3^6 GLOSSARY. 



Laliaceae, like a lily, an order of plants in the Fragmenta 



methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Limbus, a border, the upper expanded part of a monopeta- 



lous flower. 

 Linea, a line, -the second degee in the Linnsean scale for 



measuring plants, the twelfth part of an inch. 

 Lineareyb//?//?z, a narrow leaf, whose opposite margins are 



almost parallel, as in Finns. 

 Lineatum/b/ww, leaves whose superficies are marked with 



parallel lines, running lengthways, 

 langulatum folium, a leaf shaped like a tongue. 

 Lobatumjfb/at/ft, when leaves are divided to the middle into 

 parts that stand wide from each other, and have their mar- 

 gins convex. 

 Loculamentum, a cell, the divisions of that species of peri- 



carpium called a capsula. 

 Locus Jvliorum, the particular part of the plant to which the 



leaf is affixed. 

 Lomentaceag, bean meal, an order of plants in the Fragmenta 



methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Lomentum, an elongated pericarpium of two valves, divided 



"internally into cells which contain only one seed. 

 Longiusculus, longish. 

 Longum perianthium, when the tube of the calyx is equal hj 



length to that of the corolla. 

 ~L\ic\du&i folium, clear, shining. 

 Lunatum folium, moon- shaped leaves, when they are rund 



and hollowed at the base, like a half moon. 

 Lunulate, shaped like a crescent. 



Luridae, pale, wan, an order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



s, a luxuriant rlower. 



, leaves shaped like a harp or lyre. 



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Marcescens corolla, flowers withering on the plant. 

 Margo foliif the margin or edge of the leaf. 

 Mas plant a, a male plant ; see class Dioecia. 

 Masculus/fos, a male rlower, containing antherae, but no stigma. 

 Medulla, marrow, the pith or heart of a plant. 

 Membranaceiunyb/i/fw?, when the leaves have no distinguish- 

 ing pulp between their surfaces. 



Membramitus, cauKs, a stalk covered with thick membranes. 

 Monadelphia, one brother, the sixteenth clsss in the sexual 



system. 

 Monaadria, one male, the first class in the sexual system. 



