INDEX. 



481 



KIDNEY. 



from crawling insects, 376; on 

 protection of the pollen, 377 ; 

 on the single daily flower of 

 Villarsia parnassifolia, 392 ; pol- 

 len carried by wind, 408, 415 



Kidney-bean, 152 



Kitchener, Mr., on the action of the 

 stigma, 6i; on Viola tricolor, 123 



Knight, A., on the sexual intercourse 

 of plants, 7 ; crossing varieties of 

 peas, 163 ; sexual reproduction, 

 442 



Kohl-rabi, prepotency of pollen, 

 394 



Kulreuter on cross-fertilisation. 7; 

 number of pollen-grains necessary 

 for fertilisation, 24 ; sexual affini- 

 ties of Nicotiana, 210 ; Yerbascum 

 phceniceum, 330 ; experiments 

 with pollen of Hibiscus vest- 

 carius, 378 



Kuhn adopts the teim cleistogamic, 

 90 



Kurr, on excretion of nectar, 404 ; 

 removal of corolla, 423 



LabiaLv, 93 



Lactuca saliva, 173, 369 ; measure- 

 ment, 174 ; prepotency of other 

 pollen, 399 



Lamium album, 391, 419 



purptireum, 419 



Lathyrus odoratus, 153-160; mea- 

 surements, 157-160 ; remarks 

 on experiments, 265 ; period of 

 flowering, 295 ; cross-fertilisation, 

 304; seeds, 316, 325; self-fertile, 

 367 



grandiflorus, 155, 360 



nissolia, 367 



sylvestris, perforation of corolla, 



432 



Lawes and Gilbert, Messrs., con- 

 sumption of inorganic matter by 

 plants, 453 



Laxton, Mr., crossing varieties of 

 peas, 163, 305 



Lecoq, Cyclamen repandum, 215 ; on 



LUPINUS. 



Fumariacese, 359 ; annual plants 

 rarely dioecious, 415 



Leersia oryzoides, 350 



Leguminosse, 147 ; summary on the, 

 168 



.Lehinann, Prof., on seedlings from 

 large and small seeds, 355 



Leighton, Kev. W. A., on Phaseolus 

 multiflorus, 151 ; Acacia magnified, 

 407 



Leptosiphon androsaceus, 368 



Leschenaultia formosa, 364 



Lettuce, 173 



Lilium auratum, 341 



Limnanthes douglasii, 145 ; measure- 

 ments, 146 ; early flowering of 

 crossed, 293; seeds, 316, 323; 

 highly self-fertile, 367 ; prepo- 

 tency of other pollen, 399 



Linaria vulgaris, 9, 88 ; seeds, 322 ; 

 self-sterile, 363 



cymbalaria, 3S5, 426 



Lindley on Fumariacex, 359 



Link, hypopetalous nectary in 

 Chironia decussata, 404 



Linum grandiflorum, 343 



usitatissimum, 366 



Loasaceas, 170 



Lobelia erinus, 176; secretion of 

 nectar in sunshine, 405 ; experi- 

 ments with bees, 423 



Lobelia fulgens, 179 ; measurements, 

 180-182; summary of experi- 

 ments, 274; early flowering of 

 self-fertilised, 291, 294, 295; 

 seed.*, 323 ; sterile unless visited 

 by humble-bees, 364 



ramosa, 176 ; measurements, 



177, 178; early flowering of 

 crossed, 293, 295 ; seeds, 325 ; 

 self-sterile, 364 

 tenuior, 176 



Loiseleur-Deslongchamp, on the 

 grains of cereals, 354 



Lotus corniculatus, 361 



Lubbock, Sir J., cross-fertilisation 

 of flowers, 6 ; on Viola tricolor, 

 123; bees distinguishing colours, 

 373 ; instinct of bees and insects 

 sucking nectar, 418 



Lupinus luteus, 147; measurements, 



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