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INDEX 



Beatson, on land birds in S. Helena, 

 i. 484 



Beaufort, i. 247 



Beaufort, Capt , asks Darwin for infor- 

 mation as,to collecting, i. 409 



Beaumont, Elie de, biographical note, 

 ii. 128 ; on lines of elevation, i. 84 ; 

 on elevation in Cordilleras, ii. 221, 

 224 ; elevation-crater theory, ii. 124 ; 

 Darwin's disbelief in views and work 

 of, ii. 116, 128, 130; on lava and 

 dykes, ii. 129; Lyell's refutation of 

 his theory, ii. 137 ; measurement of 

 natural inclination of lava-streams, 

 ii. 116 



Beauty, criticism by J. M or ley of Dar- 

 win's phraseology in regard to, i. 

 324, 325 ; discussion on, i. 144, 145; 

 ii. 382 ; lepidoptera and display of, i. 

 357; Wallace on, ii. 74; Darwin's 

 discussion on origin, ii. 382 ; in female 

 animals, ii. 74, 77 ; in plumage of 

 male and female birds, ii. 73, 74 ; of 

 seeds and fruits, ii. 348 ; Shaw on, 

 ii. 56 ; standards of, ii. 33-6 



Bedford, flint implements found near, 

 ii. 190 



Beech, in Chonos I., i. 400 ; in T. 

 del Fuego and Chili, i. 401 ; Miquel 

 on distribution, ii. 8 



Bee-Ophrys (Ophrys apifera) : see Bee- 

 Orchis 



Bee-Orchis, Darwin's experiments on 

 crossing, ii. 250 ; fertilisation, ii. 

 261-3, 337 5 self-fertilisation, ii. 283 ; 

 intermediate forms between Ophrys 

 arachnites and, ii. 283 



Bees, combs, i. 121-4, 153 ; ii. 96, 288; 

 Haughton on cells of, i. 245 ; and 

 instinct, i. 105 ; referred to in De- 

 scent of Man, i. 329 ; New Zealand 

 clover and, i. 475, 493 ; ii. 255-6 ; 

 acquisition of power of building cells, 

 ii. 96 ; Darwin's observations on, ii. 

 97; agents in fertilisation of papilio- 

 naceous flowers, ii. 255, 256; as pollen 

 collectors, ii. 367 ; difference between 

 sexes, ii. 97 ; H. Midler on, ii. 96 ; 

 and parthenogenesis, ii. 42 ; regular 

 lines of flight at Down, ii. 97 



Beet, graft-hybrids, i. 359 



Beete-jukes, alluded to in De la 

 Beche's presidential address, i. 65 



Beetles, bivalves distributed by, ii. 

 28, 29 ; Forel's work on. ii. 19 ; nest- 

 inhabiting, ii. 11, 12; stag-, ii. 90; 

 stridulating organs, ii. 83 



Befruchtung der B lumen, II. Midler's, 

 the outcome of Darwin's Fertilisa- 

 tion of Orchids, ii. 382 



Begonia, monstrous flowers, i. 142, 

 198 ; ii. 356 ; B. frigida, Hooker 

 on, i. 219 



Begoniacese, genera of, i. 83 



Behring Straits, spreading of plants 

 from, i. 449, 450 



Belize, coral reefs near, ii. 194 



Bell, i. 88 ; on Owen's Edinburgh Re- 

 view article, i. 185 



Bell. Sir C, Anatomy of Expression, 

 ii. 98 



Belt, T., on conspicuously coloured 

 animals distasteful to birds, i. 357 ; 

 letter to, ii. 399 ; The Naturalist in 

 Nicaragua, i. 357 



Ben Nevis, Ice-barrier under, ii. 193 



Benson, Miss, on Chalazogamy in 

 Amentifene, ii. 333 



Bentham, G., biographical note, i. 448, 

 449 ; mentioned, i. 87, 101, 203 ; 

 ii. 253, 282, 408 ; address to Linnean 

 Society, i 298, 299, 316, 317, 349 ; ii. 

 339> 340 5 Darwin's criticism on ad- 

 dress, i. 378-81 ; letters to, i. 379-81, 

 448-51 ; ii. 279, 280, 283, 293, 294, 

 371-73, 423, 424 ; extract from letter 

 to, ii. 272 ; views on species and on 

 Origin, i., 134, 184. 185, 243, 392; 

 on fertilisation mechanism in Good- 

 eniaceae, ii. 258 ; on hybridism, ii. 

 339, 340 ; runs too many forms to- 

 gether, ii. 374 ; on Scott's Primula 

 paper, ii. 326 



Berber is, Pfeffer on stamens, ii. 40x3 



Berkeley, M. J., biographical note, 

 i. 309 ; address by, i. 309 ; exper- 

 iments on saltwater and seed-dis- 

 persal, i, 417, 419; letter to, i. 309, 

 310; mentioned, i. 40, 101 ; notice 

 of Darwin's work by, i. 310 



Bermudas, American plants in, i. 489 ; 

 coral-reefs, ii. 194 



Berzelius, on flints, i. 35 



Bhootan, Rhododendron Boothii from, 

 ii. 297 



Bible, chronology of, ii. 31 



Biffen, R., potato grafts, i. 280 



Bignonia, ii. 8^ ; F. Midler's paper on, 

 "• 353 ! B' capreolata, tendrils of, 

 ii. 418 



Binney, E. W., biographical note, 

 i. 151 ; on marshes of Coal period, 

 i. 151 ; ii. 217-20; on coal and coal 

 plants 217-20 



Biogenesis, Huxley's address on abio- 

 genesis and, i. 322, 323 



Biology, Huxley's Course of Practical 

 lustration in, i. 362 



Biology of plants, Hooker's scheme for 

 a Flora, with notes on, ii. 373-4 



