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INDEX 
Melon tree, 369 
Membrane crystals, 87 
Menispermaceae, 327 
Menispermum, 328 
canadense, 328- 
Mentha piperita, 397 
Fig. of glandular trichomes, 107 
spicata, 397 
viridis, 397 
Menyanthes trifoliata, 384 
Mericarp, 206 
histology of a, 212 
Meristem, 100 
Merulius, 274 
Mesocarp, 202 
Mesophytes, 411 
Metabolism, 62 
Metachlamydeae, 378 
Method for mounting and staining 
bacteria, 224, 225 
for preparation of Canada balsam 
mount, 21 
for the preparation of a glycerin- 
gelatin mount, 22, 23 
for fixing, dehydrating, hardening 
and imbedding in paraffine, 
23, 24, 25, 26 
for sectioning and mounting ma¬ 
terial imbedded in paraffine, 
26, 27 
for imbedding in celloidin, 28, 29 
for sectioning celloidin material, 
29 
for staining and mounting cel¬ 
loidin sections, 29, 30 
of examining reserve starches, 77 
for staining and mounting par¬ 
affine material, affixed to 
slide, 27, 28 
Gram’s, 225 
Methylene Blue, 91, 98 
Loffler’s, 226 
Methylis Salicylas, 316, 380 
Mexican Grass, 75, 267 
Mezereum, 371 
Micrandra, 355 
Micrococci, types of, 220 
Micrococcus catarrhalis, 224 
gonorrhceae, 224 
melitensis, 224 
meningitidis, 224 
Micro-crystals, 86, 87 
Micrometer, ocular, 31 
stage, 31 
Micrometry, 31 
Micromorphology, 1 
Micron, 31 
Micropyle, 197 
Microscope, binocular, 12 
care of, 14 
compound, 9, 14 
defined, 7 
dissecting, 8 
Figs, of, 8, 10, 11, 12 
lamp, 12 
rules for care of, 14 
-simple, 7 
Microscopic measurement, 31, 32 
Microsorus, 188, 190 
Microsporangia, 190 
Microspore, 193 
Microsporophylls, 188 
Microspira, 221 
Microtomes, 16, 20 
hand, 16, 17 
rotary, 18, 19, 20 
sliding, 17, 18 
Middle lamella, 61 
Milkweed Family, 386 
Milkwort Family, 354 
Mimosa, 66, 341 
Spegazzini, 66, 67, 68 
thigmotropic reactions in. 68 
Mimoseae, 341 
Mint Family, 395 
Mistletoe, 101, 124 
Mitchella, 398 
Mitella, 336 
