INDEX. 



949 



Food-absorption, by coral-like and tuberous 



oaulomes, i. 114. 



by Mildews, !. 166. 



by water, marsh, &o., plants, i. 75. 



general consideration of, i. 55. 



movements related to, i. 56. 



of Monotropa, i. 253. 



osmosis in, i. 59. 



similarity of, in Moulds, Toad-stools, 



and Biscomycetes, i. 163. 



theory of, i. 57. 



Food-gaaes, transmission, i. 367. 

 Food-material, gaseous, i. 367. 



ultimate destination, i. 371. 



Food-salts, absorption by water-plants, i. 78. 



absorption of, i, 67. 



accumulation in uppermost layers of 



earth, through action of plants, i. 259. 



application of term, i. 66. 



cause of movement, i. 72. 



conduction, i. 513. 



dilute solutions best, i. 73. 



examples of selection by plants, i. 69. 



in liquid of water-receptacles, i, 242. 



raw, mechanics of movement, 1. 269. 



theory of absorption, i. 85. 



transport, i. 366. 



Foot, of Acetabularia, ii. 647. 



— of Liverwort sporophyte, ii. 696. 



— of young Fern sporophyte, ii. 475. 

 Force, due to growth and ice formation, i. 



517. 



— of growing cells, i. 513. 

 Forcing, of plants, i. 564. 

 Foreign pollen and stigma, ii. 404. 

 Forest flowers, characteristics, i. 655. 

 Forests, type of community, Ii. 887, 892. 

 Forget-me-not. See Myosotis. 

 Fork-mosses, White leaved. See Leucohryum. 

 Form, in plants, on what it depends, i. 50. 

 Formic acid, i. 463. 



in Nepenthes pitcher, i. 135. 



in stinging hairs, i. 441. 



offensive weapon of ants, ii. 233. 



Formic aldehyde, formation in assimilation, 



i. 456. 

 Formica exsecta, protection of Serratula, ii. 



242. 

 Forsythia viridissima, Japan, reserve-buds, 



ii. 32. 

 Fossa Palms, ii. 742. 



— plants, agents in preservation, ii. 612. 



■ ancestors of modem plants, ii. 595 



and modem distribution, ii. 2. 



— Mosses, occurrence, ii. 704. 

 — ■ Myxomycetes, ii. 619. 



— Vascular Cryptogams, cause of preserva- 



tion, ii. 612. 

 Fossores and Asclepiads, ii. 258. 

 Foster, discoverer of £alanophora fungosa, 



i. 190. 

 Foster-parent, selection of, by Orobancheee, 



i. 185. 

 Foster-root, of Lophophytum, L 194. 

 Foster-soD, on trees, L 106. 

 Fourcroya, ii. 734. 



— cohering pollen- grains, ii. 97. 

 Foxglove. See Digitalis. 



— force of root-pressure in, 1. 273. 

 Fox-tail Grass. See Alopecurus. 

 Fragaria, i. 708. 



— nectary, ii. 174. 



— persistent receptacle, ii. 435, 



— procumbent, i. 661. 

 pull of roots, i. 767. 



— runner, i. 664. 



— specific scents, ii. 488. 



Fragaria grandiflora, nmner section, i. 735. 

 Fragaria veaca, fruit-ripening constant, i. 559. 



vegetative propagation, ii. 801. 



Fragillaria virescens, ii. 626. 



Fragrtea obovata, lattice on palm-stem, i. 681. 



supporting roots, stracture, i. 761. 



France, South-west, plants with evergreen 



rolled leaves, i. 306. 

 Francisia ezimia, leaf section, 1 279, 285. 

 Frangulinse, of Braun, ii. 605. 



Frankenia, habitat, extreme aridity of, i. 237. 



— salt on leaves and stem, i. 236. 

 Frankia AIni, gall on Alnus roots, ii. 521. 

 Fraxinella. See Dictamniiafracsinella. 

 FraxinuB, arrangement of foliage-leaves, i. 92. 



— bark, i. 720. 



— bud-scales, i, 626. 



— flowering, ii. 150. 



— leaf, grooved rachis, i. 232. 

 section, i. 232. 



peltate group of cells, i. 232. 



— pollardhig, ii. 37. 



— pollination, ii. 138. 

 Fraxinus excelsior, age, i. 722. 



and gall of Diplosis Cotularia, ii. 634. 



dimensions, i. 722. 



distribution of sexes, ii. 298. 



&c., fasoiation, ii, 549. 



fruit and seed, ii. 428. 



infloresceDceH and flowers, ii. 138. 



protogynouB, ii. 312. 



Fraxinus nana, callus, ii. 30. 



Fraxinus ornus, imperfect flowers, ii. 294. 



scent, ii. 200. 



Free cell-formation, nature of, i. 575. 

 Freezing of plants, i. 539. 

 modern views, i. 540. 



— protection from, i. 546. 



— theoretical considerations, i, 556. 

 Fritillaria and insect visits, ii. 222. 



— autogamy, ii. 332. 



— epiphyllous buds, ii. 43. 



— nectaries, ii. 177. 



— protection of pollen, ii. 118. 



— waxy coating, ii. 237. 



Fritillaria cirrhosa, &c., tendrils, i. 692. 

 Fritillaria imperialis, ii. 731. 



anther, ii. 90. 



bulb scales, i. 624. 



hermaphrodite and staminate flowers, 



u. 297. 

 Fritillaria meleagris, duration of flowering, 



ii. 213. 

 Frogbit. See HydrocTiaris. 

 Frond, of Fern, characteristics, ii, 705. 



morphological value, ii. 12. 



functions, ii. 476, 



Frondosae, of Braun, ii. 605. 

 Frondose community, ii. 888, 893. 

 Frost, and leaf-fall, i. 359. 



— and young foliage, i. 545. 

 Frozen, gardeners' use of word, i. 356. 

 Fructification, of Fungi, colour, i. 165. 



— of Loranthus Europseus, i. 211. 

 Fruit, accessory structures, ii. 433. 



— and seed of Coniferse, ii. 441. 



— boring, i. 618. 



— botanical definition, ii. 47. 



— broad sense, ii. 6, 427. 



— green, i. 376. 



— of Dudresnaya, ii. 50. 



— of ErysiphesB, ii. 60. 



— of Ferns, ii. 68, 475. 



— of Fucus, ii. 53. 



— of Muscinese, ii. 66. 



— of Penicillium, ii. 60. 



— of PeronosporcEe, ii. 56. 



— of Vaucheria, ii. 58. 



— ripening and allurement, ii. 446. 



— types of, ii. 427. 



Fruit-formation, essential conditions, ii. 70. 



in Aspergillus and Penicillium, ii. 18. 



in Eurotium, ii. 679. 



Fruitful and unfruitful years, ii. 471. 

 Fruiting spike, of Arum maculatum, ii. 742. 

 Fruit-production, result of interference with,, 



ii. 453. 

 Fruit-ripening of Oharacese, ii. 62. 

 — —of Equisetaceffl, ii. 68. 



of Ploridese, ii. 62. 



of Marsilia, Salvinia, and Selaginella, 



ii. 69. 

 ^ — of MuscinesB, ii. 64. 



thermal constants, i. 559. 



Fruit-sugars, formation, i. 465. 

 Fruits, aggregate and collective, ii. 436. 

 Fruits and birds, 1. 463. 



Fmita and seeds of Coniferie, ii. 442, 443. 



— attachment to subatratiun, i. 615. 



— boring of, i. 619. 



— dry, subdivision, ii. 429. 



— indehiscent, ii. 427. 



— preservation through dryness, i. 262. 



— protection from desiccation, ii. 449. 



— size aud weight, ii. 452. 



— so called of Ascomycetes, ii. 20. 



— with cupules, ii. 435. 



— with modified receptacle or pedicel, ii. 



436. 



— with persistent receptacles, ii. 434. 

 FruUania, pitchers on leaves, i. 255. 

 Frullania dilatata, ii. 698- 



mode of adhering to bark, i. 106. 



Pmstule, of Diatoms, ii. 625. 

 Prutex, i. 715. 

 Fruticose Lichens, ii. 694. 

 Frubiculus, i. 715. 

 FucacesB, as host plants, i. 77. 



— characteristics, ii. 663. 



— reproductive protoplasts, ii. 50. 

 Puchs {1501-1566), i. 4. 



Fuchsia, flowers after pollination, ii. 286. 



— viscin of pollen-grains, ii. 101. 

 Fuchsia cocciuea, &c., scarlet flower, ii. 196. 

 Fucoideee, i. 169; ii. 606. 



— size compared to attachment, i. 78. 

 Fucus, fruit, ii. 53. 



— no alternation of generations, ii. 481. 



— oosphere and spermatozoids, i. 29. 



— structure, i. 590; ii. 51, 664. 

 Fucus vesiculosus, fertilization, ii. 52. 

 Fuligo varians, colour of, i. 32. 

 Fuller's Thistle. See Cwsium. 



Fumaria, behaviour to own and foreign 



pollen, ii. 407. 

 Fumaria claviculata, branch-tendrils, i. 694. 



— drupaceous nut, ii. 427, 429. 



— honey concealment, ii. 180. 



— leaf -stalk tendrils, i. 692. 

 Fumaria officinalis, cotyledons, i. 621. 



flower, diadelphia, ii. 293. 



Funaria, hybrids, ii. 582. 



— spermatozoid, i. 29. 



Funaria hygrometrica, chlorophyll-granules, 

 change of shape, i. 381. 



Function, double, of various plant mechan- 

 isms, i. 308. 



Fundamentum. See Sypocoiyl. 



Fungal hyphse, modes of growth, i. 589. 



Fungi, i. 161 ; ii. 617, 620. 



— advantage of luminosity, i. 504. 



— as disintegrating agents, i. 99, 263. 



— at home, ii. PI. XIV. 



— characteristics, ii. 668. 



— division of Thallophyta, ii. 601 



— effect on cells attacked, ii. 518. 



— ferment, i. 505. 



— fleshy, loss of bulk through loss of water, 



i. 216. 



— fossil remains, ii. 614. 



— hyphsB in bark, i. 106. 



— of Lichen community, i. 244. 



— on ground of woods, i. 109. 



— parasitic, alteration of form by, ii. 518. 

 cause of skin-diseases, i. 168. 



extent of attack, i. 164. 



hyphse of, i. 165. 



numbers on one host, localized attack, 



&c., i. 168. 



— peat, unsuitable soil for, i. 102. 



— plasmoid, feeding of, i. 56. 



— rapid development of fructification, i. 117. 



— reason of abundance in woods, i. 252. 



— respiratory heat, i. 497. 



— saprophytic, i. 99. 



— variety of appearance, i. 110. 



Fungus-flies, i. 504. 



Fungus-galls, ii. 521- 



Fungus melitensis, apothecaries' name for 



Cynomorium coccineum, i. 198. 

 Fungus - mycehum, importance to roots of 



plants, i. 250. 

 Funiculus, of ovule, i. 644; ii. 81. 



