Kremastoplan'kton 



Lactose 



Kremast'oplank'ton {Kpefiaarls, hung 

 up; -j- Plankton), floating organ- 

 isms supplied witli appendages 

 which conduce to that function, as 

 hairs, prickles, etc. (Forel). 



Kriten'chyma {Kpirhs, chosen ; tyxvH-'^, 

 an infusion), one or more layers of 

 cells which form a sheath for a 

 vascular bundle (Russow). 



Kryp'toblast [Kpvirr'bs, hidden; ^Xaa- 

 riis, a bud), a preventitious bud 

 (Hartig). 



Kryptocotyle'dons = CuYi'TocoTYLE- 



DONS. 



Kun'changraph (Sanscrit, Kunchan, 

 contraction ; ypacp^, writing; ; pron. 

 Koonchangraph), apparatus to niea- 

 siu'e longitudinal contraction (Bose). 



Ku'tine = Cutin. 



kyanoph'ilous {kvuvos, blue ; ^t\ea>, I 

 love), used of any tissue which 

 readily absorbs blue staining; 

 Ky'anophyll {(pvXXov, a leaf), nearly 

 jmre chlorophyll freed from its 

 associated yellow pigment, xantho- 

 phyll (Wiesner); it is bluish-green 

 in colour. 



La'bel {labellum, a little lip), (1) Crew's 

 term for the pinnule or ultimate seg- 

 ]uentof a Fern-frond; (2) Labellum; 

 Laberium, (1) the third petal of 

 Orchids, usually enlarged, and by 

 torsion of the ovary become anterior, 

 from its normal posterior position ; 

 (2) a similar petal in other flowers. 



la'biate, labia'tus (Lat., lipped), lipped, 

 usually bilabiate ; characteristic of 

 the family Labiatae ; labiatiflor'ous, 

 -7U.S, used of certain Compositae with 

 bilal)iate corollas to their florets ; 

 labioscop'ic (-j- Laisium, (r/coxeoj, I 

 look), employed by Ptitzcr for the 

 condition of certain Orchids when 

 the sepals are combined with an ex- 

 tension of the axis, as in Drymoda. 



la'bile {labilis, slippery), "plastic, 

 easily modifled " (Clements) ; perish- 

 able or trajisient. 



la'biose, labio'sus (Lat., having large 

 lips), applied to a }>olypetalous co- 

 rolla seemingly t\vo-li])ped ; La'bium 

 (Lat., a lip), (1) the lower lip of a 



Labiate flower ; (2) the lip subtend- 

 ing the ligule in Iso'etes. 



Laboulbenomyce'tes, Engler's term for 

 Laboulbeniaeeae and their allies. 



labjrrinthifor'mis {labyrbiihus, a struc- 

 ture with winding passages ; forma, 

 shape), marked by sinuous lines, rf., 



DAEDALEUS. 



Lac (Ital. , lacca, a varnish), a resinous 

 exudation from various tropical 

 plants, occurring in commerce in 

 diH"erent forms ;• Lac'case, the en- 

 zyme which produces Lauqueii, 

 from fluid lac; lac'cate, as though 

 varnished ; Lac'cine, a substance 

 found in lac, insoluble in water, 

 alcohol, or ether. 



lac'erate, lac cms, Mod. Lat. {lacer, 

 mangled) ; lacera'ted laccra'tus ; 

 torn, or iiTegularly cleft. 



Lacb'rima = Lac rim a. 



Lacin'ia (Lat., the flap of a garment), 

 a slash or slender lobe; Lacinia'tion, 

 fission ; lacin'iate, lacinia'tus, 

 slashed, cut into narrow lobes; 

 lacin'iform {forma, shaped), fringe- 

 like (Crozier); Lacin'ule, (1) a dim- 

 inutive lacina or lobe; (2) the 

 incurved point of the petal in many 

 Umbelliferae ; lacin'ulate, lacin'u- 

 lose, linely laciniate, possessing 

 lacinulae. 



Lac'quer, a Japanese varnish; cf. Lac 

 and Laccase. 



Lac'rima (Lat., a tear), a diop of gum 

 or resin exuded from a tree ; also 

 s})elled Lach'ryma and Lach'rima ; 

 lac'rimiform, lacrimiform'is {forma, 

 shape), tcar-shaped; sometimes but 

 less correctly spelled lach^rymaeform, 

 etc. 



Lac'tase {lac, milk), Beijerink's name 

 for an enzyme which inverts sugar, 

 but is distinct from Invertase ; 

 Lac'teals, Lac'tifer {fero, I bear) ; 

 Lac'tents, Grew's nanies for lactici- 

 ferous ducts ; lactes'cent, lades'ceiis, 

 yielding milky juice ; lac'teus (Lat.), 

 milky, white as milk; lactic'olor 

 [color, colour), milk-white ; lacti- 

 f'erous, Grew's word for laticiferous ; 

 Lac'tose, milk-sugar ; the sweet 

 principle of milk, and stated to 



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