360 LACHNOPHYLLUM 



Lachnophyllum Bunge. Compositae (3). 2 W. As. 



Lachnorhiza (Vernonia p.p. EP. ). Compositae (i). i Cuba. 



Lachnospermum Willd. Compositae (4). i S. Afr. 



Lachnostachys Hook. Verbenaceae (3). 8 Austr. 



Lachnostoma H. B. et K. Asclepiada'ceae (n. 4). 6 warm Am. 



Lachnostylis Turcz. Euphorbiaceae (A. I. i). i Cape Colony. 



Laciala O. Ktze. (Schizoptera EP.}. Compositae (5). i Ecuador. 



Laciniaria Hill = Liatris Schreb. (Comp.). 



Laciniate. divided into several long segments. 



Lacis Schreb. Podostemaceae. r Amazon. 



Lacistema Sw. Lacistemaceae. 16 trop. Am., W.I. Shrubs with 



distichous exstip. 1., and spikes of very small fls. $, naked or with 



one whorl of P, with concave axis. A i, 0(2 3) with parietal plac. 



and i -2 pend. ov. on each. One-seeded caps. Endosp. 

 Lacistemaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Piperales; Monochlam. 



Anom. BH.}. Only genus Lacistema, q.v. Closelyallied to Piperaceae. 

 Lacmellia Karst. Apocynaceae (i. i). i trop. S. Am. 

 Lacquer, Japan, Rhus vernicifera DC. 

 Lactoridaceae (EP. ; Piperaceae p.p. BH.}. Dicotyledons (Archichl. 



Ranales). Only gen. Lactoris, q.v. 

 Lactoris Phil. Lactoridaceae. i sp., L. fernandeziana Phil., Juan 



Fernandez. Shrub with 3-merous fls. P 3, A 3 + 3, 63. 

 Lactuca (Tourn.) L. (excl. Mulgedium Cass.). Compositae (13)- 10%, 



chiefly N. temp. Old World; 4 in Brit. L. Scariola L. (prickly 



lettuce) is a compass-plant in dry exposed places (see Silphium); 



rapidly spreading in the U.S. as a weed. L. sativa L. is the lettuce 



of salads. Fl. like Hieracium. 

 Lacuna, an open space in tissue. 

 Lacustris (Lat.), living in lakes. 

 Ladanum, Cistus creticus L., C. ladaniferits L. 

 Ladders, cf. Bamboos. 

 Ladenfoergia Klotzsch (Cascarilla Wedd. p.p.). Rubiaceae (i. 5). 10 



S. Am. Bark astringent, containing alkaloids. 

 Lady-fern, Athyrhun Filix-femina Roth. ; -'s fingers, Anthyllis vul- 



neraria~L.\ -slipper orchid, Cypripedinm\ -thumb (Am.), Polygonum 



Persicaria L. ; -tresses, Spiranthes aiitu)>malis Rich. 

 Ladyginia Lipsky. Umbelliferae (ill. 6). i C. As. 

 Laelia Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 6). 25 trop. Am. Often epiphytic. 

 Laeliocattleya x Rolfe. Orchid hybrid, Laelia and Cattleya. 

 Laestadia Kunth. Compositae (3). 4 trop. Andes. 

 Laetia Loefl. Flacourtiaceae (7). 10 trop. Am., W.I. 

 Laevigatus, laevis (Lat.), smooth. 

 Lafoenaia Vand. Lythraceae. 10 trop. Am. 

 Lafuentia Lag. Scrophulariaceae (in. i). i S. Spain. 

 Lagarinthus . Mey. = Schizoglossum E. Mey. (Asclep.). 

 Lagarosiphon Harv. Hydrocharidaceae. 9 Afr., Madag. 

 Lagascea Cav. Compositae (5). 10 C. Am. 

 Lagenandra Dalz. Araceae (vn). 5 Ceylon, S. India. 

 Lagenanthus Gilg. Gentianaceae (i). i Colombia. 

 Lagenaria Ser. Cucurbitaceae (3). i palaeotrop., L. vulgaris Ser. 



(calabash-cucumber). The outer woody pericarp makes a flask. 



