A PPENBIX II 



organ. In grasses, the membranous appendage at the month 

 of the sheath. 



Ligulate, strap-shaped. 



Limb, the expanded part of a corolla, petal, utc. in con- 

 tra-distinction to the tube or claw. 



Lobed, cnt less than half-way down into mo;'"! or less 

 ronnded segments. 



-locellate, nsed in composition to indicate the number of 

 locelli or cells in an anther, especially before the fusion 

 which often takes place on dehiscence. 



-locnlar, nsed in composition to indicate the number, etc., 

 of cells or compartments in an ovary or fruit, or in a ripe 

 anther just before dehiscence. 



Loculicidal, a mode of dehiscence in which rupture takes 

 place through the middle of the outer wall of each loculus. 

 Cp. septicidal. 



Loculus, a compartment of an ovary or of an anther. 



Lodicule, small scales, usually much swollen at the time 

 of flowering, occurrirg in the flowers of many, grasses and by 

 some supposed to represent the inner whorl of a rudimentary 

 perianth. 



Lyrate, with a very large terminal lobe compared with 

 the smaller and narrower lateral lobes. 



Macrosporangium, a sporangium which contains one or 

 more macrospmes. In the Gymnosperms and Angiosperms 

 the macrosporangium is represented by the nucellus of the 

 ovule. 



Macrospore, & relatively large asexually produced female 

 spore, represented in the Angiosperms and Gymnosperms by 

 the embryo-sac. 



Male flower, a flower which bears fertile stamens but not 

 fertile carpels. An abortive pistil may be present in a male 

 flower or not. 



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