GENERAL INDEX 



309 



-rocks, veg. of, 290 ; woods on, 



272 



Ling. See Calluna 

 Linseed oil, 143, 147, 148 

 Liquid-diffusion, 25, 92 

 Liriodendron, 212 

 Littordla, 50 

 Loam, 82 

 Lobelia Dortmanna, 50, 56 ; urens, 



213 



Lochs, highland, veg. of, 238 

 Lomentum, 188, *189 

 London-pride, 213 



offsets, 

 *37. See 



155 ; 



Saxi- 



rosette-plant, 



fraga umbrosa 

 Longevity : classification of pis. ac- 



cording to, 107 ; of leaves of 



xerophytes, 39 

 Lonicera. See Honeysuckle 

 Loosestrife : purple (see Lythrum 



Salicaria) ; yellow (see Lysimachia 



vulgar is] 



Lousewort. See Pedicularis 

 Lowland-pastures, 230, 258 ; -plants 



found in alpine regions, 289 ; 



-rocks, veg. of, 290 

 Low-moor, 246 

 Lungwort, 217 

 Lusitanian Flora, 211 

 Lychnis: fl., 174; fr., 187; honey, 



173 



Lycopsis arvensis, 216 

 Lysimachia vulgaris, insect-visitor, 



171 

 Lythrum Salicaria, fls., 177 



Macropis, 171 



Magnolia, 212 



Maize, sugar of, 146. See Zea Mais 



Malic acid, 143 



Mallow, 216 ; fr., 191, *192 



Malthus, law of population, 202 



Malva sylvestris, 216 



Man, influence on veg., 13, 18, 19, 



198, 227, 293 

 Mandioc (Manihot), tapioca from, 



150 



Mangold, 150 



Manna-grass. See Glyceria fluitans 

 Manures, 96 ; artificial, 97 ; a source 



of humus, 83 ; living, 97 ; natural, 



96 ; effect on veg. of meadows, 262 

 Maple : bud-scales,.61 ; fr., 190, 195 ; 



honey-dew, 134 ; leaf-mosaic, 68, 



*70, *71 ; origin of variegated 



vars., 154 

 Marigold, fr., 137 



Marine deposits, 80 



Maritime: aquatic veg., 275; as- 

 sociations, 275 ; pis. growing in 

 alpine regions, 288, adaptations 

 of, 281 



Marl, 82 



Marram-grass : leaf, 40, *43 ; asso- 

 ciation of, 281 ; binding power of, 

 281. See Psamma 



Marsh : -annuals, 59, 240 ; dune-, 

 283 ; estuarine-, veg. of, 231, 278 ; 

 freslnvater-, 230, 240, 283 ; -mari- 

 gold, 168 ; -plants : habit com- 

 pared with bog pis., 245, chars, of, 

 240, geophilous, 62, hygrophilous, 

 29, 58 ; position of leaves with 

 regard to light in, 46, tropophytes, 

 58, xerophytic chars, of, 58 ; salt-, 

 veg. of, 231, 278 ; true, 244, 253 



Mead, 151 



Meadow-land, 261 ; weeds of, 263 



Meadows, 15 ; on damp soils, 263 ; 

 on dry chalk soils, 264 ; salt-, 279 



Meadow-saxifrage, 62, 160. See 

 Saxifraga granulata 



Meadow-sweet, 217 



Mealies. See Zea Mais 



Meat, 5 ; transformation of veg. into, 

 20 



Medicago, 60 ; fr., 188 ; infl., 179 



Medick. See Medicago 



Mediterranean region, 16, 23 



Melampyrum, parasitic nature, 126 



Melilot, 216 



Mericarp, f!90 



Mesocarp, 192 



Mesophilous tropophytes, 58, 62 



Mesophytes, f29, 31 



Mesophytie annuals, 60 



Mica, disintegration of, 81 



Micropyle, 163 



Mignonette, insect- visitor, 174 



Millet, 147, 148 



Milk, 20, 21 ; -thistle, 216, 217 



Mimicry, 137, 138 



Mineral salts, 24, 33, 123 



Mint, 62 ; honey, 173 ; rhizome, 

 *110; repr. by rhizomes, 154; 

 volatile oil, 143 



Mistletoe, 214 ; berries, 149 ; para- 

 sitic nature of, 128, *129 



Mock-orange, suckers, 155 



Moisture, 11, 34. See Humidity 



Mole-heaps, 258 



Molinia cserulea-bog, 231, 250, 251 



Monkshood, 217 ; honey-leaf, * 171 



Monocarpic plants, fH2 



