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Index 



Kolreuter, 149. 

 Korschelt, 428; 



Labidocefa, 393. 



Lamarck, 146, 222-233. 



Lamarckian factor, 94, 205, 211, 222, 458. 



Lang, 345. 



Law of Biogenesis, 30. 



Leaf, resemblance to, 7. 



Leaves, closing of, 11. 



Leeches, 417. 



Leguminosas, 124. 



Leidy, 46. 



Length of life, 20. 



Lenhossek, 435. 



Leopard, 209. 



Lepidoptera, 172. 



Leptothrix, 320. 



Leucophys, 442. 



Lichen, 9. 



Lillie, 72. 



Limbs of vertebrates, 46. 



Linaria, 401. 



Linnaean species, 85. 



Linnaeus, 191. 



Lion, 6. 



Lizards, 7, 16, 17, 193. 



Lobelia, 148. 



Lobster, 343. 



Lockwood, 138. 



Locusts, 188. 



Loeb, 383-392, 447. 



Lomaria, 290. 



Lowell lectures, 61. 



Lumbriculus, 15. 



Luminous organs, 133. 



Lymnsea, 305, 322. 



Lythrum, 365-370. 



Machines, 26, 27, 28. 

 Mcintosh, 176. 

 McNeill, 204. 

 Macropus, 192. 

 Malva, 401. 



Mammalia, origin, 54, 202. 

 Man, 210. 

 Marsh, 49. 

 Matthews, 447. 

 Mauchamp, 315. 

 Maupas, 441, 442, 445. 

 May-flies, 19, 353, 389. 

 Mead, 72. 

 Meckel, 59, 60. 

 Melanism, 209. 

 Melospiza, 311. 

 Mendel, 278-286, 433, 436. 

 Mesohippus, 51. 

 Mimosa, 404. 



Minnow, 16. 

 Minot, 433. 

 Mirabilis, 149, 150. 

 Mivart, 136, 137. 

 Mole, 1, 2, 18, 227. 

 Mole-cricket, 1, 2. 

 Molothrus, 140. 

 Monkeys, 207, 208. 

 Mons, Van, 332. 

 Montgomery, 432. 

 Moor-hen, 453. 

 Moquin-Tandon, 303. 

 Morton, Lord, 238. 

 Moschus, 206. 

 Moths, 184, 387, 388. 

 Moussu, 257. 

 Mozart, 218. 

 Mulberry, 313. 

 Miiller, 182, 188. 

 Muller, Fritz, 148. 

 Muscles, 12. 

 Mycetes, 205. 

 Myzostomum, 422. 



Nageli, 161, 325-339, 459. 



Natural selection, 104-107, 108, 109, no, 



etc. ; definition of, 117. 

 Nauplius, 69. 

 Nectar, 124. 



Nectar-feeding insects, 126, 127. 

 Nectarines, 134. 

 Negroes, 212. 



Nematode, number of eggs, no. 

 Nematus, 425. 

 Nemertian worms, 176. 

 Neo-Lamarckians, 240, 259-260. 

 Nepenthes, 10. 

 Nephela, 178. 

 Nest of birds, 4, 407-408. 

 Neuters, 142. 

 Nicotine, 13. 

 Nostocs, 320. 

 Notochord, 64, 65. 

 Nussbaum, 424. 



Ocneria, 428. 

 CEnothera, 294-297. 

 Oken, 56, 58. 

 Old age, 21, 25. 

 Onites, 232. 

 Onychodromus, 442. 

 Opossum, 410. 

 Organs of little use, 22. 

 " Origin of Species," 129. 

 Ornithorynchus, 54. 

 Orobanchia, 330. 

 Osborn, 259. 



