394 LAURUS, LINN.EA. 



latifo'lius (everlasting pea. Au. 4), peduncles many flowered ; tendril with 2 

 lance-ovate leaves ; membranaceous between joints. 

 91. LAURUS. 12. 27. 



ben"zain (spice bush, fever bush. O. g. y. Ap. >), leaves wedge-obovate, whi- 

 tish sub-pubescent beneath ; flowers in clustered umbels ; buds and pedicels 

 glabrous. 410 f 



sas"safras (sassafras tree. O. y. M. * ), leaves entire and lobed on the same 

 plant ; flowers mostly dioecious. 10 25 f. 



Exotic. 



campkora'tus (camphor tree. > ), leaves about 3 nerved, lance-ovate ; panicle 

 spreading. From Japan. 



131. LAVANDULA. 42. 39. 



Exotic. 



spi'ca (lavender. Au. 4), leaves sessile, lance-linear, with rcvolute margins ; 

 spike interruptedly naked. 



32. LEERSIA. 4. 10. 



virgin"ica (white-grass. Ju. y. 4), panicle simple ; the lower branches diffuse ; 

 flowers oppressed, monandrous, sparingly ciliate on the keel. 2 4 ft. <S. 



101. LEIOPHYLLUM. 18 50. 



buxifo'lium (sand myrtle. E. w. > ), leaves small, lance-oval, entire, glabrous, 

 lucid, re volute at the margin ; corymbs terminal 618 i. 



171. LEONTODON. 49. 53. 



tarax'acum (dandelion. O. y. Ap. 4), outer calyx reflexed ; acape 1 flowered, 

 leaves runcinate, with toothed divisions. Introduced. 

 131. LEONURUS. 42.39. 



Exotic. 



cardi'aca (raotherwort. w-r. Ju. 4), leaves 3 lobed, toothed, bases wedge form ; 

 calyx prickly, less than the corolla. Naturalized. 24 f. 

 141. LEPIDIUM. 39.63. 



Exotic, 

 suli'vum (peppergraas. w. Ju. ), leaves oblong, many cleft. 



21. LEPTANDRA. 40.40. 



virgin"ica (O. w. Ju. -Aug. 4), leaves* verticillate, in fours or fives, lanceo- 

 late, serrate, petioled. 3 4 f. S. 



21. LIGUSTRUM. 44. 37. 



vvlea're (prim. E. w. J. * ), leaves lanceolate, acutish ; panicle compact 

 Perhaps introduced. 



61. LILIUM. 10. 14. 

 philadd"phicum (red lily. O. r. y. J. 4), leaves whorled, lance linear ; corolla 



erect, bell form, spreading ; petals lanceolate, having claws. 1 3 f. 

 cahaden"se (nodding lily. O. y. r. Ju. 4), leaves remotely whorled, lanceolate ; 

 peduncles terminal, elongated, mostly in threes ; corolla nodding ; petals 

 spreading. 23 f. 



supfr"bum (superb lily. E. y. p. Ju. 4), leaves lance linear, 3 nerved, glabrous ; 

 lower ones whorled ; upper ones scattered ; flowers in a pyramid-raceme', re- 

 curved ; petals revolute. 3 6 f. 



Exotic. 

 can"didum (white lily. w. J. 4), leaves lanceolate, scattered, tapering to the 



base ; corolla bell form, glabrous within. 



bulb"iferum (orange lily. y. J. 4), leaves scattered, 3 nerved ; corolla campanu- 

 late, erect, scabrous within. 



21. LINDERNIA. 40. 40. 



attenua'ta (false hedge hyssop, w-p. Ju. ), , leaves lanceolate and obovate, nar- 

 rowed at the base ; peduncle shorter than the leaves, erect. S. 



41. LINN^EA. 48. 58. 



borea'lis (twin-flower. O. w.r. J. 4), stem prostrate ; branches erect, each bear- 

 ing 2 flowers ; leaves roundish, crenate. Woods. 



