INDEX 



593 



All numbers refer to pages, heavy typ(> indiealinji; illustrations. 



Knobs, 269, 277 

 Kohlrabi, 55, 69 



Lnhiatce, Mint Family 



Labiate, corolla, 383 



Lace, 223, 230 



Lacquer, 291 



Lactuca satii'd, Lettuce 

 scariola, Wild Lettuce 



Ladies' slippers, 218, 219, 220, 391, 

 424, 425 



Lagenarin vulgaris, Bottle-gourd 



Lamarck ism, 445, 453, 456, 457 



Lamarck, Jean Baptist e, 445 



La miliar iaccoe, 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 



Lauraceoe, Laurel Family 



Laurel Camphor, 177, 228 



Laurel-camphor Tree, 178 



Laurel Family, 3(i0, 398, 406, 407:- 

 cinnamon, 135; laurel-camphor 

 tree, 178; sassafras, 168 



Laurel, American, 41(), 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, hgule, 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, 3.52; parallel- 



veined, 3S7; pinnate, 352; i)ri- 

 mary, 318, 319; rosette, 342; 

 secondary, 318, 319; sessile, 

 simple, 342; stipulate, 358; 

 ternate, 352; verticillate, 342; 

 whorled, 342 

 Legume, 367 



Leguminosce, Pulse Family 

 Lemon, 88, 97, 121, 124, 146, 170 

 Lemonade, 150 



Lenlibulacea;, Bladderwort Family 

 Lepidodendracea;, Scale-tree Fam- 



ily 



Lcpidodcndron {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, 569 



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 



LiliacecB, Lily Family 



Liliales, Lily Order 



Liliiflorce, Lilv 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 



