 

 Mesocarpus. chlorophyll plate, L 171 



conjugation, ii. 668. 



Mesomycetes, distinctive characters. U. 674. 

 Mesophyll. transpiring leaf-tissue, i. 278. 

 Metabolism, nature of, i. 455. 



variety and constancy of products, 1. 191. 

 Metamorphosis, and division of labour, L OML 



doctrine of. give* origin to scientific study 



of development, I. 13. 



- Goethe's explanation, i. 10. 



of flowers, due to gall-mites, ii. 548. 



of leaf, contractions and expansions, L 11 



views of Linnean school, i. 9. 

 Meteoric dust, nature of, 1.80. 

 Metrosideros. coloured sUmen-flhuienta, ii. 



183. 



inflorescence, i. 738. 



- unprotected pollen, ii. 107. 



- venation, i. 630. 

 Metzgeria, apical-cell, i. 578. 

 Meum. geitonogamy, U. 321 



Meum Mutellina, hermaphrodite andpseodo- 



h.-nna|.lir...li'.. 

 -- scent, ii. 202. 

 Mexican Cedar. See Taxodium 

 Mexico, hairiness of plants, i. 317. 



- high plains. Cacti, L 327. 



- spiny plants, t. 438. 

 Metereon. See Daphne Maemtm, 

 Miasmas, cause of, L 506, 



Mica, difficult to decompose, i. 83. 

 Micella), groups of molecules, i. 57. 



of cellulose, in cell-plate, i. 581. 

 Micrasterias morsa, ii. 492, 655. 

 Micrasterias papilhfera, Ii. 492, 655. 

 Microoocous aceti, fermentation. H. 21 

 Micrococcus diphthericus, disease germ of 



diphtheria, i. 163. 

 Mlcrocoocns prodigiomts, ii. 624. 

 -- "blood-portent", ii. 623. 

 Microcystis ichthyloba, home of. i in 

 Microgamete. of Ohlamjrdomonas, ii. 



c, , . 



Micromeria nervosa, plumed fruits, ii. 857. 

 Micropus, distribution of sexea, ii. 297. 



Mi.T.-|.-.;.ir ..':,. !.-. | 



- scar, it 425. 

 Mlcropyle,ofoTule,u.81. 

 -- and pollen-tube, U. 410. 



- position in AbietinesB, ii. 438. 



- position in Oupressiness, IL 439. 

 Microscope, effect on study of botany. I. T. 

 _ first discoreriea, L 2L 



- limits of magnification. L 671. 

 Microsomata. in cell division. I. 681. 



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