Labiate ^J& Lipped, usually bilabiate. 



Lacerate ftrgtfcftj With the margin torn. 



Laciniate ^HJ#j Cut into narrow lobes. 



Lamellate W\K Made up of thin plates. 



Lamina HJt The blade or expanded part of a leaf. 



Lanate ^% Densely covered with wooly hairs. 



Lanceolate W£\ft Lance-shaped; narrow and tapering to each end. 



Lateral flj$j Fixed at the side, not terminal. 



Latex lift The milky juice of such plants as Lactuca. 



Laxly iM#l Loosely. 



Leaflet 'Ml A division or blade of a compound leaf. 



Legume M The one-celled two-valved seed pod of Leguminosae. 



Leguminous SUfi^J Related to a legume. 



Lemma ^F# The flowering glume of a grass spikelet, subtending the floret on the 



side away from the rachis. 

 Lenticels ^7L Corky spots on young bark. 



Lent i eel late -%^l Having lenticels. 



Lenticular ^V\k Like a lenticel. 



Lepidote ^Mr\ Covered with small scurfy scales. 



Liana j=Ll| A woody climbing vine. 



Ligneous if.'MM} Woody. 



Ligulate %^\W] With a ligule. 



Ligulc M^, ftjf A strap-shaped appendage, (as a ray flower in Compositae, or a 

 membranous appendage at the top of the leaf sheath in a grass.) 



Limb MrY, i&M The expanded part of a leaf, a petal or a gamopetalous corolla. 



Linear r-? ; # Narrow, and several times longer than wide. 



Lip jgft The upper or lower portion of a bilabiate corolla or calyx. 



Lobe f^MJf Any rounded division of an organ. 



Lobulate ^/NglJt Having small lobes. 



Locule J-^i The cavity of an ovary. 



Loculicidal lMMW$k Splitting through the back of each cell. 



Lodicules *MhY A pair of small scales outside the stamens in some grass florets. 



Lomcnt gfr^ A legume which is constricted between the seeds, separating at maturity 

 into 1-seeded joints. 



Longitudinal |j|Kj Lengthened in the direction of plant growth. 



Lunate 4'-/J;# Half -moon-shaped. 



Lyrate StU^ Lyre-shaped; pinnatifid with large terminal lobe and small basal lobes. 



Marcescent "<};■]{{■ Withering but persistent. 



Margin MMi The edge, as of a leaf. 



Massula V^MM The hardened frothy mucilage enclosing a group of microspores in 

 heterosporous ferns. 



Megasporangia tt&J-M Sporangia which contains megaspores. 



Megaspore ^:J^T- The larger kind of spore when there are two kinds. 



Membranaceous, membranous HfC^ Like a thin membrane; thin and semi-transparent. 



Mericarp 9r^M A portion of a fruit which splits away as a complete nutlet, an in 

 Umbelliferae. 



Mesocarp 't'^-S The middle layer of a pericarp. 



Micropyle pj;7L A small opening in the seed coat at one side of the hilum. 



Microsporangia 'H^i^Ht Sporangia which contain microspores. 



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