eggs, 225
Re-expansion of headless tentacles of Drosera, 229 -- of tentacles of Drosera, 260 -- of Dionaea, 318
Roots of Drosera, 18 -- of Drosera, process of aggregation in, 63 -- of Drosera, absorb carbonate of ammonia, 141 -- of Dionaea, 286 -- of Drosophyllum, 332 -- of Pinguicula, 369
Roridula, 342
Rubidium chloride, action on Drosera, 181
S.
Sachs, Prof., effects of heat on protoplasm, 66, 70 --, on the dissolution of proteid compounds in the tissues of plants, 362
Saliva, action on Drosera, 80
Salts and acids, various, effects of, on subsequent action of ammonia, 214
Sanderson, Burdon, on coagulation of albumen from heat, 74 --, on acids replacing hydrochloric in digestion, 89 --, on the digestion of fibrous basis of bone, 108 --, -- of gluten, 118 --, -- of globulin, 120 --, -- of chlorophyll, 126 --, on different effect of sodium and potassium on animals, 187 --, on electric currents in Dionaea, 318
Saxifraga umbrosa, glandular hairs of, 345 [page 461]
SCHIFF--TURPENTINE.
Schiff, on hydrochloric acid dissolving coagulated albumen, 86 --, on manner of digestion of albumen, 93 --, on changes in meat during digestion, 99 --, on the coagulation of milk, 114 --, on the digestion of casein, 116 --, -- of mucus, 123 --, on peptogenes, 129
Schloesing, on absorption of nitrogen by Nicotiana, 352
Scott, Mr., on Drosera, 1
Secretion of Drosera, general account of, 13 -- --, its antiseptic power, 15 -- --, becomes acid from excitement, 86 -- --, nature of its ferment, 94, 97 -- by Dionaea, 295 -- by Drosophyllum, 335 -- by Pinguicula, 381
Seeds, living, acted on by Drosera, 127 --, --, acted on by Pinguicula, 385, 390
Sensitiveness, localisation of, in Drosera, 229 -- of Dionaea, 289 -- of Pinguicula, 371
Silver nitrate, action on Drosera, 181
Sodium, salts of, action on Drosera, 176 --, --, inducing aggregation in Drosera, 50
Sondera heterophylla, 284
Sorby, Mr., on colouring matter of Drosera, 5
Spectroscope, its power compared with that of Drosera, 170
Starch, action of, on Drosera, 78, 126
Stein, on Aldrovanda, 321
Strontium, salts of, action on Drosera, 183
Strychnine, salts of, action on Drosera, 199
Sugar, solution of, action of, on Drosera, 78 --, --, inducing aggregation in Drosera, 51
Sulphuric ether, action on Drosera, 219 --, -- on Dionaea, 304
Syntonin, its action on Drosera, 102
T.
Tait, Mr., on Drosophyllum, 332
Taylor, Alfred, on the detection of minute doses of poisons, 170
Tea, infusion of, action on Drosera, 78
Tentacles of Drosera, move when glands cut of, 36, 229 --, inflection, direction of, 243 --, means of movement, 254 --, re-expansion of, 260
Theine, action on Drosera, 204
Tin chloride, action on Drosera, 185
Tissue, areolar, its digestion by Drosera, 102 --, fibro-elastic, not digested by Drosera, 122
Tissues through which impulse is transmitted in Drosera, 247 -- -- in Dionaea, 313
Touches repeated, causing inflection in Drosera, 34
Transmission of motor impulse in Drosera, 234 -- -- in Dionaea, 313
Traube, Dr., on artificial cells, 216
Treat, Mrs., on Drosera filiformis, 281 --, on Dionaea, 311 --, on Utricularia, 408, 430
Trcul, on Drosera, 1, 5
Tubers of Utricularia montana, 439
Turpentine, action on Drosera, 212 [page 462]
UREA--ZINC.
U.
Urea, not digested by Drosera, 124
Urine, action on Drosera, 79
Utricularia clandestina, 430 -- minor, 429
Utricularia montana, structure of bladders, 431 --, animals caught by, 435 --, absorption by, 437 --, tubers of, serving as reservoirs, 439
Utricularia neglecta, structure of bladders, 397 --, animals caught by, 405 --, absorption by, 413 --, summary on absorption, 421 --, development of bladders, 424
Utricularia, various species of, 441
Utricularia vulgaris, 428
V.
Veratrine, action on Drosera, 204
Vessels in leaves of Drosera, 247 -- of Dionaea, 314
Vogel, on effects of camphor on plants, 209
W.
Warming, Dr., on Drosera, 2, 6 --, on roots of Utricularia, 397 --, on trichomes, 359 --, on Genlisea, 446 --, on parenchymatous cells in tentacles of Drosera, 252
Water, drops of, not causing inflection in Drosera, 35 --, its power in causing aggregation in Drosera, 52 --, its power in causing inflection in Drosera, 139 -- and various solutions, effects of, on subsequent action of ammonia, 213
Wilkinson, Rev., on Utricularia, 398
Z.