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IntrafoliaceaB stipultf, stipulae growing on the inside of the 



leaves of the plant. 

 Inundata loca, this term is applied by Linnaeus to such places 



as are overflowed only in winter. 

 Involucellum, a partial iavolucrum. 

 Involucrum, a cover, the calyx of the umbelliferous plants 



standing at a distance from the flower. 

 Involute /b/uz, rolled in, leaves when their lateral margins 



are rolled spirally inwards on both sides. 

 Ii regularises, irregular flowers of deformed shapes. 

 Juba, a crest of feathers. 

 Julus, a katkin. 



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Labiatus jfttf, a lipped flower. 

 Lacerum folium, a clift, or fissure, leaves whose margin is 



cut into irregular segments, as if rent or torn. 

 Laciniae, segments or incisions. 



Jja.cinia.tum folium, a leaf cut into irregular incisions. 

 Lactescentia, milky ; those plants are called milky, whose 



juices are white, yellow, or red. 

 lacvmosum, folium, leaves that are deeply furrowed, by the 



veins being sunk below the surface. 

 Lacustris plantci, a plant which grows in lakes of water. 

 Lamina, a thin plate, the upper expanded part of a polype- 



talous flower. 



Lana, wool, a species of pubescence, which covers the sur- 

 face of plants. 



Lanatum,yb//ww, a woolly leaf. 

 Lanceolatumyb/m??z, a lance-shaped leaf, as in Tulipa syl- 



vestris. 



Laterales^/fores, flowers coming from the sides. 

 Laxus caulis, loose, weak, slender. 

 Legumen, pulse, a pericarpium of two valves, in which the 



seeds are fixed along one suture only, as in the Pea. 

 Lenticularis scabrities, a species of glandular scabrities, in 



the form of lentils. 



Leprosus, spotted like a leopard, exemplified in Lichen. 

 Laevis caulis, smooth, having an even surface. 

 Liber, the inner rind or bark of a plant. 

 Lignosus, caulis, a woody stem. 

 Lignum, wood. 



Ligulatus^/o.?, when the petals, tubulated at the base, are 

 plane and linear towards the middle,, and widest at the ex- 

 tremity, hi form of a bandage. 



Limbus, 



