INDEX 



435 



399; on intelligent cause of the 



universe, 422 

 Darwinism, extensions of, 271 

 Deane, Mr. H., on flora of Sydney, 



New South Wales, 42 

 De Candolle, a., on botanical gco^j;- 



raphy, 18, 24; botanical regions 



of, 20 

 Definition of life, 3 

 Denudation, rate of, measured, 189 

 Deposition, area of, 191 

 Determinants, meaning of, 293 

 Development, reversal of, 245; 



cases of extreme, 29G 

 Diagram of human stature, 116; of 



variation of rice-bird, 118; of 



nuclear division, 370; of isomer- 

 ism, 384 

 Dicynodon lacerticeps, early reptile, 



214 

 Dimetrodon, extinct reptile from 



Permian of Texas, 215 

 Dinocerata, " terrible horned 



beasts," 236 



DiNOSAURIA, 217 



DiPLODOCUS, skull of, 222 



Diplodocus carnegii, skeleton of, 

 220 



Diprotodon australis, skull of, 257 



DiPTERocARPS, abundance of in 

 Borneo, 56 



Directive agency not explained by 

 Darwin's *' pan-genesis " nor any 

 other theory, 319, 358; indica- 

 tions of, 354; at work, 373, 374 



Distribution of species result of 

 continuous adaptation, 103 



Domestic animals, uses of, 305 



Dresser, Mr. H. E., on birds breed- 

 ing in Arctic regions^ 155; on 

 mosquitoes as food for birds, 157 



Drosera rotundifolia, wide range of, 

 18 



Drought, adaptations of plants to, 

 72 



DwiNA river, rich deposits with 

 early reptiles, 214 



Earth's surface changes a cause of 

 evolution, 187 ; thickness of crust 

 of, 194; crust floats on melted in- 

 terior, 195; eff'ect of cooling ami 

 contracting, 19G; surface-motions, 

 long persistence of, 200 ; remlered 

 habitable by water, 3!)6 

 Eccentricity in nature, 298 

 Eccles, Dr. R. G., on uses of par;i- 

 sites, 413 



Echinus microtuhcrculutus, egi^ of, 

 373 



Edentata, extinct S. American, 252 



Educational elTects. unlimited in 

 tiie spirit-worlfl. 4'JM 



Elements in nlalion to tiie life- 

 \\orI(l, 3S:{ : important and unim- 

 portant, 385; list of important, 

 38(i ; in iclation to man, 387 



Elephants, rate of increase of, 123; 

 the origin of, 244 ; diagram of 

 development of, 24(1 



Elephas gatusa, enormous tusks of, 

 287; prim'ujcniuHy .skeleton of, 

 249 



Eternity as explaining evolution 

 fallacious, 37!> 



European floras in dilTerent lati- 

 tudes, 32; compared, 36 



Evolution, motive power of or- 

 ganic, 187 



Extensions of Darwinism, 271 



Extinction of pleistocene mam- 

 mals, cause of, 261 



Feathers, marvel and mystery of, 

 309 



Female choice, new argument 

 against, 184 



Ferns, extreme abundance of, in the 

 Philippines, 54 



Fishes, peculiar British, 135; the 

 earliest known, 208; types of 

 tails of, 209 



Fletcher, Mr. L., on inorganic 

 compounds, 419 



Flight of birds and insects com- 

 pared, 94 



" Flora Orientalis," species in. 34 



Flora of China, 34; of Chile, 35; 

 of Cape region, 35; of tropical 

 Asia, 46; of British India, 47; of 

 ;Malay Peninsula, 47; of Borneo, 

 49; of Indo-Ciiina, 50; of Malay 

 Islands, 50; of New C.uinea, 55; 

 of Philij)pine8, 54; of CeleU's, 55, 

 85; of (.4)ueensland, 58; of trop- 

 ical Africa, 59; of Madagascar, 

 59; of tropical America. 58, 59, 

 ()5 ; of lirazil, 63; of Mexico luid 

 Central America, 64; of Jamaica, 

 67; of Trinidaii, 67; of CJulapa- 

 gos Islamls. 67; of I^igoa Santa. 

 67, 77; of Penang, 79; of Kain- 

 bangan Islamls, 80; of Pange- 

 ranifo. 81 ; of mountains in .la- 

 pan. SCf. of very small areas. 87 



I'l.ouAS of (liirercnt regions com- 

 parctl. 11; of counties compared. 



