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Linden; see Basswood. 
Linden family, Tiliaceffi; see Basswood. 
Linn; see Basswood. 
Liverwort, Hepatica triloba. Pollen. 
Locust, Robinia Pseudacacia (Fig. 154). Tree to 80 feet, flowers 
white, fragrant, in drooping racemes. May-June. Honey 
white, fine flavor, heavy body. Pennsylvania south to Georgia 
and west to Iowa. There are six species of Robinia native to 
America, of special valud as honey-plants where white clover is 
not dependable, usually furnishes nectar for about ten days only. 
Locust; see also Honey Locust. 
Logwood, Hcematoxylum campechianum. In Jamaica this produces 
a honey of superb quality and color. Native of tropical 
America and West Indies. 
Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris. Pollen. 
Lophiola, Lophiola americana. Pine barren bogs, eastern United 
States, June-August. 
Loranthaceae ; see Mistletoe family. 
Lucern; see Alfalfa. 
Lupine, Lupinus spp. Nectarless, visited for pollen. 
Lupinus affinis. Reported from California as a nectar plant. 
Madder family, Rubiaceae; see Button-bush. 
Magnolia, Magnolia spp. Not important. 
Magnolia family, Magnoliaceae ; see Magnolia and Tulip Poplar. 
Magnoliaceae; see Magnolia family. 
Malaces; see Apple family. 
Mallow, Malva spp. Some nectar, pollen. 
Mallow family, Malvaceae; see Marshmallow, Mallow, Cotton and 
Sida spp. 
Malvaceae ; see Mallow family. 
Manazanillo; see Manchineel. 
Manchineel, manazanillo, Hippo mane Mancinella. Important in 
southern Florida. 
Manzanita, bearberry, Arctostaphylos sp. Shrub or small tree, 
November-February. Foothills of western slope (2000- 
9000 feet), California. Honey amber (or white) of excellent 
flavor. 
Maple family, Aceraceae; see Maples. 
Maples, Acer spp. Nectar, especially pollen. 
Marshmallow, Althaea spp. Nectar, unimportant. 
Meadow-rue, Thalictrum spp. Pollen. 
Meadow sweet, Spinea latifolia. Some nectar. 
Melia family, Meliaceae; see China-tree. 
Meliaceae; see Melia family. 
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