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Legume, a simple pod which dehisces in two pieces, like that of tlie Pea, 122, 



Leguminous, belonging to legumes, or to the Leguminous Family. 



Lenticular, lens-shaped ; i. e. Huttisli and convex on both sides 



L'lppaccous, bur-like. 



Lasio, Greek for woolly or hairy, as Ltisianlliu.^, woolly-flowered. 



Lateritious, brick-colored. 



I^aticiferous, containing latex, LIS. 



Lotus, Latin for broad, as LatiJ'oUus, broad-leaved. 



Leaf-scar, Leafstalk, petiole. 



Ltnticels, lenticular dots on young bark. 



Leniifjinose, as if freckled. 



Lepal, a made-up word for a staminodc. 



Lepis, Greek for a scale, whence Lepidote, leprous; covered with scurfy scales. 



Leptos, Greek for slender; so LeptoplnjUous, slender-leaved. 



Leukos, Greek for white; whence Leucanllious, white-flowered, &c. 



Liber, the inner bark of Exogenous stems, 140. 



Lid, see operculum. 



Ligneous, or Lignose, woody in texture. 



Ligulate, furnished with a ligule, 93. 



Ligule, Liguln, the strap-shaped corolla in many Compositse, 93; the membranous 

 appendage at the summit of the leaf-sheaths of most Grasses, 57. 



IJmb, the border of a corolla, &c., 89. 



IJmbate, bordered (Latin, Limbus, a border). 



Line, the twelfth of an inch; or French lines, the tenth. 



Linear, narrow and flat, the margins parallel, 52. 



L^ineate, marked with parallel lines. Linevlate, marked with minute lines. 



Lingulate, Linguiform, tongue-shaped. 



]Jp, the principal lobes of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, 92. 



IJloral or Littoral, belonging to the shore. 



Livid, pale lead-colored. 



Lobe, iiuy projection or division (especially a rounded one) of a leaf, &c, 



Lobed or Lobuie, cut into lobes, 55, 56; Lobulafe, into small lobes. 



Locellate, having Locelli, i. e. compartments in a cell: thus an anther-cell is often 

 bilucellate. 



Loculament, same as loculus. 



Ijucular, relating to the cell or compartment {Loculus) of an ovary, &c. 



Loculicidal (dehiscence), splitting down through the back of each cell, 123, 



Locusta, a name for the spikelet of Grasses. 



Lodicule, one of the scales answering to perianth-leaves in Grass-flowers. 



Lament, a pod which separates transversely into joints, 122. 



Lomentaceous, pertaining to or resembling a loment. 



Lorate, thong-shaped. 



Lunate, crescent-shaped. Lnnulate, diminutive of lunate. 



Lupuline, like hops. 



Lusus, Latin for a sport or abnormal variation. 



Luteolus, yellowish; diminutive of 



Luteus, Latin for yellow. L^utescent, verging to yellow. 



Lyrate, lyre-shaped; a pinnatitid leaf of an ol)ovate or spatulatc outline, the end- 

 lobe large and roundish, and the lower lobes small, as in tig. 149. 



Macros. Greek for long, sometimes also used for large ; thus Macropliyllous, long 



or large-leaved, &c. 

 Macrospore, the large kind of spore, when there are two kinds, IGO, IGL 

 Maculate, spotted or blotched. 



Male (flowers or plants), having stamens but no pistil, 

 Mammose. breast-siiapeil. 

 Marcescenf, withering without falling ofi. 

 Marginal, belonging to margin 



