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VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY 



BAYER on decomposition of carbon 

 dioxide, 165 



Begonia, 417 



Bentinckia, continuity of proto- 

 plasm in, 16 



Benzol, 182 



Berberis, 384, 398 



Bertholletia, 190 



Betula lenta, 268 



Biennial plants, 225 



Bignonia, 378 



Bleeding (of stems), 83, 86 



Bloom (of fruits), 50 



BOKORNY on action of chlorophyll 

 apparatus, 164 



Botrychium, 198 



Bromeliacea, 210 



Bromelin, 266 



Bromine, 143, 188, 194 



BROWN and MORRIS on photosyn- 

 thesis, 167 



Bryophyllum, 417 



Buckwheat, 186 



Budding, 413 



Buds, position of leaves in, 315 



Bye-products, 275, 283 



Cabomba, 336 



Cactacece, 124 



Cactus, 128 



Calcium, in ash, 143, 188 ; mode of 

 absorption of, 191 ; effect of, on 

 herbage, 192 



Calcium pectate, 46 



Calcium, salts of, in cell-wall, 50, 

 286 



Calyptra, 445 



Cambium, 238, 309 



Cane-sugar, as reserve material, 

 247 ; digestion of, 264 ; as attrac- 

 tion for antherozoids, 393 



Capillarity, 81 



Capparidacetp, 260 



Carbohydrates, 40, 143 ; formation 

 of, 163 ; theories of construction 

 of, 165 ; course of process of con- 

 struction of, 226 ; translocation 

 of, 227 ; resting and travelling 

 forms of, 229 ; storage of, 242 



Carbon dioxide, absorption of, 114, 

 152 ; exhalation of, 120 ; relation 

 to oxygen absorbed, 125 ; inca- 

 pable of nourishing protoplasm, 

 136 ; temperature at which 

 decomposition by chloroplast 

 begins, 164 



Carbon monoxide as a stage in 

 photosynthesis, 165 



Carica Papaya, 266 



Castor oil plant, see Eicinus 



Casuarina, 160, 444 



Cell, 2, 3 ; various applications of 

 the term, 16 



Cell-division, 412 



Cell-wall, of protoplast, 2 ; properties 

 of, 39 ; of Fungi, 40 ; theories of 

 its composition, 43, 44 ; thicken- 

 ing of, 44 ; stratification of, 44 ; 

 formation of, 276, 415 



Cellulose, 39 ; properties of, 40 ; 

 varieties of, 40 ; as reserve 

 material, 247, 248 



Centrifugal force, influence on 

 direction of growth, 382 



Centrospheres, 413 



Cephalotus, 203, 204 



Ceramium, 16 



Chara, 351 



Chelidonium, 7 



Chemotaxis, 394 



Chitin, 40 



Chlamydomonas, 349, 352 



Chlorine, 188, 194 



Chlorophyll, 135 ; condition in 

 chloroplasts, 155 ; solvents of, 

 155 ; properties of, 156 ; spec- 

 trum of, 157 ; analyses of, 158 ; 

 conditions of formation of, 162 ; 

 action of, dependent on light, 163 ; 

 relation to iron, 187 ; secretion of, 

 280 



Chlorophyll apparatus, 155 ; action 

 of, 163 ; absorption of energy by, 

 292 



Chloroplasts, 138, 153, 155 ; dis- 

 tribution of, 159 ; structure of, 

 161 ; functions of the two com- 

 ponents of, 170 ; effect of varying 

 pressures of carbon dioxide on, 

 171 ; inhibition of, 171 

 I Chlorosis, 163 



Chlorotic plants, 281 



Chromatin, 413 



Chromosomes, 413 



Chroococciis, 9 

 1 Cilia, 1, 2, 346 



Ciliary motion, 346 



Circulating food-stuffs, 226 



Circumnutation, 316 ; dependent on 



rhythm, 353 

 : Cladium, 28, 29 



Cleistogamy, 442 

 | Cobalt, 188 



Cobalt chloride as test for watery 

 vapour, 90 



Ccelebogyne, 417, 448 



Coenocytes, structure of, 10, 11 ; 



