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INDEX. 



Madder, 514 

 Madeira, plants of, ^81 

 Madhuca tree, 531 

 Madia, 521 

 Msesa, 531 

 MagalhaensandTierra 



del Fuego flora, 688 

 Magnolia, fruit, 312 

 Magnoliacece, 428 

 Magnolias, Region of, 



681 

 Mahogany, 460 



fruit of, 315 



Mahonia, 431 

 Maiden-hair, 640 

 Maize, 630 



fruit of, 311 



Malachadenia, 605 

 Male Shield-fern, 639 

 Malesherbia, 497 

 Malic acid, 170 

 Malicorium, 314 

 Mallotus, 582 

 Mallow, 446 

 Malpighiacese, 457 

 Malvaceae, 446 

 Mammee apple, 457 

 Manchineel, 581 

 Mandragora, 549 

 Mandrake, ■;49 

 Manganese in plants, 



132 

 Mangifera, 473 

 Mango, 3n 

 Mango Id- wurzel, 562 

 Mangosteen, 457 

 Mangrove, !488 

 Manicaria, 622 

 Manihot, 582 

 Manilla hemp, 608 

 Manioc, 582 

 Manna, 443, 479, 533, 



599 



ash, 533 



sugar, 165 



Mannite, 165 



in seaweeds, 165 



Mantellia, 750 

 Manure, application of. 



136 

 Manures, comparative 



value of, 137 

 Manuring with green 



crops, 140 

 with sea - weeds, 



140 

 Manzanita, 527 

 Maple, 458 



sugar, 164 



Maranta, 607 

 Marantaceae, 606 

 Maraschino, 486 

 Marattia, 640 

 Marattieae, 639 

 Marcescent, 200, 211 

 Marcgraavia, pedun- 

 cular pitchers of, 290 

 Marcgravia, 452 

 Marchantia, 644 

 Marchantiese, 643 

 reproduction of, 



274 



Mare's-tail, ^gs 

 Margaric acid, 168 

 Marginate, igS 

 Margosa, 460 

 Marine flora of Britain, 



714 



vegetation, zones 



of, 699 



Marjoram, 554 



Marking-nut, 474 



Marmalade, 531 



Marrubium, 554 



Marsdenia, 536 



Marsh Mallow, 447 



trefoil, 540 



Marsilea, 640 



Marsileaceac, 640 



reproduction of, 



279 



Martynia, 541 



Marvel of Peru, 560 



Mask-like, 207 



Mastich, 474 



Ma.t6, 530 



Matico, 591 



MattuUa, 32 



Maturation of the peri- 

 carp, 319 



of the seed, 343 



Mauritia, 622 



Mayaca, 623 



May-apple, 428 



Meadow grass, 631 



saflfron, 616 



Mealy, 333 



Mechoacan-root, 544 



Meconic acid, 170 



Meconopsis, 433 



Medicago, 479 



Medick, 479 



Mediterranean flora, 

 68q 



Medlar, 314 



of Surinam, 531 



Medullary rays, 50, 59, 



sheath, 53, 75 



Megacarpaea, 435 

 Megasporangia, 278 

 Megaspores, 278 

 Megatherms, 663 

 Megistotherms, 664 

 Melaleuca, 491 

 Melampyrum, 551 

 Melanosporese, 653 

 Melanthacese, 616 

 Melanthium, 616 

 Melastomaceae, 489 



Region of, 687 



Melegueta pepper, 



606 

 MeliaccEe, 459 

 Melilotus, 479 

 MeliosmEL, 459 

 Melissa, 554 

 Melloca, 446 

 Melocanna, 632 

 Melon, 314, 495 

 Memecylon, 489 

 Meninia, 556 

 Menispermaceae, 430 

 Mentagraphytes, 651 



Mentha, 554 



Mentzelia, 494' 



Menyanthese, 539 



Menziesia, 527 



Merenchyma, 3 



Mericarps, 311 



Merismatic division of 

 cells, 14, 267 



Merithalli, 362 



Mertensia, 547 



Merulius, 650 



Mesembryaceae, 510 



Mesembryanthema, 

 Region of, 689 



Mesembry anthem um, 

 500 



Mesocarp, 300 



Mesochillium, 642 



Mesophloeum, 57 



Mesophyllum, 80 



Mesosperm, 327 



Mesotherms, 664 



Mesua, 457 



Metaraorphic rocks, 

 723 



Metamorphoses, vege- 

 table, 362 



Metasperms, 292 



Meteoric flowers, 263 



Meteorological influ- 

 ence on odours of 

 plants, 396 



Metroxylon, 621 



Mexico and Guiana, 

 flora of, 686 



Mexico, flora of 

 Highlands of, 686 



Meyen's phyto-geo- 

 graphical zones, 692 



zones, tabular 



view of, 694 



Mezereon, 572 

 Michaux's floral re- 

 gion, 681 

 Miconia, 489 

 MicroCachrys, 597 

 Microgonidium, 270 

 Micrometer, 771 

 Micropyle, 329, 254 

 Microscope, 761, 763 



compound, 765 



focal adjustment 



of, 779 



its uses, 761 



mode of using it, 



775 



simple, 763 



works on the, 793 



Microscopic apparatus, 



• manipulation, 772 



objects for exa- 

 mination, 780 



objects, preserva- 

 tion of, 783 



observations, 



sources of error in, 

 776 



re-agents, 773 



test objects, 772 



Microscopical demon- 

 strations, objects and 



illustrative tissues, 

 781 

 Microscopical slides, 



785 



specimens m a 



case, 792 



■ turn-table, 786 



Microsporangia, 278 

 Microspores, 278, 640 

 Microtherm, 664 

 Miersia, 618 

 Mignonette, 438 

 Mikania, 521 

 Mildew, 399 

 Milk-tree, 537 

 Milk-vessels, 21 

 Milk-wort, 441 

 Millet, 631 

 Mimosa, 482 

 Mimosites, 751, 755 

 Mimulus, 552 

 Mimusops, 531 

 Miners, 403 

 Mint, 554 

 Miocene, Arctic fossil 



flora, 755 

 flora, 754 



flora of Europe, 



756 



Miostemonous, 215 

 Mirabilis, 561 

 Mistleto, 142, 571 

 Mixed inflorescence, 



186 

 Mock-apple, 496 



orange, 490 



Modecca, 497 

 Moisture, effect - of, 



in distribution of 



plants, 662 



in germination, 



344 



MoUugo, 500 

 Momordica, 494 

 Monadelphous, 218 

 Monandrous, 216 

 Monembryony, 330 

 Monetia, 534 

 Moniliform, 217 



root, 40 



vessels, 20 



Monimia, 589 

 Monimiaceee, 588 

 Monkey-bread, 449 

 Monkey-pot, 307, 315, 



492 

 Monkey's dinner-bell,- 



581 

 Monkshood, 427 

 Moffk's-rhubarb, 565 

 Monocarpic, 359 

 Monochlamydeae, 366 

 M onochlamydeous, 



192 

 Monoclinous, 367 

 Monocotyledones, 601 

 Monocotyledonous, 



334 



embryo, 336, 362 



Monocotyledons, 



leaves of, loi 

 phyllotaxis of, loi 



