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Loxsoma Br. Hymenophyllaceae? i N.Z. It agrees with Tricho- 



manes in the sorus, but differs widely in the veg. habit, which is that 



of Cyatheaceae, and is probably better placed in a separate fam.; 



cf. Gwynne-Vaughan, Ann. Bot. Xiv. 1901, p. 71. 

 Loxsomaceae. Cf. Filicineae, and Loxsoma. 

 Lozanella Greenman. Ulmaceae. i Mexico. 

 Lubinia Comm. ex Vent (Lysimackia p.p.). Primulaceae. 4 S. Afr., 



Masc. Is., Japan. 



Lucaea Kunth = Arthraxon Beauv. (Gram.). 

 Lucens, lucidus (Lat.), with shining surface. 

 Lucerne, Medicago saliva L. 

 Lucilia Cass. Compositae (4). 25 S. Am. 

 Luciliopsis Wecld. Compositae (4). 2 Bolivia. 

 Lucinaea DC. Rubiaceae (i. 7). 10 Malaya. 

 Luculia Sweet. Rubiaceae (i. 5). i Himal., Khasias. 

 Lucuma Molina (inch Vitdlaria Gaertn. f.). Sapotaceae (i). 50 trop. 



Am. The fr. of L. hi/era Molina is ed. 

 Lucya DC. Rubiaceae (i. 2). i W.I. 



Ludia Comm. ex Juss. Flacourtiaceae (4). 2 E. Afr., Madag., Masc. 

 LudoviaBrongn. Cyclanthaceae. 2 trop. S. Am. S fls. as in Carludovica, 



? sunk to stigmas with rudimentary P. Climbers. 

 Ludovica Vieill. ex Guillaumin = Bikkia Reinw. (Rubi.). 

 Ludwigia L. Onagraceae (2). 20 cosmop. ; i Brit. 

 Ludwigiantha Small (Ludwigia p.p. ). Onagraceae (2). i N. Am. 

 Lueddemannia Reichb. f. (Acineta p.p. EP.}. Orchid, (n. 13). 4 



N. S.Am. 

 Luederitzia K. Schum. (Pavonia p.p.). Malvaceae (3). 2 S. Afr., 



Somaliland. 



Luehea Willd. Tiliaceae. 18 trop. Am., W.I. 

 Luerssenia Kuhn. Polypodiaceae. i Sumatra. 

 Luffa (Tourn.) L. Cucurbitaceae (3). 7 trop. L. cylindrica M. Roem. 



(L.aegyptiaca Mill.) furnishes the loofah or bath sponge (the vascular 



bundle net of the pericarp). Fr. of most ed. 

 Lugonia Wedd. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). 2 Peru, Bolivia. 

 Luina Benth. Compositae (8). i N.W. U.S. 



Luisia Gaudich. Orchidaceae (n. 20). 15 trop. As. to Japan. Cult. 

 Lumnitzera Willd. Combretaceae. 2 palaeotrop. , in mangrove (q-v.) 



swamps. Fr. floated by ocean currents. 

 Lunania Hook. Flacourtiaceae (7). 5 W.I., Brazil. 

 Lunaria Tourn. ex L. Cruciferae (2). 2 Eur. L. biennis Moench. 



(L. annua L.) is the honesty of gardens. 

 Lunasia Blanco. Kutaceae (i). 5 Malay Archipelago. 

 Lunate, half-moon-shaped. 

 Lundia DC. Bignoniaceae (i). 10 E. S.Am. 

 Lunellia Nieuwland. Scrophulariacetfe (in. i). 3 U.S. 

 Lung-wort, Pulmonaria, (Am ) Mertensia. 

 Lupin, Lupinus. 



Lupinaster Buxb. =Trifolium Tourn. p.p. (Legum.). 

 Lupinus (Tourn.) L. Leguminosae (in. 3). 150 Am., Medit. Floral 



mechanism like Lotus. The fr. explodes, its valves twisting spirally. 



Several are cult. orn. rl., or used as fodder. 



