INDEX. 
Acacia phyllodes, 134-5. 
Acaena, 177, 236. 
Aecessory buds, 106. 
Achene, 179, 184. 
Acicular, 138. 
Aciphylla, 243. 
Acropetal succession, 174. 
Actinomorphic, 153. 
Acute, 148, 
Adaptations, 133-136. 
against iusects, 172. 
Alpine plants, 210-12. 
Bog-plants, 201. 
cold and heat, 212, 228, 247 
conserving water, 133. 
heat and cold, 136, 212, 228, 
247. 
heath-plants, 198-9. 
leaf, 19, 38, 142, 144. 
mangrove, 38, 738, 20838. 
orchid roots, 74. 
Foot, 13, 72. 
sand-plants, 200. 
stem, 16. 
sub-Alpine scrub, 199. 
swamp-plants, 197. 
water-plants, 195. 
xerophytes, 198. 
Adhesion, 160, 219. 
Advantage of two parents, 
Adventitious buds, 105. 
roots, 55. 
ivy roots, 71. 
Aérial stems, 94-100. 
roots, 97. 
of ivy, 71-2. 
of mangrove, 73. 
Aggregate fruits, 184. 
Akeake (dodoncea), 179, 185, 
leaf, 138. 
Albuminous, 34. 
Allium, 249. 
Alpine meadow, 210. 
Alternate, 114. 
Amaryllidacem, 249. 
Amides, 120 
Ammonia compounds, 75. 
from humus, 82. 
Amoeba, 11. 
Analysis of soil, 77. 
Andrecium, 155. 
Anemone, 150, 225. 
Angiosperm, 219. 
Animals and pollination, 172. 
protection against, 136. 
seed-dispersal, 187. 
Annual, 94. 
162. 
Anther, 155. 
Apex of leaf, 143. 
Apium, 2438. 
Apocarpous, 159. 
Ap»petalous, 158. 
Aposepalous, 151. 
Apple, 182, 2387. 
Apricot, 287. 
fruit, 182. 
Aril, 36. 
Arrangement of leaves, 113. 
Arrangement of tissues 
leaf, 116-9. 
root, 67-9. 
stem, 90-2. 
Artichoke, 103, 109, 247. 
Arum leaf, 138, 139, 174. 
inflorescence, 176. 
pollination, 165. 
Arundo conspicua, 254. 
Aspirator, 125. 
Astelia, 101, 206, 208, 251. 
Attraction of insects, 153-4. 
Auckland Peninsula, 78, 199. 
Augite, 79. 
Autumn wood, 92. 
Axile, 159. 
Axillary buds, 105. 
Azolla, 196. 
Bacteria, 11, 738, 77, 79, 84. 
Bamboo, 1038, 1138, 254. 
Banana leaf, 1438. 
fruit, 182. 
Barberry, 256. 
Barley, 255, 
Baryta water, 127. 
Basal placentation, 
Basalt, 78, 79: 
Basic slag, 76. 
Bast of root, 68; of stem, 90-1. 
Bathurst burr, 187. 
Bay-rum, 240. 
Bean plant, 12-25. 
seed 32-8. 
Beech, 100, 209, 210. 
Beet, cane sugar in, 108. 
Begonia buds, 106. 
Bellis perennis, 244. 
Berry, 182. 
159. 
Bertholletia excelsa, 240. 
Bidibidi (Piripiri) 65, 176, 186- 
7, 236, 
Biennial, 94. 
Blackberry, 237. 
Bladderwort, 2038, 
pollination, 172. 
