174 M O IN 



141. LUNARIA. (From Luna, the moon.) 



Exotic. 



.Rzdivi'va, (satin flower, b-p. 7J.) leaves with mueronate teeth ; silicles 

 tapering to both ends. Flowers odorous. 



1610. LUPINUS. (A Latin name.) 



Peren"nis, (wild lupine. O. b. M. Tj) stem and leaves smoothish; 

 leaves digitate, with about 8 to 10 leafets, which are oblanceolate, 

 obtusish : calyxes alternate, not appendaged ; banner emarginate, 

 keel entire. 12 18. i. 



4 1. LYCIUM. (From Lycia, a country of Asia.) 



Exotic. 



Barba"rum, (matrimony vine. J. r. y. \i) stem angled ; branches erect, 

 leaves lanceolate, tapering to both ends ; calyx mostly 3-cleft. 



51. LYSIMACHIA. (From Lysimachus, an ancient king.) 



ftric"ta, (loose strife. O. y. Ju. 1J.) raceme terminal, very long, lax ; 

 leaves opposite, lanceolate, sessile ; petals lanceolate, spreading. 

 12. f. 



1513. MALVA. 



Rotundifo'lia, (low-mallows. O. r. w. J. Tj.) leaves heart-orbicular, ob- 

 soletely 5-lobed ; peduncles bearing the fruit declined ; stem pros- 

 trate. Very common. 



Exotic. 



Sylves"tris, (mallows, r-b. I. tf and Tj.) stem erect; leaves about 7- 

 lobed, acutish ; peduncles and petioles hairy. 



131. MENTHA. 



Exotic. 



Piperi'ta, (peppermint, p. Au. 1|_) spikes, obtuse, interrupted below; 



leaves sub-ovate, somewhat glabrous, petioled ; stem glabrous at 



the base. Naturalized. 1 2. f. 

 Viri'dis, (spear mint. p. Au.) leaves lanceolate, sessile ; spikes elonga* 



ted, interrupted ; stamens long. 1 2. f. 



51. MIRABILIS. (In Latin, admirable.) 

 Exotic. 



Jal"apa, (four o'clotjr. r. y. Ju. 7J.) flowers heaped, peduncled; leaves 

 glabrous. 



2 1. MONARDA. (From Monardes, a Spanish physician.) 



Ttid"yma, (mountain mint. O. r. J. 7|.) leaves ovate, acuminate, sub- 

 cordate, somewhat hairy ; flowers in simple or proliferous heads ; 

 quter bracts large, coloured, lanceolate. Var. angustifolia, leaves 

 knee-ovate, acuminate, pubescent; stem pubescent. 1824.1. 



