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INDEX. 



Microsomata in Desmidiese, i. 35. 



— of protoplasm, i. 33. 569. 

 Microsporangia, of Azolla, ii. 711. 



— of Hydropteridea, ii. 710. 



— of Isoetes, ii. 717. 



— of Marsilia, ii, 711. 



— of Pilularia, ii. 711. 



— of Pteridophyta, ii. 704. 



— of Rhizocarpeee and Selaginellese, ii. 69. 



— of Selaginella, ii. 477. 



— of Selaginella, germination, ii. 715. 

 Microspores of Azolla, ii. 711. 



Midges in Aristolochia Clematitia flower, ii. 



226. 

 Midrib tendril, i. 692. 

 "MdchLdieb", German name for Euphrasia, 



i. 179. 

 Mildew, hyphee of, i. 165. 

 Mildews. See Erysiphece. 

 Milfoil. See Achillea. 

 Milium eflusum, arched leaf, i. 429. 

 Milk, effect of Pinguicula ferment on, i. 143. 



— of Almonds, i. 458. 



— souring, i. 506. 



"Milk-thief", name for Euphrasia, i. 179. 

 Millet. See Panicum. 



— starch, i. 459. 



Miltooia stellata, fruit, ii. 73. 



Mimosa, pulvini, i. 308. 



Mimosa hispidula, fruit protection, ii. 443. 



Mimosa Lindheimeri, leaf, day and night 



positions, i. 533. 

 Mimosa polycarpa, fruit protection, ii. 443. 

 Mimosa pudica, day and night positions, i. 



537. 

 fruit protection, ii. 443. 



— — liberation of cotyledons, i. 612. 

 Mimosa sensitiva, and rain, i. 537. 

 Mimosese, Brazilian, spines, i. 444. 



— leaf movements, i. 338, 339. 



— movements of cotyledons, i. 532. 



— pollen-sacs, ii. 90. 



— position of stomata on leaves, i. 281. 



— sensitiveness, i. 535. 



Mimulus, dehiscence of pollen-sacs, ii. 93, 



— movements of cotyledons, i. 532. 

 Mimulus luteus, closiug of stigma, ii. 281. 



flower and pollination, ii. 280. 



Mimulus moschatus, poUeo -grains, ii. 98. 

 Mineral constituents of soil, solution, dis- 

 placement, accumulation of, i. 257. 



— salts, rale of, i. 510. 



Mineralization, by Bacteria, simple illustra- 

 tive experiment, i. 265. 

 Minerals, retention by humus, ii. 499. 

 Mirabilis, movements of cotyledons, i. 532. 

 ZVIirabilis Jalapa, autogamy, ii. 357. 



opening of flower, ii. 212. 



poUen-grains, ii. 97. 



protogynouB, ii. 310. 



stamen, ii. 87. 



Mirabilis longiflora, flower and visitors, ii. 

 225. 



opening and closing, ii. 212. 



pollen-grains, ii. 97. 



Mischococcus, life-cycle, ii. 636. 



Mistletoe, the European. See Viscum album. 



Mnium, phyllotasis, i. 408. 



Mock Orange. See Fhiladelphus. 



Mohl, apphes term protoplasm, i. 25. 



Moisture, seed protection against, ii. 447. 



Molecules, arrangement of, i. 567. 



— forces affecting union of, i. 58. 



— groups of atoms, i, 57. 



— of albumen, i. 457. 



— size, i. 571. 



Molinia coerulea, mechanical tissue arrange- 

 ment, i. 730. 

 Miller, observations on Cora, ii. 695. 

 Molluscs, on Mangrove roots, i. 756. 

 Monandrse, floral characteristics, ii. 736. 

 Monarda fistulosa, colour and bees, ii. 195. 



seed-dispersal, ii. 841. 



Monkey Flower. See Mimulus. 

 Monkey-ladder. See Caulotretus. 

 Monochlamydese, ii. 617. 



— description, ii. 748. 



Monochlamydese, of Bentham and Hooker, 

 u. 604. 



— of De CandoUe, ii. 603. 

 Monocotyledones, distinctive characters, ii. 



728. 

 Monocotyledones, of de Jussieu, ii. 602. 

 Monocotyledons, of Bentham and Hooker, 



number of orders, ii. 604. 

 Monoecious plant, type, ii. 298. 

 Monoecious plants and hybridization, IL 315. 



protogynous, ii. 313. 



Monoepigynse, of de Jussieu, ii. 602. 

 Monoperigyna, of de Jussieu, ii. 602. 

 Monopetalffl, floral characteristics, ii. 748. 



— of de Jussieu, ii. 602. 

 Monostroma, thallus, ii. 648. 

 Monotropa, anthocyanin, i. 483. 



— colour and surroundings, ii. 195. 



— embryo, i. 596. 



— embryo-sac, ii. 417. 



— honey protection, ii. 241. 



— life-history, ii. 253. 



— nectaries, ii. 178. 



— pollen-sacs, ii. 89. 

 Monotropacese, ii. 768. 

 Monstera egregia, Brazil, leaf, i. 413. 

 Monsterese, cUmbing habit, ii. 745. 

 Monstrous flowers, ii. 80. 



Mont Blanc, insolation, i. 525. 



Montbretia, equitant leaves, i. 336. 



Montia fontana, weather and autogamy, ii. 



391. 

 Moonwort. See Botrychium. 

 Moor-grass, Thin-leaved. See Sesleria tenui- 



folia. 

 Moracese, ii. 758. 

 Morchella, asci and ascospores, ii. 19. 



— structure, i. 589. 

 Morchella esculenta, ii. 19, 683. 

 receptacle, ii. 683. 



Morel. See Morchella esculenta. 

 Morina, autogamy, ii. 352. 

 Morina Persica, autogamy, ii. 352, 



behaviour of flowers after fertilization, 



ii. 222. 



flower and autogamy, ii. 351. 



pollen -grains, ii. 98. 



pollinated stigma, ii. 351. 



time open, ii. 213. 



Morphine, i. 462. 



Morphology, comparative, aim of, i. 15. 

 MortiereUesB, distinctive characters, ii. 674. 

 Moms, collective fniit, ii. 436. 



— discharge of pollen, ii. 94. 



— fruit, ii. 433. 



— persistent perianth, ii. 750. 



— pollination, ii. 133. 



Morus nigra, normal and sucker leaves, ii. 515. 



notched leaves, i. 413. 



Mosaics, of leaves, i. 410. 

 Moschatel. See Adoxa Moscliatellina. 

 Moss, analogy of protonema with pro-embryo 

 of Chara, ii. 660. 



— germinating spore, ii. 477. 

 Moss Campion. See Silene acaulia. 

 Moss-capsule, structm-e, ii. 702. 



Moss cushions, favourable site for germina- 

 tion of seeds, i. 266. 



Moss-leavea, folding of, i. 346. 



Moss-plant, ii. 477. 



Moss-protonema, ii. 701. 



and bud, ii. 477. 



Mosses, absorption of carbonic acid, i. 62, 

 368. 



— absorption of water, mechanism of absorp- 



tion, i. 218. 



— alternation of generations, ii. 477, 479. 



— apical-cell, i. 579. 



— certain, give rise to a calcareous tufa in 



streams, i. 260. 



— climate and distribution, ii. 457. 



— corroding action, eimUartothatof Lichens, 



i. 258. 



— epiphytic, i. 77. 



formerly treated as parasites, i. 156. 



— fastidious, i. 118. 



— fertilization under water, ii. 71. 



Mosses, formation of brood-bodies, ii. 25. 



— forming rings, ii. 794. 



— fossil, occurrence, ii. 704. 



— general description, ii. 699. 



— habitat and greenness, i. 387. 



— hybrids among, ii. 583. 



— in cascades, i, 79. 



— leaf characters, ii. 702. 



— lithophytic early stages, i. 82. 



— not eaten by animals, i. 432. 



— origin of sporophyte, ii. 654. 



— parthenogenesis in, ii. 464. 



— pressure exerted by rhizoids, i. 514. 



— propagation by thallidia on Elvend Euh, 



ii. 457. 



— rarely attacked by parasitic Fungi, i. 168. 



— reproductive organs, ii. 701. 



— saprophytic, i. 100, 103. 



— sexual organs, ii. 478. 



— spore-capsules, ii. 703. 



— spore-dispersal, ii. 813, 814. 



— sporogonium, ii. 473. 



— various, ii. 700. 



Moth Mullein. See Verbascum Blatta/ria. 

 Mother-plant, in hybridization, ii. 557. 

 Moths, night-flying, characteristics of floral 



hosts, ii. 225. 

 Mougeotiacese, characteristics, ii. 658. 

 Moulds, and disease, i. 507. 



— as agents in putrefaction, i. 263. 



— description, ii. 677. 



— fermentative, i. 505, 508. 



— in amber, ii. 614. 



— mode of attack, i. 163. 



Mountain Ash. See Sorhus Aucuparia. 



Mountain Pines, Tyrol, i. 649. 



Mouse-ear Hawkweed. See JETieracium Pilo- 



sella. 

 Movement, in relation to animals and plants, 



i. 21. 



— of Diatoms, ii. 626. 



— of sap, i. 362. 

 Movements, autonomous, ii. 221. 



— of Cblamydomonas, and light, ii, 629. 



— of chlorophyll-granules, i. 380. 



— of cotyledons, i. 520 et seq. 



— of Desmids, ii. 656. 



— of flowers and loss of heat, i. 530. 

 and protection of pollen, ii. 120. 



— of leaves, i. 532. 



— of plants and sunlight, i. 380. 



— of protoplasm and chlorophyll-granulee, 



i. 382. 



— of roots, i. 772. 



— of style, ii. 277. 



— periodic, and growth, ii. 220. 



puzzling natiure, ii. 221. 



Mucilage, i. 312. 



— and fertilization, ii. 64. 



— from cellulose, i. 458. 



— from Pinguicula glands, i. 141. 



— water retention, i. 329. 

 Mucor, fermentative action, i. 508. 



— self -parasitism, ii. 674. 



Mucor Mucedo, life-history, ii. 673. 



sporangia and fruit-formation, ii. 18. 



Mucor racemosus, respiration and fermenta- 

 tion, i. 509. 



Mucor tenuis, conjugating branches, ii. 673. 



Mucoraceas, saprophytic and parasitic, ii. 674. 



Mucorini, asexual and sexual reproduction, 

 ii. 481. 



— fertilization and fruit-formation, ii. 53. 



— parthenogenesis in, ii. 464. 



Mucuna pruriens, fruit-protection and dis- 

 persal, ii. 444. 



Mud, and preservation of f ossd plants, ii. 612. 



Mulberry. See Mows and Broussonetia. 



Mulgedium, geitonogamy, ii. 319. 



Mullein, Great. See Verbascum Thapsus. 



Mullein tea, preparation of, i. 443. 



Mllller, Hermann, views on insect fertiUza- 

 tion in Alps, ii. 400. 



Multicellular structures, formation, i. 576. 



Musa, venation, i. 634. 



Musa paradisiaca, ii. 734. 



Musa sapientimi, ii. 734. 



