416 INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Fatty infiltration, 243. 



" " of liver, 244. 



False membranes, 256. 



Fermentation, 135. 



" test for sugar, 306. 



Feet of insects, 177. 



Ferns, 155, 349. 



Fehling's test for sugar, 305. 



Fibres, 185. 



Fibrillar connective, 194. 



Fibrin, 253, 270 (Lat. ^6m, a fibre). 



Fibrinous exudation, 256. 



Fibro-cartilage, 195. 



Fibroma, 267. Connective tissue tumor. 

 " molluscum, 268. 



Field-glass, 23. 



Filaria in blood, 297, 337. 



Fission of cells, 125. 



Fixed oil in plants, 133. 



Flannel, Natural. Interwoven filaments of Confervae, re- 

 sembling coarse cloth, sometimes found in summer on the 

 margins of ponds. 



Flatness of field, 55. 



Flea, 339. Pulex Irritans. The last segment of the abdo- 

 men of the female, called the pygidium, has disklike areolae, 

 which is sometimes used as a test-object. 



Floscularia, 164. A genus of Rotatoria. 



Flint, 96. 



Fluid media, 66. 

 " mounting, 80. 

 " cavities in minerals, 84, 89. 



Flowers, 157. 



Foraminifera, 95, 159. Small calcareous shells full of pores 

 or foramina* 



Formed Material, 118. Structure produced by bioplasm. 



Fossil plants, ^3, 156. 



Food, examination of, 323. 



Freezing specimens, 228. 

 " microtome, 228. 



