INDEX 
593 
All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. 
Knobs, 269, 277 
Kohlrabi, 55, 69 
Labiate, Mint Family 
Labiate, corolla, 383 
Lace, 223, 230 
Lacquer, 291 
Lactuca sativa, Lettuce 
scariola, Wild Lettuce 
Ladies’ slippers, 218, 219, 220, 391, 
424, 425 
Lagenaria vulgaris, Bottle-gourd 
Lamarckism, 445, 453, 456, 457 
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste, 445 
Laminariacee, Sea-tangle Family 
Laminaria spp., Sea-tangles 
Lampblack, 290, 294 
Larch, 294, 392, 424, 425; Euro- 
pean, 271; wood, 270 
Larix decidua, European Larch 
Latin terms, 313 
Lauracee, Laurel Family 
Laurel Camphor, 177, 228 
Laurel-camphor Tree, 178 
Laurel Family, 360, 398, 406, 407: 
cinnamon, 135; laurel-camphor 
tree, 178; sassafras, 168 
Laurel, American, 416, 417; moun- 
tain, 203, 379; sheep, 202, 379 
Laurels, 208 
Laurinol, 177 
Law of recapitulation, 435, 560 
Lead-pencils, 270 
Leaf, 324, 336, 538 
Leaf-buds, 323 
Leaflets, 339, 342, 352 
Leaf-member, 326, 327, 348 
Leaf-part, 323, 325 ; 
Leaf, parts of, ligule, 16; rain- 
guard, 16; ocrea, 372; stipule, 
358 ' 
Leaf-stalk, 336 
Leafy shoot compared with com- 
pound leaf, 342 
Leather, 295 
Leather-finishing, 294 
Leaves, ‘352, 533; alternate, 342, 
352; carpellary, 352; compound, 
342, 352; decompound, 352; ex- 
stipulate, 359; ocreate, 372; of 
the flower, 324; opposite, 342, 
352; palmate, 352; parallel- 
veined, 387; pinnate, 352; pri- 
mary, 318, 319; rosette, 342; 
secondary, 318, 319; sessile, 
simple, 342; stipulate, 358; 
ternate, 352; verticillate, 342; 
whorled, 342 
Legume, 367 
Leguminose, Pulse Family 
Lemon, 88, 97, 121, 124, 146, 170 
Lemonade, 150 
Lentibulacee, Bladderwort Family 
Lepidodendracee, Scale-tree Fam- 
1 
Lepidodendron (see also Giant 
Club-mosses, and Scale-tree), 
547, 554 
Lettuce, 55, 72, 73, 74, 121, 124, 
385, 420, 421; leaves, 114; wild, 
73 
Lichen, 165 
Lichenes, Lichen Subdivision 
Lichenin, 165 
Lichens, 504 
Lichens as Nature’s pioneers, 506 
Lichen-starch, 165 
Lichen Subdivision, 395, 396, 508 
Licorice, 163, 166, 169, 366, 410, 
411 
Lid of capsule, 526 
Life, always existed, 568; essence 
of, 568, 569; test of, 568, 569 
Life-cycles, 559 
Life-histories, 470 
Life-history of a molecule, 563 
Lifeless substances, 570 
Lifeless things versus living things, 
569 
Life-preservers, 280, 284 
Lignin, 247 
Ligule, 16, 547 
Likeness a measure of kinship, 433 
Liliacee, Lily Family 
Liliales, Lily Order 
Liliiflore, Lily Order 
Lily Family, 390, 397, 424, 425: 
asparagus, 64, 65; Indian poke, 
199; lily-of-the-valley, 204; on- 
ion, 63, 64 
Lily-of-the-valley, 204, 208, 390, 
424, 425 
Lily Order, 390, 397, 424, 425 
Lima bean, 51, 120, 124 
