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Lanata (la-na-ta). L. adj., " woolly." Second hot. 



name. 



Lancasteriense (lan-cas-ter-i-en-se). L. for " of Lan- 

 caster," because the plant was first found in Isle 



of Walney, Lancashire. Second hot. name. 

 Lanceolatum (lan-se-o-la-tum). L. adj., " small-lanced 



shape "; from the shape of the leaf. Second bot. 



name. 

 Lancefolia (lan-se-fol-ia). L. " Lancea " (a lance); 



"folia" (leaves); from the shape of the leaf. 



Second bot. name. 

 Lappa (lap-pa). L. for " a bur." Second bot. name 



for Burdock. 

 Lappacea (lap-pa-se-a). 

 Lapponica (lap-pon-i-ka). 

 Lapponum (lap-po-num). All three from L. " lappa " 



(a bur); adj., with different shade of meaning 1 . 



Used as second bot. name. 

 Lantana (lan-ta-na). Italian name for the tree. Second 



bot. name Wayfaring tree. 

 Lapathifolium (lap-a-thi-fol-ium). L. " Lapathum " 



(the dock); "folium" (leaf),; i.e., dock-like leaf. 



Second bot. name. 

 Lapsana (lap-sa-na). G. name for some potable herb. 



A second bot. name. 

 Larch. Corruption of G. and L. name " Larix." One 



of Pine group. 

 Larkspur. Eng. name for Delphinium group ; from the 



' ' spur ' ' of the flower being long. 

 Lasiophyllum (las-i-o-fil-lum). G. " Lasios " (shaggy); 



" phyllum " (a leaf). A second bot. name. 

 Lastrea (las-tre-a). After De Lastre, a French botanist. 



Is a group name used by some botanists for Shield 



Fern. 



