68 DICTIONARY OF 
the limb; the lower slender part included within the cup 
is called the claw. Pl.4. f.11. (6.0. bb.) £. 12. (a. 4.4.0.) 
Limser (flaccidus). FruitsraLx, bending with the weight of 
its own flowers. baci 
Limsuvs, limb. ’ 9} tasziTiTad 
Live (linea) the breadth of the white part at the root of the 
middle ‘finger nail; about the tenth of an inch; see 
Measure. yeaa bits 
Lrvezar, strap-shaped. ; oS eee 
Lin EaRI-CUNEIFORME, strap-wedge-shaped. t see! spear- 
LINEARI-LANCEOLATUM, strap-spear-shaped. egg-shaped, 
LinEARI-SU BULATUM, strap-awl-shaped. ee 
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Lin £atvus, streaked. 
_ LinGutrorme, or lingulatum; tongue-shaped,: 
Lip (labium) the upper or under division of a gaping blofsom. 
The Deadnettle and the greater part of the plants in the 
_ Clafs Didynamia furnish examples. See the introduction 
to that clafs. See also pl. 4. f. 8. f. 9. and £10, - 
Lirrze Favurr-starx. (pedicellus) the little foot-stalk that 
‘Supports an individual flower, when ‘there are several 
flowers upon one common fruit-stalk. PI. 6, f. 7. (a. a. @, 
.- @. aa.) ie tips 3 
Lozep (lobatus) divided nearly half way down, into’lobes — 
which are convex at the bdins elbedintent from each 
sont — the leaves of Ladies-Mantle and Water-Elder. 
Losers (lobum) the divisions of a Jobed leaf;‘ see LOBED. : 
Lobes are rounded at the edges, and stand: distant from 
each other. The leaves of the Hop, Anemone, Hepatict, — 
and Sycamore, furnish examples. » Ph, 7, FAPLE ID, 
Setone nein cell. ie alt oak dguot eyeut eRe 
Lone (longus) a cup is said to be when it is equal in 
lengthtolthé tube eftke bliin te : 
Loprep (truncatus) appearing as if cut off with a pair of sci 
sors: the leaves of the Great Bindweed are lopped at the 
— a Sees of the Periwinkle are lopped ‘at the end. 
Luctpum, transparent. — L909 2 (eruluoteaa) oii ae 
odecennem MP Cectcdit hapeds See? Be i296 se 
Lunvuxarum, § “shaped. phase 2330 oe 
LYRATUS, see ch begedaueie our sc oe a 
Lyre-su aren (lyra s)as the leaves of Herb Bennet,or P1.8.£.62- 
Maxx (masculi) FLowsrs, are such: as contain one or more 
Stamens, but no Pistils ; see barren. ud) Bs Oe 
Manrcescens, shrivelling, 
Marcinatws, bordered... es 
Mascu ct, male (flowers,) . weg 
Matrep (cespitosus) thickly interwoven together, as the fibres 
in turf-bogs. Sometimes also, it signifies many stems 
rising from the same root. 
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