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awnless, veiy unequal, largest one obtusely- 

 truncate, is. 



crista'ta, (Ju. 2^.) spike somewhat lax ; 

 spikelets diveru;iug, 3-4 llo^vered, somewhat 

 awned and wrinkled, eub-ciliate on the 

 keel. S. 

 KRAME'RIA. 4— 1. (Leg^tminosa.) [In honor 



of two German botanists, Kramer, father 



and son.] 



lanceolaHa, (y. ^.) hoary-pube.scent ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, villose ; pedicels 

 axillary, about twice as long as the leaves. 



KRI'GIA. 17—1. (Cichoracece.) 



virgini'ca, iiovvers small, orange-yellow ; 

 primary leaves roundish, entire, the rest ly- 

 rate, nearly smooth ; scape 1 -flowered. 

 Dwarf dandelion. 



amplexicau'lis, (y. Ju. IX-) glaucous ; 

 leaves of the root spatulate, lanceolate, 

 and oval, toothed ; scapes somewhat leafy 

 and branched. 



carolbi"ia'na. leaves runcinate, nearly 



flabrous; scapes very long, and with the 

 ase of the iuvolucrum glandularly hairy. 

 6-12 i. S. 



dandelion, (y. 2^.) glabrous, slightly glau- 

 cous; leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 smooth ; scape 1-flowered. 8-18 i. S. 



lyra'ta, (y. 2^.) very glabrous, stemless ; 

 leaves sub-lyrate, oblong, acute ; scape 

 1-flowered, naked ; divisions of the invo- 

 lucre Unear-acute. Arkansas. 

 KUH'NIA. 17—1. (Corymbifercs.) [Adam 



Kuhn.] 



ettpatorioi'des, (W. Au. 2^.) smooth; 

 leaves petioled, broad-lanceolate, serrate ; 

 corymbs terminal, few-flowered, crowded. 

 2-3 f. Shady woods. False boneset. 



crito'nia, pubescent; leaves narrower, 

 punctate and glandular beneath ; flowers 

 pale yellow. Mountains. 



glutino'sa, (w. S.) pubescent, glutinous ; 

 leaves lanceolate, tapering toward the sum- 

 mit, notched and toothed, crowded ; flowers 

 corymb-pauicled. 2 f. 



KYLLIN"GA. 3—1. (Cy per aide ce.) [From 



Kylling, a Danish botanist.] 



monoceph"ala, (false bog-rash, Oc. 2X-) 

 stem filiform, 3-angled ; head globose, ses- 

 sile; iuvolucrum 3-leaved, very long. 3-12 i. 



pu'mila, (dwarf kyllinga, J. 2^.) head 

 globose, sessile, solitary ; involucre short, 

 culm setaceous ; flowers diandrous. 3-6 i. <S. 



mad'ulata, (three-headed kyllinga, Ju. 

 2^.) glumes 3, unequal, imbricate ; heads 

 generally 3, ovate, sub-acute, sessile. 3-5 f. 



LACTU'CA. 17—1. (Ciclioracca.) [From lac, 

 milk, on account of the juice from the stalk.] 

 donga! la, (wild lettuce, y. Ju. ^ . or ^ .) 

 leaves smooth, lower ones runcinate, am- 

 plexicaul, upper ones lanceolate, sessile; 

 flowers pauicled. 4G i. 



sati'va, (lettuce, y. Ju. 0.) leaves round- 

 ish, cauline ones cordate ; stem corymbed. 

 Var. roma'na, has oblong, straight leaves, 

 narrowed at the base. Var.ms"pa,has sin- 

 uate-crenate leaves, toothed, undulated, 

 crisped, radical ones hairj' on the keel. Var. 

 lacinia'ta, has the lower leaves pinnatifid, 

 and tlie upper ones runcinate. Ex. 



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Mrsu'la, (y. p. 2^.) lower part of the stem 

 and leaves hairy ; radical leaves lyrate ; 

 segments truncate, sub-dontate, upper ones 

 pai-tly runcinate, pinnatifid ; flowers in ra- 

 cemes. 



integrif<yiia, (y. Ju. $ .) leaves sa.gittate, 

 entire, unarmed, and clasping ; flowers pan- 

 icled. 3-4 f. 



sanguin"ea, (wood-lettuce, r. Au. $ .) 

 leaves amplexicaul, runcinate, glaucous be- 

 neath, with the midrib filamentous ; flowers 

 paniclcd. 2-3 f. 



graminifo'lia, (p. Ju.) leaves unarmc-d, 

 generally undivided, simple at the base, 

 long-linear ; panicle leafless, loose, branched, 

 few-flowered ; stem erect, simple, flowera 

 all peduncled. 3 f. S. 



sagittifo'lia, (y. r. Au.) stem erect, gla- 

 brous ; leaves lance-oblong, acute, entire, 

 glabrous, pale beneath, close-sessile, sagit- 

 tate at the base ; flowers panicled. S. 

 LAMIUM. 13-1. (Laviatcr..) [From La- 



viium, a mountain of Ionia, where it grew.] 



amplcxicnu'le, (ilead-nettle, r. Nov. ^.) 

 floral leaves broadly cordate, sessile, am- 

 plexicaul, crenate, radical leaves petioled. 

 6-10 i. 



purpu'reum, (p. %.) leaves cordate, cre- 

 nate-serrate, petiolate, upper ones crowded ; 

 stem nakedish downwards. 4-8 i. 



garga'nicum, (dead-nettle, 2^.) leaves 

 cordate, concave ; throat of the corolla in- 

 flated ; tube short. Ex. 



hispidu'lnm, (w.) leaves long-petioled, 

 broad-cordate, pubescent ; axils 1-flowered ; 

 stem hispid. S. 

 LANTA'NA.13-2. {Pcdiculares.) 



cavm'ra, (y. Au. >>.) leaves oppositev 

 lance-ovate, crenate and seirate, scabrous , 

 stem rough, not prickly ; flowers in umbel- 

 late heads, leafless. 2-4 f. S. Hot-house 

 plants, nearly aflied to the verbenas. 



LATIIY'RUS. 16—10. {Lcguminosa:.) [From 



lathuros, leguminous.] 



odora'lus, (sweet pea, J. 0.) peduncles 

 2-flowered; tendril with ovate oblong le^f 

 ets; legumes hirsute. Ex. 



lafifo'Uus, (everlasting-pea, Au. 11 ) ped- 

 uncles many flowered; tendril with 2 

 lance-ovate leaves ; membranaceous be- 

 tween joints. Ex. 



palus'trift, (w-p. Ju. 11. ) stem smooth, 

 winged, weak; leafets in 3 pairs, oblong, 

 mucronate ; stipules acute, semi-sagittate; 

 peduncles 3-5 flowered, a little longer than 

 the leaves; legume compressed. Low 

 grounds. 



myrtifo'liux, flowers smaller than the pre- 

 ceding, purple and rose-colored ; leafots 4, 

 reticulate, scabrous on tho margin ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves, 3-4-flowered. 

 Salt marshes. 



veno'sus, numerous leafets, veiny ; ped- 

 uncles shorter than the leaves, 4-5-tiower- 

 ed. 



mnriti'mus, (beach pea, p. Ju. If.) stem 

 compressed, 4-angled ; stipules sagittate ; 

 leafets numerous, eub-alternate, obovate; 

 peduncles shorter than tho leaves, about 7- 

 tiowered. 



sati'vus, (chick vetch, ^.) pcdiii.cles I- 



