GENERAL INDEX 
-rocks, veg. of, 290; woods on, 
272 
Ling. See Calluna 
Linseed oil, 143, 147, 148 
Liquid-diffusion, 25, 92 
Liriodendron, 212 
Littorella, 50 
Loam, 82 
Lobelia Dortmanna, 50, 56; urens, | 
213 
Lochs, highland, veg. of, 238 
Lomentum, 188, *189 
London-pride, 213; 
rosette-plant, *37. 
fraga wmbrosa 
Longevity : classification of pls. ac- 
cording to, 107; of leaves of 
xerophytes, 39 
Lonicera. See Honeysuckle 
Loosestrife: purple (see Lythrum 
Salicaria) ; yellow (see Lysimachia 
vulgaris) 
Lousewort. See Pedicularis 
Lowland-pastures, 230, 258 ; -plants 
found in alpine regions, 289; 
-rocks, veg. of, 290 
Low-moor, 246 
Lungwort, 217 
Lusitanian Flora, 211 
Lychnis: fl., 174; fr., 187; honey, 
173 
Lycopsis arvensis, 216 
Lysimachia vulgaris, insect-visitor, 
71 
165; 
Saxi- 
offsets, 
See 
Lythrum Salicaria, fls., 177 
Macropis, 171 
Magnolia, 212 
Maize, sugar of, 146. See Zea Mais 
Malie acid, 143 
Mallow, 216 ; fr., 191, *192 
Malthus, law of population, 202 
Malva sylvestris, 216 
Man, influence on veg., 13, 18, 19, 
198, 227, 293 
Mandioe (Manihot), tapioca from, 
150 
Mangold, 150 
Manna-grass. See Glyceria fluitans 
Manures, 96 ; artificial, 97 ; a source 
of humus, 83 ; living, 97 ; natural, 
96 ; effect on veg. of meadows, 262 
Maple : bud-scales, 61; fr., 190, 195; 
honey-dew, 134 ; leaf-mosaic, 68, 
*70, *71; origin of variegated 
vars., 154 
Marigold, fr., 137 
_ Moisture, 11, 34. 
309 
Marine deposits, 80 
Maritime: aquatic veg., 275; as- 
sociations, 275; pls. growing in 
alpine regions, 288, adaptations 
of, 281 
Marl, 82 
Marram-grass : leaf, 40, *43; asso- 
ciation of, 281 ; binding power of, 
281. See Psamma 
Marsh: -annuals, 59, 240; dune-, 
283 ; estuarine-, veg. of, 231, 278 ; 
freshwater-, 230, 240, 283 ; -mari- 
gold, 168; -plants: habit com- 
pared with bog pls., 245, chars. of, 
240, geophilous, 62, hygrophilous, 
29, 58; position of leaves with 
regard to light in, 46, tropophytes, 
58, xerophytic chars. of, 58 ; salt-, 
veg. of, 231, 278 ; true, 244, 253 
Mead, 151 
Meadow-land, 261 ; weeds of, 263 
Meadows, 15; on damp soils, 263 ; 
on dry chalk soils, 264 ; salt-, 279, 
Meadow-saxifrage, 62, 160. See 
Saxifraga granulata 
Meadow-sweet, 217 
Mealies. See Zea Mais 
Meat, 5 ; transformation of veg. into, 
20 
Medicago, 60 ; fr., 188 ; infl., 179 
Medick. See Medicago 
Mediterranean region, 16, 23 
Meampyrum, parasitic nature, 126 
Melilot, 216 
Mericarp, +190 
Mesoearp, 192 
Mesophilous tropophytes, 58, 62 
Mesophytes, 729, 31 
Mesophytic annuals, 60 
Mica, disintegration of, 81 
| Micropyle, 163 
Mignonette, insect-visitor, 174 
Millet, 147, 148 
| Milk, 20, 21; -thistle, 216, 217 
| Mimiery, 137, 138 
Mineral salts, 24, 33, 123 
Mint, 62; honey, 173; rhizome, 
*110; repr. by rhizomes, 154 ; 
volatile oil, 143 
Mistletoe, 214; berries, 149; para- 
sitic nature of, 128, *129 
Mock-orange, suckers, 155 
See Humidity 
Mole-heaps, 258 
| Molinia exzrulea-bog, 231, 250, 251 
| Monkshood. 217 ; honey-leaf, * 171 
Monoearpic plants, +112 
