INDEX 
649 
Leaves (economic), 202, 205, 208; 
dew-, 144; foliage-, 32; rain-, 
144 ; snow-, 144 
Ledeb., Ledebour 
Leechee, Litchi 
Leek, Allium 
Legitimate pollination, 95, Ly- 
thrum , Primula 
Legume, 108, Leguminosae 
Lehm., Lehmann 
Lem., Lemaire 
Lemon, Citrus ; -grass, Andro- 
pogon ; -grass oil, A ndropogon ; 
water-, Passiflora 
Lenticels, 43 
Lenticular, lens-shaped 
Lentil, Lens 
Leopard’s bane, Doronicum 
Lepidoptera, 88 
Lepidote, with small scurfy scales 
Lettuce, Lactuca ; lamb’s-, Valer- 
ianella ; prickly-, Lactuca ; -tree, 
Pisonia morindaefolia Br. 
Leuco- (Gr. pref.), white 
Lever-mechanism, 97 
Lever- wood, Ostrya 
Lf., leaf 
L’Herit., L’Heritier 
Lianes, 173, 189 
Liber, phloem 
Life-history, 56 
Light, effect on bacterial spores, 
10 1 ; effect on geographical dis- 
tribution, 142; effect on vege- 
tative reproduction, 113 
Light and cleistogamy, 99 
Light and water plants, 161; cir- 
cumpolar-, 18 r 
Ligneus (Lat.), woody 
Lignification, becoming woody 
Lignum vitae, Guaiacum 
Ligulate corolla, 77, Compositae 
Ligule, 51, Gramineae 
Lilac, Syringa 
Lily, Lilium ; arum-, Richardia ; 
of the valley, Convallaria ; 
swamp-, Zephyranthes\ water-, 
Nuphar , Nymphaea 
Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus L. 
Limb (of flower), 70, 76 
Lime, Citrus , Tilia 
Limit of trees, 180 
Limitations of area, 141 
Linden, Tilia 
Lindl., Lindley 
Linear, 52 
Lines of dehiscence, 77 
Ling, Calluna 
Linn., Linnaeus 
Linn, f., C. Linnaeus (son). 
Linnaeus’ system of classification, 
121 
Linnean species, 119 
Lip (of corolla), 77 
Liquorice, Glycyrrhiza 
Litchi, Litchi 
Literature, botanical, 214, and see 
authors’ names 
Littoralis (Lat.), growing on 
beaches 
Live-long, Sedum 
Liverworts, 124 
Lobed stigma, 82 
Lobes of perianth, 53, 70 
Loblolly-bay, Gordonia 
Loblolly-pine, Pinus 
Lobule, a small lobe 
-loc., -loculus, -locular 
Loculament, loculus 
Loculicidal, 108 
Loculus, 79, 107 
Locust, honey-, Gleditschia\ -tree, 
Robinia\ -tree, West Indian, 
Hymenaea 
Lodicule, Gramineae 
Loefl., Loefling 
Log- wood, Haematoxylon 
Lomentose, like a lomentum 
Lomentum, 108, Leguminosae 
London pride, Saxifraga umbrosa 
L. 
Long and short shoots, 42, Ber - 
beris , Coniferae, Phyllocladus 
Longan, Nephelium 
Longi- (Lat. pref.), long 
Longitudinal dehiscence of anther, 
78 
Long-moss, Tillandsia 
Long-tongued insects, 67 
Loofahs, Luffa 
Loose pollen mechanism, 98, 
Scroph ulariaceae 
