570 



INDEX. 



.B The numbers refer to the paragraphs. 



E. 



EOONOMY, Vegetable, 31 5, 316 



Elaboration of sap, 251, 252 

 Elder, 623 

 " Electricity, developed by Plants, 414, 415 



ENDOGENS, structure of stem in, 125, 141- 

 143 ; limit to age of, 142 ; effects 

 of ligatures on, 144, 145 

 _ structure of leaves of, 230, 231 

 classification of, 503 



Endosmose, 117-121,419 



Epigynous, 498 



Epilobium, 599 



Epimedium, 519 



EjuciNEjE, 640 



JErodium, 573 



Eschscholtzia, 525 



Essential oils, 373, 374 



Etiolation of Plants, 288 



Eucalyptus, 604 



Euonymus, 582 



Euphorbia canariensis, 323 



EUPHORB*ACE;E, 669, 670 



Evaporation from general surface, 255 ; 

 checked by cuticle, 255, 256 



Evening Primrose, 599 



Evergreens, 313 



Excretions of Plants, 209-211 



EXHALATION from leaves, 253-269; takes 

 place through stomata, 257 ; influenced by 

 light, 258, 259 



EXOGKNS, structure of stem in, 125-138; 

 unlimited age of, 139 ; course of sap in, 

 140 ; effects of ligatures on, 144, 145 ; leaves 

 of, 232, 233 ; classification of, 502 



Exosmose, 117-121 



F. 



FALLOWING, 206-208 



Fat of animals, 335 



Fawn colours, 398 



Fermentation, 55-57 



FERNS, 23-26 ; stems of, 153 ; fructification 

 of,' 430 



Fertilization, 437, 438 



Fibre, elementary, 68, 7C 

 woody, 76-79 



Fig, 470, 672 



Fig wort, 661 



Fixation of Carbon, 286-291 



Flax tribe, 543 



Flower, arrangement of parts of, 463-467 

 characters derived from in classifi- 

 cation, 496-499 



Flowering, production of carbonic acid in, 

 285; heat developed in, 411,412 



Flowering-Rush, 689 



Foetid gums, 620 



Food of Plants, 154, 155 ; causes of demand 



for, 163 ; elements of, 164-170 ; mode of 



obtaining, 171-213 

 Foramen of seed, 436 

 Fossil Plants, 134 

 Foxglove tribe, 660, 661 

 Frankincense, 378 

 Fraxinella, 578 

 Frog-bit, 356, 686 

 Frond, 24, 222, 223 

 Fructification of Ferns, 24, 430 ; of Mosses. 



27, 429; of Liverworts, 32, 33, 428; of 



Lichens, 36, 427 ; of Algae, 40, 48, 426 ; of 



Fungi, 50, 56, 58, 427 

 Fruit, structure of, 470 

 Frustranea, 631 

 Fuchsia, 458, 600 

 Fucus vesiculosus, 46, 426 



FUMARIACE-E, 522 



Fumitory, 522 



Functions of living beings, 3, 4 



organic and animal, 10 

 FUNGI, 49-65 ; growth of, in animals, 53, 54 ; 



absence of leafy surfaces in, 224 

 Fustic, 396 



G. 



GALBANUM, 620 

 Gallic acid, 399 

 Galls, 399 

 Gamboge, 378 

 Gamopetalous, 456 

 Gamosepalous, 456 

 Garden Marigold, 631 



Pseony, 513 

 GENTIANE;E, 650 

 GERANFACE^, 572 

 Germination, 440, 444, 445; production of 



carbonic acid in, 283, 284; development 



of heat in, 411 

 Gills of M.ishroom, 58 

 Ginger tribe, 150, 698, 699 

 Glandular hairs, 97 



woody fibre, 78, 79 

 Glass, 46 

 Glass-wort, 665 

 Glaucium, 524 

 Gleditsia, 238 

 Gluten, 195, 364 

 Gooseberry tribe, 613,614 

 Goosefoot tribe, 665 

 Gory dew, 48 

 Gossypium, 549, 550 

 Gourd tribe, 606 

 Grafting. 347 3.52 



