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Lemming, 548, 599, 604. Lemonade and poisoning, 640 Lemon-juice as a cure for scurvy,
37
Lemur, 111, 471, 479
Leopard, 236
Lepadocrinus, 417
Lepidodendron, 442, 443
Lepidonotus, 138
Lepismina, 705
Leptodora, 539
Leptomonas, 596
Leucocytes, 59, 60
Levick, Dr. G. Murray, 752, 753
Levitation, 842-845, 842, 843
Liana, 545
Lice, 628
Lichen, 176-178, 558, 587, 178
Liebig, Justus von, Baron (18031873), 612, 616
Life, after death, 852-853 ; before fossils, 401-409 ; conquers the dry land, 426-446 ; distinctive features of, 4-6; earliest, 401 ; evolution of, diagram, 411; in fresh water and on land, 5315543 in the sea, 7, 508-530 ; length of, 89; limitation in space of, 6-7 ; meaning of, 3-6 ; of flowing waters, 534-537; of standing waters, 537-540; on floor of the sea, 523-524, 524; on other planets, 8; on seashore, 524-527, 526 ; on surface of the sea, 512-516 ; origin of, 394-396 ; oxidation and, 23; subjective side of, 9-10, 760763 ; the ascent of, 411; under control, 607-617, 878-880 ; vegetable, 154-166
Life-communities, 581-606 ; growth and development of, 584-589 ; grading of, 589-593 ;_ parallelism and variety of, 581-584
Life Force, 384-385
Ligaments, 24, 33
Light, and plant growth, 154-157, 680 ; fascination of, for insects, 681; its influence on amceba, 665; on earth worm, 666; on lancelet, 666; its penetration into water, 520. See Animal light, Ultra-violet light
Ligia, 416
Lignin, 428
Lignite, 437
Limax amoeba, 168
Limbs, evolution of segmental, 408 ; movements of, 26
Limestone, 200 ; biological origin of, 171
Limicole, 368
Limnodrilus, 535
Limnoria, 529
Limpet, 667; lava of, 513
Limulus, 416
Ling, common, 559
Lingula, 143
Linnzus, Carl von (1707-1778), 130, 261
Lion, 236, 471
Lister, Lord (1827-1912), 613, 632
Lithographic stone, 212
Litopterna, 211, 240, 483, 237, 471
“ Little Joss” wheat, 304
INDEX
Littoral zone, 512
Liver, 42, 56, 644, 27; and the manufacture of anti-toxins, 630 ; of lobster, 122
Liver-cell, human, 567, 568
Liver-fluke, 140, 146, 555, 141
Lizard, 564; flying, 454 ; green, 114
Lizard Point, 491
Lizards, evolution of, 449
Llama, 110, 256, 244
Loach, 536
Lobster, 120-123, 145, 121, 564
Lobster-moth caterpillar, 576
Lobworm, 137
Lockjaw, 623
Locust, 219; plagues, 598, 599 ; tree, 590
Lodge, Sir Oliver, 845, 851
Loeb, Jacques, 275, 613, 680, 681
Lomechusa, 707
London, 469, 625, 626
— clay, 195, 469
— Pride, 491
Lophius, 521, 515
Louisiana, 750
Louisville, 487
Lower Cambrian period, 418
— Carboniferous period, 441
— Devonian period, 416, 424, 436, 429
— Eocene period, 483
— Oligocene period, 483
Loxomma, 449
Lucretius, 263
Lugworm, 137, 138, 408
Luidia, 135, 565
Lumbriculus, 275, 535
Luminosity in the deep sea, 521522, 521
Lung-fish, 244, 425, 438, 440, 729
Lungs, 26, 27 ; heart and, 653-655
Lupin, 558
Lyginopteris, 435, 214
Lymantria, 348
— dispar, 610
Lymph, 39
Lymphatic system, 40
Lynx, 601
M
Macaque, 755
Machzrodus, 384
Macrauchenia, 237, 471
Macro-feeders, 504
Madagascar, 231, 273, 444
Madeira, 520, 550
Madreporite, 134
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 709
Magdalenian culture, 494-495
Magnolia, 469
Magnus, Olaus, 599
Magpie, 753
Maidenhair-tree, 225, 420
Malaria, 600, 612, 623, 625, 626, 630, 633, 653 ; parasite of, 568, 626, 627
Malaya, 188, 243, 244, 304, 444, 544, 557
Mallory, G. L., 6
Malta, 551
— fever, bacterium of, 568
Malthus, Thomas Robert (17661834), 262
Mammals, 109 ; brain in, 733, 767 ;
M
classification of, 109 ; courtship in, 741-742; education in, 747-748 ; evolution of, 470475; 420, 449, 471 ; evolution of intelligence in, 733-734, 742747; extinct South American, 237 ; length of the Age of, 257 ; of Australia, 110, 235; periodicity of northern, 669 ; placental, 110, 471; play in, 749; pouched, 109; smallest, 112; typical African, 235
Mammoth, 200, 487, 495
— cave, Kentucky, 551
Man, anatomy and physiology of, 24-102 ; biological peculiarities of, 857-865, 876; brain of, 764-769 ; embryo of, 93-96, 94, 223, 251; evolution of, 247-258, 481-495, 471, 479; fossil (See Homo Eoanthropus, Pithecanthropus, Sinanthropus), hand of, 249 ; heredity in, 298300, 343 ; physical health of, 621622, 653, 657-658; place in nature, 247-250 ; place in time, 255-258 ; place of origin, 484 ; races of, 863-864; rate of increase of, 873-876; tail in, 28, 94; vestigial organs in, 253
Manatee, I11
Mangabey, 755
Mangroves, 529
Mania, 816-817
Manic-depressive insanity, 816
Manna-lichen, 177
Maple, 469, 590
Maquis scrub, 590
Marble, 200
Marmoset, 238 ; brain of, 767
Marquis wheat, 615
Marriage, 860-862 ; of cousins, 306
Mars, life on, 8
Marsh fever, 625
Marsupials, 109, 110, 472, 449; colonization in Australia, 239
Mastodon, 383
Mastodonsaurus, 442, 449
Materialization, 841-851, 846, 847, 848
Maternal impressions, 311
Matthew, Dr. W. D., 472
Mauritius, 550
Maximilian I (1459-1519), 299
Meals, 639, 640
Measles, 625, 630, 653
Mediterranean, 152, 489, 519, 520, 55 .
Mediumship, automatism and, 805806 Mediums, in spiritualism, 805, 842851 Medlar, 279
Medusa, 147, 148, 147
Megatherium, 241, 237
Melampyrum, 557
Melancholia, 817
Melanesia, 348
Melanogaster, 303
Melilot, white, 587
Melosira, 595
Membracide, 574
Mendel, Abbé, Johann Gregor (1822-1884), 14, 264, 266, 2g02g1 889