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



Legumiiwus, beloii{:jiiig to legumes, or to the Leguminous Family. 



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



Lippaceuus, bur-like. 



Lasio, Greek for woolly or hairy, as Lasianthus, woolly-flowered. 



Lateritious, brick-colored. 



Laticiferous, containing latex, l'^8. 



Latus, Latin for broad, as LatlJ'olius, broad-leaved. 



Leaf-scar, Leaf stalk, petiole. 



Lcnticels, lenticular dots on young bark. 



Lentiginose, as if freckled. 



Lepal, a made-up word for a sfaminode. 



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



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



Leukos, Greek for white; whence Leucnnlhous, 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, Ligula, the strap-shaped corolla in many Compositje, 93; the membranous 

 app)endage at the summit of the leaf-sheaths of most Grasses, 57. 



Limb, the border of a corolla, ttc, 89. 



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



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



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



Lineate, marked with parallel lines. Lineolate, marked with minute lines. 



Lingulate, Linguiform, tongue-shaped. 



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



Literal or Littoral, belonging to the shore. 



Livid, pale lead-colored. 



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



Lobed or Lobate, cut into lobes, 55, 56; Lobulate, into small lobes. 



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

 bilocellate. 



Loculament, same as loculus. 



Locular, relating to the cell or compartment {Loculus) of an ovar}', &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. Lunulate, diminutive of lunate. 



Lupuline, like hops. 



Lusus, Latin for a sport or abnormal variation. 



Luteolus, yellowish; diminutive of 



Luteus, Latin for yellow. Lutescent, verging to yellow. 



Lyrate, lyre-shaped; a pinnatifid leaf of an obovate or spatulate 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 MacrophyUous, long. 



or large-leaved, &c. 

 Macrospore, the large kind of spore, when there are two kinds, 160, 161, 

 Maculate, spotted or blotched. 



Male (flowers or plants), having stamens but no pistU. 

 Mammose, breast-shaped. 

 Marcescent, withering without falling off. 

 Marginal, belonging to margin. 



