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INDEX 



BERT (P.)i 9 n the physiological limit 

 to dimensional variations, 76 ; on 

 adaptation to salinity, 190 ; on 

 heredity of mutilations, 255 



BESSEY (C. A.), on differences of the 

 flower in different varieties of apples, 

 102 



BEUDANT (F. S.), on transferring 

 marine forms to fresh water, and 

 fresh-water forms to sea water, 185 



Bidens cernua, variation, 72 



Blood, chemical differences according 

 to sexes, 122 



Bones, chemical differences between 

 man and woman, 121 



BONNIER (G.) and FLAHAULT, on the 

 influence of altitudes on colour, 55; 

 on the influence of altitudes on form, 

 96 



BOKY DE SAINT VINCENT, 19 



BOUDIER, on relation between form and 

 environment, 95 



BOUKGUIGNAT, on possible connection 

 between electrical phenomena and 

 left-handed shells, 204 



Brain, physiological conditions may be 

 artificially hastened or retarded, 146 



Branchipiis ferox, variations accord- 

 ing to the mode of life, 216 



Brassica olcracea, varieties derived 

 from it, 177 ; B. orientalis, experi- 

 ments on selection, 236 



BKENNAN (G. A.), on variation in an 

 individual plant of Tradescantia 

 I'irginica, 101 



BRICK (C.)> on physiology of sea-shore 

 plants, 212 



BRONN, on heredity of mutilations, 255 



BROT, on abnormal Lymncea in ponds 

 containing many Hydras, 204 



Brucine, influence on common crab, 

 120 



Buccinnm transferred to fresh water, 

 1 86 



BUFFON, evolutionary and anti-evolu- 

 tionary views, 17, 18 ; on man's power 

 over nature, 43 ; tendency towards 

 degeneracy, 150 



Btijo, 112 



Brilitmis decollatiis, 74 



C. 



Calendula arvensis, 75 

 Caltha palustris, 142 

 CAMERANO, on neotenia, no 

 Campanula trachelium, 54 ; C. 



rotnndifolia, 55 

 CAMULOGEN, 220 



CANDOLLE (DE), on the origin of culti- 

 vated plants, 173 ; on the varieties of 

 Brassica oleracea, 177 ; on light and 

 temperature, 219 



Capparis spinosa devoid of spines, 92 



Carbonic acid, its disappearance would 

 destroy all life, 181 



Cardium edule, 94 



Carcinus mcenas, 120 ; transferred to 

 fresh water, 188 



Carex ampullacea, difference in aerial 

 and aquatic leaves, 208 



CARRIERS (E. A.), on variegation, 58 ; 

 on .sudden variegation, 59 ; on dis- 

 similarly coloured grapes in the 

 same bunch, 60 ; on variation in the 

 leaves of the ivy, 98 ; on variation 

 of sexuality in Ailanthus, 109 ; on 

 sudden variation, 153 



CARRiEREand ANDRE, on variegation, 

 59 ; on dissimilarly coloured flowers 

 on the same plant, 60 



Carrot, experiments in selection on, 237 



Cattle, different flavour and chemical 

 characters of flesh according to 

 mode of feeding, 66 ; insular smaller 

 than continental, 73 ; sudden appear- 

 ance of hornless, 153 ; Niata breeds, 

 153 ; Franqueiros breed, 154 ; weight 

 increased by domestication, 166 ", 

 length of gestation varies according 

 to breeds, 167 ; hornless, 239 



Cemiostoma caffeoium, 136 



Cerithiuin transferred to fresh water, 

 1 86 



Cerviis corsicanus a descendant of C. 

 elaphus, 73 



CHABRY, see POUCHET 



Chamcerops hnmilis no 



CHAUVEAU (A.), on the greater im- 

 munity of Algerian sheep towards 

 anthrax, 124 ; on physiological 

 transmutation 127, 221 



CHAUVIN (MARIE DE), on neotenia, 112 



Chemical differences between the bony 

 structures of different breeds of 

 sheep, 116; in the percentage of 

 principal components of the wool of 

 various breeds of sheep, 117 ; in the 

 flesh of salmon in normal condition 

 and after spawning, 117 ; between 

 different species of the same genus, 

 118 ; between plants of same species 

 poorly or richly fed, 118 ; between 

 bones of man and woman, 114, 

 121 ; between their blood, 122 



Chlorophyll, not identical in all plants, 

 65 



CHOSSAT, on inanition, 78 



CHRISTISON (SiR ROB.), on chemical 

 analyses of salmon betore and afte 

 spawning, 117 



Cicuta. 135 



Circulation of matter, 2 



Circulatory system, arguments for 

 evolution, 32 



Cirs27i)n anglicwn, form of C. Itilbo- 

 $11111) 219 



