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INDEX 



Cactaceae, 211, 212. 



Cacti, 18, 204, 231, 237, 260, 261, 272. 



Caesalpinese, 212. 



Cakile (Sea-rocket), 275. 



Calamites, Calamitese, 142, 224, 225. 



Calcium, 72. 



Calcium carbonate, 61, 72. 



California, 167, 174, 187, 192, 237, 



238, 239, 241. 

 Calla-lily (Richardia), 25, 185, 246, 



247, Fig. 55. 

 Callitkanmion, 72 ; C. floccosum, 72, 



Fig. 19. 



Calochortus (see " Mariposa-lily "). 

 Calyciflorae, 211, 212, 218, 219. 

 Calyptra, 110. 

 Calyx, 178, 179, 182, 190, 205, 206, 



209, 210, 211, 215. 

 Cambium, 172, 200, 268. 

 Canada, 230. 



Canada thistle, 215, Fig. 53. 

 Caniia, Canna family, 192, 193, 194, 



249, Fig. 47. 



Cape region (of Africa), 192. 

 Caprif oliaceae (Honeysuckle family) , 



215. 



Capsella, 84, 200, Fig. 48. 

 Capsule (of Mosses), 111, 116, 117, 



120, Fig. 30. 



Carbo-hydrate, 8, 11, 19. 

 Carbon, 2, 8, 9, 19, 30, 80, 297. 

 Carbon assimilation (see also 



" Photo-synthesis ") , 10, 11, 17, 22, 



24, 37, 64, 71, 80, 263, 278. 

 Carbon dioxide, 8, 11, 17, 19, 21, 30, 



262, 269, 297. 

 Carboniferous formations, 138, 142, 



147, 154, 165, 174, 175, 223, 224, 225, 



226. 

 Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), 



249. 



Carnation (Dianthus), 248. 

 Carnivorous plants, 257, 258, 259. 

 Carpel, 159, 160, 161, 169, 177, 179, 



181, 184, 185, 189, 190, 196, 197, 202, 



205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 



217, 218, 245, 293. 

 Carpogonium, 73, 74. 



Carpospore, 74. 



Caryophyllaceae (see "Pink fam- 

 ily"). 

 Castor-bean (Ricinus), 200, 210, 



Fig. 48. 

 Catalpa, 214. 



Catch-fly (Silene), 206, 248, Fig. 49. 

 Catkin, 20(5. 



Cat-tail rushes (Typhaceae), 186. 

 Caulerpa, 56, 58; (7. plumaris, 56, 



Fig. 11. 



Ceanothus, 240. 

 Cecropia, 261. 

 Cedar-apple, Cedar-rust (Gymno- 



sporangium), 89, 90, 95, Fig. 23. 

 Celastrus, 237. 



Cell-division, 7, 8, 35, 40, 41, 285. 

 Cell-membrane (see also "Cell- 

 wall"), 4, 284. 

 Cell-plasm (Cytoplasm), 4, 6. 

 Cells, 4, 284. 

 Cell-sap, 7. 

 Cell-wall, 4, 284. 

 Cellulose, 11. 

 Centrosome, 7. 

 Centrospermse, 206, 208, 217, 218, 



219, Fig. 49. 



Century plant (Agave) , 272. 

 Cercis, 212. 

 Cereals, 188. 

 Chaetophora, 51. 

 Chaparral, 240. 

 Chara, 22, 62, 63, 75 ; C. crinita, 75 ; 



Fig. 14. 

 Characefe, 14, 61, 62, 63, 78, 79, 103, 



118, 222. 



Cheiranthus, 210, Fig. 51. 

 Chenopodiacese (Pig-weed family), 



208. 



Cherry, 93, 165. 

 China, 166, 236. 

 Chlamydomonas, 42. 

 Chlorophyll, 6, 8, 12, 20, 22, 23, 48, 



49, 80, 196, 262, 263, 269, 278, 297. 

 Chlorophyceae (see also "Green 



AlgEe"), 46, 47, 49, 70, 78, 79, 101, 



286, 288. 

 Chloroplast (see also "Chromato- 



phore"), 6, 19, 20, 21, 38, 59, 60, 



