"He was perhaps the last of a school of English natural historians or biologists in the widest sense of the term." In 1862 he gave the results of his work on the classification of brains in a lecture delivered at the Royal Institution, and in 1870 published his best known book, "Forms of Animal Life (Dict. Nat. Biography). -address in "Nature" by. -on the orang-utang. -adhesion to Darwin's views. -letter to. -letter to Darwin from. -mentioned.
Rollisson.
Roman villa at Abinger.
Romanes, G.J. (1848-94): was one of Mr. Darwin's most devoted disciples. The letters published in Mrs. Romanes' interesting "Life and Letters" of her husband (1896) make clear the warm feelings of regard and respect which Darwin entertained for his correspondent. -Darwin on controversy between Duke of Argyll and. -on graft-hybrids. -letters to. -letter to Darwin from. -letter to "Nature" in reply to the Duke of Argyll. -on physiological selection. -review of Roux's book. -on heliotropism. -lecture on animal intelligence by. -lecture on evolution of nerves. -letter to "Times" from. -"Life and Letters" of. -on minds of animals.
Roots, heliotropism of. -sensitive tip of.
Roses, N. American species. -bud-variation. -raising from seed. -resemblance of seedling moss-rose to Scotch. -varieties of.
Ross, Sir J.
Rosse, Lord.
Round Island, fauna and flora of.
Roux's "Struggle of Parts in the Organism."
Royal Commission on Vivisection.
Royal Institution, lectures at.
Royal medals.
Royal Society, council meeting of.
Royer, Mdlle., translatress of the "Origin."
Royle, John Forbes (1800-58): was originally a surgeon in the H.E.I.C. Medical Service, and was for some years Curator at Saharunpur. From 1837- 56 he was Professor of Materia Medica at King's College, London. He wrote principally on economic and Indian botany. One of his chief works was "Illustrations of the Botany and other branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains and of the Flora of Cashmere." (London, 1839.) -letters to. -mentioned.
Rubiaceae, dimorphism in. -fertilisation in.
Rubus, N. American species. -variation in. -F. Darwin on roots of.
Rubus and Hieracium, comparison of variability of N. American and European species.
Rucker.
Rudimentary organs. -in frogs. -nascent and. -variation of. -in man. -use in classification.
Rudinger, Dr., on regeneration.
Rue, flowers of.
Ruffs, polygamy of.
Rumex, germination of old seeds.
Russia, forms of wheat cultivated in.
Rutaceae, A. St.-Hilaire on difference in ovary of same plants of.
Sabine, General Sir E. Sabine (1788-1883): President of the Royal Society 1861-71. (See "Life and Letters," III., page 28.) -address to Royal Society. -award of Copley medal to Darwin during presidency of. -recognition by Government. -mentioned.
Sabrina, elevation of.
Sagitta.
St. Dabeoc's heath, in Azores.
St. Helena, Darwin suggests possibility of finding lost plants in earth from. -extinction in. -Hooker on flora of. -land-birds of. -plants of. -trees of. -Darwin on craters of. -geology of. -subsidence in. -White on hemiptera of.
St.-Hilaire, A.F.C.P. de, on affaiblissement. -erect and suspended ovules in same ovary. -"Lecons de Botanique." -Life of.
St.-Hilaire, J.G., on monstrosities. -author of "Life of A.F.C.P. de St.-Hilaire."
St. Jago, Darwin on craters of. -elevation of.
St. Paul's rocks, plants of. -geological structure.
Saintpaulia, dimorphic flowers.
St. Ventanao, conglomerates of.
Salicaceae.
Salicornia, bloom on.
Salix, varieties of.
Salsola Kali, bloom on.
Salt water, effect on plants.
Salter, on vitality of seeds after immersion in the sea.
Saltus, Darwin's views on.
Salvages, flora of the.
Salvia, Hildebrand's paper on.
Samara, Russian wheat sent to Darwin from.
Samoyedes, power of finding their way in fog.
Sandberger, controversy with Hilgendorf.
Sanderson, Sir J.B., electrical experiments on plants. -letters to. -on vivisection.