CONTENTS. 



Carnivorous Plants which exhibit Move- 

 ments in the capture of Prey, 



Carnivorous Plants with Adhesive Appa- 

 ratus, 



4. Absorption of Nutriment by 

 Parasitic Plants. 



Classification of Parasites, - - - - 



Bacteria: Fungi, 



Climbing Parasites: Green-leaved Parasites: 



Toothwort, 



Broom-rapes, Balanophoreae, Rafflesiaceae, - 

 Mistletoes and Loranthuses, ... 

 Grafting and Budding, . - . - 



5. Absorption of Water. 



Importance of "Water to the Life of a Plant, 



Absorption of Water by Lichens and Mosses, 



and by Epiphytes furnished with Aerial 



Roots, ------- 



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 153 



159 

 161 



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 183 



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 Absorption of Rain and Dew by the Foliage- 

 leaves, 225 



Development of Absorption-cells in Special 



Cavities and Grooves in the Leaves, - 230 



6. Sy 



243 



Lichens, - ■ - . . . 



Symbiosis of Green-leaved Phanerogams 

 with Fungal Mycelia destitute of Chloro- 

 phyll : Monotropa, . . - - 249 



Animals and Plants considered as a great 



Symbiotic Community, - - - 254 



7. Changes in the Soil incident to 

 THE Nutrition of Plants. 



Solution, Displacement, and Accumulation 

 of particular Mineral Constituents of 

 the Soil resulting from the Action of 

 Plants, 257 



Mechanical Changes effected in the gi'ound 



by Plants, 265 



CONDUCTION OF FOOD. 



1. Mechanics of the Movement of 

 the Raw Food-sap. 



Capillarity and Root-pressure, 

 Transpiration, 



273 



2. Regulation of Transpiration. 



Means of accelerating Transpiration, - - 284 

 Maintenance of a Free Passage for Aqueous 



Vapour, 290 



3. Prevention of Excessive Transpiration. 



Protective Arrangements on the Epidermis, 307 

 Form and Position of the Transpiring 



Leaves and Branches - - - - 325 



4. Transpiration during various Seasons 

 OF THE Year: Transpiration of Lianes. 



Old and Young Leaves, . . - . 347 

 Fall of the Leaf, ------ 355 



Connection between the Structure of the 



Vascular Tissues and Transpiration, - 362 



5. Conduction of Food-gases to the 

 Places of Consumption. 



Transmission of tne Food-gases in Land and 

 Water Plants and in Lithophytes: Sig- 

 nificance of Aqueous Tissue in the con- 

 duction of Food-gases, - - - - 367 



FORMATION OF ORGANIC MATTER FROM THE ABSORBED 

 INORGANIC FOOD. 



1. Chlorophyll and Chlorophyll- 

 granules. 



Chlorophyll-granules and the Sun's Rays, - 371 

 Chlorophyll-granules and the Green Tissue 

 under the Influence of various degrees 

 of Illumination, 379 



2. The Green Leaves. 



Distribution of the Green Leaves on the Stem, 396 

 Relation between Position and Form of 



Green Leaves, 408 



Arrangements for retaining the Position 



assumed, ------ 424 



Protective Arrangements of Green Leaves 



against the Attacks of Animals. - - 430' 



