Loculous 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Lysi genie 



ities, as the pitb of poke, Phy- 

 tolacca decandra. 



L6CUL0US, see Locular. 

 LOCtJLtJS (pi. Loc'ull), the cell of 



an ovary, anther, or similar 



cavity. 



LOCtJS'TA, see Spikelet. 

 LODIC'ULA (pi. Lodic'ulse), see 



Lodicule. 

 LCD'ICULE, one of the small 

 scales at the base of the grain 

 between the stamens and palet 

 of many grasses. 

 LOMENT, a jointed or pluri- 

 locular legume formed by 

 spurious transverse dissepi- 

 ments, as in Desmodium. 

 Some loments are articulated 

 and separable at the septa or 

 pseudo-septa between the seeds. 

 LOMENTA'gEOtfS, bearing or re- 

 sembling a loment. 

 LOMEN'TUM, see Loment. 

 LdNGITU'DINAL SYS'TEM, an 

 obsolete term for fibrovascular 

 system. 

 LO'RATE, having the form of a 

 thong or strap ; ligulate; linear. 

 Compare Flabelliform. 

 LU'BRICOtJS, slippery. 

 LU'QlD, clear. Often used in the 



sense of Nitid. 

 LtJM BRICAL, about the shape of 

 an earth-worm. Compare Ver- 

 micular. 

 LfJ'MEN (pi. Lii'mina), the cavity 

 of a cell or filament, or any 

 part or spot which seems to 

 emit light. 

 LU'NAR, (1) pertaining to the 

 moon; (2) in the form of a 

 half -moon or crescent, as a 

 lunar spot upon a leaf; semi- 

 lunar; semilunate. Compare 

 Lunate. 

 LtJ'NATE, said of an organ hav- 

 ing the form of a half- moon or 

 crescent, or which is marked 



with one or more spots of that 

 form, as a lunate leaf. Com- 

 pare Lunar. 



LlJ'NATED, having lunar mark- 

 ings; lunate. 



LtJ'NIFdRM, half-moon or cres- 

 cent shaped; lunate. 



LtJ'NtJLATE, diminutive of Lu- 

 nate. 



LU'PUllNE, a yellow waxy pow- 

 der resembling pollen, upon 

 the scales of the hop, contain- 

 ing the active principle, which 

 is bitter, aromatic, and tonic. 



LtJPULl'NOUS, resembling a head 

 or cone of hops. 



LU'RID, dingy brown. 

 LtJTES'§ENT, yellowish. 



LtJ'TE'&S, bright orange yellow. 

 Compare Flavus. 



LYCOT'ROPAL, see Lycotro- 

 pous. 



LYcOTROPOTJS, said of an other- 

 wise orthotropous ovule which 

 is curved like a horseshoe. 



LYMPHATIC, clear, like water; 

 not clouded: said, for example, 

 of ordinary plant-hairs contain- 

 ing clear cell-fluid in distinc- 

 tion from those which are 

 glandular, in which the cell- 

 contents are usually granular 

 and turbid. 



LY'RATE, pinnatifid, with the 

 lobes decreasing in size to- 

 ward the base. 



LY'RATELY PIN'NATE, pinnate, 

 with the pinnae decreasing in 

 size toward the base of the leaf. 



LYRE-SHAPED, see Lyrate. 



LYSI(tEN4:T'IC, see Lysigenic. 

 LYSl(!iEN'IC, formed by the dis- 

 organization of cells; applied 

 to tbe formation of certain in- 

 tercellular spaces which origi- 

 nate by the breaking down of 



I contiguous cells; lysigenetic; 



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