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afjain proliferous before they are detached. 

 Flowers very minute. Water. 



poly r rim' Zd, (water flax-seed, Ju. %■) 

 froiulH obovate rotuiidulate, com[)reP8ed ; 

 loots numerou!^, fascicled. Stagnant waters. 



LE0N"T1CE. 6—1. {Herberiiles.) 



/halic/roi'des, (poppoose root, false cohosh, 

 p-y. Ap. 24.-) leave.s bi-triternate ; leafets 2- 

 3-lobed ; flowers paniculate, from the cen- 

 tre of the leaves. 1 f. 



I,E0N"T0D0N. 17—1. (CichoracecE.) [From 



lean, a lion, odons, tooth, from the shape of 



its leaves.] 



tcira.r^'acnm, (dandelion, y. Ap. If.) outer 

 calyx reflexed ; scape 1-flowered ; leaves 

 runcinate, with toothed divisions. Introdu- 

 ced. 



piilus"tre, (mar.sh-dandelion, 2/.) leaves 

 .sinuate-toothed, somewhat glabrous ; outer 

 involucre scales short, erect, ovate. 



LEONU'RUS. 13—1. (Labialm.) [Txomleon, 

 a: lion, and oura, tail.] 



cardia'cn, (motherwort, w-r. Ju. 2/.) 

 leaves 3-lobed, toothed, ba.ses wedge-form ; 

 calyx prickly, less than the corolla. Natu- 

 ralized. 2-4 f. 



inarruhias"trum, (r. Au.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, toothed ; calyx somewhat prickly, as 

 long as the corolla. Naturalized. 2-4 f. 



LEP[D"IUM. 14—1. {Crucifcrce.) iVromlepis, 



a scale, f.'om its supposed virtue in cleansing 



the skin.] 



virgini'cum, (wild pepper-grass, w. J. 

 2^.) radical leaves pinnatifid ; cauline 

 leaves lance-linear ; flowers with 4 petals ; 

 stamens 2-4 : pouch orbicular, flat, emargin- 

 ate, shorter than the pedicel. Sandy flelds. 



campes"lre, (field pepper-grass.) cauline 

 'eaves sagittate. Hills. 



sativum, (pepper-grass, w. Ju. @.) leaves 

 oblong, many-cleft. 



rndcrdlc, flowers diandrous, apetalous ; 

 radical and cauline leaves plnnatifid or in- 

 ci.sed ; branch leaves linear very entire ; 

 eilicles broad-oval, emargiuate. spreading; 

 cotyledons incumbent. 



■mcnzie'.sia, flowers diandrous, apetalous ; 

 radical leaves bi-pinnatifid ; cauline and 

 branch-leaves many, pinnatifid, upper ones 

 linear, very entire. One variety wiih its 

 radical leaves hispid ; another, pubescent. 



monta'imm, [IJ.-) nearly glabrous, de- 

 cumbent; silicles elliptical, slightly emar- 

 ginate, wingless ; style conspicuous ; leaves 



f)innatifid, and bi-piunatifid ; segments ob- 

 ong; upper leaves <rifid or entire. Ore- 

 gon.^ 



caZifor^ 7iicnm, (0.) stem somewhat hir- 

 sutely pubescent, much branched ; silicles 

 nearly orbicular, emarginate, wingless; 

 flowers diandrous (petals 4) ; leaves nearly 

 glabrous, laciniately pinnatifid. California. 

 LEPTAN"U«A. 2-1. (ScrophuImicB.) 



virgiii'ica. (w. Ju. Aug. 24-) leaves ver- 

 ticillate, in fours or fives, lanceolate-serrate, 

 petiolcd. 3-4 f. Culver'sphysic. 

 LEP'TOPO'DA. 17—3. (CorymbiferiK.) 



Jimhriiild, (y. Ap. 2j!.) stem vl.scid pubes- 

 cent, striate; leaves alternate, lance linear, 

 oalf clasping, glabrous, punctate ; cauline 



ones gash toothed, chaff of the egret torn 

 2 f Florida. 



dccnr"ren;i, (y. Ap 1^.) stem very glab- 

 rous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, toothed, 

 glabrous, decurrent ; chafl" of the pappus 

 fimbriate. 12-18 i. S. 

 LEPU'ROPE'TALON. 5-3. {Saxifragcc.) 



spat"iiln't7tm,{w. Ap. 0.) glabrous ; stem 

 erect and procumbent, somewhat succulent, 

 sub-angled ; leaves alternate, sessile, lance- 

 spatulate, obtu.se, entire. 1-2 i. 

 LESPEDE'Za, 16—10. (Leguminosa.) [In 



honor of Lespedes.] 



poly iif.fi chia, (bu.sh clover, w. r. Aug. IX.) 

 stem erect, branched, very villose; leaves on 

 very short petioles; leafets round oval, ob- 

 tuse ; spikes oblong, axillary, pedunculate, 

 twice as long as the leaves ; corolla and 

 legume as long as the calyx; flowers in 

 dense racemes, on peduncles longer than 

 the leaves. 2 4 f. 



viola' cea, longer leaves and petioles than 

 the preceding, is more branching, and has 

 violet-colored flowers. 



procnrri'hens, slender and procumbent, 

 pubescent ; racemes sub umbellate ; flow- 

 ers in pairs, purple with yellow spots. 

 2 3 f. " 



cnpita'ta, leaves on veiy short petioles ; 

 spikes capitate, on short peduncles, con- 

 globate, terminal ; calyx villose, as long as 

 the corolla, legume much longer. Borders 

 of woods. Aug. 2-3 f. Flowers purple. 



angns"tifo'lia, (w-p. S. If •) leafets linear- 

 lanceolate, hoary, pubescent ; racemes cap- 

 itate, longer than the leaves; corolla longer 

 than the calyx ; stem erect. 3-5 f. 



siiivci, (p. S.) stem erect, simple, silky- 

 villose ; leafets oval ; racemes pedunculate, 

 scarcely longer than the leaves, loose , 

 lower loments naked, pubescent. 2-3 f. 



sessilijlo'ra, (bush-clover, p. Ju. 14..) .'^tem 

 erect, branching ; leafets oblong ; chisters 

 of flowers numerous, sessile ; pods acute, 

 scarcely covered by the minute calyx. 

 1-3 f. 



diver^'genn, (p. Ju. If.) diffuse, branched , 

 leafets oblong, obtuse, close-pres.sed. hairy 

 underneath ; racemes not as long as the 

 petioles ; flowers in pairs ; legumes ovate- 

 reticulate, smooth. Probably a variety of 

 the viola'cca. 1-2 f. 



re'pem, (p. Ju. Z/.) leaves ternate ; leafets 

 roundish .elliptical, emarginate ; racemes 

 axillary ; legume repand. 



proAtra'ta, (p. Au..Z/.) smooth, prostrate ; 

 leaves short petiolcd ; leafets obovate- 

 elliptic, obtuse ; racemes axillary and ter- 

 minal, sub-paniculate ; peduncles very 

 long; legumes oval, sub-pube.scent. 



longifo'lia, {2X-) erect,angled, pubesrent ; 

 petioles short ; leafets oblonir, glabrous 

 above, silk-silvery and clo.se- pressed under- 

 neath ; racemes lascicled-corymbed, many- 

 flowered, axillary and sub terminal ; leg- 

 ume shorter than the acuminate lobes of 

 the calyx. Louisiana. 



fnife.'i"ccns, (2/.) stem erect; IcLfets e' 

 liptical, obtuse, silky pubescent ; flowers in 

 sub-capitate fascicles, .shorter than the 

 leaves, conglomerate towards the summit 



