INDEX. 



499 



A vena sativa, Puccinia on, 265 ; starch 

 grains, 18 (fig. 8) ; vascular 

 bundles, 113. 



Axial cylinder of mosses, 228. 



Axillary buds, origin of, 214. 



Azalea, vascular bundle ends, 199 ; 

 compound pollen of, 391. 



Azolla, 261. 



BACILLARIACE.E (Diatomacese), 255. 



Bacillus Amylobacter, 268 ; Bacillus 

 subtilis, 277 (figs. 104, 105) ; Bacil- 

 lus buccalis, 276 (fig. 102). 



Bacteria, 265 (figs. 102-105) ; amyloid 

 in, 268; cell-contents, 267; cilia, 

 268 ; coccus-form, 266 ; colours of, 

 267; colonies, 285 ; culture, 277 (see 

 also culture-methods) ; division 

 of, 278 ; fixing, 271 ; germination, 

 280 ; odours from, 286 ; pathogenic, 

 286; plasmolysis of, 276; pleo- 

 morphism (polymorphism), 269 ; 

 power of resisting high tempera- 

 tures, 277 ; relations with oxygen, 

 282 ; spore formation, 268, 280 ; 

 surface film (pellicle), 266 ; swarm- 

 ing, 268 ; zooglcea stage, 267, 268. 



action of sunlight on, 285. 



investigation in interior of tissues, 



274 ; material, to obtain, 221, 231. 



of hay (see Bacillu , subtilis) ; of 



teeth, 275 (fig. 102) ; sulphur 

 Bacillus, 268; iron Bacillus, 268. 



permanent preparations, 269 et seq. 



reactions of, 269. 



staining, 270 et seq., 273, 274 ; 



double-staining, 273. 

 Bacterium Termo, 281. 

 Balsam. See Impatiens. 

 Barberry. See Berberis vulgaris. 

 Bark, 187. 



Barley. See Hordeum vulgare. 

 Barm. See Saccharomyces. 

 Basic aniline colours, 270. 

 Basidia, JScidium, 330 (fig. 118) ; 



Agaricus, 336 (fig. 120) ; Russula, 



335 (fig. 119). 

 Basidiospores. See spores. 

 Bast (phloem), 104, 105, 155. See also 



vascular bundles. 

 - parenchyma, 127. 

 Bastard Acacia. See Robinia. 

 Beale's carmine. See carmine. 

 Bean flour, starch of, 17 (fig. 6). 

 Beck's microscopes, xxi, 1. 

 Beech. See Fag us sylvatica. 

 Beetroot. See Beta vulgaris. 

 Begonia, crystals in (footnote), 64. 

 Bell-jars (receivers), xxxi. 

 Berberis. vulgaris, Puccinia on, 330 



(fig. 118). 



Beta vulgaris, coloured cell-sap, 58 ; 

 structure of root, 62 ; cane-sugar 

 in, 67 ; nitrates in, 67. 



Bicollateral bundles; 126. 



Bifurcation (branching), 233. 



Bilateral, 365. 



Bird's nest Rape. See Monotropa. 



Bismarck brown, use of, 46, 210, 270. 



Bladder of Fucus, 244. 



- campion. See Silene inflata. 



Blood-serum, use of, 284. 



Bloom (a form of wax-covering), 423. 



Bog-mosses. See Sphagnum. 



Boiling water, as a fixing fluid, 130, 

 302. 



Borax-carmine, use of, 28, 33, 115. 

 See also Appendix III. 



Bordered pits, 74 (fig. 27), 110, 140 et 

 seq. See also pits, closing mem- 

 brane, torus. 



development, 142 (fig. 52). 

 Bottle-cork, structure and reactions 



of, 187. 



Bracken fern. See Pteris aquilina. 

 Bracts (of Pinus), 368, 370 ; ebracteate, 



431. 



Branching, of root, 225. 

 Brassica Napus, development of flower, 



429. 



Bromine vapour, use of for fixing, 302. 

 Brownian movement, 20, 57, 59. 

 Bryonia dioica, bicollateral bundles, 



126. 



Bryophyta, structure of, 228 et seq. 

 Buckthorn. See Rhamnus Frangula. 

 Budding, 288. 

 Buds, axillary, origin of, 214. 



terminal, 245. See also growing 



apex of stems. 

 Bulbils. See gemmae. 

 Bundle-sheath in Allium 163 (fig. 65) ; 



Acorus, 166 (fig. 66) ; Iris, 167 (fig. 



67) ; Taxus, 170 (fig. 68). See also 



endodermis, starch-sheath. 

 Bye-products, manufacture of, 288. 



CABINETS for microscope slides, xxxii. 



Calcium carbonate, reactions of, 64 ; 

 as cystoliths, 64 ; as incrusta- 

 tions, 64. 



oxalate, reactions of, 43. 



phosphate, in Dahlia, etc., 70. 



sulphate. See lime, sulphate of. 

 Caldwell's rocking microtome, 451 



(fig. 159). 



Callose mucilage, 429. 



Calluna vulgaris, compound pollen, 

 391. 



Callus, 110, 129, 148. See also sieve- 

 tubes. 



Calyptra, 349 (figs. 127, 128). 



