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to the anther and seed$ which being solid 

 I really the form of a kidney ; 



whereas a leaf, being a plane surface, 

 i tion of a ki.dri j This 



distinction is to be observed in several 

 other cases. 



KNOTTED or knotty. Having knots cr 

 swellingjoim . 



LABIATUS. A labiate or lipped 'owe.'. 



La< era corolla A lacerated corolla. Hav- 

 ing the border very finely cut. 



A lacerated leaf. Having the edge various- 

 ly cut into irregular segments as if it 

 were rent or t< 



La ima cffroi ,v part into which the 



border of a monopetalous corolla is cut. 



I,,\i I <l \ US. . ! ; g 



Lucn-ihi A little jag, or subdivision of 

 the larger one. 



LACTRSCENTfA Lactescence or milkiness. 



Lacunosum tolim i lacunose or pitted 

 leaf. When the disk is depressed be- 

 tween the veins. Contrary to rugosum, 

 wrinkled, in which it rises. 



L.t\iv Even, ery smooth, polished. 



L.iMKLH. A thin plate. Applied o the ' 

 plates of which the under part m some 

 fungi:- - iposi d ; hence tin 







Lami bbr ler. 



Lava. Wool. Crooked or curling, close, 

 thick hairs. 



Zianatus. V. 



Lancfol tuyi Lanceolate. O'. long, and 

 graduali> i I wards < ach < xtre 



mitv, like the f a lance. Some 



call its ped, others I pje-sh ped 



or lance I. 



Lam'Go Down, iyoft hairs clothing the 

 p; i - its. 



La kkifoi.ius By the side of the base of 

 the leaf 



Laxis A lax, loose, flaccid, or flexible 



SU 111. 



Legume.v. A legume. A peri carp of two 

 valves, in which the seeds are fixed along 

 on suturi o 



Ltv minosjE Leguminous plants. Such 

 as tiuve a legume l^r the pericarp. The 



ame with the Papilionaenjo! Tourne- 

 fort It is one of Ray's classes. 



Lenticucasis scabrities A sort of small 

 glandular roughness, resembling small 

 lentils, on the surface of so ^e plants. 



LlGNOSOS caulis A wood}' stem Opposed 

 to h> rbaceo.us. 



Lignum. The wood, or woody part of the 

 trunk. 



L (.. l'latus. A ligulate or strap-snaped 

 flower. 



Li: ia. The name of the third nation, tribe, 

 or cast of vegetables, in Linneus's Reg- 



. vv.m .' i/e, containing the Patri- 



cian rank, eminent for their splendid 

 fio ei s. 



Liliacea, The name of one of Tonrnefort's 

 classes Also of the tenth order in Lin- 

 neus's Fragments of a Natural Method. 



Ljmbds. The border or upper dilated part 

 of a monopetalous corolla. 



LlNEARE folium. A linear leaf. Of the 

 same breadth throughout, except some- 

 rimes at one or both 



jbineari-cunetfarme. Linear-wedged-sha 

 !$> twf en both, but inclining more 

 to the latter. 



Link TV . A lineateleaf. Thesur- 



htly marked longitudinally with 

 depressed parallel dues. 



. Tongue-shaped. Linear 

 and fleshy, blunt at the end, convex un- 

 derneath, and having usually a cartilagi- 

 nous bo; 



be. The part into which some 

 simple leaves are dn ided 



i \; i A lobate cr lobed leaf. 



Divided to the middle into parts distant 

 from each other, with convex margins. 



: LAMENTUM The cell of a pericarp or 

 fruit. 

 Lovulus. The little cell of an anther con- 

 taining the pollen 



Lumf.nt vcfe (Lomi'iiium, a sort of co- 

 lour in Pliny, a lotu, being ma le by 

 washing. But it also sionitie- luiiua 



fricta, parched meal, or, according, to 

 others, farina ci<.t<ca, l> n meal). . 

 The name of the fifty-sixth o-d*?r 



Lumeui c 



