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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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milky juice, and spread pretty far in the ground; flowers 

 tewnkmtmg on slender branching peduncles, sustaining irom 

 two to (bur flowers; corollas deep blue, or purple. Native 

 of Germany, Italy, and France. 



11. Lactuca Angustana. Leaves entire, tootued, sharply 

 hooked; the i.:iUnb smooth. Root annual, fusiform ; stern 

 the height of a man; flowers on short peduncles, and pani- 

 c-led ; florets commonly twelve ; seed dirty white. The whole 

 plant is very smooth and milky, wit!: -ml any virose smell. 

 It is found in sandy places, by tin- torrent that descends 

 from the Great St. D.-Tiiard, and iu the valley of Aost, be- 

 tween St. Pierre and Villanova. 



12. Lactuca Klongata. Leaves smooth underneath; lower 

 leaves runcinute, very entire, embracing the stem ; radical 

 leaves dentate d, those on the top of the plant lanceolate; 

 flowers eoryrabose, paniculate. It Arrows tVom three to six 

 feet high, and the Howi rs are small, and of a pale yellow 

 colour. Found in woods on road sides, in fertile soils, from 

 Carolina to Canada. 



13. Laetuea GraminHolia, Stalk ereet. simple ; pannicles 

 aphyllous, lax; branches rariflorous ; all the flowers pedun- 

 cula'te-d. -Found by Jiichaux in Lower Carolina. 



Ladies' Bcdstravi. See Galhim. 



Ladies Down: See Clematis. 



Ludica' .\lantlr. See AU-haniilri. 



Ladies' Slippi r. Si-e Ci' r rt;:r I'tiim. 



Ladies' Smoi-li. Sec Cardnmine. 



Lndii.'i Trur -. See Ophri/s. 



Lni'tia ; a genus of the class Polyandria, order Monogynia. 



GEM:KH: CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five-leaved; 



leaflets "oblong, concave, reflex, coloured, withering. Corolla: 



none, or else five petals. Stamina : filamenta numerous, 



capillary, rather shorter than the calix ; anthertc roundish. 



Pistil: mermen oblon?;, < >.i;.!ing in a filiform style, longer 



than the stamina; stiirma headed, depressed. Pericarp: 



berry globose, three-sided, furrowed with three lines, one- 



!. increased internally by a cartilaginous membrane. 



.- very many, nestling, cornered, coated with a pulpy 



aril. ESSI-.STIAL CHARACTER. Calix: five-leaved. Co- 



!<://:; : five-pet, illed, or none. Fruit: one-celled, three-cornered. 



with a pulpy aril. The species are, 



1. Lartia Apetala. i'lowers apetalous; calices five-leaved, 

 reflex ; leave oval, serrulate, smooth on both sides. This 

 i* -.in upright tree, about twenty feet in height, putting out 

 spreading branches from the very ground. Common pedun- 

 cles three-flowered, axillary, sustaining white flowers like 

 those of Hawthorn in appearance, size, and smell ; they 

 appear in April and May, and fruit in .August. Native of 

 Carthagena, in New Si. 



2. Lartia Completa. Flowers petaloid, complete. This is 

 a small branching tree, about nine feet hih. Common 

 peduncles axillarv, tom^nli.se; fruit reddish-yellow, often 

 obscurely triangular. N'-.iiive of Carthagena, flowering in 

 June, and fruitiiiG: in Au<rust and September. 



3. Laetia Guidonia. Flowers apetalous; peduncles one- 

 flowered, terminating ; leaves oblong, ncuminate, serrate, 

 pubescent. This tree grows to a considerable size, is esteem- 

 ed a fine timber wood, and much used in all sorts of build- 

 ings. The filamenta nf the flower are very numerous ; and 

 in the fruit the lines between the valves are of a beautiful 

 red colour, as well as the placenta. Native of Jamaica; 

 where it. is railed liodwood. 



4. Laetia Tbamii'a. Flowers npetalous ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, subdivided, axillary; leaves oblong, acute, sub- 

 crenat-?, shininc:. This shrub is found in the red hills above 

 the Angels, in Jamaica, but is not common. 



y^L. n. 66. 



f i, (.!< imn ; a genus of the class Icosandria, order 

 Monogynia. Gr.NEiuc V'IIAUACTI-.K. Culi.r: perianth one- 

 I'-afi-d, Mx-clefi, bell-shaped, rather acute, smooth, perma- 

 nent. Coivl'ri : petals six, ovate, obtuse, cusped, undulated, 

 contorted ; claws filiform, longer than the calix, inserted into 

 the receptacle. Stuwi.mt: iilumenta very many, filiform, 

 longer than the calix, inserted into the calix below the 

 germen, the six interior ones are twice the thickness of the 

 rest, and are longer than the petals; antheree oval, incum- 

 bent. Pistil: germcn subglobose; style filiform, length of 

 the longer stamina ; stigma simple. Pericarp: capsule sub- 

 globose, crowned with i-he style on its bluntish top, six- 

 furrowed, si \-celled, six-valved ; the dissepiments coalescing 

 with the Mil.uies. AVer/: several, ovate, awl-shaped at the 

 base, compressed, adhering to a central hexagonal pillar. 

 Ob^crrr. The number of parts sometimes varies. ESSEN- 

 TIAL CiiAUAC-iT.u. Cnli.v: six-cleft, hell-shaped. Petals: 

 six, curled. Stfmina : very many, the six outer thicker than 

 the rest, and longer than the petals. The species are, 



1. Lagerstroemia indiea. Leaves alternate, ovate; calices 

 iviked, even. The trunk of this tree is about a fathom high, 

 and smooth all over. Flowers in a decompound, trichoto- 

 mous, naked, spreading panicle at the ends of the twigs ; 

 corolla purple. Native of the Kast Indies, China, Cochin- 

 china, and Japan. 



2. Lagerstroemia Speciosa. Leaves alternate, ovate; 

 calices and leaves tomentose underneath. Native of China. 



3. Lagerstroemia Regime. Leaves opposite, oblong, smooth ; 

 calices grooved. Trunk erect; branches horizontal, spread- 

 ing ; flowers much larger and more beautiful than those of 

 the first species, colour in the morning that of a pale rose, 

 growing deeper through the day, and acquiring a purple 

 tinge; calix inferior, on the outside beautifully grooved into 

 trapezoid figures. Native of the East Indies, on many woody 

 mountains of the northern parts of the Circars, where it 

 grows to a tree of a middling size, flowering in the hot season, 

 and ripening seeds in August. It is very beautiful when in 

 flower, and well deserves a conspicuous place in our stoves. 



4. Lagerstroemia Parviflora. Leaves opposite, oblong, 

 smooth above, downy underneath ; calices grooved. Trunk 

 erect, with smooth ash-coloured bark ; branches numerous; 

 flowers small, white, less than the common Myrtle. This 

 small tree is a native of the Circar mountains ; it flowers 

 during the hot season, and the seeds are ripe in August and 

 September. The wood is used by the natives for various 

 (Economical purposes, but neither the beauty of the flower, 

 nor the appearance of the tree, recommend it for ornament 

 on a footing with the other species. 



l.ifi<ri-i<i ; a srenus of the class Pentandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GKNEIUC CHARACTER. Calix: involucre univer- 

 sal < i^ht-leaved; leaflets feather-toothed; ciliated, reflex, 

 containing the umbellule; involucre proper four-leaved; 

 leaflets hair-feathered, involving a single footstalk, shorter 

 than the leaflet itself; perianth proper five-leaved ; hair many- 

 cleft, superior. Corolla: petals five, two-horned, shorter 

 than the ealix. Stamina: filamenta five, capillary, length 

 of the corolla ; anthora roundish. Pistil: germen roundish, 

 below the receptacle of the perianth ; style length of the 

 stamina; stigmas two, the one truncated. Pericarj) : none. 

 solitary, ovate-oblong, crowned by the perianth. 

 Observe. The alternate seed is abortive. ESSENTIAL CHA- 

 RACTER. Involucre: both universal and partial, pinnatifid. 

 Perianth : of five leaves, in many capillary segments. Petals: 

 bifid. Seeds: solitary, inferior. -The only known species is, 



1. Lagci'cia Cumiuoides; Wild or Bastard Cumin. This 

 is an annual plant, about a foot high, with leaves resembling 

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