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14 1. LUNARIA. (Prom Luna, the moon.) 

 Exotic. 



Ridwi'va, (satin flower, b-p. 7|.) leaves with mucronate teeth ; silicics 

 tapering to both ends. Flowers odorous. 



1610. LUPINUS. (A Latin name.) 



Pcren"nis, (wild lupine. O. b. M. M stem and leaves smoothisa; 

 leaves digitate, with about 8 to 10 leafets, which are oblanceplaie, 

 obtusish : calyxes alternate, not appendaged; banner emarginat% 

 keel entire. 1218. i. 



4r 1. LYCIUM. (From Lycia, a country of Asia.) 

 Exotic. 



Barba"rum, (matrimony vine. J. r. y. \i) stem angled ; branches erw , 

 leaves lanceolate, tapering to both ends ; calyx mostly 3-cleft. 



5 1. LYSIMACHIA. (From Lysimachus, an ancient king.) 



ftric"ta, (loose strife. O. y. Ju. 7J.) raceme terminal, very long, lax ; 

 leaves opposite, lanceolate, sessile ; petals lanceolate, spreading. 

 12. f. 



1513. MALVA. 



Rotundifo'lia, (low-mallows. O. r. w. J. 7L) leaves heart-orbicular, ob- 

 soletely 5-lobed ; peduncles bearing the fruit declined ; stem pros- 

 trate. Very common. 



Exotic. 



Sylves"tris, (mallows, r-b. I. <^ and 7J.) stem erect; leaves about 7- 

 lobed, acutish ; peduncles and petioles hairy. 



131. MENTHA. 

 Exotic. 



Piperi'ta, (peppermint, p. Au. Tj.) spike& obtuse, interrupted below; 

 leaves sub-ovate, somewhat glabrous, petioled ; stem glabrous at 

 the base. Naturalized. I 2. f. 



Viri'dis, (spear mint. p. Au.) leaves lanceolate, sessile; spikes elonga- 

 ted, interrupted ; stamens long. 1 2. f. 



51. MIRABILIS. (In Latin, admirable.) 

 Exotic. 



Jal"apa, (four o'clot*. r. y. Ju. Tj.) flowers heaped, pedunclea; 

 glabrous. 



2 1. MONARDA. (From Monardes', a Spanish physician.) 



Kd"yma, (mountain mint. O. r. J. Tj.) leaves ovate, acuminate, sub- 

 cor'date, somewhat hairy ; flowers in simple or proliferous heads v 

 outer bracts large, coloured, lanceolate. Var. angustifolia, leaves 

 tance-ovate, acuminate, pubescent; stern pubescent. 1824 i 



