Lip 



lobose 



lignified cells on the sporangia of 

 some annulate Ferns, distinct from 

 the anniiliis, wliich are the first 

 to separate on dehiscence ; cf. 

 Stomium. 



Lip'ase {\lTros, grease), a fat-splitting 

 enzyme occurring in oily seeds ; 

 Lipasei'din, the fat-splitting enzyme 

 of the cytoplasm in castor-oil seeds, 

 Eicimts; Lip'ochrome {xpSlipLa, colour), 

 the yellow pigment of flowers, so 

 nanwd by Hansen from its reseni- 

 blance to an animal pigment ; 

 Lipocy'anin i^Kvavos, blue), the blue 

 pigment of some plants ; Lip'oid 

 (eI5os, resemblance), applied to a 

 series of fatty bodies found in plants 

 in association Avith protoplasm ; e.g. 

 CiTOLiPOiD, TROPHOLiroiB, etc. ; 

 lipolytic (AutTis, a loosing), dis- 

 solving fats. 



lipox'enous {xdirw, I leave ; ^4vos, a 

 host), deserting its host ; Lipox'eny, 

 the desertion of a host-plant by a 

 parasite to complete its development 

 on reserve materials previoiisly ob- 

 tained from the host, as in the 

 falling away of Ergot, the sclerotium 

 of Cordyceps jniiyurea, Tul. 



lipped = LABIATE. 



Li'quor (Lat. a liquid) Am'nios (cf. 

 Amnios), a term borrowied from 

 zoology for the fluid "contained in 

 the sac within which the embryo is 

 engendered " (Lindley). 



Lirel'la (dim. of lira, a ridge), in 

 Lichens an oblong apothecium with 

 a furrow along its middle, as in 

 Ojyegrapha; lirellate, lireriine, lirel- 

 la-like ; lireriifonn, lirelliform' is 

 {forma, shape), shaped like a lirella. 



lisigenet'ic, = lysigenetic. 



List-quad'rat, an enumeration of the 

 plants found in a square space 

 (Clements). 



Lithobiblion {?d6o5, a stone ; $ifiKiov, 

 a paper or scroll) = Lithophyl ; 

 Lith'ocarp (Kapirhs, fruit), fossil 

 fruit ; Lith'ocyst {KvaTis, a bag or 

 pouch), a ciystal cell ; lithoph'ilus 

 (0i\ew, I love), rock-loving ; lithoph'- 

 ilous, saxicolous, dwelling on rocks ; 

 '^ Formation, a formation of aquatic 



plants fixed to stones or rocks, as 

 marine Algae ; Lith'opliyl {(pvWov, 

 a leaf), a fossil leaf or leaves; 

 Lithophy'ta, Lith'ophs^es (</)vtJ>v, 

 a plant), (1) plants which grow ou" 

 stones, but derive their nourishment 

 from the atmosphere, as saxicolous 

 Lichens ; (2) plants growing amongst 

 rocks ; Lithophyti^a, rock plant for- 

 mations (Clements) ; lithospenn'ous 

 (o-B-ef)/io, seed), having hard, stony 

 seeds; Lithox'yle {^vkov, wood), 

 fossil wood. 



Lit^mus, a violet colour dqfived from 

 t>everdl species of Lichens, such as 

 Eoccdla^ etc. 



lit'oral, litora'lis (Lat. pertaining to 

 th£ sea-shore), belonging to or grow- 

 ing on the sea-shore (A. Gray adds 

 "river banks," which strictly speak- 

 ing is " riparian ") ;. used by H. C. 

 Watson for plants of the sea-shore ; 

 frequently spelled \WtoTdkl,liUora'lis. 



Litorideser'ta (litoreiis, pertaining to 

 the sea-shore ; + Deserta), strand- 

 steppes, deseiis developed under the 

 influences of the sea, consisting 

 chiefly of halophytes and succulents. 



litua'tus * {litAius, a crooked staff), 

 forked, with the points turned a 

 little outward. 



litura'tus % [litura, a smearing), when 

 spots are formed by an abrasion of 

 the surface. 



li'vens, liv'id, li'vidiis (Lat.), pal« 

 lead colour. 



liv'er-coroured = hepaticous. 



Liv'erworta, Plepaticae. 



Lla''no8 (Span.), a special type of 

 savannah, forming va.*5t plains in 

 Venezuela, and characterized by 

 usual absence of trees. 



Lobe, Lo'biis (xo&hs, the lower part of 

 the ear), any division of an organ 

 or specially rounded division ; 

 Mid'dle'^ , a small conical or tongue- 

 shaped growth arising from between 

 the two side lobes of a Fern-pro- 

 thallus; lo'bate, loha'tus, divided 

 into or bearing lobes ; Lo'belet, a. 

 small lobe; Lob'iolua, a small IoIm 

 int« which some Lichen-thalli are 

 divided ; lobose', occasionally used 



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