LAN 



LAR 



mentations applied, and a dose of 

 physic given. In this, as in most oth- 

 er cases of lameness, quiet and rest 

 are essential to the restoration of 

 the animal." See Horse 



LAMINA. The flat surface of a 

 leaf 



LAMIN-E. A tribe of longicorn 

 beetles, distinguished by a vertical 

 head, filiform palpi, antennae bristly 

 and simple, thorax nearly equal 

 throughout : some species are ap- 

 terous. 



LAMINATED. Rolled or beaten 

 to thin leaves or foil. 



LAMPBLACK. Fine charcoal ob- 

 tained by imperfectly burning resins, 



LAMPYRID.E. A family of soft- 

 skinned, serricorn beetles, a portion 

 of the females of which are phospho- 

 rescent. 



LAMPYRIN.E. A tribe of soft- 

 skinned, serricorn beetles, character- 

 ized by palpi with enlarged termina- 

 tions, a soft, straight, slightly-de- 

 pressed body, by the thorax project- 

 ing over the head, which it partially 

 or wholly covers. 



LANATE, LANATUS. Covered 

 with wool, or having the appearance 

 of wool. 



LANCEOLATE. Lance-shaped, 

 oblong, and gradually tapering to the 

 ends. 



LAND. In agriculture, the bed, or 

 stitch, between two water furrows. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 

 The art of laying out grounds : curv- 

 ed lines, clumps of trees, with a rich 

 sward, and shrubberies, are the ele- 

 ments of landscapes ; fences should 

 be sunken so as not to interrupt the 

 view, which should be opened as 

 much as possible, unless unsightly ; 

 in the latter case, a clump or grove 

 of trees may be made to hide the ob- 

 jects. Fountains, terraces, urns, and 

 other objects of art, are introduced as 

 ornaments. A winding stream is 

 a necessary element of extensive 

 grounds. — See Loudon's Encyclopadia 

 of Gardening . 



LANDSLIP, or LANDSLIDE. A 

 quantity of land which has slidden 

 down the side of a hill : it is caused 

 450 



by the undermining of water or by an 



earthquake. 



LAND SPRINGS. Springs which 

 only come into action after heavy 

 rains : all springs owe their origin to 

 rains. In the case of land springs, 

 the water, when it sinks through the 

 surface, is speedily interrupted by a 

 retentive stratum of clay or rock, and 

 there accumulating, soon bursts out 

 into a spring, which ceases to flow a 

 short period after the cause which 

 gave it birth ; but the water which 

 supplies constant springs sinks deep- 

 er into the earth, and accumulates in 

 rocky or gravelly strata, which be- 

 come saturated with the fluid. 



LANIARIES. Denies laniarii. 

 The dog teeth, or cuspidati, conical 

 teeth at the sides of the jaws, next 

 the incisors. 



LANTANUM. A new metal found 

 in cerifc. 



LAPIDEOUS. Like stone, hard. 



L A P I L L I. Small volcanic cin- 

 ders. 



LARCH. The European larch 

 {Larix communis) is much cultivated 

 in England for ship-building, bridges, 

 dock gates, and other purposes. The 

 timber is of remarkable excellence. 

 It is a native of the Tyrol, and grows 

 with great rapidity on the poorest 

 soils and in very elevated positions. 

 The bark is nearly as valuable as that 

 of the oak for tanning, and the trunk, 

 when tapped, yields the Venetian 

 turpentine ; there is also a sweet 

 gum obtained from it called Brianson 

 manna. 



LARCH, AMERICAN. Hack- 

 malac. 



LARD. See Hog's Lard. 



LARK. This genus of birds is 

 granivorous. 



LARKSPUR. The genus Delphi- 

 niuryi, many of which have handsome 

 blue flowers : these plants are diu- 

 retic and acrid. The D. consolida and 

 staphisagria were formerly used in 

 medicine. 



LARVA. The caterpill-ar or mag- 

 got state of insect life ; the young of 

 some amphibious animals are also 

 called larvae. 



LARVIPARA. Producing larvae. 



