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LIN 



Linear. Narrow, short, with parallel mar- 

 gins, as the leaf of the Yew. 



Lineate, Lineolatus. Lined; marked with 

 fine parallel lines. 



L qyped. Having a distinct lip or labellum, 

 like the Snapdragon. 



Livid. Of a pale lead color. 



Lobe. A rounded projection or division of 

 a leaf or other organ. 



Lobed. Divided into lobes. 



Loculaments. Partitions or cells of a seed- 

 vessel. 



Lorate. Shaped like a strap. The same as 

 ligulate. 



Low. When a plant is of smaller dimen- 

 sions than other species with which it is 

 aUied. 



MF.T, 



Lucid. Bright, shining. 



Lunate, Lunulate. Shaped like a half moon ; 

 crescent-shaped. 



Lurid. Of a dingy brown; gray with 

 orange. 



Luxuriant, Luxuria. A rank or unnatural- 

 ly exuberant growth. A luxuriant flower 

 is one which multiplies the covers of the 

 fructification so as to destroy the essen- 

 tial parts. 



Lymph. Sap ; the crude, unelaborated 

 fluid of vegetation. Lymphceducts are 



Lyrate, Lyre-shaped. A lyrate leaf is pin- 

 natifid, with the upper lobes much larger 

 than the lower, and ending in one still 

 larger. 



M. 



~j\/f acula, (adj. Maculate, Maculose.) A 

 broad, irregular spot or blotch. 



Male System. All that part of a flower 

 which belongs to the stamens. 



Manicate. Covered with hairs. 



Many-headed. When many distinct buds 

 are seated on the crown of a. root. 



Marcescent, Marcid. Not falling off till the 

 part which bears it is perfected, but with- 

 ering long before that time, as the flow- 

 ers of Orobanche. 



Marker. This is a simple implement used 

 mostly by market gardeners to line out 

 drills. It is often home made by taking 

 a piece of joist 3X4 inches, and about 

 six feet in length, and to each side nail- 

 ing pointed slats eight or nine inches 

 long, at a width apart usually, on one 

 side of fourteen inches, and the other 

 of nine inches. Two handles four or five 



feet in length are fastened to it, by which 

 it is dragged, the teeth marking the rows* 

 If wanted deep, a weight is placed on the 

 joist. In operating it, a line is stretched 

 across the bed to be sown or planted, the 

 first teeth being guided by the line ; it is 

 steadily dragged along the bed, making 

 from four to six lines at once, in a much 

 more uniform manner than can be done 

 with the hoe. 



Maturation. The process of ripening; also 

 the time when fruits are ripe. 



Mealy. Covered with a scurry powder. 



Mealy Bug. See Insects. 



Medulla, (adj. Medullary. ) The pith of a. 

 plant; that central column of cellular 

 matter over which the wood is formed in 

 Exogens. 



Melanospermece. One of the three great di- 

 visions of Algae. 



