1706 



INDEX 



Plants, social, 956 



and soil, 934-36, 969-72 

 wind-fertilized, 894 

 Planula, 1328 

 Plastron, 1394 

 Platypus, 1558-59 

 Plateaus, submarine, 683 

 Pleiades, the, 75, 77, $5, 94, 123-24, 



151-52, 167 

 Pleistocene, 1647, 1649 



animals, 1533 

 Plesiosaurus, 674 

 Pleuracanthus, 485 

 Pleuronectidse, 483 

 Pliny, 60, 221, 757, 761, 986 

 Pliocene, 1522, 1647, 1649 



animals, 1532, 1533 

 Plow, the, 122 

 Plowright, Dr., noi, 1106 

 Plumularia, 1333-35 

 Plutarch, 376 

 Poik, the, 617-20 

 Poison-trees, 1165 

 Pole Star, 68, 82-83, 87, 122, 197 

 Pollen, 868, 1002, 1028-29 

 Pollux, 57, 98, 122, 315 

 Polynesia, fauna of, 1560-61 

 races of, 1666, 1676-77 

 Polypes, 1328-31 

 bell, 1335-36 

 coral, 459 

 garland, 1331-35 

 Polyzoa, 471 

 Pomegranate, 1095 

 Porcupine, the, 747 

 Porpoise, 1561 

 Potato, 942, 945 



sweet, 929 

 Pothos, 952, 955 

 Pouchet, George, 1681 

 Poultry, domestic, 1 547 

 Poussiniere, the, 75 



Prairies, the, 645, 1142 



Prawn, 1377 



Prehistoric period, 1647 



Priestley, 1205 



Pritchard, Dr., 1688, 1689 



Probabilities, science of, 786 



Proctor, 66 



Procyon, 57, 63, 76, 98 



Proesepe, 66, 130, 153 



Prophet-plant, 1 061-68 



Protein, 980 



Prothallus, 962 



Protogens, 456 



Protoplasm, 980, 1039 



Protozoa, 1299, 1304-5 



Psammodus. 470 



Pterichthys, 483, 484, 671 



Pterodactyles, 487 



Ptolemy, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 



Puma, 1553 



Pursch's region, 940 



Pygopterus, 474 



Pyrosoma, the, 755 

 Python, 1548, 1551, 1567 



Q 



QUADRUMANA, 1518, 1529-31, 1536, 1548, 

 1550 



Quagga, 1541, 1550 



Quaking-bogs, 631 



Quaternary period, 494, 495, 1679-80 



RADIATA, 1303-4 



Radiates, 459, 460 



Radiation, 812 



Rafflesia, Arnoldi, 956, 1068-71, 1173 



Raffles, Sir Stamford, 1068 



Rain, 792-98 



colored, 797 



cyclonic, 849 



non-isobaric, 849 



tropical, 849 

 Rainbow, the, 799-807 



white, 806-7 

 Raindrops, 792-98 

 Rain-gauge, 792-93 

 Rake, the, 77 



Ramsay, Sir Andrew C., 573 

 Rattlesnake, 1385 

 Raven, 1578-79 

 Ray, John, 989-90 

 Razor-fish, 1358 

 Red River, the, 624 

 Red Sandstones, 872, 873 

 Red Sandstone of Connecticut, 489-90 

 Reefs, barrier, 689, 693-96, 699-707 



coral, 689-707 



fringing, 689, 696-98 

 Refraction, law of, 800 

 Regulus, 57, 123, 125 

 Reindeer, 1538 

 Reinwardt's region, 940 

 Reproduction, 966 



Reptiles, 486-88, 1379-1401, 1548, 1551, 

 1557, 1610 



extinct, 673-74 



herbivorous, 886 



mimicry in, 1597 

 Rhea, 1524, 1527, 1528 

 Rhinoceros, 1 549 

 Rhizocarp, 455 

 Rhizocarpeae, 455 

 Rhizodus, 485 

 Rhizogens, 1001 

 Rhizopods, 1 305 

 Rhodius anarus, 1606 

 Rhone, the, 626 

 Rice, 944, 1114 



Rigel, 57, 63, 96, 108, 124, 187, 188 

 River-basins, 636-37 

 River-drift man, 1649-56 

 Rivers, 621-27, 629 



Roberts, Dr. Isaac^ 158-59, 159-60, 164- 

 65, 166-67, 245, 264 



