INDEX. 



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Lotus Jacoliseus, movements 

 night, 116, 121. 124 



, development of pulvini, 122 



, sleep of cotyledons, 308, 313 



, nyclitropio movement of 



leaves, 3.'i3 



major, sleep of leaves, 353 



perigriuus, movement of leaf- 

 lets, 353 



Lunularta vulgar ii, oii'cnmnutatlon 

 ot fronds, 258 



Lupinus, 34:0 



albifrom, sleep of leaves, 344 



• Sartwegii, sleep of leaves, 



341 



luteus, civeumnutation of coty- 

 ledons, 3S, 110 



, effect of darkness, 1 24 



Lupinus, position of leaves wlien 

 asleep, 341 



, different positions of leaves at 



night, 343 



, varied movements of leaves 



and leaflets, 395 



Menzieeii, sleep of leaves, 343 



mutabilis, sleep of leaves, 



343 



nanus, sleep of leaves, 343 



pilosus, sleep of leaves, 340, 



341 



polyphyUus, sleep of leaves, 



343 



pubesoens, sleep of leaves by 



day and night, 342 

 , position of petioles at night, 



343 



•■ , movements of petioles, 401 



■ speciosus, circumnutation of 



leaves, 236 

 Lynoli, Mr. K., on Pachira a/jua- 



tica, 95, n. ; sleep movements of 



Averrlwa, 330 



II. 



Maranta arundinaeea, nyctitropio 

 movement of leaves, 389-391 



, after much agitation do not 



sleep, 319 



MELILOTUS. 



Marsilia quadrifoUata, eSect of ra- 

 diation at night, 292 



, circumnutation and nycti- 

 tropio movement of leaflets, 3J2- 

 394 



, rate of movement, 404 



Martins, on radiation at night, 

 284, n. 



Master?, Dr. Maxwell, nn the lead- 

 ing shoots of the Goniferse, 211 



Maurandla semperflorens, circumnu- 

 tation of peduncle, 225 



Mediaago 'nuiaulata, nocturnal posi- 

 tion of leaves, 345 



■ ■ marina, leaves awake and 



asleep, 344 



Meehan, Mr., on the effect of an 

 .^icidium on Purtulaea oleracea. 

 189 



Megarrhiza Califomica, mode of 

 breaking through the ground, 

 81 



, germination described by Asa 



Griay, 82 



, singular manner of germina- 

 tion, 83, 556 



Melaleuca ericcefoUa, sleep of leaves, 

 383 



Melilotus, sleep of leaves, 345 



alha, sleep of leaves, 347 



coerulea, sleep of leaves, 347 



dentata, effect of radiation at 



night, 295 



elegans, sleep of leaves, 347 



gracilis, sleep of leaves, 347 



infesta, sleep of leaves, 347 



Italica, leaves exposed at 



night, 291 



, sleep of leaves, 347 



macrorrhiza, leaves exposed at 



night, 292 



, sleep of leaves, 347 



messanensis, sleep of leaves on 



tuU-grown and young plants, 

 348, 416 



officinalis, effect of exposure of 



leaves at night, 290, 296 



, nocturnal movement of leaves, 



316, 347 



— — , circumnutation of leaves, 348 



, movement of petioles, 401 



