INDEX 



1705 



Ocean, Mesozoic, 672-74 

 Palaeozoic, 670-71 

 phosphorescence of the, 1320-24 

 primitive, 666 



of the Tertiary Period, 674-75 

 Oil-wells, 519 

 Old Red Sandstone, 481, 482 483, 484, 



486 



Omega in Centaur, 180 

 Onychoteuthis, 673 

 Oolite, animals, 1535 



reptiles, 487-88 

 Opalina, 1290, 1294 

 Ophiocephalidx, 1352-53 

 Opossums, 1534, 1541, 1554, 1579-80, 



1648 



Opuntias, 1184-85, 1188 

 Orang-outangs, 1529, 1530, 1547, 1550, 



1626 



Orchids, 951, 956, 1101-2, 1113, 1154-55 

 Organ, 1292 

 Orinoco, the, 623 

 Orion, 97, 124, 177 

 belt of, 124 

 great nebula of, 29, 97, 125, 129, 



154-55, 176-87 

 sword of, 124 

 Orycteropus, 1571 

 Ornithorynchus, 1558-59 

 Orthoceratites, 672 

 Orthoptera, 1413 

 Ostrich, 1523-24, 1526, 1550 

 Oven-bird, 1637-38 

 Ovid, 64 

 Owen, 1297 

 Owl, horned, 1607 

 Oysters, 459 



PACHYDERMATA, 1536, 1549 



extinct, 491-93 

 Paget, Sir James, 978 

 Palaeontology, 1529, 1532 



founder of, 463 

 Palaeotheres, 490-91 

 Palaeozoic, fauna, 872 



flora, 872, 874 



ocean, 670-71 

 Paley, 1293 

 Paliser, 400 

 Palm, date, 911 



groves, 1140 



oil, 912 



Palmetto fields, 1140 

 Palms, 938, 949-50 

 Pampas, 647-48, 663-64, 1141, 1145 

 Pampero, 850-52 

 Papuans, 1676-77 

 Paradise-fish, 1603 

 Partridge, 1581 

 Passifloras, 953, 956 

 Pea-crab, 1604 

 Peach, the, 1095 



Peacock, 1547 

 Peat-bogs, 631-34 

 Peat-mosses, 631-34 

 Peccary, 1553 

 Peduncle, the, 867 

 Pegasus, 78 



square of, 84, 123 

 Permian period, 465, 872, 873 

 Peron, 755-57 

 Perseus, 78, 84 



new star in, 228-38 

 Persians, 1672 

 Peru, agriculture in, 1094 

 Petals, 868, 1002, 1032 

 Petermann, Dr., 738 

 Phaenogams, 454, 455, 456 

 Phanerogams, 887, 890-92, 957-58, 966, 



1001 



Pheasants, 1547 

 Pholades, 757 

 Phosphorescence of fungi, 1192-93 



of ocean, 750-63, 1320-24 

 Phyllode, 864 

 Phyllotaxis, 1017 

 Piazzi, 396-98 

 Pickering, VV. H., 155 

 Pictet, 813 

 Pileus, 1199 



Pines, 455, 873, 876, 885-86, 931 

 Pine-woods, 1136 

 Piscis Australis, 98 

 Pistil, 869, 1003 

 Pitcher-plants, 1074-75 

 Placoids, 482 

 Planetoids, the, 396-403 

 Planets, the, 30, 31, 55, 310-16 

 Planisphere, Graeco- Egyptian, 64 

 Plants, and animals, 976-77, 979-84, 1478 



cilia of, 1010 



classification of, 984-1002 



climbing, 1045-61 



color development in, 896 



cultivation of, 1091-99 



dew, 1083 



distribution of, 936-45 



fertilization of, 892-98, 1005-16 



flowering and flowerless, 963-65 



food, 941-45, 1026 



forms of, 948-55 



fossil, 958 



growth of, 1 122 



insect- fertilized, 894-95 



insectivorous, 1068-77, 1103 



"irritability" of, 977-78, 1040, 



leguminous, 1080 



milk-sap, 1161-74 



mimicry of, 1099-1114, 1598 



movement in, 1045-61 



movements of, 1005-16, 1037-44, 

 1122-25 



oldest, 455, 1230 



organs of, 968 



radiation of, 1042-43 



sleep of, 978, 1038, 1042 



