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GLOSSARY. 



Lcevigate (-atus). Smooth as if polished. 

 Lcevis (this form, and not levis, has al- 

 ways been used in botany). Smooth 



in the sense of not rough. 

 Lageniform (-ormis). Shaped like a 



Florence flask or a gourd (the fruit of 



Lagenaria). 



Lagdpus, Hare-footed. Densely cov- 

 ered with long hairs. 

 Lamella. A thin plate. 

 Lidmellar (-aris), Lamellate (-atus), La- 



mellose (-osus). Composed of thin 



plates or lamellae. 

 Lamina. The blade or expanded part 



of a leaf, &c.; 85,245. 

 Lanate (-atus), Lanose (-osus). Bearing 



long and implexed hairs or wool 



(lana). 

 Lanceolate (-atus). Shaped like a lance 



or spear-head; narrower than oblong, 



and tapering to each end, or at least 



to the apex; 95. 

 Lanuginous (-osus). Cottony or woolly ; 



clothed with soft and implexed hairs 



or down (lanugo). 

 Lnppaceus. Like a bur (lappa). 

 Lasianthus. Woolly-flowered. 

 Latent. Undeveloped or dormant, as 



certain buds ; 40. 

 Lateral (-alis). Belonging to or borne 



on the sides. 



Lateritious (-ius). Of a brick-red color. 

 Latex. Proper juice, milky juice, and 



the like. 

 Laticiferous. Containing or conveying 



latex. 



Latiseptus. With broad partition. 

 Lavender-color. Pale blue with some 



gray. 



Laxus. Loose. 

 Leaf. The principal sort of appendage 



or lateral organ borne by the stem or 



axis; 85. 



Leaf-blade. The lamina of a leaf. 

 Leaf-bud. A bud which develops into 



a leafy branch or its continuation ; 40. 

 Leaflet. A blade or separate division 



of a compound leaf ; 100. 

 Leaf-scar. The cicatrix left bv the ar- 

 ticulation and fall of a leaf; 47. 

 Leafstalk. A petiole or footstalk to a 



leaf-blade; 85,104. 

 Leathery. See Coriaceous. 

 Lecus. A synonym for Conn. 

 Legume (Legwnen). The seed-vessel of 



Leguminosse, a carpel which normally 



dehisces by both the ventral and the 



dorsal suture; 292. 



Perusing to a legume, 



or to the order to which the legume 

 gives its name. 



Lenticels (Lenticellce). Lenticular spots 

 on young bark. 



Lenticular (-aris). Lens-shaped, that is 

 the shape of a lentil or a double-convex' 

 lens. 



Lentiginosus. Covered with minute dots 

 or freckles. 



Lepal, Lepalum. A made-up word to 

 signify a stamen transformed into a 

 scale, nectary, &c. 



Lepicena. Unused name for a glume of 

 Grasses. 



Lepidote(-otus). Beset with small scurfy 

 scales. 



Lepis. Greek term for a scale. 



Leptos. Greek for slender ; as in Lep- 

 tophyllus, slender-leaved. 



Leucos. Greek for white ; whence 



Leucanthus. White-flowered. 



Leucophyllus. White-leaved, &c. 



Liber. The inner and often fibrous 

 bark ; 77, 81. 



Lid. See Operculum. 



Ligneous (-eus), Lignosus. Woody. 



Ligule (Ligula). A strap or strap- 

 shaped body, such the principal part 

 of a ray- corolla in Compositse. The 

 thin and scarious projection from the 

 summit of the sheath of the leaf of 

 Grasses, &c. ; 106. Or a similar out- 

 growth of the inner face of certain 

 petals; 211. 



Ligulate (-atus), Liguliform (-ormis). 

 Furnished with a ligule; 148, 247. 



Liguliflorous (-us). Said of the head of 

 those Compositse which contain only 

 ligulate corollas. 



Liliaceous. Lily-like; 246. 



Limb ( Limbus). A border, i. e. the ex- 

 panded part of a gamophyllous peri- 

 anth, &c., as distinguished from the 

 tube and throat ; 245. Sometimes the 

 term is applied to the lamina or blade 

 of a petal or a leaf. 



Limbate (-atus). Bordered. 



Line (Linea). The twelfth part of an 

 inch. By some reduced to the tenth 

 of an inch ; but the decimal line is un- 

 usual in botanical measurement. 



Linear (-am). Narrow, several times 

 narrower than wide, and the margins 

 parallel; 95. 



Lineate (-atus). Marked with lines. 



Lineolate (-atus). Marked with fine or 

 obscure lines. 



Lingweformis or Linguiformis, also Lin- 

 ffvlate (-aba). 



