INDEX 



593 



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Knobs, 269, 277 

 Kohlrabi, .55, 69 



Laliiata; Mint Family 



Labiate, corolla, 383 



Lace, 223, 230 



Lacquer, 291 



Lacluca saliva. Lettuce 

 scariola, Wild Lettuce 



Ladies' slippers, 218, 219, 220, 391, 

 424, 425 



Lagenaria vulgaris, Bottle-gourd 



Lamarckism, 445, 453, 456, 457 



Lamarck, Jean Baptiste, 445 



Laminariacece, Sea-tangle Family 



Laminaria spp.. Sea-tangles 



Lampblack, 290, 294 



Larch, 294, 392, 424, 425; Euro- 

 pean, 271; wood, 270 



Larix decidua, European Larch 



Latin terms, 313 



Laiiracea;, Laurel Family 



Laurel Camphor, 177, 228 



Laurel-camphor Tree, 178 



Laurel Family, 360, 39S, 406, 407: 

 cinnamon, 135; laurel-camphor 

 tree, 178; sassafras, 168 



Laurel, American, 416, 417; moun- 

 tain, 203, 379; sheep, 202, 379 



Laurels, 208 



Laurinol, 177 



Law of recapitulation, 435, 560 



Lead-pencils, 270 



Leaf, 324, 336, 538 



Leaf-buds, 323 



Leaflets, 339, 342, 352 



Leaf-member, 320, 327, 348 



Leaf-part, 323, 325 



Leaf, parts of, hgule, 16; rain- 

 guard, 16; ocrea, 372; stipule, 

 358 



Leaf-stalk, 336 



Leafy shoot compared with com- 

 pound leaf, 342 



Leather, 295 



Leather-finishing, 294 



Leaves, 352, 533; alternate, 342, 

 352; carpellary, 352; compound, 

 342, 352; decompound, 352; ex- 

 stipulate, 3.59; ocreate, 372; of 

 the flower, 324; opposite, 342, 

 352; palmate, 352; parallel- 



veined, 387; pinnate, 3.52; pri- 

 mary, 318, 319; rosette, 342; 

 secondary, 318, 319; sessile, 

 simple, .342; stipulate, 35S; 

 tcrnate, 352; verticillate, :i42; 

 whorlcd, 342 



Legume, 367 



Lcguniiiioste, Pulse Family 



Lemon, 88, 97, 121, 124, 146, 170 



Lemonade, 150 



Lenlibulncece, Bladderwort Family 



Lepidodendracea;, Scale-tree Fam- 

 ily 



Lepidodendron {see also Giant 

 Club-mosses, and Scale-tree), 

 547, 5.54 



Lettuce, 55, 72, 73, 74, 121, 124, 

 385, 420, 421; leaves, 114; wild, 

 73 



Lichen, 165 



Lichenes, Lichen Subdivision 



Lichenin, 165 



Lichens, 504 



Lichens as Nature's pioneers, .506 



Lichen-starch, 165 



Lichen Subdivision, 395, 396, .508 



Licorice, 163, 166, 169, 366, 410, 

 411 



Lid of capsule, 526 



Life, always existed, 568; essence 

 of, 568, 569; test of, 568, 569 



Life-cycles, 559 



Life-histories, 470 



Life-history of a molecule, 563 



Lifeless substances, 570 



Lifeless things versus living things, 

 569 



Life-preservers, 280, 284 



Lignin, 247 



Ligule, 16, 547 



Likeness a measure of kinship, 433 



Lilinreie, Lily Family 



JMinles, Lily Order 



Liliiflorw, Lily Order 



Lily Family, 390, 397, 424, 425: 

 asparagus, 64, 65; Indian poke, 

 199; lirv-of-the-\'allev, 204; on- 

 ion, 63, 64 



Lilv-of-the-vallev, 204, 208, 390, 

 424, 425 



Lily Order, 390, 397, 424, 425 



Lima bean, 51, 120, 124 



