INDEX-GLOSSARY. 



Acarina, 571 



Accessory buds. 57 



Accipitres, 650 



Achatinella, distribution of, 828 



Achene, 156 



Acicula, a needle-shaped structure, 346 



Acrania, (Gk. having no skull), 624 



Actinomma, 126 



Adaptations, 829 



regarding food, 844 

 light 838 



temperature, 839, 840 

 water, 837 



Adelochorda, 617 



Adventitious buds, 57 



yEcidiospores, 749 



i^pyomithes, 650 



African fauna, 826 



Agglutinin. 777 



Aggregate fruit, 164 



Air sacs, 647 



Albatross, 650 



Albumen, the white of an egg, 677 



Aleurone, 19, 95, 672 



Alexin, (Gk. to ward ofif), 776 



Alga, pi. algae (L. a sea weed). 



Algae, 177, 178 



blue-green, 232 



Allantois, one of the foetal membranes 

 of reptiles, birds and mam- 

 mals, 174, 641, 651 



Alligator, 644 



Alternation of generations, 525, 741 



Altitude and plants, 204 



Ambulacral, pertaining to the system 

 of tube feet of an echino- 

 derm. 



Ambulacral system, 550 



Amiatus, 635 



Amnion, one of the foetal membranes 

 of reptiles, birds and mam- 

 mals, 641, 651 



Amoeba, 68, 178, 303 



chemical sense of, 353 

 digestion in, 452, 453, 464 



into 



cor- 



Amoeba, reproduction in, 495, 496 

 respiration in, 476 

 response in, 407 

 sense of sight, 355 



of touch, 354 

 temperature sense, 356 

 Amoebina, 510 

 Amphibia, 350, 637 



structure of, 637 

 Amphineura, 593 

 Amphioxus, syn. for Branchiostoma 



(lancelet). 

 Amphipoda, 561, 563 

 Amphitrite, 139 



Amphiuma, the "congo snake." 

 Ampulla, 550 

 Amylolytic, converting starch 



sugar, 461 

 Amylolytic ferments, 463 

 Amyloplast — a starch forming 



puscle, 93, 672 

 Amylopsin, 462 

 Andreaceae, 277 

 Androecium, 123, 128 

 Anemophilous, pollinated by the wind, 



139, 140 

 Angiosperms, 171, 298 

 Angler fish, 844 

 Animal coloration, 860 

 Anisopoda, 561 



Annelida (L. annellus — a ring) worms 

 with a segmented, ringed 

 body, 542 

 Annelids, circulatory system of, 469, 



470. 

 locomotion of, 410, 411 



nervous system of,. 438 



reproductive system of, 501, 502 



trochophore larva of, 501 



Anomostraca, 561 



Anomura, 561, 562 



Anopheles, 768 



Ant bear, 661 



Ant eater, spiny, 176 



Antedon, 144 



Antelope, 666 



excretion in, 489 

 Numbers refer to paragraphs; Black Face numbers refer to figures 



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