i E X 





scarcity in humid temperate regions, 

 i. 491 ; seeds of, i. 148, 442, 470 ; 

 example of inherited pelorism in, ii. 

 359; Lord I'arrci" /ions on 



fertilisation of, ii. 3S8 ; nectar-hol 

 in flowers, ii, 3S0 ; reason 

 absence of ii. 256 

 Leibnitz, rejection of theory of gravity 

 by, i. 305 



itinent of, ii. 15 

 lidae, Darwin's work on, i. 254 

 e also Barnacles) ; fossil, i. 97. 

 ;.f, nomenclature of, i. 68-70 

 : ii. 219 

 Lepidoptera, - -lection in, i. 



ii. 66 ; breeding in confinement, 

 ii. 96 ; 1- . W.ller on mimicry in, 

 ii. 91 ; protection afforded by wi 

 ii. 67 ; want of colour-perception, 

 ii. 06 ; Weir on apterous, ii. 64 

 Lepidosiretty reason tor preservation of, 



i- 143 



l.eptotcs, ii. 82 



Leschenaultia, fertilisation mechanism, 



ii. 257, 258 ; sel ("-fertilisation of, ii. 



258, 259 ; L. biloba, fertilisation 



mechanism of, ii. 260 ; L. fonnosa, 



fertilisation mechanism of, ii. 25S. 



261 

 Lesquereux, L., biographical note, i. 



260 ; convert to evolution, i. 260 ; on 



Coal floras, i. 260 

 Leuckart, convert to Darwin's views, i. 



257 



Lewes, (.. II., letter to, i., 306-8. 



Lewy, Naphtali, letter to Darwin 

 from, i. 365, 366. 



Lias, cephalopods from the, i. 340 



Life, Bastian's book on the beginnings 

 of. i. 321 ; mystery of i. 302; origin 

 of, i. 140, 164, 173, 41S; ii. 171 ; 

 principle of i. 273 ; bearing of vitality 

 of seels on problem of, ii. 245. 



Light, action on plants of flashing, ii. 



M 

 , I tarwin visits, i. 26 

 Limulus, ii. 



Ltnaria, peloria as reversions, ii. 

 ley, J., biographical note, ii. 

 1 [ook( 1 of, i. S8 : and K 



Medal, i. SS ; ii. 231 : V 

 Kingdom by, i. 83; on Acropera 

 and Gongora, ii. 2S2 : Darwin on 

 his classification of orchids, ii. 2S1 : 

 letters to. ii. 2 (.3, 2 ; ;. 2 ; on 



Melastomacese, ii. 203 ; on ore' 



ii. 274, 27S ; Hooker reviews Dar- 

 win's Orchid book in style of, ii. 

 290 ; mentioned, i. 83 ; ii. 230, 290, 

 291 



VOL. II. 



■ •nee of, i. I 



Silurian species, i. 116 

 Link, on Alpine and Arctic ; 



466 

 •' i. 45 



Linnean Society, Bcntham's . 



i. ^r>. ' >9. 3'6, 317, 



Collier's picture oi Darwin in 



of, i. 390 ; Dai win's papei on j 



i. 223. 22S ; Darwin 



give his views on species before, i. 

 : Wallace's paper on the Mala} 



papilionidse, i. 265 

 Linnet, a migratory bird, ii. 70 

 Linope, E. Hackel on, ii. 

 Linum, Darwin's work on, i. 221. 2 



228 ; ii. 314, 317 ; dimorphism of, ii. 



310 ; interaction of pollen and stigma, 



ii. 313 ; mucus in seeds of, ii. . 

 Linum flavum, i. 22S ; ii. 40S ; /.. 

 indifiorum, two forms of, ii. 271, 



272 ; L. Lewi sit, experiments on, 



ii. 323 ; L. trigynum, i. 22S ; L. 



usitatissimum, circumnutation of, ii. 



.345, 346 

 Lister, Lord, on spines of Hedgehog, 



ii. 106 

 Listcra, fertilisation of ii. 265, 373, 



419 ; L. cordata, fertilisation of, ii. 



270 : /,. vvata, fertilisation of, ii. 270 

 Litchfield, Mrs. (see Darwin. I Ienri< 



i. 17S, ii. 2, 4, 251 ; criticism of 



Huxley, i. 210. . 

 Littoral shells, glacial period and, i. 92. 

 Liverpool, Brit. Assoc, meeting at 



(1870), i. 322 

 Livingstone, D. , on the distribution of 



thorny plants, i. 308 

 Lobelia, Darwin's experiments on, ii. 



352 ; fertilisation mechanism of, ii. 



202 ;i r : fertility of, ii. 309 ; /. 



, S 's experiments on, ii. 



Lochaber, Parallel Roads of, ii. 17 



(see also Glen 



ice-action, ii. 1 ) 

 Lochs, Lagg in, ic -action in. ii. 1 



: R j . I >ai win disbel 



: - f ii. 



170 : n in, ii. i s j. 



- account 

 ii. [78 

 Locust grass, germination of, i 

 Locusts, blow . ii. 4 ; plants 



from dung of, ii. 4 



, ii. 41 1, 

 4] 2 



London clay, suj miination of 



seeds from. ii. 245 



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