Lsototype 



Lepiota 



Lec'totype {\eKrhs, chosen ; riiros, a 

 type), a specimen of the original 

 series, chosen after the original 

 description to be the type. 



Le'cus (A€xos, a bed) = Corm, 



leek-green, vivid green, prasinous. 



left, sinistrorse ; see Appendix C. 



legit'imate {legitimits, allowed by law) 

 Fertiliz'ation, in dimorphic or tri- 

 morphic plants, fertilization by its 

 own -form pollen, as sltort-styled 

 flowers by pollen from otlier short- 

 stamened flowers, etc. (Darwin).' 



Leg'ume, Legu'nicn (Lat., pulse), the 

 seed-vessel of Legnminosae, one- 

 celled and two-valved, bnt various 

 in form ; Legu'min, an albuminoid 

 from pulse, vegetable casein ; legu'- 

 minous, legiimina'ris, (1) pertaining 

 to a legume ; or (2) to the order 

 Legnminosae. 



Leimonap'ophyte (Xe/^iv, a meadow; + 

 Apophyte), a plant introduced into 

 grassland. 



leiodermar'ian, resembling Lei6(hr- 

 innria in external markings (Scott). 



Lem'ma {Ke/nfjia, a husk), the palea or 

 flowering glume of a grass ; ster'ile 

 '~, the third glume. 



Lemne'tum, an association of Lemna, 

 duckweed. 



lem'on-col''our€d, pale, pure yellow, 

 citreus. 



len'diger {lens, hndis, a nit), liaving 

 the appearance of small insects, as the 

 panicle of Gastridiuni levdigrrum, 

 Gaud. 



Lens (Lat., a lentil; gen., lentis), the 

 contracted tissue of the free portion 

 of the nucellus frequently attached 

 to the base of the lagenostome (F. 

 AV. Oliver); '^ Cells, cells of the 

 integimient capable of focussing 

 light and otlier rays ; -^ shaped, 

 lentil-like, doubly convex, len- 

 ticular ; conden'sing '^ or Len'ses, 

 epidermal papillae causing photo- 

 synthetic activity (Haberlandt). 



Len'ticel, LenticrTla (Jens, Jcntis, a 

 lentil), lenticular corky spots on 

 yoimg bark, corresponding to epi- 

 dermal stoniata ; syn. Lent'icelle 

 (Crozier") ; lenticella'tus(MoLl. Lat.), 



having lenticels ; Lentic'ulae, "the 

 spore-cases of certain Fungals " 

 (Lindley) ; lentic'ular, hnticula'ris, 

 lentiform'is (/(9rtn«, * shape), like a 

 doubly convex lens ; len'tiform 

 (forma, shape), doubly convex, 

 shaped like a lentil-seed. 



lentig'inose, lentig'inous, lentigino' sxis 

 (Lat., fall of freckles, minutely 

 dotted as though freckled. 



leochro'mus (Aewv, a lion ; XP'^/"". 

 colour), tawny, the colour of a lion's 

 hide ; leoni'nus (Lat., pertaining 

 to a lion), something of the samii 

 tint. 



Lep'al, Lcp'alum (Mod. Latin, from 

 AcTrij, a scale), a nectary originat- 

 ing in a bari'en transformed stamen 

 (J. S. Henslow). 



Lepan'tMum (Afttis, a scale ; 6.vQos, a 

 flower), *'a petal which contains a 

 nectary" (Crozier) ; Lepic'ena (k€i/J)s, 

 empty), the glume in gi-asses, by 

 Richard used for the lower pair 

 of glumes; Lep'ides, pi., scales, 

 usually attached by their centre. 



lepidoden'droid (elSos, resemblance), 

 like the fossil genus Lepidodendron, 

 a carboniferous Lycopod. 



lep'idoid (Acttis, a scale ; elSos, resem- 

 blance), as though scaly, applied 

 to leaves, as in Thuya ; lepidophyl- 

 I'ous {(pvKXov, a leaf), has the same 

 meaning ; Lep'idophyte, Lepido- 

 phy'tae {<pvThu,^ plant), L. "Ward's 

 term for Lepidodendroid fossil 

 plants. 



lepidopt'erid, used of flowers adapted 

 for lepidopterous pollination ; Lepi- 

 dopteroph'ilae (Lepidopteron, ^jAcw, 

 I love), applied to plants which are 

 fertilized V)y lepidopterous insects. 



Lepidosper'mae (Aetrls, a scale ; cnrc/j/xa, 

 seed), applied to seed-bearing Lyco- 

 pods (Ward). 



lepidos'troboid, recalling the fossil 

 genus Lepidosfrohis in form or 

 making. 



lep'idote, lepido'tns {Ketri^uTos, scaly), 

 beset with small scurfy scales. 



Lepio'ta (ActtIs, a scale ; otjs, wrhs, an 

 ear), "the annulus of certain F\in- 

 gals" (Lindley); but Lfpioia is a 



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