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INDEX 



Buchner, H., on sterilizing effect of light, 291; on 

 polymorphism of bacteria, 300. (See also 

 Büchner, E. B. and Hahn.) 



Buckland, in anecdote, 33 



Buckwheat, 84, 86 



Budrin, on nitrogen fertilizers, 87 



Buds, 218, 325-327 



Biuret reaction, 156, 159, 162 



Bunsen, on gas analysis, 4 



Burgerstein, on transpiration, etc., 134. 140 



Burlakov, on respiration, 299 



Butkewitsch, see Butkevich. 



Butkevich, on proteolytic enzymes, 166; on pro- 

 teins in lower plants, 173; on decomposition 

 of nitrogenous substances, 174, 177 



Butlerow, on synthesis of sugar-like substances 

 from oxymethylene, 29, 30 



Butomus, 49 



Butyric acid fermentation, 209, 259 



Cabbage (see also Brassica), 21 



Cacti, 263 



Caffein, 38, 176 



Calamin violet, 87 



Calcium (see also lime), 70, 71, 82, 85, 89-93, 104, 

 183, 285; carbide, 73; carbonate, 49, 72, 94. 101 

 125, 173, 209; chloride, 91, 125, 218, 267; 

 cyanamide, see lime-nitrogen; cyanide, 73; 

 hypochlorite, 58; lactate. 168, 209; nitrate, 82 

 oxalate, 188, 313; phosphate, 94; sulphate. 

 49, 91; calcium plants, 88 



Calla, 36 



Calorie, xxviii; calorimeter, 219 



Caltha, 36 



Cambium, 241 



Cameron, Soil solution, 92. (See also Whitney and 

 C.) 



Campanula, 281. 287, 288 



Candolle, de, on toxins in soil, 99 



Cane sugar (see also saccharose), 116, 118, 122, 186, 

 187, 189, 202, 204, 212, 213, 215, 228, 332 



Cannabis (see also hemp), 158, 159, 184 



Capsella, 220 



Capus, on water transport, 144 



Carbon, xxii, 175, 176; bisulphide, 15, 19, 20; diox- 

 ide, 1-4, 14, 18, 24, 31, 32, 48, 104-109, 167-170, 

 185, 186, 198, 199, 201, 202, 204, 206—216, 218- 

 226, 228-230, 232, 260, 284, 331-333; monox- 

 ide, 31; carbon black, 101. Carbon, assimila- 

 tion of, by green plants, Pt. I, Chap. I, 1-39; 

 importance of, 1-2; by plants without chloro- 

 phyll, Pt. I, Chap II, 42-61 



Carbonic acid, light and decomposition of, 21-28 



Carbohydrates, 17, 18, 85, 86, 87, 149. 154. 171. 178, 

 179, 181, 183, 185, 187, 189, 211, 215, 221, 

 227-230, 272, 284 



Carboxylase, 206 



Carlsberg Laboratory, 44 



Carotin, 6, 8, 16, 19-21 



Carrot, 19 



Caryophylacem, 175 



Casease, 168 



Casein, 209 



Castor bean (see also Ricinus), 183 



Catalase, 168 



Catalpa, 108 



Catalysis (see also fermentation, enzymes), xxviii, 

 xxix, 163 



Cavendish, on electric combination of nitrogen and 

 oxygen, 72 



Caventou, see Pelletier and C. 



Cell, as physiological unit, 154 



Cell sap, 123, 242; walls, 105-107, 119, 126, 144, 

 146, 185, 186, 245, 270, 318 



Cellulose, 107, 112, 185, 186, 189-192, 215, 271 



Centaurea, 319 



Centrifuge, 293, 299 



Ceramium, 38 



Cernovodeanu, and Henri, on microorganisms and 

 ultra-violet light, 292 



Chamoecyparis, 16 



Chamberland filter, 58, 183 



Chapin, on carbon dioxide and growth, 260 



Chara, 88 



Charcoal, 82 



Chemotaxis, 332, 333 



Chemotropism, 333 



Cherry laurel, 32, 257 



Chicle, 135 



Chitin, 186 



Chlorides, 82, 90, 91 



Chlorine, 58. 82, 86, 87; chlorinated lime, 58 



Chloroform, 19, 68, 98, 150, 184, 187, 202 



Chlorophyll, 2, 5-19. 21, 27, 31, 35, 85, 187, 284, 

 286. 290 



Chlorophyllan. II 



Chloroplasts, 154. 156, 288 



Chlorosis. 16, 85, 178, 284 



Cho, see Maiina and C. 



Chocensky, see Stoklasa, Ernest and C. 



Chodat and Bach, on oxidases, etc., 167. (See also 

 Bach and C.) 



Cholera, of chickens, 182 



Cholesterin, 19, 154. 183 



Chouchak, see Pouget and C. 



Christensen, on nitrifying bacteria, 78 



Chromogens, respiration, 188, 222-223 



Ciaccio, on lecithin, 184 



Ciamician, on photosynthesis, 34, 286; on hydro- 

 cyanic acid in plants, 286; С and Silber, 

 on chemical action of light, 199, 200 



Cichorium, 276 



Circumnutation, 314 



Clautriau, on Nepenthes, 37; on alkaloids, 182 



Claypon and Starling, on hormone action, 330 



Cleistogamous flowers, 291 



Climate, 256, 263, 274, 322 



Climbing plants, Pt. II, Chap. IV, 311-314; non- 

 twining, 312-314 



Clinostat, 293, 312 



Clostridium, 79, 209 



Clover, 316 



Coal, 33, 228 



Coalescence, 335 



Coagulation, of proteins, 158 



Cobalt, 82, cobalt-chloride paper, 136 



Cocoa butter, 36 



Codium, 121 



Co-enzymes, 202 



Cohesion, of water, 146 



Cohnheim, on chemistry of proteins, 155 



Coiling, of tendrils, 313 



