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INDEX 



All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations 



Lime in grains, 31 

 Lirtacece, Flax Family 

 Linden, 263, 367, 410, 411 

 Linden, 362, 367, 410, 411; elm- 

 leaved, 2d4 

 Linden Family, 367, 399, 410, 411 : 



elm-leaved linden, 264; jutes, 



232 

 Linen, 230 

 Linnsean, reform in terminology, 



313; Societv, 446; system, 308 

 Linna>us, 3, 308, 311, 312, 313; 



aphorism of, 561; revised, 



574 

 Linoleic acid, 296 

 Linolein, 296 

 Linseed-oil, 280, 295, 296 

 Linum usitatissimum, Flax 

 Liqueurs, 159 

 Liquors, 159 

 Liriodendron Tulipifera, Tulip 



Whitevvood 

 Liverworts, 513, 530; evolution of, 



558 

 Living beings, 562 

 Living substance, 570 

 Living versus lifeless things, 563 

 Lobelia inflala, Indian Tobacco 

 Lobewort Division, 395, 396 

 Lobeworts, 509; 510 

 Locomotion of desmids, 478 

 Loculicidal dehiscence of capsule, 



368 

 Locust, 196, 197, 208, 366, 408, 



409; wood, 259; yellow, 259 

 Lodicule, 13 



Loganiaceoe, Logania Family 

 Logania Familv: nux vomica, 189, 



190 

 Logwood. 290, 292 

 Logwood-tree, 294, 366, 408, 409 

 Long life of plants, 575 

 Long White Squash, 79 

 Loranthacece, IVIistletoe Familv 

 Lower dicots, 397, 398, 399, 400 

 Lubricants, 295, 297 

 Luffa agypdaca, Vegetable Sponge 

 Lycopodidcea;, Club-moss Family 

 Lycopodince, Club-mosses 

 Lycopodium, 167 

 Lycopodium sp., Club-moss 

 Lycopods, Giant, 547 



Macaroni, 33 



Mace, 128, 134 



Machinery, 257, 260, 263 



Machines, 245, 259 



Macrosporangium, 545 



Macrospore, 545, 547 



Madder P^amily, 401 : calisaya-tree, 

 188; coffee, 153, 154, 155 



Madder Order, 401 



Madder-red, 562 



Magnesia in grains, 31 



Magnolia, 358, 262, 406, 407; 

 wood, 263 



MagnolincecF, Magnolia Familv 



Magnolia Family, 358, 398, 406, 

 407: magnolia, 262; star anise, 

 143; tulip whitewood, 261 



Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia 



Mahoganv, 266 



Maize, U, 15, 23, 24, 25, 28, 120, 

 122, 126, 159, 232, 235, 387, 

 420, 421; kernel, 114; range, 28 



Malaria, 188 



Male-fern, 179, 180, 394, 636, 539, 

 540 



Male protoplasts, motile, 560 



Mallet-heads, 269 



Mallow Family, 369, 399, 410, 411: 

 marshmallow, 166; sea-island 

 cotton, 227; upland cotton, 225 



Mallow Order, 376, 399, 410, 411 



Malt, 156; liquors, 156; sugar, 32 



Malting, 32 



Maltose, 32 



Malvacea, Mallow Family 



Malmles, Mallow Order 



Manihol utilissima, Bitter Cassava 



Manila, 224, 232; hemp, 232; 

 paper, 232 



IManila Hemp Plant, 233 



Maple, 261; stem, 254; sugar, 101; 

 wood, 263 



Maple Family, 399: sugar-maple, 

 261 



Marchanlia polymorpha, Umbrella 

 Liverwort 



Marginicidally septifragal dehis- 

 cence, 382 



Mariopteris, Climbing Ferns 



Marjoram, 418. 419: oil of, 297; 

 sweet, 137, 140, 383 



Market baskets, 241 



