INDEX 



393 



Camerarius' experiments on sexes of 



plants, 339. 

 Capillary circulation discovered by 



Malpighi, 161 ; Leeuwenhoek on, 



204. 

 Cassini, 271. 

 Cassinis, the four, 351 n. 

 Caterpillars, Reaumur on, 254, 265. 

 Cells of plants, Hooke on, 141 ; Mal- 

 pighi, 153 ; Grew, 168. 

 Cesalpini, 27, 36, 115. 

 Charlemagne, cartularies of, 8. 

 Chick, development of, Malpighi on, 



158. 

 Cilia on gills of Mytilus and oyster, 



Leeuwenhoek on, 211 ; Van Heide, 



213 

 Clusiiis, 13, 35, 45, 72, 104. 

 Comparative anatomists, early, 224. 

 Cochineal, 63, 68 ; Leeuwenhoek on, 



208. 

 — , German, Frisch on, 243. 

 Columbus, 59. 

 Compound Eye, Hooke on, 143, 187 ; 



Swammerdam, 187 ; Leeuwenhoek, 



188, 205. 

 Corals, Marsigli on, 276 ; Peysonnel, 



276 ; Reaumur, 276. 

 Cordus, Euricius, 12, 15 n. 

 — , Valerius, 15 n., 28, 30. 

 Crayfish, Geoflfroy on, 235 ; Roesel, 



299. 

 Creeper, Turner on, 78. 

 Crystalline lens, Leeuwenhoek on, 



205. 

 Ctesias, 51. 

 Cuckoo-spit, 117. 



Cuvier, 335; in 1789, 390; on Lin- 

 naeus, 329 ; on Reaumur, 244. 



Darwin, Charles, 75, 357. 

 Date-palm, Herodotus, Aristotle, 



Theophrastus and Pliny on, 337 ; 



Ray, 338. 

 Daubenton, 365. 



De Candolle, A. P., 336, 345, 357. 

 Decay of nature, 6. 

 De Geer, 277, 305. 

 Development of chick, Malpighi on, 



158 ; Fabricius, 159. 

 — tadpole, Swammerdam on, 197 ; 



Leeuwenhoek, 203. 

 Dicotyledons and Monocotyledon*, 



L'Obel on, 34; Malpighi, 121; 



Ray, 121, 122, 129. 

 Dioscorides, 5, 14, 16, 18, 23, 26. 

 Dispersal of fruits and seeds, Grew 



on, 170; Roesel, 299; Linnseui, 



3-22. 

 Dodo, 74. 

 Dogs of Britain, Caius on, 79. 



Du Fay, 361. 



Duverney, 231. 



Dzierzon on hive-bee, 184. 



Earle on English names of plants, 8. 



Earthworm, anatomy of, 238 ; her- 

 maphroditism of, 236. 



Eel, life-history of, Aristotle and 

 Redi on, 228. 



Egg-parasites, Lister on, 132 ; Swam- 

 merdam, 194. 



Eggs, artificial incubation of, 98; 

 Reaumur on, 260. 



Elephant, 52, 53, 57. 



Emboitement, theory of, 159 n., 289. 



Embryo-sac of plants, Malpighi on, 

 157. 



English Proverbs, Ray on, 128. 



Eye, Compound, Hooke on, 143, 187; 

 Swammerdam, 187 ; Leeuwenhoek, 

 188, 205. 



Fabricius of Aquapendente on de- 

 velopment of chick, 159. 



— , J. C, on Linnaeus, 336. 



Faujas-Saint-Fond, 366. 



Feathers, structure and development 

 of, 142, 161, 231, 232. 



Ferns, development of, 28, 117, 172. 



Field-cricket, Frisch on, 241. 



Finger-tips, Grew and Tyson on, 173. 



Fleas, Leeuwenhoek on, 207. 



Flower, parts of the, 346 ; historical 

 table of do. , 349 ; early studies of, 

 337. 



Foraminifera, Hooke and Leeuwen- 

 hoek on, 216. 



Fracassati, 163. 



Frisch, 240. 



Frog and tadpole, Swammerdam on, 

 197. 



Fruits and seeds, dispersal of, 170, 

 299 322. 



Fu'chs', 19,23, 24, 39. 



Galileo, 36, 137 ; his microscope, 137. 



Garciaa ab Horto, 71. 



Genus, 109, 116. 



Geoffroy, C. J., 230; on •♦crab's 



eyes/' 235. 

 Geological maps, Lister and other* 



on, i:i.3. 

 Gerard, 33, 78, 114, 119. 

 Germination of seeds, lUy on, 122 n.; 



Malpighi, 157. 

 Oesner, 19, 21, M, 46, 48, 72, 77, 85, 



104, 108. 

 Ghinf, Luke, 15, 77. 

 Gilles (GilHus), 57. 

 Giraffe, 52. 58 n., 54, 55, aj^ 

 GiMke on natural orders, W. 



