INDEX 



371 



Death-point, translocation of, by fatigue, 106 

 ,, ,, „ „ poison, 106 



Death-spasm in plants, 98 

 Desmodium, extra pulsation by induction shock, 319 



„ response of terminal leaflet of, 45 



Desmodium pulsation, continuous record of, 294 



determination of apex time, 309 



,, ,, latent period, 308 



,, ,, refractory period, 310 



effect of acid on, 340 



,, alcohol on, 334 

 ,, alkali on, 340 

 „ anaesthetics on, 336 

 ,, anode and kathode break on, 237 

 „ anode and kathode make on, 237 

 „ carbon disulphide on, 338 

 ,, carbonic acid on, 335 

 ,, chloroform on, 336 

 ,, copper sulphate on, 338 

 „ cut on, 303 

 „ ether on, 336 



„ internal hydrostatic pressure on, 300 

 „ ligature on, 302 

 „ load on, 301 



,, lowering of temperature on, 325 

 „ potassium cyanide on, 338 

 „ rise of temperature on, 327 

 „ sugar solution on, 333 

 „ transmitted excitation on, 320 

 gradual stoppage of, by depletion of energy, 313 

 incapability of tetanus, 318 

 measurement of amplitude and period of, 296 

 similarity between Biophytum pulsation and, 288 

 „ ,, cardiac pulsation and, 317, 323, 



339 

 temperature maximum in, 330 

 ,, minimum in, 326 



time relations of, 297 

 Desmodium at standstill, by cut, 303 



depletion of energy, 313 

 ligature, 302 



revival of pulsation in, by electric shock, 308 

 ,, ,, „ stimulus of 



light, 315 

 Differential excitability, existence of, in Mimosa pulvinus, 45 



„ method, velocity of transmission by, 138 



Direct and indirect effect of stimulus, laws of, 196 



„ „ „ „ exhibition of, under different 



stimuli, 179 

 Dual impulses in Averrhoa carambola, 184 

 ,, ,, ,, Biophytum sensitivum, 180 



