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INDEX 



Borneo, rich forest flora of, 49; 



birds of, 51 

 Botanical, reserves, advantages of 



small, 82 

 BovERi's experiments on echini, 373 

 Brain-cavity of Dinocerata very 



small, 239 

 Brains of early vertebrates, small, 



291 

 Brazil,, richness of flora of, 75 

 Britain, peculiar animals and 



plants of, 135 

 British India, flora of, 47; chief 



natural orders of, 48 

 British plants, numerical distribu- 

 tion of, 24, 27; of limited range, 



26 

 Brittan, Mr. L. K, on flora of 



Jamaica, 67 

 Brontosaurus excelsus, skeleton of, 



221 

 Butler, Sir W., on mosquito- 

 swarms, 146 

 Butterflies, recognition by, 181, 



185 

 Butterexy, stages of development 



of, 325; scales on wings of, 325 

 Butterfly and caterpillar, diverse 



structure of, 321 



Caltha palustris, wide range of, 19 



Cambrian age, first known life of, 

 207 



Campanula isofpTiylla, small range, 

 20 



Cape Colony, flora of, 75 



Cape peninsula, rich flora of, 40 



Cape Region, rich flora of, 35, 77 



Carbon, the mystery of, 390; prop- 

 erties of, 391; in the ocean, 392 



Carnlvora, early forms of, 240; ex- 

 tinct South AmericaUj 249 



Cavies, numerous extinct, 252 



Celebes, flora of, 55, 85 



Cell, the mystery of, 361; charac- 

 teristics of, 363; implies an or- 

 ganising mind, 364; described by 

 Professor Lloyd-Morgan, 364 ; 

 Weismann's description of a di- 

 viding, 365; Weismann's state- 

 ment of its powers, 369 



Cell-problem, concluding remarks 

 on, 376 



Ceratites nodosus, 289 



Ceratosaurus nasicornis, skull of, 

 222 



Cetiosaurus leedsi from Oxford clav, 

 220 



Challenger voyage defines area of 

 deposition, 192 



Chemical problems of water, 393; 

 nomenclature, illustration of com- 

 plexity of, 418 *u 



China and Coreaj flora of, 34 



Christianity, gradual rise of a 

 purer, 302 



Cities, the "wens" of civilisation, 

 308 



CoaLj wide distribution of palaeo- 

 zoic, 212; prepared atmosphere 

 for higher life, 213 



Cobbett, William, on "wens," 308 



Cockerell, on tropical species as 

 compared with temperate, 104 



Coleoptera, number of British, 90; 

 number known, 91 



Colour, for concealment, 169; ex- 

 tremes of, 298; of flowers sup- 

 posed to show inedibility, 332; 

 purpose of in nature, 334; of 

 plants and animals in relation to 

 man, 340; our sensations of, an 

 argument for design, 348, 349 



Colour-sense not identical in birds, 

 mammals, and man, 325, 342 



Colours of butterflies, uses of, 183 



Colours and ornaments of males, 

 how caused, 282 



Compounds, inorganic, number of, 

 418; number of organic (artifi- 

 cial), 419 



Condylarthra, 235 



Conocoryphe sultzeri, 287 



Continental extensions, appendix 

 on, 268; great difficulties of, 269, 

 270 



Continents, how built up, 196, 198 



Coryphodon, an early ungulate, 235 



Creators of matter and life not 

 necessarily omnipotent, 422 



Creodonta, early carnivores, 242 



Crioceras emerici, 289 



Crookes, Sir W., gives an example 

 of complex chemical nomencla- 

 ture, 418 



Cruelty of nature, supposed, 398 



Crustacea, early appearance of, 

 210 



D^dicurus, giant extinct arma- 

 dillo, 252 



Darwin on flora of a very small 

 area, 87; on increase of elephant, 

 123; on Porto Santo rabbits, 137; 

 on the uses of colour to plants, 

 329; on cross-fertilisation of 

 flowerSj 330; on war of nature. 



