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INDEX AND GLOSSARY 



Kinghead, 243. 



Knotweed, 130, 143, 351, Fig. 210. 



Kohlrabi, 33, 251, Fig. 48. 



Labiatse, 144, 400. Labiate, 144. 

 Laboratory advice, 301; table, Fig. 



477. 



Lactuca, 435. 



Lady's-slipper, 148, 340, Fig. 250. 

 Ladies' tresses, 341. 

 Lady's thumb, 351, Fig. 514. 

 Lake-cress, 21. 

 Lambkill, 425. 

 Lanceolate, 99. 

 Landscape and plants, 210. 

 Lappula, 413. 

 Larch, 326, Figs. 462, 463; European, 



326. 



Larix, 326. 

 Larkspur, 4, 359; flower, 137, Figs. 224- 



226; fruit, 157, Figs. 269, 270. 

 Lateral flowers, 119, Fig. 182. 

 Lathyrus, 263, 381. 

 Laticiferous tissue, 282. 

 Laurel, 425. 

 Layer: a branch which takes root and 



gives rise to an independent plant, 



(55). 



Layers of branches, 56, Figs. 93, 94. 

 Leaf, bud, 39, Figs. 70, 71; -cutting, 21, 



27, Fig. 41; fall of, 299; how to tell, 103; 



-spot, 92; parts of, 97. r 

 Leaflet: one part in a compound leaf, 



(204). 



Leaf-scars, 37, 300, Fig. 57. 

 Leaves, arrangement of, 47; fall of, 299; 



general account, 95; polar, 50; propa- 

 gation by, 21; sleep of, 49; structure, 



297. 

 Legume: simple pericarp dehiscing on 



both sutures, (315). 

 Leguminosse, 78, 146, 157, 379. 

 Lemon, acid, 271. 

 Lens, 132, 248; stand for, Figs. 214, 



425. 



Lenticels, 294. 

 Leonurus, 403. 

 Lepidium, 368. 

 Lespedeza, 251. 

 Lettuce, 435; wild, 50, 243, 435, Fig. 



86. 



Leucojum vernurn, 337. 

 Liatris, 444. 



Lichen, 94, 183, 193, 209, Fig. 373. 

 Licorice, wild, 426. 

 Life-history: sum of the events in the 



life of a plant, (7). 

 Light and plants, 42, 223, Figs. 73-78, 



81-85. 



Ligneous: woody, (11). 

 Lignin, 266. 



Ligule of isoetes, 201. 



Ligustrum, 421. 



Lilac, 4, 61, 420, Fig. 72; bud, 111; inflo- 

 rescence, 125; phyllotaxy, 48; stomates, 

 299. 



Liliacese, 145, 146, 328. 



Lilium, 329, Figs. 488, 489. 



Lily, 4, 20, 329, Figs. 488, 489; bulb, 33; 

 calla, [328, Fig. 486; day-, 331, 332, 

 Figs. 279, 491,492; Easter, 330; family, 

 328; germination, 133; leaves, 102; 

 stomates, 301; tiger, 21, 33, 330, Fig. 

 31; straw, 332; Turk's-cap, 330, Fig, 

 489; water-, 3, 98, 205, 207, 361; wild 

 orange-red, 330; wood, 330. 



Lily-of-the-valley, 18, 334. 



Linaria, 405, Figs. 544, 545. 



Linear, 98, Fig. 150. 



Linnaeus, 308. 



Lipped, 144. 



Lithospermum, 414. 



Liverleaf, 356. Liverworts, 193, 201. 



Lobed, 96, 100, Fig. 143. 



Lobelia, 431; family, 431. Lobeliacese, 

 431. 



Locule: compartment of a pistil, (310). 



Loculicidal: dehiscence between the par- 

 titions, (317). 



Locust, 380; buds, 37; honey, tree, Fig. 

 117; prickles, 109; seed, 166; sleep of, 

 49; thorns, 108. 



Lodicule, 152. 



Lonicera, 428, Fig. 554. 



Loosestrife, 423. 



Loquat, 251. 



Lotus, starch, 274. 



Lucerne, 383, Fig. 529. 



Lungwort, 414. 



Lupine, 384. 



Lupinus, 384. 



Lychnis, 354. 



Lycopersicum, 410. 



Lycopus, 400. 



Lysimachia, 423. 



Madura, 347. 



Macrospore, 182. 



Madder family, 426. 



Magnesium, 76. 



Maianthemum, 333. 



Maidenhair, 180, 323, Fig. 336. 



Maize, 3, 8, 11, 48, 139, 152, 171, 175, 



250, Figs. 9, 14, 230, 231, 317-321. 

 Malic acid, 271. 

 Mallow, 147, 148, 244, 372, Fig. 248; 



family, 372. 

 Maltose, 272. 

 Malva, 372. 

 Malvacese, 148, 372. 

 Mandrake, 18, 361. 

 Mangrove, 12, 20, Fig. 16. 



