ISTIIMCS, a transverse partition. 



JUGL'LAR, the second order oi bony fishes, or such as hayc the 

 ventral liiis placed before the pedtoral : Fishes^ fig. 1. 



KEEL, the lower petal of n pnpilionaceous flower, and which incloses 



the stamina ar.d pistil : plafe 6, fig. 16 ; b. 

 KXEE-JOINTED, bending abruptly in an obtuse angle, like the kncG 



when a iiille bent. 



LABIATE, applied to an irregular corol with two lips : j;/ff/e C, fig. 14. 

 LACI?s1ATE, jagged or cut into irregular segments. 

 LACTESCENT, discharging a white or coloured fluid, when cut or 



bruis'd. 

 LACUiVOSE, having the surface covered with small pits. 

 LAMELLATE, divided into distinft plates or foliations. 

 LANCEOLATE, oblong and gradually tapering to each end, like the 



head of a lance : plate 4, fig. 6. 

 LARVA, the grub or caterpillar state of an insedt : Inse&s^ fig. 14. 

 LATERAL-LINE, the line Mhich runs from the head to the tail in 



the middle of the sides of most fishes. : Fishes^ fig. 1 ; h. 

 L ATT ICED, having longitudinal lines or furrows, decussate by trans- 



Terse-ones. 

 LEGUME, a membranous or coriaceous pod or seed vessel opening 



longitudinally, generally oblong, having the seeds fixed to cue valve 



only : plate 8, fig. 9. 

 LENTICULAR, resembling small lentils. 

 LEPIDOPTERA, the third class of insefts, including those which have 



4 membranous wings clothed with fine scales : insetis^ fig. 17. 

 LIGULE, the thin membrane which terminates the sheath on the stems 



of corn and grasses. 

 LIGULATE, strap-shaped, applied to the flat corollet of a compound 



flower : plate 6, fig. 19. 

 LINEAR, narrow and nearly of an uniform breadth. 

 LINEATE, marked with lines. 

 LITHOPHITES, that division of zoophytes which have a hard calca* 



seous stem 

 LOMENT, an oblong seed-vessel, not opening longitudinally like a 



legume, but separated by transverse partitions, and containing a 



single seed in each joint. 

 X.ORE, a naked line between the base of the bill and the eye in birds : 



Birds., fig. 2 ; ?. 

 LORICATE, covered with a long kind of mail. 

 LUBRICOUS, covered with a slippery mucus. 



LUNULATE, LUNATE, shaped like a crescent : plate 6 ^ fig. IL 

 LUNULE, a crescent-like mark or spot. 

 jL-YRATE, cut into transverse segments which are gradually smaller 



and more remote downwards, like an ancient lyre : ^jlatc 5^ f. 14f 



MAILED, cevcred with a long kind of mail, 



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