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INDEX.
ABSORPTION--AMMONIA.
A.
ABSORPTION by Dionaea, 295 -- by Drosera, 17 -- by Drosophyllum, 337 -- by Pinguicula, 381 -- by glandular hairs, 344 -- by glands of Utricularia, 416, 421 -- by quadrifids of Utricularia, 413, 421 -- by Utricularia montana, 437
Acid, nature of, in digestive secretion of Drosera, 88 -- present in digestive fluid of various species of Drosera, Dionaea, Drosophyllum, and Pinguicula, 278, 301, 339, 381
Acids, various, action of, on Drosera, 188 -- of the acetic series replacing hydrochloric in digestion, 89 --, arsenious and chromic, action on Drosera, 185 --, diluted, inducing negative osmose, 197
Adder's poison, action on Drosera, 206
Aggregation of protoplasm in Drosera, 38 -- in Drosera induced by salts of ammonia, 43 -- -- caused by small doses of carbonate of ammonia, 145 -- of protoplasm in Drosera, a reflex action, 242 -- -- in various species of Drosera, 278 -- -- in Dionaea, 290, 300
Aggregation of protoplasm in Drosophyllum, 337, 339 -- -- in Pinguicula, 370, 389 -- -- in Utricularia, 411, 415, 429, 430, 436
Albumen, digested by Drosera, 92 --, liquid, action on Drosera, 79
Alcohol, diluted, action of, on Drosera, 78, 216
Aldrovanda vesiculosa, 321 --, absorption and digestion by, 325 --, varieties of, 329
Algae, aggregation in fronds of, 65
Alkalies, arrest digestive process in Drosera, 94
Aluminium, salts of, action on Drosera, 184
Ammonia, amount of, in rain water, 172 --, carbonate, action on heated leaves of Drosera, 69 --, --, smallness of doses causing aggregation in Drosera, 145 --, --, its action on Drosera, 141 --, --, vapour of, absorbed by glands of Drosera, 142 --, --, smallness of doses causing inflection in Drosera, 145, 168 --, phosphate, smallness of doses causing inflection in Drosera, 153, 168 --, --, size of particles affecting Drosera, 173 --, nitrate, smallness of doses causing inflection in Drosera, 148, 168 --, salts of, action on Drosera, 136 [page 456]
AMMONIA--CURTIS.
Ammonia, salts of, their action affected by previous immersion in water and various solutions, 213 --, --, induce aggregation in Drosera, 43 --, various salts of, causing inflection in Drosera, 166
Antimony, tartrate, action on Drosera, 185
Areolar tissue, its digestion by Drosera, 102
Arsenious acid, action on Drosera, 185
Atropine, action on Drosera, 204
B.
Barium, salts of, action on Drosera, 183
Bases of salts, preponderant action of, on Drosera, 186
Basis, fibrous, of bone, its digestion by Drosera, 108
Belladonna, extract of, action on Drosera, 84
Bennett, Mr. A.W., on Drosera, 2 --, coats of pollen-grains not digested by insects, 117
Binz, on action of quinine on white blood-corpuscles, 201 --, on poisonous action of quinine on low organisms, 202
Bone, its digestion by Drosera, 105
Brunton, Lauder, on digestion of gelatine, 111 --, on the composition of casein, 115 --, on the digestion of urea, 124 --, -- of chlorophyll, 126 --, -- of pepsin, 124
Byblis, 343
C.
Cabbage, decoction of, action on Drosera, 83
Cadmium chloride, action on Drosera, 183
Caesium, chloride of, action on Drosera, 181
Calcium, salts of, action on Drosera, 182
Camphor, action on Drosera, 209
Canby, Dr., on Dionaea, 301, 310, 313 --, on Drosera filiformis, 281
Caraway, oil of, action on Drosera, 211
Carbonic acid, action on Drosera, 221 --, delays aggregation in Drosera, 59
Cartilage, its digestion by Drosera, 103
Casein, its digestion by Drosera, 114
Cellulose, not digested by Drosera, 125
Chalk, precipitated, causing inflection of Drosera, 32
Cheese, its digestion by Drosera, 116
Chitine, not digested by Drosera, 124
Chloroform, effects of, on Drosera, 217 --, --, on Dionaea, 304
Chlorophyll, grains of, in living plants, digested by Drosera, 126 --, pure, not digested by Drosera, 125
Chondrin, its digestion by Drosera, 112
Chromic acid, action on Drosera, 185
Cloves, oil of, action on Drosera, 212
Cobalt chloride, action on Drosera, 186
Cobra poison, action on Drosera, 206
Cohn, Prof., on Aldrovanda, 321 --, on contractile tissues in plants, 364 --, on movements of stamens of Compositae, 256 --, on Utricularia, 395
Colchicine, action on Drosera, 204
Copper chloride, action on Drosera, 185
Crystallin, its digestion by Drosera, 120
Curare, action on Drosera, 204
Curtis, Dr., on Dionaea, 301 [page 457]
DARWIN--FIBROUS.