In the flowers of Cactus grandiflorus and Cistus some of the stamens are perpetually bent to the pistil Nyctanthes and others are only fragrant in the night; Cucurbita lagenaria closes when the sun shines on it Tropeolum, nasturtian, emits sparks in the twilight Nectary on its calyx Phosphorescent lights in the evening Hot embers eaten by bull-frogs Long filaments of grasses, the cause of bad seed-wheat Chinese hemp grew in England above 14 feet in five months Roots of snow-drop and hyacinth insipid like orchis Orchis will ripen its seeds if the new bulb be cut off Proliferous flowers The wax on the candle-berry myrtle said to be made by insects The warm springs of matlock produced by the condensation of steam raised from great depths by subterranean fires Air separated from water by the attraction of points to water being less than that of the particles of water to each other Minute division of sub-aquatic leaves Water-cress and other aquatic plants inhabit all climates Butomus esculent; Lotus of Egypt; Nymphæa Ocymum covered with salt every night Salt a remote cause of scrophula, and immediate cause of sea-scurvy Coloured spatha of Arum, and blotched leaves, if they serve the purpose of a coloured petal Tulip-roots with a red cuticle produce red flowers Of vegetable mules the internal parts, at those of fructification, resemble the female parent; and the external parts, the male one The same occurs in animal mules, as the common mule and the hinnus, and in sheep The wind called Harmattan from volcanic eruptions; some epidemic coughs or influenza have the same origin Fish killed in the sea by dry summers in Asia Hedysarum gyrans perpetually moves its leaves like the respiration of animals Plants possess a voluntary power of motion Loud cracks from ice-mountains explained Muschus corallinus vegetates below the snow, where the heat is always about 40. Quick growth of vegetables in northern latitudes after the solution of the snows explained The Rail sleeps in the snow Conserva ægagropila rolls about the bottom of lakes Lycoperdon tuber, truffle, requires no light Account of caprification Figs wounded with a straw, and pears and plumbs wounded by insects ripen sooner, and become sweeter Female figs closed on all sides, supposed to be monsters Basaltic columns produced by volcanoes shewn by their form Byssus floats on the sea in the day, and sinks in the night Conserva polymorpha twice changes its colour and its form Some seed-vessels and seeds resemble insects Individuality of flowers not destroyed by the number of males or females which they contain Trees are swarms of buds, which are individuals INDEX OF THE NAMES OF THE PLANTS Adonis Aegragrópila Álcea Amarýllis Anemóne Anthoxánthum Arum Avéna Bárometz Béllis Byssus