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to have been given by him to some sort of Campanula, 

 but we have no certain knowledge about it. 



Jun'cus, Plin}^ L. for a rush; from the Yevh jungo, to join, 

 or bind, because of their use for tying. 



Junip'erus, Pliny. L. for Juniper. 



Knap'pia, Smith. Named in honour of J. L. Knapp, an 

 English botanist, and author of a work on the British 

 Grasses : he died in 1845. 



Knaut'ia, Linneus. Named in honour of Christian Knaut, 

 a botanist of Saxony, who flourished in the latter 

 half of the seventeenth century, and died in 1716. 



Kobee'sia. Named in honour of M. de Kobres, of Augs- 

 burg, a patron of Botany. 



Koele'eia. Named in honour of George Louis Koeler, 

 author of a work on German and French Grasses, 

 who died in 1807. 



Ko'niga, Brown. " Name revived by Mr. Brown, from the 

 Konig of Adanson, and altered by him to Koniga, 

 in order to commemorate the important services 

 rendered to Botany by Mr. Konig, of the British 

 Museum." — Hooker and Arnott. 



Lactu'ca, Pliny. From L., lac, milk; because of the milky 



juice which flows from the broken stems of many of 



the species. 

 Lagu'rus, Linneus. G., lag, hare, and our, tail; Hare's- 



tail Grass. 

 La'mium, Pliny. G., laimos, throat; on account of the 



throat-like corolla. 

 Lapsa'na, Dioscorides. G., laimzo, purge ; by reason of its 



medicinal property. 

 Lastee'a, Presl. " The name of the genus in its original 



form (Lastrsea) was given by Bory de St. Vincent, in 



honour of M. Delastre, of Chatellerant, a zealous 



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