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INDEX 
Lilac, Syringa ; Californian-, 
Ceanothus\ Indian-, Melia ; 
West Indian (W. I.), Melia 
Lily, Lilium ; often used of any 
Liliaceae &c.; arum -^Richardia', 
- of the valley, Convallaria ; 
swamp-, Zephyranthes ; -thorn 
(W. I.), Catesbaea ; water-, 
Nuphar , Nymphaea 
Lima bean, Phaseolus 
Limb (of flower), 70, 76; (of 
sympodium), 43 
Lime, Citrus , Tilia ; -myrtle 
(W. I.), Triphasia 
Limit of trees, 180 
Limitations of area, 14 1 
Limnium (Cl.), a lake formation 
Limnodium (CL), a salt marsh 
formation 
Lin-a-loa, Bur sera delpechiana 
Poiss 
Linden, Tilia 
Lindl., Lindley 
Linear, 52 
Lineate, marked with lines 
Lineolate, with fine lines 
Lines of dehiscence, 77 
Ling, Calluna 
Linn., Linnaeus 
Linn, f., C. Linnaeus (son) 
Linnaeus’ system, 12 1 
Linnean species, u8 
Linseed, Linum 
Lip (of corolla), 77 
Lip-fern (Am.), Cheilanthes 
Liq uorice, Glycyrrhiza\ -vine 
(W. I.), Abrus 
Litchi, Lit chi 
Literature, botanical, 214; econo- 
mic, 197; and see author’s 
names 
Littoralis (Lat.), growing on the 
beach 
Live-long, Sedum 
Liveus (Lat.), pale lead colour 
Liverworts, 124 
Lizard’s tail (Am.), Saururus 
Lobed stigma, 82 
Lobes of perianth, 53, 70 
Loblolly-bay, Gordonia ; -pine, 
Pinus; -sweetwood (W. I.), 
Sciadophyllum ; -tree (W. I.), 
Pisonia , Cupania 
Lobule, a small lobe 
-loc. , -loculus, -locular 
Locellate, divided into small 
compartments 
Lochmium (CL), a thicket form- 
ation 
Loculament, loculus 
Loculicidal, 108 
Loculus, 79, 107 
Locust, honey-, Gleditschia\ -tree, 
Robinia ; -tree. West Indian, 
Byrsonima , Hy?nenaea 
Lodh bark, Symplocos racemosa 
Roxb. 
Lodicule, Gramineae 
LoefL, Loefling 
Log- wood, Haematoxy Ion; (W. I.) 
Ceanothus Chloroxylon Nees ; 
Campeachy- (W. I.), Haema- 
toxylon Camfiechianum L ; 
bastard- (W. I.), Acacia Ber- 
teriana Spreng. 
Lombardy poplar, Populus 
Lomentose, like a lomentum 
Lomentum, 108, Leguminosae 
London pride, Saxifraga umbrosa 
L. 
Long and short shoots, 42, 
Berberis , Coniferae , Ginkgo , 
Phyllocladus , Pinus 
Longan, Nephelium 
Longi- (Lat. pref.), long 
Longitudinal dehiscence of an- 
ther, 78 
Long moss, Tillandsia 
Long-tongued insects, 67 
Loofah, Luffa 
Loose pollen mechanism, 98, 
Scrophulariaccae , Ba?'tsia, &c. 
Loose-strife, purple, Ly thrum ; 
yellow-, Lysimachia 
Lophium (CL), a hill formation 
Lopseed (Am.), Phryma 
Loquat, Eriobotrya 
Lorate, strap-shaped 
Lords-and-ladies, Arum 
Loriform, strap-like 
Lote fruit, Zizyphus Lotus Lam. 
(Medit.) 
