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MASON. 



INDEX, 



MOQUIN-TANDON, 



Mason, W., bud-variation in the ash, i. 



382. 



Masters, Dr., reversion in the spiral- 

 leaved weeping willow, i. 383; on 

 peloric flowers, ii. 58; pelorism in a 

 clover, ii. 346; position as a cause of 

 pelorism, ii. 345, 347. 



Masters, Mr., persistence of varieties of 

 peas, i. 329 ; reproduction of colour in 

 hyacinths, ii. 20 ; on hollyhocks, ii. 

 107; selection of peas for seed, ii. 

 199-200; on Opuntia leucotricha, ii. 

 286 ; reversion by the terminal pea in 

 the pod, ii. 347. 



Mastiff, sculptured on an Assyrian mo- 

 nument, i. 17, ii. 429 ; Tibetan, i. 35- 



36, ii. 278. 

 Matthews, Patrick, on forest trees, ii. 



237. 

 MattJiiola annua, i. 399, ii. 20. 



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MattJiiola incana, l. 381, 399. 

 Mauchamp merino sheep, i. 100. 

 Matjduyt, crossing of wolves and dogs in 



the Pyrenees, i. 24. 

 Maund, Mr. crossed varieties of wheat, ii. 



130. 

 Maupertuis, axiom of u least action, 



i. 12. 



Mauritius, importation of goats into, i. 



101. 

 Maw, G., correlation of contracted leaves 



and flowers in pelargoniums, ii. 330, 



331. 

 Mawz, fertility of Brassica rapa, ii. 165. 

 Maxillaria, self-fertilised capsules of, ii. 



134 ; number of seeds in, ii. 379. 

 Maxillaria atro-rubens, fertilisation of, by 



M. squalen* , ii. 133. 

 Mayes, M., self-impotence in Amaryllis, 



ii. 139. 

 Meckel, on the number of digits, ii. 13 ; 



correlation of abnormal muscles in the 



leg and arm, ii. 322. 



Medusae, development of, ii. 368, 384. 



Meehan, Mr., comparison of European 

 and American trees, ii. 281. 



Meleagris mexicana, i. 292. 



Meles taxus, ii. 151. 



Melons, i. 359-360; mongrel, supposed 

 to be produced from a twin-seed, i. 

 391 ; crossing of varieties of, i. 399, ii. 

 108, 129 ; inferiority of, in Eoman 

 times, ii. 216; changes in, by culture 

 and climate, ii. 275 ; serpent, correla- 

 tion of variations in, ii. 330 ; analogous 

 variations in, ii. 349. 



Membranes, false, ii. 294-295. 



Menetries, on the stomach of Strix 

 grallaria, ii. 302. 



Meningitis, tubercular, inherited, ii. 78. 



Metagenesis, ii. 366. 

 Metamorphosis, ii. 366. 



Metamorphosis and development, ii. 388, 

 389. 



Metzger, on the supposed species of 

 wheat, i. 312-313 ; tendency of wheat 

 to vary, i. 315 ; variation of maize, i. 

 321 - 322 ; cultivation of American 

 maize in Europe, i. 322, ii. 347; on 

 cabbages, i. 323-325; acclimatisation 

 of Spanish wheat in Germany, ii. 26 ; 

 advantage of change of soil to plants, 

 ii. 146 ; on rye, ii. 254 ; cultivation of 

 different kinds of wheat, ii. 261. 



Mexico, dog from, with tan spots on the 



eyes, i. 29 ; colours of feral horses in, 

 i. 61. 



Meyen, on sending of bananas, ii. 1 68. 



Mice, grey and white, colours of, not 

 blended by crossing, ii. 92; rejection 

 of bitter almonds by, ii. 232 ; naked, 

 ii. 279. 



Michaux, F., roan-coloured feral horses 

 of Mexico, i. 61; origin of domestic 

 turkey, i. 292 ; on raising peaches from 

 seed, i. 339. 



Michel, F., selection of horses in mediae- 

 val times, ii. 203 ; horses preferred on 

 account of slight characters, ii. 209. 



Michely, effects of food on caterpillars, 



ii. 280 ; on Bombyx hesperus, ii. 304. 



Microphthalmia, associated with defec- 

 tive teeth, ii. 328. 



Middens, Danish, remains of dogs in, i. 



18, ii. 427. 

 Mignonette, ii. 237, 311. 

 Millet, i. 371. 

 Mills, J., diminished fertility of mares 



when first turned out to grass, ii. 161. 

 Milne-Edwards, on the development of 



the Crustacea, ii. 368. 

 Milne-Edwards, A., on a crustacean 



with a monstrous eye-peduncle, ii. 391. 

 Milvus niger, ii. 154. 

 Mimulus luteus, ii. 128. 

 Minor, W. C, gemmation and fission in 



the Annelida, ii. 358. 

 Mirabilis, fertilisation of, ii. 363 ; hybrids 



of, ii. 131, 169, 265. 

 Mirabilis jalapa, i. 382, 393. 



Mirab 



longifi 



Misocampus and Cecidomyia, i. 5. 

 Mitchell, Dr., effects of the poison of 



the rattlesnake, ii. 289. 



Mitford, Mr., notice of the breeding of 

 horses by Erichthonius, ii. 202. 



Moccas Court, weeping oak at, ii. 18. 



Mogford, horses poisoned by fool's par- 

 sley, ii. 337. 



Moller, L., effects of food on insects, ii. 



281. 

 Moquin-Tandon, original form of maize, 

 i. 320; variety of the double colum- 



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