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INDEX 



Orchard grass, 137; cultivation of, 138; 



seeding of, 137 



Oregon hemlock as a poisonous plant, 87 

 Ornithopus, 184; sativus, 208 

 Osborne and Voorhees, 166 

 Osborne, work of, on toxins, 19 

 Otomycosis, an affection of the ear due to 



the attack of a fungus, i 

 Ovary of Leguminosae, 183 

 Ox-eye daisy, 251 



Paddy, 174 



Paigya, 71 



Palea of grasses, 126 



Palet of grasses, 126 



Pammel, L. H., mention of book on poi- 

 sonous plants, 10 



Pampas grass, 129 



Panama rubber, 228 



Pancreas, a gland lying across the pos- 

 terior wall of the abdomen secreting 

 a fluid for the digestion of proteids, 

 fats and carbohydrates. 



Panicle, an open and branched raceme, or 

 flower cluster. 



Panicle oats, 162 



Panicum capillare, 267; maximum, 146; 

 miliaceum, 147, 236 



Papaver dubium, 66; Rhoeas, 66; somni- 

 ferum, 66; species of, as poisonous 

 plants, 66 



Papaw, 235 



Paper from grasses, 129 



Papilionaceous, butterfly-like, applied to 

 a corolla such as the pea with stan- 

 dard, wings and keel. 



Papilionoideae, flowers of, 183 



Pappus, the downy hairs crowning the 

 ovary and achenes of the Compositae. 



Paraplegia, paralysis of the lower 

 extremities. 



Parietal, attached to the inner walls of 

 the ovary, said of ovules. 



Paripinnate, a compound pinnate leaf 

 with a terminal pair of leaflets. 



Paroxysms, the periodic crisis in the prog- 

 ress of disease; a sudden attack of 

 pain or convulsion. 



Parsley, 229 



Parsnip, 225 



Parthenium argentatum, 228 



Pastinaca sativa, 225 



Pasturage, 117 



Pasture, 117 



Pasture thistle, 254 



Pavetta Zimmermanniana, 222 



Peanut, 184; cultivation of, 205; nutri- 

 tive value of, 206; seeding of ; 205; 

 varieties, 205 



Pear, 231 



Pearl millet, 236 



Pearson, Dr. Leonard, mentioned, 30 



Peas, 184 . 



Pea, square pod, 212 



Peach, 232 



Pe-byangale, 71 



Peduncle, a flower-stalk. 



Pe-gya, 71 



Peh-ts'ai, 229 



Pellagra, 46 



Pennisetum glaucum, 236 



Pepper, 233 



Pepsin, 119 



Perennate, to reproduce vegetatively, so 

 as to live perennially. 



Perennial rye grass, 141; adaptation of, 

 141; seeds per pound, 142; sowing of, 

 141 



Perfect, said of flowers which have the 

 essential organs, viz., stamens and 

 pistil. 



Perfume flowers, 230 



Pericarp, the wall of the fruit developed 

 from a single pistil. 



Perigynous, the insertion of parts on the 

 rim of the cup-like receptacle which 

 is either free from the ovary, or 

 attached to it halfway up. 



Peritoneum, the serous membrane lining 

 the cavity of the abdomen and en- 

 veloping the contained viscera. 



