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Lettuce, wild. See Lactuca canadensis. 



Leucanthemuiii rulgare Lam. Same as Chrysanthemum leucunthemum. 



Leverwood. See Ostri/n rirginiana. 



Liatris odoraiissima ]Michx. Same as Trilisa odoratissima. 



Llatris scariosa Willd. Same as Lacinaria scariosa. 



Liatris splrafa Willd. Same as Lacinaria spicata. 



Liatris squarrosa Willd. Same as Lacinaria, squarrosa. 



Life-everlasting. See Anaphalis margaritacea and Gnaphalium ohtusifolium. 



Life-everlasting, sweet. See Gnaphalium ohtusifolium. 



Liferoot. See Senecio aureus. 



Ligustrum vulgare L. Olive family ( Oleaceae). 



Privet; primwort; prim. 



A shrub, 5 or 6 feet high, introduced from Europe; escaped from cultivation and 

 grows wild in woods and along roadsides from Ontario to Pennsylvania and 

 North Carolina. 



Part used. — Leaves (nonofficial). 

 Lily, cow-. See Nymphaea advena. 

 Lily, flag-. See Iris versicolor. 

 Lily, large yellow pond-. See Nymphaea advena. 

 Lily, liver-. See Iris versicolor. 

 Lily, snake-. See Iris versicolor. 

 Lily, sweet-scented water-. See Castalia odorata. 

 Lily, water-. See Castalia odorata. 

 Lily, white pond-. See Castalia odorata. 

 Lily-of-the-valley. See Convallaria majalis. 

 Lime, Ogeechee. See JVyssa ogeche. 

 Limonium carolinianum (Walt.) Britton. 



Plumbago family fPlumbaginaceae). 



Synonym. — Statice caroliniana Walt. 



Marsh-rosemary; inkroot; sea-lavender; cankerroot. 



Native, perennial herb, 1 to 2 feet high, in salt meadows on the Atlantic and 

 Gulf coasts. 



Part used. — Root (nonofhcial). 

 Linden, American. See Tilia americana. 

 Lindera benzoin Meissn. Same as Benzoin benzoin. 

 Lion's-foot. See Nabalus albus and X. serpentarius. 

 Lion's-tail. See Leonurus cardiaca. 



Liquidambar styraciflua L. Witch-hazel family (Hamamelidaceae). 



Sweet-gum; star-leaved gum; red gum. 



Large, native tree, 80 to 140 feet high, in moist woods from Connecticut to 

 Florida, Illinois, and Missouri. Most common near the coast in the Middle 

 and Southern States. 



Parts used. — Bark and resin (nonofficial). 



Liriodendron tulipifera L. Magnolia family (Magnoliaceae). 



Tulip-tree; yellow poplar; whitewood; tulip-poplar; canoewood. 

 An indigenous tree, (50 to 190 feet in height, growing in rich woods from New 



England to Florida, west to Michigan and Arkansas; reaches greatest size in 



the Middle and Southern States. 

 Part used. — Bark of trunk and of root (nonofficial). 



