INDEX 



ABSORPTION of water from 



the soil, 79 

 Adaptation in climbing 



plants, 117 

 Adaptation in plants, 127, 



248 

 Alternation of generations, 



236 



Apiocystis, 33 

 Asexual reproduction, 236 



Bacillus of root-tubercles, 



195 

 Bauhinia, a climber, 114, 



116 

 Begonias, propagation of, 



210 



Bird's-nest orchis, 190 

 Bleeding of trees, 84 

 Bordered pits, 78 

 Broomrape, parasitism of, 



186 



Bud-scales, 135, 142 

 Bulbils of ferns, 209 

 Bulbous plants, 144 



Cacti, 142 

 Cambium, 100 

 Caulerpa, 50 

 Cell, 20 

 Cellulose, 14 

 Chlamydomonas, 15 

 Chlorophyll, 20 



Chloroplast, 17 

 Chromatin, 227 

 Chromosome, 228 

 C.lia, 13 

 Cladophora, 44 

 Climbing plants, 107 

 Collenchyma, 97, 98 

 Co-ordination, 42 

 Cuticle, 62 



Diffusion of gases through 



stomata, 65 



Dischidia rafflesiana, 159 

 Dodder, 188 



Endosperm, 245 



Epichloe typhina, attack by, 



179 



Epiphyte, 133, 149 

 Epiphytic orchids, 151 

 Epiphytic Tillandsias, 155 



Fertilisation in Chlamydo- 

 monas, 214 



Fertilisation in Halidrys, 223 

 Fertilisation in Fucus, 221 

 Flowering plants, reproduc- 

 tion in, 242 

 Fluorescence of chlorophyll, 



24 

 Fungi, 161 



Gamete, 213 



253 



