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VI. STACHYDOIDEAE (ditto, but disc-lobes, when distinct, 

 alt. with ovary-lobes ; nut with small basal attachment ; sta. 

 ascending or spreading and projecting straight forwards) : 

 Marrubium, Nepeta, Dracocephalum, Prunella, Phlomis, 

 Galeopsis, Lamium, Ballota, Stachys, Salvia, Monarda, 

 Ziziphora, Horminum, Calamintha, Satureia, Origanum, 

 Thymus, Mentha, Pogostemon. 



VII. OCIMOIDEAE (as VI., but sta. descending, lying upon 

 under lip or enclosed by it) : Hyptis, Ocimum. 



VIII. CATOPHERIOIDEAE (nutlet dry; seed erect; embryo 

 with curved radicle lying against the cotyledons): Catopheria. 

 Labiate (C), with projecting lip. 



Labichea Gaudich. ex DC. Leguminosae (n. 5). 5 Austr. 

 Labidostelma Schlechter. Asclepiadaceae (n. 4). i Guatemala. 

 Labile, plastic. 



Labisia Lindl. Myrsinaceae (n). 5 Malay Archip. 

 Lablab Adans. (Dolichos Bff.}. Leguminosae (ill. 10). i trop. Afr., 



L. vulgaris Sair, largely cult, in trop. for ed. pods. 

 Labordia Gaudich. Loganiaceae. 9 Hawaiian Is. 

 Labourdonnaisia Boj. Sapotaceae (i). 3 Mauritius, Natal. 

 Labrador tea (Am. ), Ledum palustre L. 



Labramia A. DC. (Mimusops p.p. EP.). Sapotaceae (2). i Madag. 

 Laburnum L. Leguminosae (in. 3). 3 Eur. , W. As. L. zntlgare 



J. Presl, the common laburnum. The fl. has a simple Trifolium- 



mech. There is no free honey ; bees pierce the swelling at the base 



of the vexillum (cf. Orchis). All parts are poisonous. 

 Lac, a resin formed as an excretion from the skin of the lac insect, 



living on Butea, Croton, Ficus, Schleichera, &c. 



Lacaena Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 13). 2 Mexico, C. Am. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Lacaitaea Brand ( Trichodesma p. p.). Boragin. (iv. i). i Sikkim. 

 Laccodiscus Radlk. (Cupania p.p. Bff.). Sapindaceae (i). i trop. 



W. Afr. 



Laccopetalum Ulbrich (Anemone p.p.). Ranunculaceae (3). i Peru. 

 Laccosperma G. Mann et H. Wendl. (Ancistrophyllum p.p.). Palma- 



ceae (in), r W. Afr. 

 Lace-bark (W.I.), Lagetta Lintearia Lam. 

 Lacerate, deeply and irregularly divided. 



Lachemilla Rydberg (Alcheinilla p.p.). Rosaceae (in. 5). 15 N. Am. 

 Lachenalia Jacq. Liliaceae (v). 35 S. Afr. L. tricolor Jacq. a little 



bulbous plant with two leaves, cult. orn. fl. 

 Lachnaea L. Thymelaeaceae. 18 S. Afr. 



Lachnagrostis Trin. = Deyeuxia Clar. (Bff.) = Calamagrostis p.p. 

 Lacb.nantn.es Ell. Haemodoraceae. i N. Am., L. tinctoria Ell., the 



paint-root. The roots yield red dye. Orig. of Species, 6th ed., p. 9. 

 Lachnastoma Korth. (Coffea p.p.). Rubiaceae (n. 4). i Java. 

 Lachnocapsa Balf. f. Cruciferae (4). i Socotra. 

 Lachnocaulon Kunth. Eriocaulaceae. 4 S.E. N.Am. 

 Lacnnocephalus Turcz. (Mallophora p.p.). Verben. (3). 5 temp. 



W. Austr. 



Lachnochloa Steud. Gramineae (inc. sed.). i Senegambia. 

 Lachnoloma Bunge. Cruciferae (r). i Turkestan. 



