DARWINISM 



INDEX 



FLORAS 



403 



Darwinism, extensions of, 252 

 Deane, Mr. H., on flora of Sydney, 



New South Wales, 38 

 De Candolle, A., on botanical geo- 

 graphy, 17, 21 ; botanical regions 

 of, 18 

 Definition of life, 3 

 Denudation, rate of, measured, 175 

 Deposition, area of, 177 

 Determinants, meaning of, 272 

 Development, reversal of, 230 ; cases 



of extreme, 274 



Diagram of human stature, 108 ; of 



variation of rice -bird, 110; of 



nuclear division, 343; of isomerism, 



356 



Dicynodon lacerticeps, early reptile, 199 



Dimetrodon, extinct reptile from 



Permian of Texas, 200 

 Di nocerata, ' ' terrible horned beasts, " 



220 

 Dinosauria, 201 

 Diplodocus, skull of, 206 

 Diplodocus carnegii, skeleton of, 205 

 Diprotodon australis, skull of, 240 

 Dipterocarps, abundance of in 



Borneo, 47 

 Directive agency not explained by 

 Darwin's " pan-genesis" nor any other 

 theory, 295, 333 ; indications of, 

 328 ; at work, 346-7 

 Distribution of species result of con- 

 tinuous adaptation, 96 

 Domestic animals, uses of, 283 

 Dresser, Mr. H. E., on birds breed- 

 ing in Arctic regions, 144 ; on mos- 

 quitoes as food for birds, 146 

 Drosera rotiuidifolia, wide range of, 1 7 

 Drought, adaptations of plants to, 67 

 Dwina river, rich deposits with early 

 reptiles, 199 



Earth's surface changes a cause of 

 evolution, 173 ; thickness of crust 

 of, 179 ; crust floats on melted in- 

 terior, 180; effect of cooling and 

 contracting, 181 ; surface-motions, 

 long persistence of, 184 ; rendered 

 habitable by water, 367 

 Eccentricity in nature, 276 

 Eccles, Dr. R. G., on uses of 



parasites, 383 

 Echiims microtiiberculatus , egg of, 346 

 Edentata, extinct S. American, 235 

 Educational effects, unlimited in the 



spirit-world, 398 

 Elements in relation to the life-world, 



355 ; important and unimportant, 



357 ; list of important, 358 ; in 



relation to man, 359 

 Elephants, rate of increase of, 114; 



the origin of, 227 ; diagram of 



development of, 229 

 Elephas ganesa, enormous tusks of, 



266 ; primigenins, skeleton of, 232 

 Eternity as explaining evolution 



fallacious, 351 

 European floras in different latitudes, 



29 ; compared, 34 

 Evolution, motive power of organic, 



173 



Extensions of Darwinism, 252 

 Extinction of pleistocene mammals, 

 cause of, 244 



Feathers, marvel and mystery of, 



287 

 Female choice, new argument against, 



170 

 P'erns, extreme abundance of, in the 



Philippines, 50 

 Fishes, peculiar British, 125 ; the 



earliest known, 193 ; types of tails 



of, 194 

 Fletcher, Mr. L., on inorganic 



compounds, 389 

 Flight of birds and insects compared, 



87 

 " Flora Orientalis," species in, 31 



Flora of China, 31 ; of Chile, 32 ; of 

 Cape region, 32 ; of tropical Asia, 

 42 ; of British India, 43 ; of Malay 

 Peninsula, 45 ; of Borneo, 47 ; of 

 Indo-China, 48 ; of Malay Islands, 

 48 ; of New Guinea, 52 ; of Philip- 

 pines, 50; of Celebes, 51, 79; of 

 Queensland, 54 ; of tropical Africa, 

 54; of Madagascar, 55; of tropical 

 America, 54, 55, 59 ; of Brazil, 57 ; 

 of Mexico and Central America, 60 ; 

 of Jamaica, 63 ; of Trinidad, 63 ; of 

 Galapagos Islands, 63 ; of Lagoa 

 Santa, 63, 70 ; of Penang, 72 ; of 

 Kambangan Islands, 73 ; of Pan- 

 gerango, 74 ; of mountains in Japan, 

 80 ; of very small areas, 81 



Floras of different regions compared, 

 21 ; of counties compared, 25 ; of 

 some parishes, 26 ; of small areas, 

 26, 71 ; of temperate zones com- 

 pared, 28 ; cause of richness of some; 

 32 ; warm temperate compared, 33, 

 of European small areas, 34 ; of 

 mountains and plains compared, 35, 



