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Lucidum folium. Clear, shining leaf. 



Lunatum folium. A moon-shaped leaf, when it is round and 

 hollowed at the base, like what is vulgarly called a half- 

 moon. 



Lunulate. Shaped like a crescent. 



Luridae. Pale, wan, a natural Order of plants in the Frag- 

 mentamethodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Luxurians flos. A luxuriant flower. 



Lyratum folium. A leaf shaped like a harp or lyre. 



M. 



Marescens corolla. A flower that withers on the plant, as the 



Nymphaea Alba. 

 Margo folii. The margin or edge of the leaf. 

 Mas. planta. Plants that bear only stamina, as in the Class 



Dioecia. 

 Masculus flos. A flower containing stamina only. Ex Valis- 



neria (Fig. 1.) Class xxii. Order 2. 

 Medulla. Marrow, the pith of a plant. 

 Membranaceum jolium. When a leaf has no distinguishable 



pulp between its surfaces. 

 Membranatus caulis. A stalk covered with thick membranes. 

 Monadeiphia. The sixteenth Class in the Linnaean system. 

 Monandria. The first Class in the Linnaean system. 

 Monocotyledones. A term applied to plants whose seeds have 



a single cotyledon. 

 Monoecia. The twenty-first Class in the Linnaean system. 

 Monogynia. One Pistillum. The first order of the first thir- 

 teen Classes in the Linnaean system. 

 Monopetala corolla. A flower having one petal. Ex. Linnaea 



Class xiv. Order 2. 

 Monophyllum involucrum. Consisting of one leaf. 

 Monosperma. Having one seed. 



