Clintonia, 202
Clocks, 194
Cluster-Lily, 262
Coast Lily, 356
Collinsia, 294
Columbine, 348
Common Aster, 332
Common Black Mustard, 140
Common Buttercup, 110
Common Elder, 45
Common Evening Primrose, 175
Common Fleabane, 216
Common Milkweed, 312
Common Monkey-Flower, 134
Common Mugwort, 377
Common Nightshade, 80
Common Stramonium, 96
Common Sunflower, 185
Common White Lupine, 85
Common Wild Pea, 25
Common Wild Rose, 234
Copa de Oro, 114
Coral-Root, 272
Coulter's Snapdragon, 46
Cowslips, 110
Cream-colored Wall-Flower, 132
Cream-Cups, 112
Creeping Wood-Violet, 140
Creosote-Bush, 191
Cudweed, 68
Cup of Gold, 116
Death Camass, 6
Deerweed, 152
Devil's Apple, 96
Diogenes' Lantern, 144
Dodder, 160
Dog's-tooth Violet, 136
Dog-Violet, 307
Dormidera, 116
Douglas Iris, 300
Drops of Gold, 376
Dutchman's Pipe, 374
Echeveria, 141
Elephants' Heads, 252
Ellisia, 36
Escobita, 228
Espuela del Caballero, 276
Evening Snow, 50
Everlasting Flower, 68
Fairy Bells, 376
False Alum-Root, 342
False Indigo, 315
False Lupine, 148
False Lady's Slipper, 388
False Mallow, 220
False Pimpernel, 172
False Solomon's Seal, 22
False Tidy-Tips, 148
Farewell to Spring, 240
Fawn-Lily, 136
Fetid Adder's-Tongue, 256
Fever-Bush, 370
Fig-Marigold, 220
Filaree, 194
Finger-Tips, 142
Firecracker Flower, 238
Fireweed, 244
Flaming Poppy, 129
Floriponda, 96
Fly-Flower, 124
Fragrant Sumach, 152
Friar's-Cap, 328
Fringed Gilia, 216
Fuller's Thistle, 386
Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry, 338
Giant Californian White Poppy, 66
Glasswort, 387
Gobernadora, 191
Godetia, 240
Golden Brodiaea, 156
Golden Butterfly-Tulip, 150
Golden Dicentra, 162
Golden Lily-Bell, 144
Golden Stars, 154
Golden Thread, 160
Golden Yarrow, 180
Golden-eyed Grass, 284
Goose-Grass, 28
Gourd, 117
Grass-Nuts, 262
Greasewood, 60, 66
Great Willow-Herb, 244
Green-banded Mariposa, 268
Green-stemmed Filaree, 194
Ground-Iris, 280
Ground-Pink, 216
Groundsel-Tree, 104
Gum-Plant, 176
Hag-Taper, 191
Hairbell, 54
Harvest Brodiaea, 318
Heal-All, 322
Heart's-Ease, 50
Hedge-Nettle, 230
Heliotrope, 47
Helmet-Flower, 328
Hen-and-Chickens, 142
Hideondo, 191
Hog-Onion, 262
Hog's Potato, 8
Holly-leaved Barberry, 122
Holly-leaved Cherry, 61
Honeysuckle, 86
Horehound, 47
Hound's-Tongue, 258
Huckleberry, 200
Humboldt's Lily, 185
Humming-bird's Sage, 350
Humming-bird's Trumpet, 367
Ice-Plant, 51
Incense-Shrub, 214
Indian Lettuce, 16, 100
Indian Paint-Brush, 344
Indian Pink, 354
Indian Plume, 344
Indian Rhubarb, 242
Indian Warrior, 336
Indian Wheat, 157
Innocence, 294
Islay, 61
Ithuriel's Spear, 302
Jamestown-Weed, } 96
Jimson-Weed, }
Joshua-Tree, 44
Judas-Tree, 198
June-Berry, 88
Kamass, 292
Labrador Tea, 103
Lady's Tobacco, 68
Ladies' Tresses, 92
Lantern of the Fairies, 54
Large-flowered Brodiaea, 318
Large-flowered Datura, 54
Large-flowered Dogwood, 94
Large-flowered Phacelia, 267
Large Vetch, 358
Large White Mountain Daisy, 106
Large Yellow Lupine, 161
Lavender Mountain Daisy, 332
Lead-Plant, 315
Leatherwood, 160
Lemonade-Berry, 3, 203
Lemon-Lily, 109
Leopard-Lily, 182
Lessingia, 252
Lilac Sand-Verbena, 292
Little Alpine Lily, 180
Llavina, 24
Lobelia, 6
Loco-Weed, 40
Love-Vine, 160
Lucern, 326
Mad-Apple, 96
Madrone, } 37
Madroño, }
Mad Violets, 204
Mahala Mats, 326
Mahogany, 203
Mahonia, 118, 122
Main-oph-weep, 56
Man-in-the-Ground, 26
Manzanita, 12
Marianas, 290
Mariposa Tulip, 78, 81
Matilija Poppy, 64
Meadow-Foam, 126
Meadow-Sweet, 85
Mesembryanthemum, 220
Milfoil, 97
Milkweed, Hornless Woolly, 380
Milk-white Rein-Orchis, 94
Miner's Lettuce, 16
Mission-Bells, 264
Mission Poppy, 66
Mist-Maidens, 22
Mock-Orange, 117
Monk's-Hood, 328
Mosquito-Bills, 206
Moth-Mullein, 190
Mother's Heart, 78
Mottled Swamp-Orchis, 388
Mountain Balm, 56
Mountain Birch, 84
Mountain Heart's-Ease, 29
Mountain Lady's Slipper, 382
Mountain Laurel, 373
Mountain Mahogany, 373
Mountain Misery, 92
Muilla, 369
Musky Filaree, 194
Naked Broom-Rape, 172
Nievitas, 30
Nigger-Babies, 284
Nigger-Heads, 340
Nine-Bark, 85
Noona, 268
Northern Scarlet Larkspur, 346
Oregon Grape, 118, 122
Orpine, 170
Oso-Berry, 18
Our Lord's Candle, 70
Pearly Everlasting Flower, 102
Pennyroyal, 324
Pentachaeta, 126
Pepper-Root, 4
Phantom Orchis, 388
Pigeon-Berry, 67
Pimpernel, 126
Pin-Clover, 194
Pine-Drops, 186
Pink Monkey-Flower, 248
Pink Paint-Brush, 228
Pipe-Vine, 374
Pipsissiwa, 104
Pitcher-Sage, 42
Poison-Oak, 8
Poison-Weed, 157
Poléo, 324
Poor-Man's Weather-Glass, 126
Pop-corn Flower, 30
Prairie-Pointers, 206
Prickly-Pear, 170
Prickly Phlox, 206
Pride of California, The, 212
Pride of the Mountains, 250
Prince's Pine, 104
Purple Nemophila, 278
Pussy's-Ears, 278
Pussy's-Paws, 70
Quinine-Bush, 370
Racine-Amère, 224
Rattlesnake Plantain, 98
Rattle-Weed, 40
Redbud, 198
Red-stemmed Filaree, 194
Redwood Lily, 72
Redwood Sorrel, 196
Rein-Orchis, 384
Resin-Weed, 176
Rice-Root, 264
Rock-Cress, 196
Rock-Fringe, 254
Rock-Rose, 208
Romero, 316
Roosters'-Heads, 206
Ruby Lily, 72
Sacred Bark, 67
Sage, 298
Sagebrush, 377
Saitas, 262
Salal, 75
Samphire, 387
Sassafras Laurel, 373
Satin-Bell, 54
Sauco, 45
Scarlet Bugler, 358
Scarlet Fritillary, 346
Scarlet Gilia, 360
Scarlet Honeysuckle, 350
Scarlet Monkey-Flower, 360
Scarlet Paint-Brush, 344
Sea-Dahlia, 146
Self-Heal, 322
Service-Berry, 88
Shad-Bush, 90
Shasta Lily, 102
Shepherd's Purse, 78
Shooting-Stars, 204
Sierra Plum, 34
Sierra Primrose, 250
Silk-Tassel Tree, 370
Silver-weed, 175
Silkweed, 312
Si me quieres, no me quieres, 124
Skullcap, 270
Skunk-Cabbage, 108, 166
Snow-Berry, 225
Snow-Plant, 362
Snowy Lily-Bell, 54
Soap-Bush, 84, 258
Soap-Plant, 6, 82
Sour-Grass, 51
Southern Scarlet Larkspur, 364
Spanish Bayonet, 20, 70
Spanish Lily, 262
Spat'lum, 224
Spice-Bush, 373
Spineless Tuna, 225
Spreading Dogbane, 236
Spring-Blossom, 4
Squaw-Berry, 152
Squaw-Grass, 51
Squaw's Carpet, 326
Star-Flower, 202
Stickseed, 334
Sticky Monkey-Flower, 138
St. John's-Wort, 162
Stonecrop, 170
Strawberry Cactus, 24
Succory, 312
Sulphur-Flower, 178
Sun-Cups, 110
Sunflower, 157
Sunshine, 124
Tall Mountain Larkspur, 330
Tarweed, 92, 182, 188
Teasel, 386
Thimble-Berry, 24
Thistle-Poppy, 74
Thistle-Sage, 307
Thorn-Apple, 96
Tidy-Tips, 148
Tiger-Lily, 182, 185
Toad-Flax, 304
Tobacco-Root, 224
Tolguacha, 54
Toothwort, 4
Torosa, 114
Toyon, 90
Tree-Mallow, 226
Tree-Poppy, 118
Tree-Tobacco, 129
Tree-Yucca, 44
Trefoil Sumach, 152
Tuna, 170
Turban Cactus, 374
Turkey-Beard, 51
Turkish Rugging, 218
Turk's-head Cactus, 374
Twin-Berry, 122
Twining Hyacinth, 232
Umbrella-Plant, 242
Velvet Cactus, 357
Venegasia, 171
Vervenia, 282
Villela, 284
Violet Beard-Tongue, 308
Violet Nightshade, 268
Violet Snapdragon, 320
Virgin's Bower, 91
Wahoo, 68
Wake-Robin, 10
Washington Lily, 102
Water-Holly, 118
Water-Lily, 6
Western Boykinia, 81
Western Cardinal-Flower, 365
Western Goldenrod, 191
Western Spice-Bush, 352
Western Wall-Flower, 132
Whipplea, 32
Whispering Bells, 130
White Brodiaea, 156
White Daisy, 28
White Evening Primrose, 48
White Forget-me-not, 30
White Fritillary, 267
White Globe-Tulip, 54
White Layia, 28
White Nemophila, 39
White Owl's Clover, 52
White Sage, 66
White Sweet Clover, 156
White Tea-Tree, 84
White-veined Shinleaf, 100
Wild Bachelor's Button, 312
Wild Bouvardia, 178
Wild Bridal-Wreath, 85
Wild Broom, 152
Wild Buckwheat, 34
Wild Canterbury-Bell, 288
Wild Cherry, 36
Wild Coreopsis, 182
Wild Cucumber, 26
Wild Cyclamen, 204
Wild Date, 20
Wild Ginger, 310
Wild Gooseberry, 338
Wild Heliotrope, 282
Wild Hollyhock, 198
Wild Honeysuckle, 226
Wild Hyacinth, 262, 292
Wild Lantana, 292
Wild Morning-glory, 40
Wild Peony, 340
Wild Pie-Plant, 378
Wild Plum, 34
Wild Portulaca, 212
Wild White Lilac, 39
Wind-Flower, 18
Wind-Poppy, 129
Wintergreen, 75
Wood Anemone, 18
Wood-Balm, 42
Woodland Star of Bethlehem, 32
Wood Strawberry, 10
Woolly Blue-Curls, 316
Woolly Breeches, 128
Yarrow, 97
Yellow-Boy, 67
Yellow Daisy, 148
Yellow Forget-me-not, 128
Yellow Globe-Tulip, 144
Yellow Mariposa Tulip, 174
Yellow Pansy, 120
Yellow Pond-Lily, 184
Yellow-Root, 67
Yellow Sand-Verbena, 146
Yellow Star Tulip, 130
Yellow Sweet Clover, 156
Yerba Buena, 62
Yerba de Chivato, 91
Yerba del Indio, 354
Yerba del Pasmo, 61
Yerba Mansa, 76
Yerba Santa, 56
Yucca-Palm, 44
Zygadene, 6
INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS
PAGE
Aggregate fruit, xxx
Akene, xxx
Ament, xxviii
Anther, xxix
Axil, xxii
Berry, xxx
Blade, xxiii
Bract, xxvii
Bulb, xxiii
Calyx, xxviii
Capsule, xxx
Catkin, xxviii
Complete flower, xxviii
Compound leaf, xxiv
Corm, xxiii
Corolla, xxviii
Corymb, xxvii
Cyme, xxviii
Drupe, xxx
Essential organs, xxviii
Female flower, xxix
Filament, xxix
Flower-cluster, xxvii
Flower-head, xxviii
Follicle, xxx
Foot-stalk, xxiii
Fruit, xxix
Gourd, xxx
Imperfect flower, xxix
Inflorescence, xxvii
Internodes, xxii
Involucre, xxvii
Leaflet, xxiv
Leaves, xxiii
Legume, xxx
Male flower, xxix
Neutral flower, xxix
Nodes, xxii
Ovary, xxix
Palmate leaf, xxiv
Panicle, xxviii
Pedicel, xxvii
Peduncle, xxvii
Pepo, xxx
Perianth, xxviii
Perfect flower, xxix
Pericarp, xxix
Petals, xxviii
Petiole, xxiii
Pinnate leaf, xxiv
Pistil, xxix
Pistillate flower, xxix
Pollen, xxix
Pome, xxx
Raceme, xxvii
Rhizome, xxiii
Root, xxii
Rootstock, xxiii
Samara, xxx
Scape, xxvii
Sepals, xxviii
Simple leaf, xxiv
Solitary flower, xxvii
Spadix, xxviii
Spathe, xxviii
Spike, xxviii
Stamen, xxix
Staminate flower, xxix
Staminodia, xxix
Stem, xxii
Stigma, xxix
Stipules, xxiii
Style, xxix
Tuber, xxiii
Umbel, xxvii
Veinlets, xxiv
GLOSSARY
_Abortive_, defective or barren.
_Acuminate_, ending in a tapering point.
_Adnate_, growing to; or said of an anther whose cells are
borne upon the sides of the apex of the filament.
_Appendage_, any superadded part.
_Appressed_, lying flat against or together for the whole
length.
_Arborescent_, treelike; approaching the size of a tree.
_Attenuate_, slenderly tapering to a point.
_Auricle_, a small earlike lobe at the base of a leaf.
_Awn_, a bristle-shaped appendage.
_Barb_, a sharply reflexed point upon an awn, etc., like the
barb of a fish-hook.
_Basifixed_, attached by the base or lower end.
_Beak_, a narrow or prolonged tip.
_Bifid_, two-cleft to the middle or thereabouts.
_Bilabiate_, two-lipped.
_Blade_, the expanded portion of a leaf, petal, etc.
_Bract_, one of the leaves of a flower-cluster.
_Bracteate_, furnished with bracts.
_Bractlet_, a bract of the ultimate grade; as one inserted _on_
a pedicel or ultimate flower-stalk instead of _under_ it.
_Bracteolate_, having bractlets.
_Bulbiferous_, bearing bulbs.
_Caducous_, dropping off very early.
_Campanulate_, bell-shaped.
_Capitate_, headlike, or collected in a head.
_Carina_, a salient longitudinal projection on the center of
the lower face of an organ.
_Carinate_, furnished with a carina, or keel.
_Carpel_, a simple pistil, or one of the several parts of a
compound one.
_Ciliate_, marginally fringed with hairs.
_Clavate_, club-shaped.
_Claw_, the narrowed base, or stalk, which some petals, etc.,
possess.
_Coalescing_, cohering; used properly in respect to similar
parts.
_Column_, a body formed by the union of filaments (stamineal);
or (in orchids) of the stamens and pistil.
_Confluent_, blended, or running together.
_Connate_, growing together; united in one.
_Connective_, the portion of the filament which connects or
separates the cells of an anther.
_Connivent_, coming into contact or converging.
_Cordate_, heart-shaped.
_Coriaceous_, leathery.
_Corymb_, a flat-topped inflorescence flowering from the margin
inward.
_Corymbose_, in corymbs, or in the form of a corymb.
_Cruciferous_, of four somewhat similar petals, spreading in
the form of a cross.
_Cymose_, in cymes. (See _cyme_, in Explanation of Terms, p.
xxviii.)
_Deciduous_, falling at the end of the season.
_Declined_, bent or curved downward or forward.
_Decumbent_, reclining, but with summit ascending.
_Decurrent_, running down the stem; applied to a leaf with
blade prolonged below its insertion.
_Deflexed_, bent or turned abruptly downward.
_Dehiscing_, opening by valves, slits, or regular lines; as a
capsule or an anther.
_Deltoid_, having the shape of the Greek letter _delta_;
broadly triangular.
_Denticulate_, minutely toothed.
_Depauperate_, impoverished in size by unfavorable
surroundings.
_Dichotomous_, forking regularly by pairs.
_Diaecious_, with stamens and pistils in different flowers on
different plants.
_Dissected_, deeply cut, or divided into numerous segments.
_Divaricate_, extremely divergent.
_Divided_, lobed or cut clear to the base.
_Emarginate_, notched at the extremity.
_Entire_, with the margin uninterrupted; without teeth or
divisions of any sort.
_Equitant_, astride; as of leaves folding over each other in
two ranks; as in the iris.
_Erose_, gnawed.
_Exserted_, projecting beyond an envelop; as stamens from a
corolla.
_Extrorse_, facing outward; said of the anther.
_Falcate_, scythe-shaped; sickle-shaped.
_Fascicled_, in a close cluster or bundle; said of flowers,
stalks, roots, and leaves.
_Fertile_, capable of producing fruit; as a pistillate flower;
applied also to a pollen-bearing stamen.
_Fibrous_, composed of or of the nature of fibres.
_Filiform_, threadlike.
_Flexuous_, zigzag; bent alternately in opposite directions.
_Foliaceous_, leaflike in structure or appearance; leafy.
_Foliolate_, having leaflets; the number indicated by the Latin
prefixes, _bi-_, _tri-_, etc.
_Follicle_, a pod formed from a single pistil, dehiscing along
the ventral suture only.
_Free_, not growing to other organs.
_Fugacious_, falling very early.
_Funnel-form_, tubular, but expanding gradually from the narrow
base to the spreading border or limb; _e.g._ the Morning-glory
flower.
_Galea_, a helmet; applied to the helmet-shaped upper lip of
the corolla in _Labiatae_, etc.; also in some _Scrophularineae_,
though not so shaped.
_Glabrous_, without any kind of hairiness.
_Gland_, any secreting structure, depression or prominence, on
any part of a plant, or any structure having such an
appearance.
_Glandular_, bearing glands, or glandlike.
_Glaucous_, covered or whitened with a bloom like that on a
cabbage-leaf.
_Habit_, the general form or mode of growth of a plant.
_Herbaceous_, having the character of an herb; not woody or
shrubby.
_Hispid_, beset with rigid or bristly hairs, or with bristles.
_Imbricate_, overlapping, like shingles on a roof.
_Incised_, cut irregularly and sharply.
_Included_, inclosed by the surrounding organs; not exserted.
_Indigenous_, native to the country.
_Inferior_, said of the ovary when the calyx, corolla, or
stamens are borne upon its summit or sides.
_Inflorescence_, the flowering portion of a plant, and
especially the mode of its arrangement.
_Innate_, said of an anther when it is a continuation of the
filament.
_Introrse_, facing inward, or toward the axis, as an anther.
_Involucrate_, having an involucre.
_Involucre_, a circle of bracts subtending a flower-cluster.
_Involute_, rolled inward.
_Keel._ (See _carina_.)
_Keeled_, furnished with a keel, or carina.
_Lacerate_, torn; irregularly and deeply cleft.
_Laciniate_, cut into narrow, slender teeth, or lobes.
_Liliaceous_, lily-like.
_Limb_, the dilated and usually spreading portion of a perianth
or petal as distinct from the tubular part, or claw.
_Line_, the twelfth part of inch.
_Linear_, narrow and elongated, with parallel margins.
_Lip_, either of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla or
calyx; in orchids the upper petal (often, apparently, the
lower) usually very different from the others.
_Lobe_, any division of a leaf, corolla, etc., especially if
rounded.
_Lunate_, crescent-shaped, or half-moon-shaped.
_Lyrate_, lyre-shaped; pinnatifid with the terminal lobe large
and rounded, and one or more of the lower pairs small.
_Membranaceous_, thin; rather soft and translucent, like
membrane.
_Monoecious_, with stamens and pistils in separate blossoms on
the same plant.
_Mucronate_, with a short, abrupt, small tip.
_Nectar_, the sweetish secretion of the blossom from which bees
make honey.
_Nectary_, the place or gland in which nectar is secreted.
_Nerve_, a simple, unbranched vein or slender rib.
_Nerved_, furnished with a nerve or nerves.
_Ob-_, used as a prefix meaning inversely.
_Obtuse_, blunt or rounded at the end.
_Odd-pinnate_, pinnate, with an odd leaflet at the end.
_Palate_, a protrusion at or near the throat of a two-lipped
corolla.
_Panicle_, a loose, irregularly branching inflorescence.
_Papilionaceous_, butterfly-like; applied to the peculiar
irregular flower common in _Leguminosae_.
_Papillae_, minute, thick, nipple-shaped, or somewhat elongated
projections.
_Parasitic_, growing upon and deriving nourishment from another
plant.
_Parted_, cleft nearly, but not quite, to the base.
_Perfoliate_, said of leaves connate about the stem.
_Persistent_, not falling off; said of leaves continuing
through the winter.
_Petaloid_, petal-like.
_Petiolate_, having a petiole.
_Petiole_, the foot-stalk of a leaf.
_Petiolulate_, having a petiolule.
_Petiolule_, the foot-stalk of a leaflet.
_Pinnate_, having its parts arranged in pairs along a common
rachis.
_Pinnatifid_, pinnately cleft.
_Pistillate_, having a pistil or pistils, and no stamens.
_Puberulent_, minutely pubescent.
_Pubescent_, covered with hairs, usually soft and short.
_Rachis_, the axis (backbone) of a spike, or of a compound
leaf.
_Radiate_, diverging from a common center, or bearing
ray-flowers; said of flower-heads of composite plants.
_Radical_, belonging to or proceeding from the root, or from
the base of the stem.
_Ray_, one of the radiating branches of an umbel; the marginal
flowers, as distinct from those of the disk, in _Compositae_,
etc.
_Receptacle_, a more or less expanded surface, forming a
support for a cluster of organs (in a flower) or a cluster of
flowers (in a head), etc.
_Recurved_, curved backward or downward.
_Reflexed_, abruptly bent or turned backward or downward.
_Regular_, symmetrical in form; uniform in shape or structure.
_Retrorse_, directed backward or downward.
_Revolute_, rolled backward from the margins or apex.
_Rhomboidal_, quadrangular, with the lateral angles obtuse.
_Rudiment_, an imperfectly developed and functionally useless
organ.
_Rugose_, wrinkled; ridged.
_Saccate_, sac-shaped; baggy.
_Sagittate_, shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with basal
lobes prolonged downward.
_Salver-form_, narrowly tubular, with limb abruptly or flatly
expanded.
_Scabrous_, rough to the touch.
_Scape_, a naked peduncle rising from the ground.
_Scarious_, thin, dry, membranaceous, and not green.
_Scorpioid_, incurved like the tail of a scorpion; said of an
inflorescence.
_Segment_, one of the parts of a leaf or other organ that is
cut or divided.
_Serrate_, having teeth directed forward, like the teeth of a
saw.
_Serrulate_, minutely serrate.
_Sessile_, stemless.
_Sinus_, a recess or re-entering angle.
_Sheathing_, infolding like a sheath.
_Spathe_, a large bract or pair of bracts (often colored)
inclosing a flower-cluster.
_Spinescent_, ending in a spine or rigid point.
_Spinulose_, with diminutive spines.
_Spur_, a usually slender tubular process, from some part of a
flower, often honey-bearing.
_Staminate_, having stamens, but no pistils.
_Staminodium_, a sterile stamen, or something taking the place
of a stamen.
_Stellate_, star-shaped.
_Sterile_, barren; incapable of producing seed; a sterile
stamen is one not producing pollen.
_Striate_, marked with fine longitudinal lines.
_Subtended_, supported or surrounded; as a pedicel by a bract,
or a flower-cluster by an involucre.
_Subulate_, awl-shaped.
_Succulent_, fleshy and juicy.
_Superior_, growing above; a superior ovary is one wholly above
and free from the calyx.
_Terete_, cylindrical.
_Ternate_, in threes.
_Thyrse_, a contracted or ovate panicle.
_Thyrsoid_, thyrselike.
_Tomentum_, dense, matted, woolly pubescence.
_Trifoliolate_, having three leaflets.
_Tubular_, tube-shaped.
_Undulate_, wavy.
_Unisexual_, of one sex; said of flowers having stamens only,
or pistils only.
_Urceolate_, cylindrical or ovoid, but contracted at or below
the open orifice, like an urn or a pitcher.
_Valve_, the several parts of a dehiscent pericarp; the
doorlike lid by which some anthers open.
_Ventricose_, swelling unequally, or inflated on one side.
_Versatile_, swinging; turning freely on its support.
_Villous_, bearing long and soft, straight or straightish
hairs.
_Virgate_, wandlike.
_Viscid_, glutinous; sticky.
_Whorl_, an arrangement of leaves, flowers, etc., in a circle
about the stem, or axis.
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Transcriber's Notes
Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired.
Flowers with no common name have a thought break.
Inconsistent hyphenation has been repaired.
Page 141 "black-bird" changed to "blackbird".
Page 192 "arrow-heads" changed to "arrowheads".
Page 324 "horse-mint" changed to "horsemint".
Page 164 "over-powering" changed to "overpowering".
Page 141 "lace-like" changed to "lacelike".
Page 190 "golden-rod" changed to "goldenrod".
Page 354 "tooth-like" changed to "toothlike".
The following index entries were repaired:
Large Yellow Lupine, 16[**numbers missing]
Lavender Mountain Daisy, [**numbers missing]
Lead-Plant, [**numbers missing]
Leatherwood, [**numbers missing]
Lemonade-Berry, [**numbers missing]
Lemon-Lily, [**numbers missing]
In ambiguous cases, the text has been left as it appears in the
original book. In particular, the following errors:
endquote missing punctuation
paragraph starts with lower-case
mismatched square backets
mismatched quotes
wrong spaced quotes
missing paragraph breaks