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INDEX 



Buchner, H,, on sterilizing effect of light, 261; on 

 polymorphism of bacteria, 270. (See also 

 Buchner, E., B. and Hahn.) 



Buckland, in anecdote, 33> 



Buckwheat 78, 80. 



Budrin, on nitrogen fertilizers, 81. 



Buds, 198, 288-290. 



Biuret reaction, 141, 144. 147- 



Bunsen, on gas analysis, 4. 



Burgerstein, on transpiration, etc., 122, 128. 



Burlakov, on respiration, 209. 



Butkewitsch, see Butkevich. 



Butkevich, on proteolytic enzymes, 151; on pro- 

 teins in lower plants, 158; on decomposition 

 of nitrogenous substances, 159. 162. 



Butlerow, on synthesis of sugar-like substances 

 from oxymethylene, 29, 30. 



Butomus, 47. 



Butyric acid fermentation, 189, 229. 



Cabbage (see also Brassica), 21. 



Cacti, 233. 



Caffein, 39, i6r. 



Calamin violet, 81. 



Calcium (see also lime), 66, 67, 76, 79, 83-87, 96, 

 168, 2SS; carbide, 68; carbonate, 47, 67, 88, 95, 

 116, is8, 189; chloride, 8s, 116, 198, 237; 

 cyanamide, see lime-nitrogen; cyanide, 68 ; hypo- 

 chlorite, S6; lactate, 153. 189; nitrate, 76; 

 oxalate, 173, 278; phosphate, 88; sulphate, 

 47, 8s; calcium plants, 82. 



Calla, 36. 



Calorie, X3iii, calorimeter, 199. 



Caltha, 36. 



Cambium, 213. 



Cameron, Soil solution, 86. (See also Whitney and 

 C.) 



Campanula, 251, 257, 258. 



Candolle, de, on toxins in soil, 93. 



Cane sugar (see also saccharose), 108, no, 113, 171, 

 172, 174. 182, 189, 192, 193. 195. 208, 295. 



Cannabis (see also hemp), 143, 144, 169. 



CaPselta, 240. 



Capus, on water transport, 132. 



Carbon, xxii, 175. 176; bisulphide, 15. 19, 20; diox- 

 ide, 1-4, 14. 18, 24, 31. 32, 46. 96-101, 152-155, 

 170, 171, 178, 179, 181, 182, 184, 186-196, 198- 

 206, 208-210, 212, 230, 254, 294-296; monox- 

 ide, 31; carbon black, 95- Carbon, assimila- 

 tion of, by green plants, Pt. I, Chap. I, 1—39; 

 importance of, 1-2; by plants without chloro- 

 phyll, Pt. I, Chap. II, 40-59. 



Carbonic acid, light and decomposition of, 21-28, 



Carbohydrates, 17, 18, 78, 80, 81, 137, 139, is6, 

 163, 164, 166, 168, 170-172, 174, 191, 19s, 201, 

 207-210, 242, 254, 



Carboxylase, 186. 



Carlsberg Laboratory, 42. 



Carotin, 6, 8, 16, 19-21. 



Carrot, 19. 



Caryophylacea, 160. 



Casease, 153. 



Casein, 189. 



Castor bean (see also Ricinus), 168. 



Catalase, 153. 



Catalpa, 100. 



Catalysis (see also fermentation, enzymes), xxii, 

 xxiii, 148. 



Cavendish, on electric combination of nitrogen and 

 oxygen, 68, 



Caventou, see Pelletier and C. 



Cell, as physiological unit, 139. 



Cell sap, 114, 214; walls, 97-99, in, 117, 132, 

 134, 170, 171, 217, 240, 282, 



Cellulose, 99. 104, 170, 171, 174-177, 19s, 241. 



Centaur ea, 283, 



Centrifuge, 263. 269. 



Ceramium, 38. 



Cernovodeanu, and Henri, on microorganisms and 

 ultra-violet light, 262. 



ChamcBcy Paris, 16. 



Chamberland filter, 55. 168. 



Chapin, on carbon dioxide and growth, 230. 



Char a, 82. 



Charcoal, 76. 



Chemotaxis, 29s, 296. 



Chemotropism, 296. 



Cherry laurel, 32, 227. 



Chicle, 123. 



Chitin, 171. 



Chlorides, 84, 8s. 



Chlorine, 56, 76, 80, 81; chlorinated lime, 56. 



Chloroform, 19, 64, 92, 13S, 169, 172, 182. 



Chlorophyll, 2, s-i9. 21, 27, 31, 35, 79, 172, 234, 

 256, 260. 



Chlorophyllan, 11. 



Chloroplasts, I39r 141. 258. 



Chlorosis, 16, 79, 163, 254. 



Cho, see Majina and C. 



Chocensky, see Stoklasa, Ernest and C. 



Chodat and Bach, on oxidases, etCi, 152. (See also 

 Bach and C.) 



Cholera, of chickens, 167. 



Cholesterin, 19, 139. 168. 



Chouchak, see Pouget and C. 



Christeasen, on nitrifying bacteria, 74, 



Chromogens, respiration, 173. 202-203, 



Ciaccio, on lecithin, 169. 



Ciamician, on photosynthesis, 34* 256; on hydro- 

 cyanic acid in plants, 256; C. and Silber, 

 on chemical action of light, 179, 180. 



Cichorium, 246. 



Circumnutation, 279. 



Clautriau, on Nepenthes, 37; on alkaloids, 167* 



Claypon and Starling, on hormone action, 292. 



Cleistogamous flowers, 261. 



Climate, 226, 233, 244, 285. 



Climbing plants, Pt. II, Chap. IV, 276-279; non- 

 twining, 277-279. 



Clinostat, 263, 277. 



Clostridium, 75, 189. 



Clover, 280. 



Coal, 33, 208. 



Coalescence,- 297. 



Coagulation, of proteins, 143. 



Cobalt, 76, cobalt-chloride paper, 124, 



Cocoa butter, 36. 



Codium, 112. 



Co-enzymes, 182, 



Cohesion, of water, 134. 



Cohnheim, on chemistry of proteins, 140, 



Coiling, of tendrils, 278, 



