INDEX 



579 



DESMODIUM. 



tropic movement of leaves, 358— 



;-i60 

 Desmodium gyrajis, moveraent of 



lateral leaflets, 361 



, jerking of leaflets, 362 



, nyctitropio movement of peti- 

 oles, 400, 401 

 , diameter of plant at night, 



402 

 , lateral movement of leaves, 



404 

 , z'gzng movement of apex of 



leaf, 405 



, shape of lateral leaflet, 416 



vespertih'onu, 364, n. 



Deiikia gracilis, circumnutation of 



stem, 205 

 Diageotropisra, 5 ; or transverse- 



geotvopism, 520 

 Diaheliotvopism, 5 ; or Transversal- 



Heliotropismus of Frank, 419 ; 



influenced by epinasty, 439 ; 



by weight and apogeotropkiin, 



440 

 Dianthua carynphyllus, 230 

 , circumnutation of young leaf, 



231, 2B9 

 Dicotyledons, circumnutation wide - 



ly spread among, 68 

 Dionoea, oscillatory movements of 



leaves, 261, 271 

 Dionoea muscipula, oircnmimtatinn 



of young expanding leaf, 239, 



240 

 ■ , closure of the lobes and cii - 



cumnutation of a full-grown leaf, 



241 



, oscillations of, 242-214 



Diurnal sleep, 419 

 Drosera Capensis, structure of first- 

 formed leaves, 414 

 rolundiftilia, movement nf 



young leaf, 237, 238 



, of the tentacles, 239 



, sensitiveness of tentacles, 



261 



, shape of leaves, 414 



, leaves not heliotropic, 450 



, leaves cii'cumnutate largely, 



454 

 , sensitiveness of 570 



BUOALTPTDS. 



Duchartre on Tephrosia caribcea, 

 354 ; on the nyctitropic movement 

 of the Cassia, 369 



Duval-Jouve, on the movements of 

 Bryophyllwm calyeinum, 237 ; of 

 the narrow leaves of the Grami- 

 nese, 413 



Dyer, Mr. Thiselton, on the leaves 

 of Crotolaria, 340 ; on Cassia flori- 

 bunda, 369, »., on the absorbent 

 hairs on the buried flower-heads 

 of Trifolium eubterraneum, 517 



E. 



Eclieveria etolcmifera, circumnuta- 

 tion of leaf, 237 



Eehinocactus viridescens, its rudi- 

 mentary cotyledons, 97 



Echinocystis lobata, movements of 

 tendrils, 266 



, apogeotropism of teudrile, 



510 



Elfving, F., on the rhizomes of 

 Sparganium ramosv/m, 189; on 

 the diageoti'opic movement in the 

 rhizomes of some plants, 521 



Elymus areTiareus, leaves closed 

 during the day, 413 



Embryology of leaves, 414 



Engelmann, Dr., on the Quercug 

 virens, 85 



Epinasty, 5, 267 



Epicotyl, or plumule, 5 ; manner 

 of breaking through the ground, 

 77 ; emerges from the ground 

 under the form of an arch, 553 



Erythrina caffra, sleep of leaves, 

 367 



coranodendron, movement of 



terminal leaflet, 3B7 



crista-galli, effect of tem- 

 perature on sleep of leaves, 

 318 



, circumnutation and nycti- 

 tropic movement of terminal 

 leaflets, 367 



Eucalyptus resinifera, circumnuta- 

 tion of leaves, 244 



