INDEX 
Auxospores (of Diatoms), 65. 
Awn, 243, 283, Fig. 54. 
Azalea, 213, 214; A. viscosa, 213, 
Fig. 52. 
Azolla, 280. 
B 
Bacillus, 35; B. typhi, 35, Fig. 5; 
B. tetani, 35, Fig. 5. 
Bacteria (see also ‘‘ Schizomy- 
cetes’’), 3, 8, 17, 18, 34, 35, 36, 37, 
38, 45, 46, 96, 242, 258, 284. 
Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), 
168, 227. 
Bamboo, 188. 
Banana, B. family, 192, 193, 240. 
Bangiacee, 71. 
Barberry, 88, 90, 252. 
Barbs (of fruits and seeds), 243. 
Basidiomycetes, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 
98, 99, 100, Fig. 25. 
Basidium, 93, 94, Fig. 25. 
Bast (see also ‘‘ Phloém ’’), 124. 
Batrachospermum, 74, Fig. 20. 
Bay-tree (Umbellularia), 240. 
Bean, 212, 283. 
Beech, 237, 238. 
Bees, 249, 252, 254. 
Beggar’s-ticks (Echinospermum), 
243. 
Beggiatoa, 35, Fig. 5. 
Bignonia, 214. 
Biology, 11. 
Birch, 207, 228, 230. 
Birds, 243, 249. 
Bird’s-nest fungus (Cyathus), 94, 
Fig. 25. 
Bitter-sweet (Celastrus), 237. 
Black-fungi (see also ‘‘ Pyrenomy- 
cetes ’’), 87, 93. 
Black knot (Plowrightia morbosa), 
93. 
Black-mould (see also ‘‘ Mucor, 
Mucorini’’), 85, 86, Fig. 22. 
Bladder-kelp (see also ‘‘ Macrocys- 
tis,’’ ‘‘ Nereocystis ’’), 68. 
Bladder-weed (see also ‘‘ Utricu- 
laria’’), 108, 204, 258, 259, Fig. 58. 
301 
Blasia, 106, 279, Fig. 27. 
Blood-root (Sanguinaria), 200. 
Blue-green Algze (see ‘‘ Cyanophy- 
cee,”’ “ Schizophycez ’’). 
Blue-gum (see ‘‘ Eucalyptus ’’). 
Blue-mould (Penicillium), 92. 
Borraginacee, 243, 295. 
Botany, « department of Biology, 
11. 
Botrychium, 133, 134; B. simplex, 
134; B. Virginianum, 133, 134, 
Fig. 34. 
Bract, 185, 193, 195, 246, 247, 248. 
Brake (Pteris aquilina), 136. 
Bramble, 232, 240. 
Breadfruit, 240. 
Bromeliacez, 194, 198, 231, 276. 
Broom (Sarothamnus), 250, 252, 
Fig. 56. 
Brown Algz (see also ‘‘ Pheophy- 
cex ’’), 27, 49, 63, 64, 71, 73, 76, 78, 
79, 263, 288, 295. 
Brown Flagellates (Dinoflagellata), 
64, 76, 288. 
Bryinez, 115. 
Bryophyta, Bryophytes (see also 
“ Mosses ’’), 16, 101, 113, 118, 122, 
128, 130, 131, 153, 223, 273, 287, 289, 
290, Figs. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. 
Buckwheat family (Polygonaces), 
208. 
Buds (see also ‘‘ Gemmez ’’), 102, 126, 
270, 281. 
Budding in animals and plants, 
25. 
Bulb, 189, 192, 201, 273, 282. 
Bumblebees, 247, 251. 
Bur-clover (Medicago denticulata), 
241, 243, Fig. 54. 
Burdock, 216, 243. 
Bur-marigold (Bidens), 241. 
Bur-reed (Sparganium), 186, 198. 
Burs, 243. 
Buttercup (Ranunculus), 207, 208, 
246, 247, Figs. 50, 59. 
Buttercup family (Ranunculacez), 
186, 207, 208, 232, 247. 
Buttertlies, 247, 249, 255. 
Butterwort (Pinguicula), 259. 
