INDEX. 



315 



Klinostat, theory of action of, 170 ; 

 use of in studying diaheliotro- 

 pism, 170 ; used for exclusion 

 of heliotropism and geotropism, 

 175 ; vertical, for growth experi- 

 ments, 148 



Knight's centrifugal experiment, 

 155 



Knop on water culture, 52 n. 



Konig on oils and fats, 243 



Kohl's method of recording absorp- 

 tion of transpiring plant, 76 ; on 

 light affecting transpiration, 78, 

 79 n. 



Krabbe on diaheliotropism, 174. 

 See also Schwendener 



Kraus, G. , on respiration of Arum, 

 7 



Lambert and Butler, their tobacco 

 tins used as flower pots, 89 



Laminaria, imbibition of, 101 



Lamium, diaheliotropism, 168 



Land-plants, leaves of, do not 

 assimilate under water, 22 



Leaf, injected, affected by heat 

 more easily, 10 



Leaves, drooping in frost, 163; 

 form of, affected by sun and 

 shade, 50 ; injected by frost, 97 ; 

 injection of with water, 96 ; 

 sleep of, 208-205 ; terrestrial, do 

 not assimilate under water, 22 ; 

 variegated, tested for starch, 19 ; 

 nitrates and oxalate in, 59, 60 



Lemna, used for water- culture, 57, 

 58 



Lenticels, connection with inter- 

 cellular spaces, 99 



Lepidium used in experiments on 

 oils, 247 



Leucoplasts, 30 



Lever, used with auxanometer, 145 



Light, effect on assimilation of in- 

 tensity of, 20, 31; on chlorophyll 

 solution, 44 ; on growth, 147, 

 148, 149; dull, inefBeient for 

 assimilation, 20 ; andgravitation, 

 opposed action of, 167 ; effect on 

 assimilation of different degrees 

 of refrangibility of, 21, 32 ; effect 



of on heliotropio curvature, 166 ; 



of different refrangibility, effect 



of on nyctitropic movements, 



204 

 Limnanthemum, stomata, 96 

 Lithium in fungus culture, 63 

 Loew, on formaldehyde, 29 

 Lupin, variability in swelling of 



seeds of, 106 

 Lynch on periodic movements of 



Averrhoa, 207 n. 



Magnesium in fungus culture, 63 



Mahonia, sensitive stamens of, 

 194 



Maize, used in experiments on 

 enzymes, 288 



Malic acid, see Acids 



Malt-extract, see Diastase 



Maltosazone, 266 



Maltose, tests for and estimation 

 of, see Sugars ; hydrolysis of, by 

 glykase, 291 



Manipulation and apparatus, books 

 dealing with, 222 



Mannite, see Sugars 



Marks for measuring growth, ink 

 used for, 182 n. 



Martynia, irritable stigma of, 196n. 



Material to be analysed, preparatory 

 treatment of, 222 



Mercury, growth of roots into, 

 155 



Metabolism, chemistry of, 217 



Methylene blue absorbed by living 

 cell, 113 



Micrometer- screw, 123; used as 

 auxanometer, 137 



Microscope, used for measuring 

 growth, 64, 139, 143, 144 



Micro-spectral objective, Engel- 

 mann's, 42 



Milk, used as emulsion for block- 

 ing vessels, 80 



Mimosa, effect of darkness on sen- 

 sitiveness of, 188; irritated by 

 ammonia, 187; sensitive to 

 touch, 186 ; sleep of, 206 ; con- 

 tinued stimulation of, 188; tem- 

 perature necessary for sensitive- 

 ness of, 187 



