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INDEX 



plagiotropism of radial runner of, 156, 

 157- 



Macdougal, 113, 186, 239, 240, 243, 245 ; 



on transference of stimuli \nJ3iophytum, 



96 ; in Mimosa, 94, 95. 

 Macfadyen, 382, 388. 

 Macfarlane, 69, 77, 80, 91, 96, 142. 

 MacNab, 373. 



Magnetic forces in plants, 400. 

 Magnetotropism, 189, 222, 418, 419. 

 Magnets, influence of, on streaming, 291 ; 



orienting action of, 222, 224. 

 Magnus, Albertus, in, 303. 

 Mahonia, irritable stamens of, 81. 

 Maier, 269. 

 Maige, 206, 251 ; on influence of light on 



geotropism, 250 ; on light rigor, 30. 

 Maize, autonomic movements of root of, 



19 ; statical moment of horizontal 



stem of, 237; cinquantino, growth 



of curving nodes of, 240. 

 Malates, and malic acid, chemotactic action 



of, 345> 354, 421. 

 Malope trifida, thermonastic flower of, 



Malva, 104; M. neglecta, 257, 258; M. 

 verticillata, 420. 



Malvaceae, sleep-movements of, 102. 



Mandevillea suaveolens, influence of etiola- 

 tion on twining of, 30. 



Mangrove, tropism of breathing-roots of, 

 164. 



Marcet, 144. 



Marchantia, 183, 421 ; changes of tropic 

 irritability in, 157, 158 ; geotropism of 

 rhizoid of, 166 ; heliotropism of, 10, 

 172, 174; structure of, 161, 162; in- 

 fluence of light on colour of, 333 ; 

 orientation of, 251, 252. 



Mares, 409. 



Marey, 270. 



Marquart, 333. 



Marsilia, chemotaxis of sperms of, 345, 

 349 ; sleep-movements of, 102. 



Martynia, irritable stigmas of, 24, 82 ; pro- 

 pagation of stimuli in, 92, 93. 



Masdevallia muscosa, propagation of 

 stimuli in, 92, 93. 



Mason-Jones, 416. 



Massart, 155, 173, 197, 207, 294, 298, 385, 

 419 ; on alcaliotropism, 179 ; on chemo- 

 and osmotaxis, 178, 180, 344, 348, 350, 

 35i> 352, 3S3> 354, 35^5 on geotaxis, 

 336, 337 ; on maximal geotropic angle, 

 217, 218 ; on phobism, 309 ; on photo- 

 taxis, 323 ; on tonic stimuli, 6 ; on 

 Weber's Law, 214. 



Matruchot, 317. 



Matthiola, production of electrical currents 

 in, 396. 



Matzuschita, 306. 



Maupas, 293. 



Maxwell, 420. 



Mayenburg, 353. 



Mayo, on pulvinar mechanism, 80. 



Mazotto, 392. 



McKenney, 29, 382, 384 ; on luminosity^ 

 385, 386. 



Meat extract, chemotropic action of, 181. 



Mechanical efficiency, 407, 408. 



factors and stimuli, influence of, on move- 

 ment, 71. 



Mechanocleistogamy, 100. 



Mechanotropism, 184. 



Medicago, twisting of pod of, 24. 



Megaclinumfalcatum, movements of label- 

 lum of, 22. 



Meischke, 18, 136, 232, 233, 236, 237. 



Meissner, 258, 260. 



Mendelssohn, 215, 317, 337. 



Menispermum canadense, direction of 

 twining of, 38; free coiling of, 37. 

 M. dahuricum, negative heliotropism 

 of, 42. 



Mercurialis, geotropism of nodes of, 235. 



Mereschkowsky, 271. 



Mesembryanthemum, 103 ; movement of 

 stamens of, 81. 



Mesocarpus, 310; heliotropism of, *72 ; 

 orientation of chloroplastids of, 327, 

 Fig. 53, 332. 



Mesocotyl, 193. 



Metabolism, changes of, during curvature, 

 247, 248. 



Metatonic stimuli, 6. 



Meyen, 20, 22, 24, 30, 80, 280, 288, 289, 292, 

 3 J 6, 3^3, 384 ; on movements of Ostil- 

 laria, 273 ; on streaming, 357. 



Meyer, 304. 



Micheli, 330. 



Micrasterias, phototaxis of, 325. 



Micrococcus phosphoreus, 383, 422. 



Microspira luminosum, 385. 



Microspora, 293. 



Miehe, 235, 335, 336, 359; on geotropism 

 of nodes, 231 ; on localization of irrita- 

 bility, 197, 200, 205 ; on tonic stimuli, 

 6. 



Migula, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 382. 



Mikosch, 113. 



Millardet, 123 ; on curvature of pulvini, 

 138. 



Mimosa, 5, 103, 294 ; escape of water from 

 pulvinus of, 17, 76 ; influence of 

 etherization on, 7 ; of injection with 

 water on, 18 ; mode of action of pulvini 

 of, 13, 14, 75, 79; recovery of, from 

 stimulation, 10 ; M.pudica> 2, 4,8, u, 

 61, Fig. 19, 91, 99, 358 ; accommoda- 

 tion of, 9, 69 ; action of induction-shocks 

 on, 145, 360; chemonastic reaction of, 

 85 ; energy of expansion in pulvinus of, 

 136, 137, 138 ; changes of rigidity in, 

 139; history of knowledge of, 79, 80; 

 influence of anaesthetics on pulvinus of, 



