392 LO DO ICE A 



fr. used to be found floating in the Indian Ocean long before the tree 

 was discovered (see Treas. of Bot). 



Loeflingia L. Caryophyllaceae (i. 3). 5 Medit., C. As., N. Am. 



Loeselia L. Polemoniaceae. 18 Am. 



Loesenera Harms. Leguminosae (n. 3). i trop. Afr. 



Loewia Urb. Turneraceae. 2 trop. Afr. 



Loganberry, a supposed blackberry-raspberry hybrid, but cf. Journ. of 

 Heredity, Nov. 1906, p. 504. 



Logania R. Br. Loganiaceae. 21 Austr., N.Z. 



Loganiaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Sympet. Contortae ; Gentianales 

 BH.}. 32 gen., 350 sp., trop. ; a few warm temp. (Am., As., N.Z., 

 but none in Eur.). Trees, shrubs, and herbs with opp. slip. L; slips. 

 often very much reduced. Many climbing plants, esp. Strychnos. 

 Infl. as a rule cymose, various ; the fls. with bracts and bracteoles, 

 usu. reg., , and 4 5-merous, with occasional increase in number in 

 C and A. Disc small or absent. K (4 5), imbr. ; C (4 ,s)> valv., 

 imbr., or conv. ; A 4 5, rarely i, epipet.; G (2), anteropost., 2-loc., 

 or rarely imperfectly so, or i- or more-loc. ; style simple ; ovules 

 usu. oo , amphi- or ana-tr. Caps., berry, or drupe. Endosp. Nearly 

 allied to Apocynaceae, Gentianaceae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae 

 and Rubiaceae. See discussion in Nat. Pfl. Chief genera: Logania, 

 Spigelia, Strychnos, Fagraea, Buddleia, Desfontainea. 



Logwood, Campeachy -, Haematoxylon campechianum L., Ceanothns 

 Chloroxylon Nees ; bastard- (W.I.), Acacia Berteriana Sprang. 



Loheria Merrill. Myrsinaceae (n). i Phil. Is. 



Loiseleuria Desv. Ericaceae (i. 3). i north circumpolar, L. procumbent 

 Desv. (Azalea procumbeus L. ), the trailing Azalea. Highlands of 

 Scotland. The 1. are very wiry, and rolled back at the margins, 

 thus reducing transpiration. Fls. reg., protogynous ; they come out 

 shortly after the melting of the snow. 



Lolium L. Gramineae (12). 6 Eur., N. Air., temp. As. L. perenne 

 L. in Brit, (rye-grass). Spikelets in a 2-ranked spike, and placed 

 edgewise (this distinguishes the subtribe Lolieae from the Leplureae, 

 to which Triticum and Hordeum belong). The rye-grasses are valu- 

 able pasture and fodder. 



Lomandra Labill. (Xerotes R. Br. BH.). Liliaceae (in) (Juncaceae 

 BJf.}. 30 Austr. Dioecious. 



Lomaria Willd. = Blechnum L. (Polypod.). 



Lomatia R. Br. Proteaceae (n). 9 E. Austr., Tasm., Chili. 



Lomatium Rafin. (Peucedanwu p.p. BH.\. Umbellif. (in. 6). 60 

 W. N.Am. 



Lomatophyllum Willd. Liliaceae (in). 3 Masc. Cult. orn. fl. 



Lomatozona Baker. Compositae (2). i Goyaz. 



Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra L., var. pyramiiialis Spach. 



Lomentose, like a lomentum, Raphanus; lomentum, a pod constricted 

 between the seeds, breaking into i -seeded portions, Leguminosae. 



Lommelia Jumelle et Perrier. Palmaceae (iv. i). i Madag. 



Lonas Adans. Compositae (7). i S.W. Medit. 



Lonchitis L. Polypodiaceae. 8 trop. Am. and Afr., Madag. 



Lonchocarpus H. B. et K. Leguminosae (in. 8). 75 trop. Am., Afr., 

 Austr. 



