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Eleusine, Ipomoea, Manihot, Musa, Nipa, Phoenix, Sorghum. Methyl 

 or wood alcohol, for burning, is obtained from hard wood, esp. 

 beech, oak, thorn, and wattle, by distillation. See Kevv Bull. 1912, 

 p. 113. 



Aldenella Greene (Polanisia Raf. p.p. EP.}. Capparid. (v). i N. Am. 



Alder, Alnus ghttinosa Medic. ; -buckthorn, Rhammis Frangula L. ; 

 West Indian-, Conocarpns erectus L. 



Aldina Endl. Leguminosae (ir. 9). 5 Guiana, N. Brazil. 



Aldrovanda Monti. Drosera. i Eur. to Austr., A. vesiculosa L. , a 

 rootless swimming pi. with whorls of 1. Each has a stalk portion, 

 and a blade like Dionaea, working in the same way, capturing and 

 digesting small animals. Winter buds form in cold climates. 



Alectoroctonum Schlecht. Euphorbia L. p.p. (Euphorb.). 



Alectorolophus Hall. = Rhinanthus L. p.p. (Scrophular.). 



Alectorurus Makino (Anthericum L. p.p.). Liliaceae (ill), i Japan. 



Alectra Thunb. (Melasma Berg. p.p.). Scrophular. (in. 2). 20 trop. 

 exc. Austr. 



Alectryon Gaertn. Sapindaceae (i). 15 Malaya, Polynesia. 



Alehoof, Nepeta Glechoma Benth. 



Alepidea La Roche. Umbelliferae (n. i). 5 S. and trop. Afr. 



Alepyrum Hieron. (Gaimardia Gaudich. BH.). 2 N.Z., Tasm. &c. 



Alepyrum R. Br. =Centrolepis Labill. (Centrolepid.). 



Aletes Coulter et Rose. Umbelliferae (in. 5). 5 N. Am. 



Aletris L. Liliaceae (ix.) [Haemodor. BH.}. 8 E. As., N. Am. 



Aleurites Forst. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 3). 5 warm As. Extrafl. 

 nectaries on petiole and at ends of large 1. -veins. A. triloba Forst. 

 and others cult, for oil from seeds (wood-oil). 



Aleurone, proteid in seed, usually in form of crystalloids. 



Alexa Aloq. Leguminosae (in. r). i Brit. Guiana. 



Alexanders, Smyrnium Olitsatrmn L. 



Alexandra Bunge. Chenopodiaceae (B). i Centr. As. 



Alfa, esparto, Stipa tenacissima L. 



Alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago saliva L. 



Alfilaria, Erodimn ciciitarimn L'Herit. 



Alfredia Cass. =Carduus L. p.p. (Compos.). 



Algaroba. Ceratonia Siliqua L., Prosopis alba Griseb. 



Algernonia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 7). 2 Brazil. 



Alguelaguen Feuill. =Sphacele Benth. (Labiat.). 



Alhagl Tourn. ex Adans. Leguminosae (in. 7). 3 Medit., W. As. 

 Thorny xero. ; the rootstock blows about in the dry season. Honey- 

 like sap exudes in hot weather, drying into brownish lumps (manna). 



Alibertia A. Rich. Rubiaceae (i. 8). 25 trop. Am. 



Aliciella Brand. (Cilia Ruiz et Pav. p.p.). Polemon. i N. Am. 



Alien, an introduced plant which has become naturalised. 



Aligera Suksdorf. Valerianaceae. 10 Pac. Am. 



Alina Adans. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



-alis (Lat. suff. ), belonging to. 



Alisma L. (excl. Caldesia Parl. EP.}. Alismaceae. 2 N. temp., Austr. 

 A. Plantago L., water-plantain, Brit. Sta. 6 (doubling of outer whorl), 

 coherent at base, forming nectary. A. natans L. = Elisma n. 



Alismaceae (Alismatacea EP., BH. inch Bittoinaceae}. Monocots. 



