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INDEX 



Alandioc {Manihot ulilisslma), 43. 



Mangrove (Rhizophora) , 372, 



Manihot glaziovii. 157 ; M. iitilis- 

 sima, 43. 



Mannose, 53. 



Manure, fermentation of, 261 ; use 

 of Algse for, 203. 



Maple (Acer rampeslre) , 28, 130, 

 133 ; Cork — , 141. 



Maple sugar, 124, 



Marchantia, 407 ; antheridia of, 

 279 ; archegonia of, 280, 281 

 (lig.) : gemma; of, 270 (fig.), 

 27^ (fig.), 277 ; fertilisation of, 

 281 ; habit of, 270 (fig.) ; 

 sporogonia of, 281, 282 ; struc- 

 ture of, 271, 273 (fig.). 



Marchantiales, 407. 



Mare's Tail (Hippiins), growing 

 point of, ig (fig.) ; leaf of, 

 177; stem-structure of 172, 



173 (fig^). 

 Margarine, 49. 



Marine Alg^e. See Seaweeds. 

 Marram-grass {Psamma avenaria), 



leaf-structnre of, qj, 163, 164 



(fig.)- 



Marrow (Cucurbita), hairs of, 102 

 (fig.) ; phloem of, 29 (fig.), 82, 

 130 ; stem-structure of, 80-83 

 (figs.) ; tyloses of, 127 (fig.) ; 

 vessels of, 35 (fig.), 83. 



Marsh Cudweed [Gnaphalium uli- 

 ginosum), 375 (fig.) ; — Marigold 

 (Caltha palustris), 72, 146, 356, 

 366 (fig.) ; — Pennywort {Hy- 

 dfocotylc), 115 ; — Samphire 

 (Salicornia), 175 (fig.). 



Marsh-plants, structure of, 72, 100, 



174, 175 (fig.)- 



Meadow Rue (Thalictyum), stem- 

 structure of, 86. 



Meadow Saffron [Colchicuin), 364. 



Meadowsweet (Spiraa itlmayia), 

 169. 



Measurement under the microscope, 

 403. 



Mechanical elements and tissues, 

 27, 31-6 (figs.) ; of Ferns, 

 2()2, 293 (fig.) ; <it Fiiciis, 202 ; 

 of leaves, 112, 114, 115, 166; 

 of Lyginopteris, 329, 330 (fig.) ; 

 of Mosses, 276 ; of roots, 6g, 

 72, 73 ; of secondarily thick- 

 ened stems, 121, 123 (fig.), 125, 

 137 ; of young stems, 87, 88. 



Mechanics of, aquatics, 170, 171, 

 172; leaves, 92, 95, 112, 115, 



n6 : petioles, 115; roots, 

 69, 72, 73 ; secondarily thick- 

 ened branches, 125, 137 ; 3-oung 

 ■stems, 87, 88. 



Medicinal plants, 48, 49, 60, 61, 155, 

 255. 276. 



Medulla (of Alga;), 202, 225 (fig.). 



Medullary bundles, 86. 



Medullary rays, of Conifers, 340, 341 

 (fig.) ; of Lyginopteris, 328, 

 330 (fig) ; of root, 132 ; of 

 secondary phloem, 130; of 

 secondary wood ,119 (fig.), 120, 

 122-4 (fig.). 128 (fig.) ; primary 

 — , 76. 77 (fig). 78 (fig.), 118. 



Medullary sheath, 79, 124. 



Megasporangium, 318 (fig.), 319, 



324. 325 (fig.), 328, 346. 



Mcgaspore, 321, 332 ; of Angio- 

 sperms, 357, 365, 373 ; of 

 Conifers, 348, 349 (fig.) ; of 

 Cycads. 325 (fig.), 326, 327 

 (fig.) ; of Lyginopteris, 331, 

 333 (fig.) ', tif Selagiiiella, 318 

 (fig). 319. 



Mcgasporophylls, of Angiosperms, 

 3.54. 356; of Conifers, 347 (fig.); 

 of Cycads, 324, 325 (fig.). 



Meiosis, 305-7 (fig.). 



Melampyrum, 179. 



Melosira, 193 (fig.), 207 (fig.). 



Membrane, cell-, see Cell-wall ; 

 semi-permeable — , 8, 9. 



Mendel's law, 383-7. 



Mentha piperita, 62. 



Menthol, 62. 



Mercurialis perennis, leaf of, 37 

 (fig.), 59 (fig.), 168, 169 ; petiole 

 of, 113 (fig). 



Meristems, intercalary, 21, 199 ; 

 primary, 18-21 (figs.), 65, 79, 

 89; secondary. 117, n8, 135, 



137- 



Mcristic variations, 374, 376. 



Merulius lacrymans, 252. 



Meseinhryant'hemuin crvstalliiiinu. 

 94, 167. 



Mesophyll of, Angiosperms, 107- 

 12 (figs.); aquatics, 172, 177 

 (fig.) ; Conifers, 342 (fig.). 343. 

 344 (fig) ; Ferns. 295. 298 

 (fig.) ; shade-leaves, 169 (fig.), 

 170. 



Mesozoic period, plants of, 322. 



Metabolism, 58. " 



Metaxylem, 68, 69 ; of Ferns, 292 

 (fig.), 293 (fig.) ; of roots, 68, 

 70 (hg.) ; of stems, 78 (fig.), 79, 



