VI 



INDEX 



Light, effect of, 89, 100, 109. 



Ligulate corolla, 214, 338. 



Ligule of grass-leave, 408. 



Liliaceae, 384. 



Lilium, 386 ; bulb, 117. 



Lily, see Lilium, Crinum and 



Calla. 



Lime, see Citrus. 

 Linear leaves, 142. 

 Lip of flower, 213. 

 Litchee or Litchi, 245, 312. 

 Loculicidal, of capsules, 241, 



*242. 



Lomentum, 241. 

 Loranthus, 130. 

 Lotus, see Zizyphus ; sacred 



lotus, see Nelumbium. 

 Luff a, 340. 

 Lythracese, 329. 



M 



M/ESA, 344. 



Magnesium, 21-3. 



Maize, see Zea. 



Malvaceae, 288. 



Mangroves, stilt-roots of, 125 ; 



vertical roots of, 346. 

 Manihot, 376. 

 Maranta, 400. 

 Mathiola, 287. 



Meadow Rue, see Thalictrum. 

 Mealy, see Farinaceous. 

 Melaleuca, 327. 

 Melon, see Cucumis. 

 Memecylon, 328. 

 Mendi, see Lawsonia. 

 Mentha, 369. 

 Michelia, stipules, 41. 

 Micropyle, of seed, 48, 248. 

 Micromeria; 369. 

 Millingtonia (Bignoniaceas) seeds, 



255 ; staminode, 79. 

 Mimosese, 320. 

 Mimusops, 345. 

 Mint, see Mentha. 



Modified organs, ch. xv. 170. 



Moisture, effect on roots, 1(?3. 



Monadelphous stamens, 203, 

 318. 



Monk's hood, see Aconitum. 



Monochasial cyme, 195. 



Monochlamydeae, 417. 



Monoecious = unisexual flowers 

 on one plant? 373. 



Monocotyledon, 68, 417. 



Monopetalae, 416. 



Monopodial, Monopodium, *69, 

 92. 



Moon-flower, Ipomasa Bonanox, 

 356. 



Morinda, 334. 



Morphology = Homology. 



Mucilage = gum ; mucilaginous 

 endosperm, 253. 



Mulberry, the Indian, see Mo- 

 rinda. 



Multiple fruit = aggregate fruit. 



Multiennial plants, 67, 366. 



Musa, 162 ; Museae, 397. 



Musssenda, 208, 333. 



Mustard, see Brassica. 



Myristicaseed, 251, 254. 



Myrsineae, 345. 



Myrtacese, 325. 



N 



NARAVELIA fruits, *259. 



Narcissies. 



Nasturtium the Watercress, 



287; garden N., see Tropaeo- 



lum. 



Natural Orders, 414. 

 Nelumbium, 279. 

 Nepenthes, 110. 

 Nerium, 348, 352. 

 Nettle, 381, 

 Nipa, 392. 



Nitrates, Nitrogen, 22. 

 Notonia, 337, 339. 

 Nuts, 243 ; Coco-nut, see Cocos. 



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