lanuginous 



LaurilignoBa 



Avith lanu'go (Lat.), woollineaa; long 

 and interwoven liairs. 

 lapid'eus (Lat., stony), lapillo'sus, 

 stony, as tlie seeds of " stone 

 fruits " ; lap'idose, lapido'sus, grow- 

 ing amongst stones. 

 lappa'ceous, lappa'ceus (Lat.), bur-like, 



hamate. 

 lar'val {larva, a mask), (1) ajiplied to 

 the resting stage, as the sclerotium 

 of ergot; (2) the early form of certain 

 Conifers, wiiosc perfect and adult 

 form is very different ; larva'tus 

 (Lat.) personate. 

 lagian'thus (Atio-tos, shaggy ; av6o^, a 

 liower), woolly-flowered ; lasiocar'- 

 pous [Kaptrhs, fruit), pubescent- 

 fruited, 

 latebro'sus (Lat., full of lurking 



places), hidden. 

 La'teney {lateiis, hidden) of characters, 

 applied to those which are not observ- 

 able until brought out in the hvbiid 

 generation by crossing ; la'tent, dor- 

 mant ; '-' Bud, an adventitious bud ; 

 ■--' Fac'tors allelomorphs by them- 

 selves invisible, yet when combined 

 in ci oss-breeding with certain others, 

 produce the appearance of new 

 characters; — Pe'riod, (1) resting- 

 stage ; (2) the time required to take 

 up any stimulus, and respond to it 

 (Macdougal). 

 Lat'era, pi. of Lat'us (Lat., a side), 

 the sides ; lat'eral, latera'lls, fixed 

 on or near the side of an organ ; ~ 

 Bud, adventitious bud ; ~ Dehis'- 

 cence, bursting or o[iening at ihe 

 side ; ~ Nucle'olus, ~ Ku'clous, cf. 

 Paranucleus; ^ Plane, the ver- 

 tical plane at right aiiglcs to the 

 antero-posterior plane, as of a flower; 

 '~ View of a Diatom frustule, when 

 the valves are seen in front view, the 

 girdle being then in side view ; 

 Iateral-geot'ropi8m(-f Geotkopism), 

 the movement of climbing plants 

 laterally to a support, neither posi- 

 tive nor negative geotroi)isni (Stras- 

 •burger); Lateral'ity, used by Sachs 

 for Symmetry, both radial and 

 dorsi ventral, 

 lateric'ious or laterifious, lateric'iu?. 



lattrrWius (Lat., made of bricks), 

 brick-red. 

 laterifo'lious {lat us, lateris, a side ; 

 folium, a leaf), growing on the side 

 of a leaf at the base ; lateriner'vis, 

 lateriner'viua (nerviis, a nerve), 

 straight-veined, as m grasses ; lateri- 

 stip'ulus t ( -f- Stipula), having 

 stipules growing on its sides, 

 La'tex (Lat., juice), (1) the milky 

 juice of such plants as spurge or 

 lettuce ; (2) the moisture of the 

 stigma; (3) the gelatinous matter 

 surrounding the spores in some 

 Fungi ; --' Cells, laticiferous coeno- 

 cytcs ; ~ Gran'ules, starch or other 

 granules floating in the latex ; '~ 

 Hairs, hairs continuous with latex- 

 tubes, easily breaking and then 

 liberating drops of latex ; '-' Sacs, 

 specialized cells, containing latex; '- 

 Tubei, laticiferous vessels; <- Vess'els, 

 anastomosing vessels derived from the 

 original septa becoming absorbed. 

 laticiferous {latex, laticis, juice ; fern, 

 I bear), latex-bearing ; -^ Cells, 

 structures which are not cell-fusions ; 

 '-' Coe^nocytes, branched cells or 

 vessels like cells containing latex ; 

 -^ Tis'sue, the system of cells or 

 vessels; '- Ves'sels, the tubes or 

 similar structures which have milky 

 juice, usually branched syncytes, 

 the walls between adjacent cells 

 being absorbed ; Latic'ifers, latici- 

 ferous cells or vessels. 

 latifo'liate, latifo'lious, latifo'lhis 



(Lat.), broad -leaved. 

 latisep'ial {latus, broad ; st-pium a 

 hedge), applied to those Crucifers 

 which have broad septa in their 

 silicles as Honesty, Lunarin, annua, 

 Linn. ; latisep'taie, latisep'tus, with 

 broad partitions. 

 lat'ticed, cross-barred ; ~ Cell = 



SlI'.VE-TUBE. 



Laur'ad {\avpa, a drain ; + AD), a 

 drain plant ; Lauri'um, "'sewer form- 

 ation " ; lauroph'ilus {(piXeoo, I love), 

 " sower-dwelling " ; laurophy'ta 

 {(pvTov, a plant), "sewer plants" 

 (Clements). 



Lauriligno'aa {laurus, laurel ; liyaoms, 



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