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veins or lines running straight from tip to 
CX) base, as in the corn blades, etc. 
Lingulate—lin’-gu-lat (Lat. /imgu/a, a little 
tongue). Leaves that appear shaped like the 
tongue, in the animal. 
Linseed, or Lintseed—(As. /msed, lint and 
seed). Flaxseed linseed, from which the lin- 
seed oil is obtained by pressure. 
Litmus—lit’-mus (Dutch, /akmoes, an infusion 
of lake or purple color. A purple coloring 
found in many lichens, in which unsized pa- 
per is dipped and used as tests for the feeblest 
acids. 
Lobe—(Gr. J/odos, the tip of the ear). The 
larger part of the leaf or seed; also lobate. 
Lobelia —lo-be’-li-a (said to derive its name 
from Lode/, one of the botanists or physicians 
to King James the First). A large order of 
plants of medicinal virtue, known by the com- 
* mon name of Indian tobacco. Lobelia in- 
flata. 
Loment—lo’-ment (Lat. /omentum, bean meal). 
A pod or legume with transverse partitions, 
each division containing one seed. 
Lyrate, or Lyrated—(Lat. lyra, a lyre). A 
leaf with a large terminal lobe and several 
pairs of smaller lobes; or resembling the lyre, 
the ancient musical instrument, a kind of 
_ _ harp much used by the Egyptians and Greeks, 
Mace—(Lat. macis, a spice; Fr. macis). A 
Spice; the second coat of the nutmeg termed 
the arilus, 
Macrocephalous—mac’-ro-sef’-a-lus (Gr. mak- 
ros, long, and kephale, the head). A word 
used in botany when the cotyledons of dicot- 
