Limb 



A DICTIONARY 



Loculose 



LIMB, the expanded portion of a 

 petal or sepal. Compare Blade 

 and Border. 



LLM'BATE, see Bordered. 



LIM'BtJS, border, blade, or limb. 

 (Obs.) 



LLM'tTING CELL, see Hetero- 

 cyst. 



LINE, one twelfth of an inch. 



LINEAR, very narrow, with the 

 margins parallel or nearly so. 



LLN'EATE, marked with fine par- 

 allel lines, especially of color. 

 Compare Striate and Acicu- 

 lated. 



LiN'EOLATE, diminutive of Lin- 

 eate. 



LLN'GUiEFdRM, see Tongue- 

 shaped. 



LIN'GTJIFdRM, see Tongue- 

 shaped. 



LiN'GULATE, see Tongue- 

 shaped. 



LI'NlNE, a term proposed by 

 Schwarz and adopted by Stras- 

 burger (1888) for the substance 

 of the hyaloplasmic filaments 

 of the nucleus in a state of 

 repose. 



LINNH'AN SYS TEM, the system 

 of classification devised by 

 Linnaeus, founded upon the 

 number and arrangement of 

 the stamens and pistils; sexual 

 system. 



LIP, (1) one of the divisions 

 (especially the lower) of a la- 

 biate calyx or corolla; (2) the 

 labellum in orchids. 



LIPOX'ENOtJS, said of a parasite 

 which leaves its host and com- 

 pletes its development inde- 

 pendently at the expense of 

 the reserve material appro- 

 priated from the host. (De 

 Bary.) Compare Metoscious. 



LIPPED, see Labiate. Applied 

 in pomology to the cavity of 



an apple when a broad pro- 

 jection of the flesh protrudes 

 against the stem. Compare 

 Folded. 



LIREL'LA (pi. Lirel'lae), a linear 

 sessile apothecium in lichens. 



LlTHdPH'ILOtJS, see Saxico- 



LOUS. 



LITH'OCARP, see Carpolite. 



LlTH'OCYST, a cell containing a 

 cystolith. 



LlTHOSPER'MOUS, having very 

 hard seeds. 



LITTORAL, growing upon 

 shores, especially upon the 

 sea-shore between tide-marks. 

 Compare Marine. 



LIVID, lead-color; bluish brown 

 or gray. 



LO'BATE, lobed; said of a leaf 

 the margin of which is divided 

 about to the middle into round- 

 ed parts with broad sinuses. 



LOBE, a rounded portion of a 

 leaf or petal; any division of a 

 leaf larger than a tooth which 

 is not a leaflet. 



LOBED, see Lobate. 



LOB'ULATE, having small lobes. 



LOB'tTLE, a small lobe. 



LOCEL'LATE, having small or 

 secondary cavities (locelli). 



LOCEL'LtJS (pi. Ldsel'll), diminu- 

 tive of Loculus; a little cavity. 

 Used by some in the sense of 

 Loculus for a compartment in 

 an ovary or anther. 



L6CULAMENT, see Loculus. 



LOC TJLAR, having a cavity or 

 cavities; loculose. 



LdCULlCl'DAL, dehiscent 

 throughout the middle of 

 the back of each cell at a 

 dorsal suture. Compare Sep- 



TICIDAL. 



L6CUL0SE, locular; cellular; es- 

 pecially, having numerous cav- 



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