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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



The interior fibrous portion of 

 the bark, lying immediately upon 

 the alburnum. 



LI'CHEKTS. An order of cryptoga- 

 mous plants. They include va- 

 rious mosses. 



LID. In botany, the calyx which 

 falls off" from the flower in a sin- 

 gle piece. 



LIG'AMENT. fr. lat. ligare, to tie. A 

 name given to fibrous structures, 

 which serve to unite bones, and 

 form articulations. The external 

 substance by which the shells of 

 bivalves are united, and is, in 

 fact, the true hinge. The internal 

 part is called the cartilage. 



LIG'NKOUS. fr. lat. lignum, wood. 

 Woody ; of the nature of wood. 



LIG'NIN. Solid matter found in the 

 elongated cells of wood. 



LIGNIPE'RDOUS. fr. lat. lignum, 



wood; perdo,lo destroy. Applied 

 to insects which destroy wood. 



LIG'NITE. fr. lat. lignum, wood. A 

 kind of coal. 



LI'GULA. Lat. A thong, a strap. 

 A part of the lower lip of insects. 

 A peculiar membranous process, 

 at the top of the sheath in grasses, 

 between the sheath and the blade. 



LI'GULATE. Strap, or ribbon-like. 



LILIA'CK^ A family of plants. 



LILIA'CEOUS. Belonging or relating 

 to the lily. 



LI'MA. Lat. A file. Name of a 

 genus of bivalves. 



LIMA'CES Lat. plur. of limax. 



LI'MAX. Lat. A slug, a snail. 



LIMB. The spreading part or bor- 

 der of a leaf or petal. The mar- 

 gin of bivalve shells. 



Li M' BATE. Having a coloured, or 

 dilated surface. 



LIM'BUS. Lat. An edge. That 

 part of a petal which is above 

 the claw. 



LIMN#/A. fr. gr. limne, a pool. 

 Name of a genus of fresh-water 

 snails. (Jig. J8, p. 33, Book v). 



LI'MULUS. fr. lat. limus, mud. A 

 genus of crusta'ceans. 



LINE. A rope, or cord. The tenth 

 part of an inch. Line of bearing 

 Strike, (p. 185, Book viii). 



LI'NEAR. } Marked with lines. In 



LI'NEATE. 3 botany, when the two 

 sides are parallel. 



LINEAR-ENSATE. Long sword sha- 

 ped. 



LINEA'RIS. Lat. Linear; line-like. 



LiNiA'RiFo'Lius.-Lat. Linear-leafed. 



LIN'GUIFORM. 7 T, 



T , > longue-shaped. 



LlN GULATE. 3 



LIN'GULA. Lat. A little tongue. 

 Name of a genus of bivalves, (p. 

 89, Book v). 



LI'NGULJE. Lat. plur. of lingula. 



LI'NUM. Lat. Flax. 



LIP The upper or under side of 

 the mouth of a labiate flower. 

 The outer edge of the aperture 

 of univalves. 



LIPPED. Having a distinct lip. 



LIPS OF SHELLS. The two sides of 

 the aperture of spiral shells. The 

 inner lip joins, and folds over the 

 lower part of the columella. 



LITHO'GENOUS. fr. gr. lithos, a stone ; 

 genao, to form. Applied to po- 

 lyps which form coral. 



LITHOGRA'PHIC. fr. gr. lithos, stone ; 

 grapho, I write. Lithographic 

 stone. A slaty compact limestone, 

 used for the purposes of litho'- 

 graphy. (p. 65, Book viii). 



LITHO'DOMI. Lat. plur. of lithodo- 

 mus. 



LITHO'DOMUS. fr. gr. lithos, stone ; 

 demd, I build. Name of a genus 

 of bivalves, found in rocks and 

 stones, inhabiting cavities which 

 they form for that purpose. 



LI'THOFA'LCO. fr. gr. lithos, a stone, 

 and Lat. falco, a falcon. Specific 

 name of the merlin. 



LITHOTDAL. Having a stony struc- 

 ture. Resembling stone. 



LITHOLO'GICAL. A term denoting 

 the stony structure or character 

 of a mineral mass. 



LITHO'PHAGI. fr. gr. lithos, stone; 

 phago, I eat. Small worms found 

 in slate which give it a red colour. 



