256 EXPLANATION OF 



LA'BIATE, or Lipped ; applied to a corolla of an ir- 

 regular figure, which has some resemblance to a 

 mouth ; as in several flowers of the class Didynamia. 

 [Plate 16.] 



T Tone of the smaller leaves, in a leaf com- 



LEAFIT, or . ' 



T < posed of many : as in the Doar-Kose. 



LEAFLET ; J *_ J 



L [Plate 14.] 



LEAF-STALK ; the stalk which supports a leaf, but not 

 a flower. 



LEGU'MEN ; a seed-vessel, of two valves, in which the 

 seeds are fixed to one seam only : as in the common 

 Pea. [Wood-cut, page 194.] When the seeds are 

 attached, alternately, to opposite seams, the seed- 

 vessel is called a Pod. See POD. 



LEGU'MINOUS PLANTS ; those in which the seed-vessel 

 isalegumen. [Plate 19.] 



LID ; the cover of the capsule, in several of the Mosses. 

 [Plate 22.] 



LIPS ; the upper and under divisions of a Labiate or 

 Gaping blossom. [Plate 16.] 



M 



MONADEL'PHIA signifying one Brotherhood; the 

 name of the sixteenth class : all the filaments united, 

 in a tube which surrounds the pistil. [Plates 2. 

 and 18.] 



MONAN'DRIA : the name of the first class : one stamen 

 in each flower. [Plates 2. and 3.] 



MONOE'CIA ; (a single house or dwelling) the name 



