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VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY 



Bast, 26, 57 ; function of, 219, 222, 



224 



Bauhinia, 384 

 Begonia, 426 



Bentinckia, continuity of proto- 

 plasm in, 16 

 Benzol, 174 

 Berberis, 392, 407 

 Bertholletia, 182 

 Betula lenta, 260 

 Biennial plants, 217 

 Bignonia, 386 

 Bleeding (of stems), 88, 91 

 Bloom (of fruits), 55 

 BOKORNY on action of chlorophyll 



apparatus, 155 

 Botrychium, 191 

 BOUILHAC, 157 

 Bromelin, 258 

 Bromine, 135, 180, 186 

 BROWN and MORRIS on photosyn- 

 thesis, 159 

 Bryophyllum, 426 

 Buckwheat, 179, 186 

 Budding, 212, 422 

 Buds, position of leaves in, 320 

 Bye-products, 267, 275 



Cabomba, 342 



Calcium, in ash , 135, 141, 180 ; 

 mode of absorption of, 183 ; effect 

 of, on herbage, 185 



Calcium pectate, 51 



Calcium, salts of, in cell- wall, 56, 

 279 



Calyptra, 457 



Cambium, 230, 314 



Cane-sugar, 159; as reserve material, 



| 239; digestion of , 256 ; as attrac- 



1 tion for antherozoids, 402 



Capillarity, 86 



Carbohydrates, 45, 134 ; formation 

 of, 156 ; theories of construction 

 of, 156, 159 ; translocation of, 

 219 ; resting and travelling forms 

 of, 221 ; storage of, 234 



Carbon dioxide, absorption of, 120, 

 145 ; exhalation of, 294 ; relation 

 to oxygen absorbed, 291 ; incap- 

 able of nourishing protoplasm, 

 128 ; temperature at which decom- 

 position by chloroplast begins, 

 155 ; optimum percentage, 162 



Carbon monoxide as a stage in 

 photosynthesis, 166 



Carica Papaya, 258 



Castor oil plant, see Eicinus 



Casuarina, 152, 455 



Cell, 2, 3 ; various applications of 



the term, 16 

 Cell-division, 422 



Cell- wall, of protoplast, 2 ; proper- 

 ties of, 44 ; of Fungi, 45 ; theories 

 of its composition, 48, 49 ; thick- 

 ening of, 49 ; stratification of, 50 ; 

 formation of, 269, 425 



Cellulose, 45 ; properties of, 45 ; 

 varieties of, 45; as reserve 

 material, 239, 240 



Centrifugal force, influence on direc- 

 tion of growth, 391 



Centrospheres, 422 



Ceramium, 16 



Chara, 358 



Chelidonium, 7 



Chemotaxis, 402 



Chitin, 45 



Chlamydomonas, 356, 359 



Chlorine, 180, 186 



Chlorophyll, 146 ; condition in 

 chloroplasts, 152 ; solvents of, 

 147 ; properties of, 148 ; spec- 

 trum of, 148 ; analyses of, 149 ; 

 conditions of formation of, 153 ; 

 action of, dependent on light, 154 ; 

 relation to iron, 183 ; secretion of, 

 272 



Chlorophyll apparatus, 146 ; action 

 of, 154 ; absorption of energy by, 

 285, 290 



Chloroplasts, 130, 145, 146 ; distri- 

 bution of, 150 ; structure of, 152 ; 

 functions of the two components 

 of, 161 ; effects of varying pres- 

 sures of carbon dioxide on, 162 ; 

 inhibition of, 163 



Chlorosis, 154 



Chlorotic plants, 273 



Chro matin, 8 



Chromosomes, 422 



Chroococcus, 9 



Cilia, 1, 2, 353 



Ciliary motion, 354 



Circulating food-stuffs, 218 



Circumnutation, 321 ; dependent on 

 rhythm, 360 



Cladium, 33 



Cleistogamy, 454 



Cobalt, 181 



Cobalt chloride as test for watery 

 vapour, 95 



Coelebogyne, 426, 459 



