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GLOSSARY. 



/." riyate (-atus). Smooth as if polished. 

 Lcevis (this form, and mil / </.<, h.-is al- 

 ways been used in botany). Smooth 



in tin- sense of not rougli. 

 Lageniform (-ormis). Shaped like a 



1-loreiice Hask or a gourd (the fruit of 



Lagenaria). 



Layouts. Hare-footed. Densely cov- 

 ered with long hairs. 

 Lnut l/ii. A thin ]>late. 

 Ldmellur (-aris), LminUate (-atus), La- 



mtlluse (-osus). Composed of thin 



plates or lamellae. 

 Lamina. The blade or expanded part 



of a leaf, c ; 85, 245. 

 Lunate (-atus), Lanuse (-osus). Bearing 



long and implexed hairs or wool 



(lana ). 

 Lanceolate (-atus). Shaped like a lame 



or spear-head; narrower than oblong, 



and tapering to each end, or at least 



to tlie apex; 95. 

 Laniit.innii* (-<>sus). Cottony or woolly ; 



dollied with soft and implexed hairs 



or down (lanue/o). 



Like a bur (lappa). 

 Woolly-flowered. 

 Latt nt. Undeveloped or dormant, as 



certain buds ; 40. 

 Lateral (-fills). Belonging to or borne 



on the sides. 



Lateritious (-ius). Of a brick-red color. 

 Latex. Proper juice, milky juice, and 



the like. 

 Latirij'i-rous. Containing or conveying 



latex. 



L'ltitii'jitus. With broad partition. 

 Lavender-color. Pale blue with some 



gray. 



Lams 1/iose. 

 Leaf. The principal sort of appendage 



or lateral organ borne by the stem or 



axis : 85. 



lA-iif-blailc. The lamina of a leaf. 

 l.i "l'-lin<l. A bud which develops into 



a leafy branch or its continuation : 40. 

 Leu/lit. A blade or separate division 



of a compound leaf ; 100. 

 I.inf-sfur. The cicatrix left by the ar- 

 ticulation and fall of a leaf: 47. 

 !. "fat-ilk. A petiole or footstalk to a 



leaf-blade; 85. 104. 

 I.i nil, i -I/. Si-c Coriaceous. 

 J.i cut. \ synonym for Conn. 

 Legume (Lerjumen). The seed-ressel of 



Lepuminosjc, a carpel which normally 



dehisces by both the ventral and the 



dorsal suture; 292. 



Perta ; "iru' to a legume, 



or to the order to which the legume 

 gives its name. 



Lenticels (Lenticelke). Lenticular spots 

 on young bark. 



Lenticular (-<irij,. Lens-shaped, that is 

 the shape of a lentil or a double-convex 

 lens. 



Lentiyinvsus. Covered with minute dots 

 or freckles. 



l.-ji-il. i.ijialttm. A made-up word to 

 .signify a stamen transformed into a 

 scale, nectary, &c. 



Ltpicena. Unused name for a glume of 

 Grasses. 



L<j>ii/iitt (-otus). Beset with small scurfy 

 scales. 



J.ijiis. Greek term for a scale. 



Lfj>tos. Greek for slender; as in Lep- 

 ti jilnjlliif, slendiT-leaved. 



Ltucvs. Greek for white ; whence 



Leuc/mt/ius. White-flowered. 



Leucophyllus. White-leaved, &c. 



Liber. The inner and often fibrous 

 bark ; 77, 81. 



L'ul. See Operculum. 



Liijneous (-cus), Lujnosus. Woody. 



Lit/uli (/.ii.u/'i }. \ strap or stra]>- 

 shaped liody. such the princi])al part 

 of a ray corolla in Composite. The 

 thin and scarious projei'tion from the 

 summit of ihe sheath of the leaf of 

 Glasses, ^c. : lOU. Or a similar out- 

 growth of the inner face of certain 

 petals; -Jll. 



Liyulate (-atus), Liguliform (-ormis). 

 l-'uriiishi'd with a lignle; 148, 247. 



Ligutiflorout (-us). Said of the head of 

 those Composite' which contain only 

 ligulate corol'as. 



J.i/im-i mi.-!. Lily-like; 246. 



Limb (Lhnlins). A border, i. e. the ex- 

 panded part of a gamophyllous peri- 

 anth, &c., as distinguished from the 

 tube and throat : 245. Sometimes the 

 term is applied to the lamina or blade 

 of a petal or a leaf. 



Limbate (-atus). Bordered. 



Line (LiiH'ii). The twelfth part of an 

 inch. By some reduced to the tenth 

 of an inch ; but the decimal line is un- 

 usual in botanical measurement. 



Lhn'ir (-ri;-/.<i. Narrow, several times 

 narrower than wide, and the margins 

 parallel ; 95. 



r (-fit us). Marked with lines. 

 t,' (-atus). Marked with fine or 

 obscure lines. 



Linr/uceftirmis or Linguiformis, also Lin- 

 (julate (-atus). 'lon^ue-shaped. 



