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Larch, Larix. 



Laretia Gill, et Hook. Umbelliferae (i. 2). i Andes of Chili. 



Laricopsis Kent. = Pseudolarix Gord. Coniferae (Pinac.). 



Lardizabala Ruiz et Pav. Lardizabalaceae. 2 Chili. Tough fibre 

 from the stems of L. biternata Ruiz et Pav. 



Lardizabalaceae (EP. ; Berberidaceae p.p. Bff.). Dicots. (Archichl. 

 Ranales). 7 gen. 15 sp. Himal. to Japan, Chili. Mostly climbing 

 shrubs with palmate 1. Fls. in racemes, usu. in the axils of the scale-1. 

 at the bases of the branches, polygamous or diclinous. Usual for- 

 mula P 3 -t- 3, A 3 + 3, G 3 or more. 2 whorls of small honey-leaves 

 (see Ranunculaceae) often occur between P and A ; sta. sometimes 

 united ; anthers extrorse ; ovules oo in longitudinal rows on the lat. 

 walls (cf. Nymphaeaceae), anatr. The fl. of either sex shows rudi- 

 ments of the organs of the other sex. Berry. Embryo small and 

 straight, in copious endosp. Chief genera: Decaisnea, Akebia, 

 Lardizabala. 



Larix Tourn. ex Adans. Coniferae (Pinac. 20; see C. for genus cha- 

 racters). 8 Eur., N. As., N. Am. The general chars, are those of 

 Cedrus, but the 1. are deciduous, and the cones ripen in a single year. 

 L. europaea DC. (L. decidua Mill.) is the common larch, cult, on a 

 large scale for its wood, bark (used in tanning) and turpentine 

 (Venice t.). Others are also important, e.g. L. americana Michx. 

 (tamarack). 



Larkspur, Delphinium. 



Larochea Pers. = Crassula Dill. p.p. (Crass.). 



Larrea Cav. Zygophyllaceae. 4 subtrop. Am. Xerophytes. L. mexi- 

 cana Moric. (Mexico, &c.) is the creosote plant, which forms a dense 

 scrub-veg. and binds the drifting sand together. Its strong smell 

 prevents it from being eaten by animals. 



Larrea scrub, a scrub association char, by Larrea mexicana Moric. 



Lasallea Greene (Aster p.p.). Compositae (3). 3 N. Am. 



Lascadium Rafin. Inc. sed. i S. U.S. 



Laseguea A. DC. Apocynaceae (n. i). 10 trop. S. Am. 



Laserpitium L. Umbelliferae (ill. 7). 35 Eur., N. Afr., As. 



Lasia Lour. Araceae (iv). 2 Indomal. 



Lasiacis Hitchcock (Panicum p.p.). Gramineae (5). 6 N. Am. 



Lasiadenia Benth. Thymelaeaceae. i Guiana. 



Lasiagrostis Link Stipa L. (Gram.). 



Lasiandra DC. =Tibouchina Aubl. (Melast). 



Lasianthemum Klotzsch ( Talisia p.p. EP.}. Sapindaceae (i). 2 Guiana. 



Lasianthera Beauv. Icacinaceae. i trop. W. Afr. 



Lasianthus Jack. Rubiaceae (it. 5). 90 Indomal. 



Lasiocarpus Liebm. Malpighiaceae (i). r Mexico. 



Lasiochloa Kunth. Gramineae (ro). 4 S. Afr. 



Lasiocladus Boj. ex Nees. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 2 Madag. 



Lasiococca Hook. f. Euphorbiaceae (A. II. 2). i Sikkim. 



Lasiocoma Bolus. Compositae (8). i S. Afr. 



Lasiocorys Benth. (Lencas p.p. EP.). Labiatae (vi). 7 Afr. 



Lasiocroton Griseb. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 2). i Jamaica. 



Lasiodiseus Hook. f. Rhamnaceae. 5 trop. Afr., Madag. 



Lasiopetalum Sm. Sterculiaceae. 25 Austr. 



