lituratus 



lowered 



forked, with the points turned a 

 little outward. 



litura'tus J (litura, a smearing), when 

 spots are formed by an abrasion of 

 the surface. 



li'vens, liv'id, li'vidus (Lat.), pale 

 lead colour. 



liv'er-col'oured = HEPATICDS. 



Liv'erworts, Hepaticae. 



Lobe, Lo'hus (Xo/3os, the lower part of 

 the ear), any division of an organ 

 or specially rounded division ; 

 Mid/die <~ , a small conical or tongue- 

 shaped growth arising from be- 

 tween the two side-lobes of a 

 Fern-prothallus ; lo'bate, loba'tus, 

 divided into or bearing lobes ; 

 Lo'belet, a small lobe ; Lob'iolus, 

 a small lobe into which some 

 Lichen-thalli are divided ; Lob'ule, 

 (1) a small lobe, a lobulet ; (2) 

 Spruce's word for the minor lobe 

 of the leaf of Hepaticae, the 

 auricle of Nees and others ; lob'u- 

 late, lobula'tus, having small lobes ; 

 Lob'ulus, a small lobe. 



Local'ity (localitas, a place), the 

 approximate geographic position of 

 an individual specimen. 



locel'late, locella'tus, dividing into 

 LOCELLI ; Locel'lus (dim. of loculm, 

 a little compartment), a secondary 

 compartment, as a primitive pollen- 

 sac, which, by the destruction of a 

 septum, unites with an adjoining 

 locellus to form an anther- 

 loculus; Loc'ulament, Loctdamai.'- 

 tum (Lat. a case or box); (1) 

 = LocuLUS of a carpel; (2) "the 

 perithecium of certain Fungals " 

 (Lindley) ; loc'ular, locula'ris, hav- 

 ing cavities or Loculi, denoted 

 further by the addition of uni-. bi-, 

 tri-, etc., for one-, two-, three- 

 etc., celled ; locula'tus, divided 

 into cavities ; loculici'dal (caedo, I 

 cut), the cavity of a pericarp de- 

 hiscent by the back, the dorsal 

 suture ; loc'ulose, loculo'sus, loc'- 

 ulous, divided internally into cells, 

 partitioned ; Loc'ulus, (1) the cavity 

 of an ovary or anther ; (2) the peri- 

 derm of certain Fungals (Lindley). 



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Locus'ta (Lat. crayfish or locust), the 

 spikelet in grasses. 



Lod'icule, Lodicu'la (Lat. a small 

 coverlet), a small scale outside 

 the stamens in the flower of 

 grasses ; ghirnella. 



Lol'iophyll, Etard's name for chlo- 

 rophyll from Lolium and other 

 grasses. 



lomenta'ceous. -ecus (lomentnm, bean- 

 meal), bearing or resembling Lo- 

 ments ; Lo'uient, Lomen'tum, a 

 legume which is contracted be- 

 tween the seeds, falling apart at 

 the constrictions when mature into 

 one-seeded joints. 



Longlstamin'eae (longim, long + STA- 

 MEN), Delpino's term for flowers 

 with long stamens which are wind- 

 fertilised. 



Longitu'dinal Sys'tem, an old term 

 for fibre-vascular system (Crozier). 



Longitu'do (Lat. length), in the direc- 

 tion of growth. 



longis'simus (Lat.), very long. 



longitudinal'iter, longitudina'lis 

 (Lat.), in the direction of the 

 length. 



loose, (1) as applied to inflorescence, 

 lax, as a panicle ; (2) hardly co- 

 herent, as loose tissue. 



lophios'tomate (\o<pia, a crest, arb^a., 

 a mouth), having crested apertures 

 or openings. 



lor'ate, lora'tus (loriim, a thong), 

 strap-shaped, ligulate. 



Lori'ca (Lat. a leather corslet), (1) 

 the entire silicious covering of 

 the frustule in Diatoms ; (2) for- 

 merly used for the TESTA ; loricate, 

 [clothed in mail] "equally narrow 

 throughout " (Braithwaite), is pro- 

 bably a slip for LORATE. 



Lo'rulum (Lat. dim. of lorum, a 

 thong), the filamentous and branch- 

 ed thallus of some Lichens. 



low, small as compared to its allies ; 

 ~ Yeast, that which is found at 

 the bottom of a fermenting liquid : 

 Germ. "Unterhefe"; low'ered, used 

 when the lip of a bilabiate corolla 

 is inclined at about a right angle to 

 the tube. 



