linealis 



lituatuB 



those obtained by joining all the 

 places in a given direction where 

 the species stops ; the resultant 

 lines map out the distribution of 

 the said species (Kerner) ; linea'lis 

 (Lat., consisting of lines), measur- 

 ing about a line ; lin'ear, linea'ris, 

 narrow, several times longer than 

 wide ; lin'eate, Knea'fau, marked 

 with lines, linea'ta Va'sa J, vessels 

 transversely marked, as annulate 

 ducts or tracheids ; lineat'ipes J 

 (pes, a foot), having a lined or 

 striated foot-stalk ; lined = linea- 

 tus, striatus ; lin'eolate, lineola'- 

 tus, marked with fine or obscure 

 lines. 



linguiform'is (lingua, a tongue, 

 forma, shape), tongue - shaped ; 

 ling'ulate, lingula'tus, also means 

 tongue-shaped. 



Li'nin or Li' nine (\tvov, a thread), the 

 hyaloplasmic filaments of the nu- 

 cleus in repose (Schwarz). 



Linne'an Syst'em, the artificial classifi- 

 cation devised by Linnaeus, based 

 upon the number and position of 

 the stamens. 



Li'nolein (Linum, flax, oleum, oil), 

 "the glyceride of lineoleic acid 

 found in linseed oil." 



Liorhi'zae (Xetos, smooth, pifa, root), 

 Van Tieghem's name for Mono- 

 cotyledons and Nymphaeaceae, the 

 root - hairs being of exodermic 

 origin. 



Lip, (1) one of the two divisions of a 

 bilabiate corolla or calyx, that is, 

 a gamopetalous or gamosepalous 

 organ cleft into an upper (superior 

 or posterior) and a lower (inferior 

 or anterior) portion ; (2) the label- 

 lum of Orchids; <- Cells, two narrow, 

 lignified cells on the sporangia of 

 some annulate Ferns, distinct from 

 the annulus, which are the first 

 to separate on dehiacence ; cf. 

 STOMIUM. 



Lip'ase (\iiros, grease), a fat-splitting 

 enzyme occurring in oily seeds ; 

 Lip'ochrome (xpw/xa, colour), the 

 yellow pigment of flowers, so 

 named by Hansen from its resem- 



blance to an animal pigment ; 

 Lipocy'anin (nt/wos, blue), the blue 

 pigment of some plants. 



lipox'enous (Xehrw, I leave, &os, 

 a host), deserting its host ; Li- 

 pox'eny, the desertion of a host- 

 plant by a parasite to com- 

 plete its development on reserve 

 materials previously obtained from 

 the host, as in the falling away of 

 Erj>ot, toe sclerotium of Cardyce/ps 

 purpurea, Tul. 



lipped, = LABIATE. 



Li'quor (Lat. a liquid) Am'nios (cf. 

 AMNIOS), a term borrowed from 

 zoology for the fluid " contained in 

 the sac within which the embryo 

 is engendered" (Lindley). 



Lirella (dim. of lira, a ridge), in 

 Lichens an oblong apothecium 

 with a furrow along its mid'ile, 

 as in Opegrapha ; lirel'late, lirel'- 

 line, lirella-like; lirel'liform, lirelli- 

 form'is (forma, shape), shaped like 

 a liiella. 



lisigenet'ic, = LYSIGENETIC. 



Lithobifo'lion (Xft?os, a stone, /Si/SXtW, 

 a paper or scroll) = LITHOPHYL ; 

 Lith'ocarp (Kapiros, fruit), fossil 

 fruit ; Lith'ocyst (/aWts, a bag or 

 pouch), a crystal cell; lithoph'il- 

 ous, saxicolous, dwelling on rocks ; 

 Lith'ophyl (<f>v\\ov, a leaf), a fossil 

 leaf or leaves ; Lith'ophytes (<f>vrov, 

 a plant), plants which grow on 

 stones, but derive their nourish- 

 ment from the atmosphere as 

 saxicolous Lichens ; lithosperm'ous 

 (ffir^pfj.a, seed), having hard, stony 

 seeds ; Lithox'yle ($v\oi>, wood), 

 fossil wood. 



Lit'mus, a violet colour derived from 

 several species of Lichens, such as 

 jRocella, etc. 



lit'oral, litora'lis (Lat. pertaining to 

 the sea - shore), belonging to or 

 growing on the sea-shore (A. Gray 

 adds " river banks" which strictly 

 speaking is "riparian"); used by 

 H. C. Watson for plants of the 

 sea-shore ; frequently spelled lit'- 

 toral, littora'lis. 



litua'tusj (lituus, a crooked staff), 



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