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Lecostemon (Mo. et Sesse ex) DC. Rosaceae (vi). 6 Brazil to 



Mexico. 



Lectandra J. J. Smith. Orchidaceae (n. a. in), i Java. 

 Lecticula Barnhart ( Utricularia p. p. ). Lontibulariaceae. i E. U.S. 



LecytMdaceae (EP.; Myrtaceae p.p. BH.} Dicots. (Archichl. Myrti- 

 florae). 1 8 gen. 140 sp. trop. trees ; 1. generally in bunches at the ends 

 of the twigs, simple, exstip. Fls. single or in racemose infls. , $, 

 perig. or epig., with complete fusion of recept. and ovary. K4 6, 

 C 4 6, A oo in several whorls, the sta. more or less united at base. 

 G with 2 6 or more loc., in each i oo anatr. ov. There is usually 

 an intra-staminal disc as well as one under petals and sta. Berry or 

 capsule. No endosp. Bertholletia and others are economic plants. 

 Chief genera: Barringtonia, Napoleona, Couroupita, Lecythis, Ber- 

 tholletia. 



Lecythis Loefl. Lecythidaceae. 30 trop. S. Am. Fr. a huge wooden 

 caps., opening by a lid. The oily seeds are eaten as Sapucaia nuts. 

 The empty fr. is termed a 'monkey-pot'; it is filled with sugar, the 

 monkey inserts its hand, clasps it, and then cannot withdraw it. 



Lecythopsis Schrank (Conratari EP.). Lecythidaceae. 2 Brazil. 



Leda C. B. Clarke (Leptostachya p.p.). Acanthaceae (iv. B). 5 Malay 

 Penins. 



Ledebouriella H. Wolff (Trinia p.p.). Umbelliferae (ui. 5). 

 2 As. 



Ledenbergia Klotzsch (Flueckigeria O. Ktze.). Phytolaccaceae. i trop. 

 S. Am., W. I. 



Ledermannia Mildbr. et Burret. Tiliaceae. i trop. Afr. 



Ledermannlella Engl. Podostemaceae. r Cameroons. 



Ledocarpon Desf. Balbisia Cav. (Geran. ). 



Ledonia Spach = Cistus Tourn. p.p. (Cist.). 



Ledothamnus Meissn. Ericaceae (i. 3). i Guiana. 



Lecluni Rupp. ex L. Ericaceae (i. i). 3 sp., two in N. Am., Z. 

 palustre L. circumpolar. The leaves are rolled back (cf. Empetrum). 

 Seeds winged at ends. This sp. is used in Labrador as tea. 



Leea Royen ex L. Vitaceae. 45 palaeotrop. 



Leechee, Litchi chinensis Sonner. 



Leek, Allium Porniin L. 



Leersia Soland. ex Sw. Gramineae (6). 5 N. temp, and trop. \%. Marsh 

 grasses similar to Oryza, and used as fodder in As. L. oryzoidesSvi. 

 (Eur.) has cleistogamic fls. (Darwin, Forms of Fls., p. 335). 



Lefebvrea A. Rich. (Peucedanum p.p. EP.). Umbellif. (in. 6). 

 4 trop. Afr. 



Lefrovia Franch. Compositae (12). i Bolivia. 



Legendrea Webb, et Berth. Convolvulaceae (i). i Canaries. 



Legitimate pollination, Lythrum, Primula. 



Legnephora Miers=Pericampylus Miers (Menisperm.). 



Legume, a fr. of one cpl. , dehiscing on both sides, Legnminosae. 



Leguminosae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Resales). The second largest 

 fam. of flowering plants, with 500 gen. and 12,000 sp., cosmop. 

 Mimosoideae and Caesalpinioideae are mostly trop., Papilionatae 

 mostly temp, (abundant on steppes, &c.). The account here given is 

 largely condensed from that of Taubert in Nat. Pfl. 



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