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laeosaurus, q.v. .FriMeeZ.L.=Chlamydosaurus. 



House Z/.=Chickack, of Borneo. Lace L. 



Hydrosaurus, q.v. Sand _Z/.=Lacerta agilis. 



Scaly L. =Zootoca vivipara. 

 Lizards, (liz'ardz). [Lizard, g.v.]=Lacertilia, 



q.v. v. Lithichnozoa. v. Ichthyosauria. 

 Lizaric acid, (liz'ar-ik).= Alizarin, q.v. 

 Llama, (la'ma). [The Peruvian name. ]= 



Auchenia glama : 



an animal analo- 

 gous to the camel, ^4:" 



but found only in g^fg 



S. Africa: belongs 



to Ruminantia. 

 Llanberis slates, 



(lan-ber'is). [L. 



near Caernarvon.] 



Thick beds of slaty 



rock, belonging tof 



Longmynd group, 



Llandeilo flags, (Ian- Llama. 



d5lo). [L. in Caermarthenshire.] Beds of 

 carbonaceous slate, belonging to Lower Silu- 

 rian strata. 



Llandovery formation, (lan-do've-ri). [L. in 

 Caermarthenshire.] The lowest division of 

 Upper Silurian rocks, connecting them with 

 Lower Silurian. 



Loach, (loch). [The French name.]=Loche 

 =Cobitis barbatula: a small river fish, be- 

 longing to Cyprinidae. 



Loadstone, (lod'ston). [A.-S. lad, leading; 

 Stone, 3.v.]=FeO, FegOs Magnetic iron ore: 

 a variety of iron ore which has magnetic pro- 

 perties. 



Loam, (16m). [Lam, the A.-S. word.]=Loess: 

 a compound of sand and clay, being the fine 

 sediment of inundations; the material of 

 which bricks are made. 



Loasaceae, (16-a-sa'se-e). [Loasa, the typical 

 genus. ]=Loasads: American herbs, belong- 

 ing to Cactales. 



Lob, (lob). [W. llob, unwieldy.] L. worm 

 Dew-worm=Earth-worm, q.v. 



Lobelia, (lo-be'li-a). [Herr Lobel.] An herb, 

 somewhat resembling tobacco, belonging to 

 Lobeliacese. L. in/Zaa=Indian tobacco. 



Lobeliaceae, (lo-be-li-a'se-e.) [Lobelia, q.v.]= 

 Lobeliads: milky herbs and shrubs, mostly 

 poisonous, belonging to Campanales. 



Lobel's catchfly=Silene armeria, q.v. 



Lobster, (lob'ster). [Loppest re, the A. -S. name. ] 

 =Homarus : a cms- _ 

 tacean animal belong- f^ 

 ing to Decapoda, q.v. 

 v. Podophthalmia. 

 L.'s horns = Anten- 

 naria antennina. 



Lobule, (lob'ul). [The 

 French word.] A small 

 lobe or projecting di- Lobster, 



vision. L. of ear: the soft pendulous portion 

 of the external ear, nearly peculiar to man: 

 in gorillas only rudimentary. 



Loche. v. Loach. 



Lochia, (15-ki'a). [Gk. locheia, birth.] The 

 discharge accompanying child-birth, v. Pla- 

 centa. 



Loci, (16'si). [Locus, q.v.] The plural of locus, 



q.v. 

 Locus, (loTms). [The Latin word.]=Place: 



used in mathematics to express the position 



of a moving point or line. 

 Locust, (loltust). [Locusta, the Latin name.] 



=Locusta=Gryllus mi- 



gratorius: an insect be- 

 longing to Orthoptera, 



which has auditory or- 

 gans in the joints of the 



leg. Honey l/.=Gledit- 



schia triacantha. L. in- 



secf =Clitus pictus, feeds Locust. 



on locust tree. L. <7-ee=Hymenaea=Eobinia 



pseudacacia, of Guiana. 

 Lode, (15d). [A.-S. lad, a course.] A mineral 



vein. 

 Lodestone, (lod'ston). = Natural magnet=Mag- 



netic oxide of iron, which possesses magnetism 



in a feeble degree, v. Loadstone. 

 Loess, (16'es). [The German word .]= Loam, q.v. 

 Log, (log). [D. log, heavy.] A heavy piece 



of wood used to measure 



the rate of a ship's 



motion. L. line: the! 



line attached to _ 



log. The length of this ep=** 



line which is run 



in a given interval of I 

 time shows the rate of 

 motion. L. 8hip=.Tuog. 

 2. Abbreviation of 

 Logarithm, q.v. 



Logan, (Jo'gan). [Corruption of logging or 

 osci Hating. ]=Rocking-stone: a stone which 

 has been weather-worn, so as to be balanced 

 on one point and easily moved to and fro. 



Loganiacese, (lo-gan-i-a'se-e). [Mr. Logan. ]= 

 Logan iads : plants, mostly tropical, and 

 usually poisonous, belonging to Gentianales. 



Logarithm, (log'a-rithm). [Gk. logos, ratio; 

 arithmos, number.] The logarithm of a 

 number is the index of the power to which 

 a given base must be raised to equal that 

 number. Ex.: 3* = 81; here 4 is the log- 

 arithm of 81 to the base 3. Napier's L. 

 calculated to a base E = 2718+ Brigg's 

 L. calculated with 10 as a base. 



Logwood, (los'wod). [Log and Wood, q.v.]=i 

 Wood of Hsematoxylon campeachianum: 

 much used as a red dye-stuff. 



Loiseleuria, (loi-ze-lu'ri-a). [M. Loiseleur.] 

 A plant belonging to Ericaceae. L. procum- 

 6en.s=Azalea. 



Loligo, (16-li'go). [The Latin name.]=Squid: 

 Calamary; an animal resembling the cuttle- 

 fish, belonging to the Decapoda division of 

 Cephalopoda. 



Lolium, (16'li-um). [The Latin name.]=Rye- 

 grass: a plant belonging to Graminacese. 

 L. temulentum=Daj:iie}, q.v. 



Lomaria, (lo-ma'ri-a). [Gk. loma, border.]= 

 Hard Fern: a plant belonging to Filices, 

 named from the spores being on the edge. 



London. L. clay : a tenacious brown clay, be- 

 longing to Lower Eocene rocks, and containing 

 fossilised traces of Mammalia. L. pride=Sa.xi- 

 fraga umbrosa. L. roctei^Sisymbrium irio. 



