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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1895 Excerpt: ... INDEX A. Adaptation, self, the origin of species, vii., i seq.; Sir J. D. Hooker on, 26; in aquatic leaves, 168 seq.; of boughs and stems to strains, 204 seq. Aitchison, Dr., on plants of Beluchistan, 36; roots of desert plants, 52, 94. Alga, degenerate plants, 177. Aloe, type of foliage, origin of, 244. Alpine and Arctic plants, features of, 90; experiments on, 112; pilosism of, 109 seq.; anatomy of, 113 seq.; relative differences between, 123; general con-clusions on, 124. Alpine regions, climatic conditions of, 87; aridity of, 88. Alstrcemeria, structure of leaves of, 69. Altitude, experiments on the effects of, 112; duration of plants according to, 116. Amphibious plants, 156. Annuals, biennials and perennials, changes in, natural and induced, 54 seq. Anomalous wood, of desert plants, 73 seq.; of climbing stems, 214. Aphyllous plants, 4;, 48. Apogeotropism explained, 200 seq. Aquatic plants, dimorphism of, 162; self-adaptation of, 156, 168; character-istic features of, 168; forms of leaves of, 168 seq.; degeneracy of, 177. Aquatic stems, histology of, 150 seq.; M. Costantin upon the structure of, 151 seq.; experiments on effect of water, 154 seg. Arctic regions, climatic conditions of, 87; plants of, 117 seq. Argument, the author's, based on the ac-cumulation of coincidences and verifi-cation by experiment, 30 seq. Artificial production of dwarf plants, 97. Assimilative tissues of desert plants, 68. B. Bacon, on evolution, xi. Beet-root, origin of, 190. Bolos, Sign., on the effects of drought, 47. Bonnier and Flahault, MM., on Alpine plants, 113 seq. Branch-climbers, MUUer on the origin of, 226. Bryony, interpretation of peculiarities of, by M. Leon, 222. Buckman, Professor, on the origin of the parsnip, 187. Buds, protection of, in desert plants, 51. Bul.
