INDEX 



585 



All numbers refer to page.s, lieiivy type indicating illustrations. 



Curly maple, 263 

 Currant, 88, 94, 121, 125 

 Cyamophi/cecB, Blue Alga^ 

 Cyoad, 558; Japanese, 555 

 Cycadacece, Cyead Family 

 Cycadales, Cycad Order 

 Cycad Family: 397; Japanese 



cycad, 555 

 Cycad Order, 397 

 Cycads, 554; evolution of, 558 

 Cycas revoluta, Japanese Cycad 

 Cycles of life, 470 

 Cijdonia vulgaris, Quince 

 Cyme, 344 

 Cymose inflorescence, 343, 344, 



345, 352 

 Cyperacew, Sedge Family 

 Cypripediiini hirsulum, Showy 

 Ladies' Slipper 



parviflorum, Yellow Ladies' Slip- 

 per 

 Cytoplasm, 473 



Daily ration, 117, 118 



Dandelions, 442, 443 



Daphne, 205, 209 



Daphne Mezereum, Daphne 



Darwin, Charles, 446 



Darwinism, 440, 453, 456, 457; 



objections to, 452 

 Date, 88, 100, 101, 114, 121, 124, 



388, 422, 423 

 Date-palm, 274 



Datura Stramonium, Jimson-weed 

 Daucus Carola, Carrot 

 Dead substances, 570 

 Death, 572 

 Death-cup, 214, 215 

 De Candolle, Augustin Pyrame, 



316 

 Decay, 494, 504 

 Decompound leaves, 339, 352 

 Decoration, 223 

 Definite variations, 448 

 Degeneration, 468, 512; in ferns, 



535 

 Dehiscence of anthers, 354; by 



longitudinal shts, 355; by pores, 



379; by uplifted valves, 360 

 Dehiscence of fruits, 351; dorsal, 



359; loculicidal, 368; margin- 



ioidally septifragal, 382; pori- 



cidal, 362; septicidal, 379; septi- 

 fragal, 382; ventral, 351 



Dentists' absorbent, 239 



Departments of botany, 8 



Description, early attempts, 312; 

 Linnasan ideal, 314; in "ordi- 

 nary English," 312; technical, 

 312 



Desert plants, 434 



Desmidiacew, Desmid Family 



Desmid Family: grape desmid, 477 



Desmids, 476 



Determinate inflorescence, 343, 352 



Devil's Aprons, 485 



Diadelphous stamens, 366 



Diastase, 32 



Dicots, 397 



Dicotyledonous embryo, 386 



Dicotyl Subclass, 397 



Dietary standards, 117 



Diet, mixed, 118; well-balanced, 

 118 



Difference between animals and 

 plants, 573 



Digitalis purpurea, Foxglove 



Dioecious inflorescence, 360 



Dippers, 276 



Diseases due to fungi, 504 



Disk, 61 



Dispersal of seeds, 560; of spores, 

 511, 532 



Dissemination, 560; organs of, 322 



Distillation, 128 



Distilled beverages, 159 



Distinct floral organs, 350, 354 



Ditch Crowfoot, 216, 328-356 



Divided lea\'es, 339 



Diving-dresses, 284 



Division, 8 



Di«sion of labor, 321 



Divisions of vegetable kingdom, 

 394, 396 



Dogbane Family, 401; oleander, 

 206, 207 



Dogwood Family, 400 



Domesticated varieties, 430 



Domestication, 446 



Domestic utensils, 243 



Door-mats, 235 



Dorsal dehiscence of jjericarp, 359; 

 placenta, 346 



Double flowers, 347 



