Oak, varieties of, [50].

Onites apelles, [135].

Orchis, pollen of, [193].

Organs of extreme perfection, [186].

——, electric, of fishes, [192].

—— of little importance, [194].

——, homologous, [434].

——, rudiments of, and nascent, [450].

Ornithorhynchus, [107], [416].

Ostrich not capable of flight, [134].