314 



BRITISH PLANTS 



CalUtriche, 54 



Calluna : relation to chalk, 89 ; 



distribution of, 224 ; honey, 173 ; 



leaf, 43. See Heather and Ling 

 Calluna-heath, 230, 249, 250, 252 

 Callus, 140 

 Calyx, 162 

 Cambium, *45 

 Campanula hyhrida, 216 

 Camphor, 148 



Campion, moss-. See Silene aamlis 

 Canada, 12, 19 

 Canadian fleabane, 216 ; pond weed, 



234 (see Elodea canadensis) 

 Canals, veg. of, 236 

 Canterbury-bell pollination, 173 

 Capers, 151 

 Capillarity, 86 

 Capillary water, 86 

 Capitulum, 178, *181 

 Oapsdla : autogamy, 165 ; fecundity 



of, 108 ; fr., 188. See Shepherd's- 



purse 

 Capsular fruits, 187 

 Capsules, 189 

 Caraway oil, 151 

 Carbohydrate, 5 ; in seeds, 146 

 Carbon-assimilation, 4. See'iPhoto- 



syuthesis 

 Carbonate of lime, 89 

 Carbonic aeid : agent of denudation, 



80 ; gas, 4, 7, 50, 78 

 Cardamine pratensis : buds on leaves, 



*160 ; seeds, 196 

 Carex-bogs, 231, 247 

 Carlina spines, 140 

 Carnivorous pis., 246, 249. See 



Insectivorous pis. 

 Carpels, 183 



Carrot, 60, 108 ; fleshy root, 108, 150 

 Caryopsis, 186 

 Cascades, veg. of, 234 

 Casein, 5 



Castor-oil, 148 ; seeds, 143, 147 

 Casuals, 215 

 Catch-crops, 98 



Catkin, 178, 180 ; pollination, 167 

 Cat's-tail grass, 217 

 Cattle, 20, 21 

 Cauliflower, 150 

 Cauline leaves, 114, 115 

 Celandine : greater (see Chelidonmm 



majus) ; lesser, tubers. 111. See 



Banuncidus Ficaria 

 Celery, 150 

 Cell-sap, 24, 92 

 Cellulose, 92 ; as food-reserve, 146 



Cell-wall. 92 



Gentaurea Galcitrapa spines, 140 ; 



Cyanus, 216 

 Cerastium arvense, 216 ; semidec- 



andrum, 60, 107 

 Ceratophyllum, 49, 54, 56 

 Cereal seeds, 146 

 Cetraria, 133 

 Chalk, 82 ; disintegration of, 81 ; 



effect on pis., 89; glands, 263; 



plants, 260 

 Chalk-downs : xerophytio factors of, 



35 ; xerophytie nature of pis. on, 



89 ; veg. of, 258, 259 

 Chalk-soil : meadows on, 264 ; physi- 

 cal properties of, 90 

 Cliamcerops, 23 



Chamomile, 152, 216 ; oil, 151 

 Charlock, 216. See Sinapis ar- 



vensis 

 Chdidonium majus latex, 142 

 Chemical action of water, 80, 81 ; 



properties of soils, 88 

 Chenopodium, 216. See Goosefoot 

 Cherry : bud-scales, 61 ; citric acid 



in, 143 ; -laurel, 152 

 Chervil, 62 ; root. 111 

 Chestnut, edible (sweet) : bud-scales, 



61 ; forests oi, 23 ; fr.. 136, *137. 



*187 

 Chestnut, horse : bud-scales, 61 ; fr., 



190 ; infl., 179 

 Chicory, 216 

 Chickweed : fecundity of, 108, 165 ; 



pollination, 165 ; resistance to 



cold, 74. See Stdlaria media 

 Chillies, 151 

 Chlorophyll : as energy-absorber, 66 ; 



effect of intense light on, 73 ; in 



mistletoe, 128 

 Chlorophyll-tissue : in aquatics, 49 ; 



in sun and shade leaves, *72, 



*73 ; in xerophytes, *41, *45 

 Christmas-rose, 57, 177. See HeUe- 



borus 

 Chrysanthemum, 109 ; segetum, 216 

 CichoriesB latex, 142 

 Cinchona, 142, 152 

 Cinnamon, 151 

 Girccea fr., 197 

 Circumnutation, tll6 

 Citric acid, 143 

 Cladodes, 44, *45, 46 

 Classification of plants, 217 ; arti- 

 ficialsystem,219 ; natural system, 

 219 ; biological, 105 ; climatic,. 16 

 ecological, 223 ; physiognomic, 16 



