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is an upward tension in the sta., a downward in the std., and an explo- 

 sion occurs when an insect alights. Cult. orn. fl. 



Lophaeme Stapf. Gramineae (i i). i S. Afr. 



Lophactis Rafin. Compositae (inc. sed. ). i N.Ain. 



Lophanthera A. Juss. Malpighiaceae (n). i N. trop. S. Am. 



Lophanthus Benth. Labiatae (vi). 2 C. As., China. Fl. stalk some- 

 times resupinate like that of Lobelia. 



Lophatherum Brongn. Gramineae (10). 4 E. As. 



Lophiocarpus Aliq. (Sagittaria p.p. BH.}. Alismaceae. 4 trop. 



Lophiocarpus Turcz. Chenopodiaceae (inc. sed. ). 28. Afr. 



LopMola Ker-Gawl. Amaryllidaceae (in), i All. N. Am. 



Lophira Banks ex Gaertn. f. Ochnaceae. 2 trop. Afr. The fr. of Z. 

 alata Banks (African oak) has one sep. much, a second less, elongated. 

 The seeds yield an oil on pressure; timber good. 



Lophium (Cl.), a hill formation. 



Lophocarpus Boeck. Cyperaceae (n). i Tonquin. 



Lophocereus Britton et Rose (Cereus p.p.). Cactaceae (in. iU 2 

 S.W. U.S. 



Lophogyne Tul. Podostemaceae. 2 Rio de Janeiro. 



Lopholaena DC. Compositae (S). 4 S. and trop. Afr. 



Lopholepis Decne. Gramineae (3). i India. 



Lophopappus Rusby. Compositae (12). i Bolivia. 



Lophopetalum Wight ex Arn. Celastraceae. 12 Indomal. 



Lophophora Coult. (Anhaloniitm p.p.). Cactaceae (in. 2). i N.Am. 



Lophophyllum Griff. (Peramphora p.p.P.). Menisperm. i Indomal. 



Lophophytum Schott et Endl. Balanopho:aceae. 4 trop. S. Am. 



Lophopogon Hack. Gramineae (2). 2 Indomal. 



Lophopterys A. Juss. Malpighiaceae (i). i Guiana. 



Lophopyxis Hook. f. Icacinaceae (formerly Euph.). 3 Malaya. 



Lophoschoenus Stapf (Cyclocampe p.p.). Cyper. (n). 3 Seychelles, 

 Borneo, New Caledonia. 



Lophosciadium DC. Umbelliferae (in. 6). 5 S. Eur., W. As. 



Lophospermum D. Don=Maurandia Orteg. p.p. (Scroph.). 



Lophostachys Pohl. Acanthaceae (iv. A). 12 Brazil, Peru. 



Lophostigma Radlk. Sapindaceae (i). i Bolivia. 



Lophostoma Meissn. (Linostoma BH.}. Thymelaeaceae. 3 Amazonas. 



Lophotocarpus Durand (Lophiocarpus p.p.). Alismaceae. i trop. 



Lopriorea Schinz. (Psilotrichum p.p.). Amarantaceae (2). i E. Afr. 



Lopseed (Am.), Phryma. 



Loquat, Eriobotrya japonica Lindl. 



Loranthaceae (EP., BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. Santalales; Achlamydo- 

 sporae BH.}. 21 gen., 520 sp., trop. and temp. The only genus in 

 Brit, is Viscum, the mistletoe. An interesting fam. of parasites with 

 green 1. Mostly small semi-parasitic shrubs attached to their hosts 

 by suckers or haustoria usu. regarded as modified adv. roots. A few 

 root in the earth, e.g. the W. Austr. Nuytsia, which grows into a small 

 tree 30 feet high. Most are fairly omnivorous in their choice of 

 hosts, but a few are restricted to one or two. Where the parasitic 

 root joins the host, there is not uncommonly an outgrowth, often of 

 considerable size and complicated in shape. The parasitic root often 

 branches within the tissue of the host, as in mistletoe. The stem is 



