376 LEGUMINOSAE 



8. Dalbergieae: Dalbergia, Pterocarpus. 



II. Leaves or leaflets with stipels. 



10. Phaseoleae: (pod dehiscent) as before. 



8. Dalbergieae: (pod indehiscent) as before. 



Lehmanniella Gilg. Gentianaceae (i). 2 Colombia. 



Leianthus Griseb. (Lisianthus EP.}. Gentianaceae (i). 10 W.I. , C. Am. 



Leibergia Coulter et Rose. Umbelliferae (ill. 5). i Idaho. 



Leiboldla Schlecht. ( Vernonia p.p.). Compositae (i). 4 N. Am. 



Leichhardtia F. Muell. Menispermaceae. i N.E. Austr. 



Leichtlinia H. Ross (Agave p. p. EP.}. Amaryllidaceae (n). i Mexico. 



Leidesia Muell. -Arg. in DC. Euphorbiaceae ( A. n. 2). 2 Cape Colony. 



Leighia Cass. = Viguiera H.B. et K. (Comp.). 



LeimantMum Willd. =Melanthium L. (Lili.j. 



Leiocarpodicraea Engl. (Dicraea p.p.). Podostemaceae. 3 trop. Afr. 



LeiocMlus Hook. (Buseria EP. ) . Rubiaceae (n. 4). i Maclag. 



Leioclusia Baill. Guttiferae (inc. sed.). i Madag. 



Leiogyne K. Schum. {Neves- Arniondia EP.). Bignoniaceae (i). i E. 

 Brazil. 



Leiopliaca Lindau. Acanthaceae (iv. A), i trop. Afr. 



Leiophyllum Hedw. f. Ericaceae (1.3). i Atl. U.S. 



Leioptyx Pierre ex De Wild. Meliaceae. i trop. Afr. 



Leiostemon Rafin. (Pentstenion p.p.). Scrophular. (n. 4). 2 N.W. 

 N. Am. 



Leiothrix Ruhland (Paepalanthus p.p.). Eriocaulonaceae. 30 S. Am. 



Leiothylax Wmg. (Dicraea p.p.). Podostemaceae. 3 trop. Afr. 



Leiphaimos Cham, et Schlechtd. (Voyria Bff.). Gentianaceae (i). 

 20 trop. Am. and Afr., W.I. 



Leitgebia Eichl. Ochnaceae. i Brit. Guiana. 



Leitneria Chapm. Leitneriaceae. 2 N. Am. Shrubs with spikes of 

 dioecious fls. 3 naked with 3 12 sta. ? with scaly P, i cpl. and long 

 style. G i-loc., with i amphitr. ov. Fr. drupaceous. Seed albumi- 

 nous. Embryo straight. 



Leitneriaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Leitneriales; Unisexuales 

 BH.). Only genus Leitneria, q.v. 



Leitneriales. The yth order of Dicots. Archichlamydeae. 



Leitnerieae (BH. ) = Leitneriaceae. 



Lemairea de Vriese. Goodeniaceae (inc. sed.). i Amboina. 



Lemaireocereus Britton et Rose (Cereus p.p.). Cactaceae (in. i). 13 

 trop. and subtrop. Am. 



Lembertia Green (Eatonella p. p.). Compositae (6). i California. 



Lemmonia A. Gray. Hydrophyllaceae. i California. 



Lemna L. Lemnaceae. 6 cosmop. ; 4 in Brit, (duckweed). The 

 plant consists in most, e.g. L. minor L., of a flat green floating blade, 

 the stem, which performs leaf-functions. From the under side hangs 

 down a long adv. root, with well-marked root-cap, visible to the eye. 

 No 1. The stems are oval and slightly turned up at the ends, so that 

 if two are placed near together in water, they will run against one 

 another and adhere by the tips. In the post, portion on either side 

 is a groove under the edge. In this arise branches which may either 

 (as in L. trisulca L., &c.) remain in union with the parent shoot, or 

 become detached and give rise to new plants. In autumn a number 



