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INDEX 



Ligustrin, 96 



Ligustrum vulgare as a poisonous plant, 



96 



Lilium Sargentias, 230 

 Lily of the valley as a poisonous plant, 52 

 Lima bean, 206 

 Lime, 235 



Linaria vulgaris, 250 

 Linnaeus, opinions quoted, 192 

 Linum usitatissimum, 228, 236 

 Liquorice, 185 

 Locality, influence of, 15 

 Locoism, cause of. 78 

 Loco disease, symptoms of, 78 

 Locoweed, blue, 75; stemless, as a poi- 

 sonous plant, 74; wooly, 74; in general 



76 



Locust, black, 184, 185 

 Lodging of grass stems, 124 

 Lodicules of grasses, 126 

 Logwood, 184 

 Loliin, 46 

 Lolium italicum, 141; multiflorum, 141; 



perenne, 141; temulentum, 46* 

 Loment, 183 

 Lotus corniculatus, 212 

 Lupines as poisonous plants, 71 

 Lupinidin, 72 

 Lupinin, 72 

 Lupinus cyaneus, 72; leucophyllus, 72; 



luteus, as a poisonous plant, 72; 



perennis, 185; sericeus, 72; species 



of, 71 



Lycopersicum esculentum, 232 

 Lyonia mariana, 95 



Meadow foxtail, 138; growth of, 139; hay 

 of, 139; number of seeds per pound, 

 138 



Meadow saffron as a poisonous plant, 52 

 Mears, B. W. & Sons, letter from, 5 

 Medicago, 184; arabica, 187, 207; denti- 

 culata, 268; falcata, 189; hispidula 

 denticulata, 207; lupulina, 187,212; 

 sativa, 187; maculata, 268 

 Medicinal leaves, 230 



Medulla oblongata, the upper enlarged 



part of the spinal cord. 

 Meehan, Thomas, mentioned, 96 

 Melilotus, 184; alba, 196, 254; parviflora, 



268 



Melon, 232 



Mendel, work on toxins, 19 

 Mesquite, 184 

 Mexican clover, 213 

 MacDougal, D. T., and poisoning by 



Cypripedium, 53 

 Macule, 53 

 Maize, cultivation of, 160; description 



of, 156; embryo of, 158; grain of, 



157; origin of, 155; poisoning by, 45; 



production, 155; soils, 160 

 Mangifera indica, 235 

 Mango, 235 



Manihot utilissima, 226 

 Manila hemp, 230 

 Marigold, fetid, 244 

 Marram grass, 129, 142; as a sand binder, 



143 



Marsh, Dr. C. Dwight, mentioned, vii 

 Marshall, Dr. C. J., and poisoned goats, 



94 



Marsh marigold as a poisonous plant, 64 

 Mat&, 229 



Matricaria suaveolens, 244 

 May-apple as a poisonous plant, 64 

 May's work on chemistry of synthetic 



drugs, 1 6 

 Metabolism, 119 

 Microbe-seeding of soils, 224 

 Milk sickness, cause of, 109; in man, 



i5 



Milkweed, 254 



Millet, 128, 236; Aino, 147; broom-corn, 

 147, 236; fox-tail, 147, 236; Ger- 

 man, 147; Hungarian, 147; pearl, 236; 

 seed impurities of, 263; Siberian, 



i47 



Milo, 128, 236 



Mimosa, flowers of, 183; pudica, 182 

 Mimoloideae, flowers of, 183 

 Mollugo verticillata, 243 



