INDEX 



149 



" Flowers " of the common hair 

 moss, 65 ; of blunt-leaved bog 

 moss, y}, ; of bristle-leaved 

 hair moss, 78 



Fly agaric, 130, 141 



Fames aimosus as destructive 

 parasite, 136 



Fames fomentarius, 131 



Fontinalis antipyretica, 80 



Fossil remains of club mosses, 3 ; 

 of horsetails, 53 



Four-tooth moss, 69 



Fringe mosses, 75 



Fronds of male fern, 29 ; matu- 

 rity of, 29 ; of royal fern, size 

 of, 40 ; of the moonwort, 41 ; 

 of the adder's tongue, 41 ; of 

 hard fern, 42 



Fructifications of PeUigcra 

 eaniiia, 120 



Fruit of cord moss, 77 



Fnillaiiia dilatata, 83 



FruUania, rotifers in, 83 



Fucus, species of, 98 



Fitcns vcsiculasiis, 99 



Fimaria hygrometrica, 77 



Fungi, 6 ; lichens as, 8 ; method of 

 reproduction, 9 ; number of 

 species of, 14 ; edible, 16 ; 

 damage done to crops by, 17 ; 

 story of the, 125 et seq. ; two 

 sections of, 1 36 ; symbiosis 

 of trees and, 139 ; rapid 

 growth of, 143 



Fungus, inorganic material and 

 the, 113 



Oasleramycctes, 129, 133, 134 



GemniEe, 69 



Graphis lichen, 122 



Great water moss, 79 



Green seaweeds, 95 ; method of 



reproduction of, 97 

 Grimmia pulvinata, 75 

 Gymuosperms, 19 



Hair Moss, Bristle-leaved, 78 ; 



common, 64, 77 

 Hairy thread moss, 74 

 Hard fern, 42 

 Hart's-tongue fern, 39 

 Hippuris vulgaris, 54 



Honey agaric, 128, 137 



"Horn of Plenty," 132 



Horsetail, giant, 58 ; marsh, 58, 

 59 ; smooth, 58 ; smooth, 

 Sowerby on, 59 ; smooth, 

 spore-bearing cones of, 59 



Horsetails, 2, 26, 53 ; size of, 3 ; 

 prothalli of, 5 ; fossil remains 



of, 5 3 

 Hyd)iacecB, 132 

 Hydnum repandum, 131 

 Hydrophobia, a cure for, 120 

 Hylocomiutn splendens, 78 

 Hymenoinycetes, 130, 133 

 Hymeiio phyllum ttinbridgcnse, 44 

 Hymenophylliun unilaleralc, 44 

 Hyphce of lichen, 112 ; develop- 

 ment of, 127 

 Hypnum pitruiii, 79 

 Hypniim striatum, 79 

 Hypnum triqiietrum, 79 



Inflammability of Lycopodium 

 spores, 50 



Inorganic material and the fun- 

 gus, 113 



Iodine from seaweed, 17 



Isoctcs, 51 



Iso'elcs lacuslris, 49 



Ithyphallus impudicus, 134 



Kerner and Club BIoss, 50 



Lady Fern, 36 



Laininaria digitata, 100 



Laminaria sacehariua, loi 



Lapland, reindeer moss in, 1 1 8 



Leaf -like liverwort, 81 



" Leaf -like " lichens, 1 19 



" Leaves " of Common Chara, 



90 

 Lceaiiora subfiisca, 122 

 Lceanora fartarea, 122 

 Lecidea contigua, 122 

 Leguminous plants and quality 



of land, 10 

 Lemanea, 89 

 Leucabryum glaucum, 76 

 Lichen, partnership between 



alg£e and, 107 

 Lichens, 6, 8 ; in Arctic Circle, 



15 ; on rocks in deserts, 16 ; 



strange story of the, 105 et seq. ; 



