LON 173 



1610. LATHYRUS. (A Greek name.) 



Exotic. 



Odora'ius, (sweet pea. J. ) peduncles 2-flowered j lendriJ with -ovate 

 oblong leafets ; legumes hirsute. 



91. LAURUS. 



Sas'^afras, (sassafras tree. O. y. M. 17) leaves entire and lobed on the 

 same plant ; flowers mostly dioecious. 10 25. f. 



131. LAVANDULA. (From Lavare, to wash.) 

 Exotic. 



Spi'ca, (lavender. Au. TJ.) leaves sessile, lance linear, with re volute 

 margins j spike interruptedly naked. 



171. LEONTODON. (From Leon, a lion, and odous, a tooth, in 

 allusion to its leaf.) 



Tarax'acum, (dandelion. O. y. Ap. 1J.) outer calyx reflexed ; scape 1- 

 flowered, leaves runcinate, with toothed divisions. Introduced. 



61. LILIUM. 



Philadel"phicum, (red lily. O. r. y. J. 1|.) leaves whorled, lance linear : 

 corolla erect, bell-form, spreading ; petals lanceolate, having claws. 

 13. f. 



Exotic. 



Can"didum, (white lily. w. J. 1|_) leaves lanceolate, scattered, tapering 



to the base ; corolla bell-form, glabrous within. 

 Bulb"iferum, (orange lily. y. J. 7|.) leaves scattered, 3-nerved ; corolla 



campanulate, erect, scabrous within. 



55. LINUM. 



Exotic. 



U$itatis''simun, (flax. b. Ju. <?)) leafets of the calyx, acute, 3-nerved'. 

 petals crenate ; leaves lanceolate, alternate ; stem sub-solitary. 



51. LOBELIA. (From Label, a botanist.) 



Cardina'lis, (cardinal flower. O. r. Ju. 7|_) erect, simple, pubescent 

 leaves lance-ovate, acuminate, denticulate; racemes somewhat one 

 sided, many flowered ; stamens longer than corollas. Damp. 1 2. f. 



Infla'ta, (wild Jobacco. O. b. Ju. <v)) erect, branching, very hirsute; 

 leaves ovate, serrate ; racemes leafy ; capsules inflated. 12 18. i. 



51. LONICERA. (From Lonicer, a botanist.) 



Sempervi'rens, (E. r. y. M. f?) spikes with distant, nakedish whorls; 

 corollas sub-equal; tube ventricose above; leavesVvate, and obovate, 

 glaucous beneath ; upper ones connate perfoliate. Leave* perennial. 



Exotic. 



Capri folium, (honeysuckle. T?) corollas ringent-like, terminal; sessile 

 leaves connate perfoliate at the top. 

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