790 



BOTANY 



Mildew fungi, Erysibaceae 



Milfoil, Achillea 



Millet, Andropogon Sorghum 



Mimosa, *664, 667 ; movements *360 ; 



seismonastic movements, 359 ; state 



of rigor, 361 

 Mimosaceae, 664 

 Mimusops, 686 

 Minimum, 219 

 Mirabilis, hybrid, *320 

 Mistletoe, Viscum album 

 Mitochondria, 16 

 Mixo-chimaera, 301 

 Mnium, *83, 491, *493, 494, *495 ; 



archegonium, *479 ; peristome, *496 

 Modifications, 211, 322 

 Monarda, 696 

 Monascus, 438, 439 

 Monkshood, Aconitum napellus 

 Monoblepharideae, 430 

 Monoblepharis, *199, 428, *430 

 Monochasium, 128, *129 

 Monochlamydeae, 609 

 Monocotylae, 718 

 Monocotyledon flower, 550 

 Monocotyledons, secondary growth in 



thickness of, 142 

 Monopodium, 75 

 Monosporangia, 423 

 Monotropa, 191, 256 

 Monstera, 740 ; perforations, 284 

 Moraceae, 617 



Morchella, *447 ; hymenium, 439 

 Morphology, 7 ; experimental, 9 

 Morus, 617 ; inflorescence of, *584 

 Mosses, Musci 

 Moss-plants, origin of, 475 

 Movement, 218, 326, 332; conditions of, 



329 ; hygroscopic, 333 ; nastic, 356 ; 



of orientation, 338 ; paratonic, 337 ; 



periodic, 358 ; of protoplasm, 328 ; 



seismonastic, 359 ; tactic, 329 

 Movements of curvature, 332 ; autonomic, 



335 

 Movements of locomotion, 327 ; mechanism 



of, 327 

 Mucilage, 28 

 Mucilage tubes, 69 

 Mucor, *434, 435, *436 

 Mucorineae, 434 ; heterothallic, 435 ; 



homothallic, 435 

 Mucuna, stem of, *148 

 Mullein, Verbascum 

 Multicellular formation, 26 

 Musa, 743 

 Musaceae, 743 

 Muscari, 725 

 Musci, 475, 482, 489 

 Mutations, 325 

 Mutisieae 712 

 Mycelium, 77, *78 



Mycobacterium, 373, 374 



Mycorrhiza, 191, 256 



Myosotis, 694 



Myristica, *632 ; seed, *581 



Myristicaceae, 632 



Myrmecodia, 704 



Myroxylon, *669, *670, 671, 673 



Myrtaceae, 674 



Myrtiflorae, 673 



Myrtle, Myrtus communis 



Myrtus, 674, *676 



Myxamoebae, 383 



Myxobacteriaceae, 385 



Myxococcus, *385 



Myxogasteres, 382 



Myxomycetes, 13, 381 



Narcissus, 726 ' 



Nastic movements, 338, 356 



Natural selection, 212 



Natural system, 365 



Navicula, *391, 392 



Nectaries, 71, 550 



Nectria, 442 



Nelumbium, 632 



Nemalion, 424, 427 



Neottia, 191, 256, 746 



Nepenthaceae, 639 



Nepenthes, *187 



Nepeta, 696 



Nephromium, 474 



Nerium, 689, *691 



Nerves, 110, 111 



Neuropteris, 536 



Nicotiana, 697, 699, *700 ; gynaeceum 



of, *548 



Nicotiana tabacum virginica apetala, 326 

 Nightshade, Solanum nigrum 

 Nitella, 14, 419, 421 

 Nitophyllum, 423, 427 

 Nitrate-bacteria, 254, 274, 375 

 Nitric acid, assimilation of, 257 

 Nitrite bacteria, 254, 274, 375 

 Nitrobacter, *375 

 Nitrogen, assimilation of, 256 

 Nitrosomonas, *375 

 Nodes, 88 

 Nopalea, 629 

 Nostoc, *377, 378 

 Nucellus, 539 

 Nuclear cavity, 17 

 Nuclear division, 21, *22 ; direct, 24; 



indirect, 21 

 Nuclear membrane, 17 

 Nuclear plate, *23 

 Nuclear sap, 17 

 Nucleolus, 17 

 Nucleus, 11, 16 

 Nuphar, 631 

 Nutations, 336 

 Nutmeg, Myristica fragrans 



