MARIANNE. 



INDEX. 



MEMBRANES. 



467 



Marianne Islands, varieties of Pan- 

 danus in, ii. 243. 



Markham, Gervase, on rabbits, i. 108, 

 ii. 188. 



Markhor, probably one of the parents 

 of the goat, i. 105. 



Marquand, cattle of the Channel 

 Islands, i. 84. 



Marrimpoey, inheritance in the horse, 

 i. 455. 



M arrow, vegetable, i. 380. 



Marry att, Capt., breeding of asses in 

 Kentucky, ii. 223. 



Marsden, notice of Gallus giganteus, i. 

 246. 



Marshall, Dr. W., on Gallus sonneratii, 

 i. 245. 



Marshall, Mr., voluntary selection of 

 pasture by sheep, i. 100 ; adaptation 

 of wheats to soil and climate, i. 334 ; 

 " Dutch-buttocked " cattle, i. 452 ; 

 segregation of herds of sheep, ii. 81 ; 

 advantage of change of soil to wheat 

 and potatoes, ii. 128 ; fashionable 

 change in the horns of cattle, ii. 195 ; 

 sheep in Yorkshire, ii. 221. 



Martens, E. von, on Acha'inella, ii. 

 28. 



Martin, W. C. L., origin of the dog, i. 

 16; Egyptian dogs, i. 18; barking of 

 a Mackenzie River dog, i. 27 ; African 

 hounds in the Tower menagerie, i. 

 33 ; on dun horses and dappled asses, 

 i. 58 ; breeds of the horse, i. 51 ; wild 

 horses, i. 53; Syrian breeds of asses, 

 i. 65; asses without stripes, i. 66; 

 effects of cross-breeding on the female 

 in dogs, i. 436 ; striped legs of mules, 

 ii. 16. 



Martins, defective instincts of silk- 

 worms, i. 321. 



Martius, C, fruit-trees of Stockholm, 

 ii. 297. 



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

 408. 



Masters, Dr., on bud-variation and 

 reversion, i. 403 ; potato-grafting, 

 1. 421 ; on pollen within ovules, ii. 

 387 ; reversion in the spiral-leaved 

 weeping willow, i. 408 ; on peloric 

 ■flowers, ii. 32; on Opuntia, ii. 274; 

 pelorism in a clover, ii. 338 ; position 

 as a cause of pelorisra, ii. 338, 339. 



Masters, Mr., persistence of varieties 



of peas, i. 348 ; reproduction of coloui 

 in hyacinths, i. 463 ; on hollyhocks, 

 ii. 85 ; selection of peas for seed, ii. 

 184; on Hibiscus syriacus, ii. 276 ; re- 

 version by the terminal pea in the 

 pod, ii. 340. 



Mastiff, sculptured on an Assyrian 

 monument, i. 17, ii. 424; Tibetan, i. 

 37, ii. 268. 



Matthews, Patrick, on forest trees, ii. 

 223. 



Matthiola annua, i. 429, 463, ii. 71. 



Matthiola incana, i. 407, 429. 



Mauchamp merino sheep, i. 104. 



Mauduyt, crossing of wolves and dogs 

 in the Pyrenees, i. 24. 



Maund, Mr., crossed varieties of wheat, 

 ii. 110. 



Maupertuis, axiom of " least action," 

 i. 13. 



Mauritius, importation of goats into, 

 i. 105. 



Maw, G., effects of change of climate, 

 ii. 300 ; correlation of contracted 

 leaves and flowers in pelargoniums, 

 ii. 324, 325. 



Mawz, fertility of Brassica rapa, ii. 148. 



Maxillaria, self-fertilised capsules of, ii. 

 114. 



Maxillaria atro-rubens, fertilisation of, 

 by M. squalens, ii. 114. 



Maxijiowicz, direct action of pollen, i. 

 431. 



Mayers, on gold-fish in China, i. 312. 



Mayes, M., self-impotence in Amaryllis, 

 ii. 120. 



Meckel, on the number of digits, i. 

 458 ; correlation of abnormal muscles 

 in the leg and arm, ii. 314. 



Medusae, development of, ii. 364, 379. 



Meehan, Mr., weeping peach, i. 461 ; 

 effects of parasites, ii. 275 ; compari- 

 son of European and American trees, 

 ii. 270. 



Metes taxus, ii. 134. 



Melons, i. 383, 384 ; mongrel supposed 

 to be produced from a twin-seed, i. 

 427 ; crossing of varieties of, i. 430, 

 ii. 86, 109 ; inferiority of, in Roman 

 times, ii. 200 ; changes in, by culture 

 and climate, ii. 264 ; serpent, correla- 

 tion of variations in, ii. 324; analo- 

 gous variations in, ii. 341. 



Membranes, false, ii. 284, 285. 



