laevis 



Latex 



lae'vis (levis, smooth), smooth, in the 

 sense of not being rough. 



lage'niform, lagentform'is (lagena, a 

 flask ; forma, shape), shaped like a 

 Florence flask. 



lago'pus (Xaytlnrovs, hare's foot), hare- 

 footed, densely covered with long 

 hair. 



Lam'el, Lamel'la (Lat., a thin plate or 

 scale), a thin plate ; pi., Lamellae, 

 the gills of Agarics; lam'ellar, 

 lamella'ris, composed of thin plates; 

 lam'ellate, lamella' tus, made up of 

 thin plates, as the hymenium of the 

 mushroom; lamel'liform (forma, 

 shape), in the shape of a plate or 

 scale; lam'ellose, lamello'sus = 'LAM- 

 ELLATE; Lamellulae, the gills of 

 Fungi. 



Lam'ina (Lat., a thin leaf), the limb, 

 blade, or expanded part of a leaf ; 

 ~ prolig'era ; ~ sporig'era, the 

 disk or centre of the apothecium 

 of a Lichen; <- lamina'ted, con- 

 sisting of plates or layers ; ^ 

 Bulb, a tunicated bulb, as a 

 hyacinth ; lamina'ting, separating 

 into layers. 



La'na (Lat. ) wool, or woolly covering ; 

 la'nate, lana'tus, clothed with 

 woolly and intergrown hairs. 



lan'ceolate, lanceola'tus (Lat., armed 

 with a little lance), (1) narrow, 

 tapering to each end ; Linnaeus 

 used it for a leaf having nearly 

 similar extremities, but in modern 

 use, the base is usually somewhat 

 broadened, and the greatest breadth 

 at about one-third from the base ; 

 (2) the primitive meaning is pre- 

 served in Carduus lanceolatus, 

 Linn. ; ~ nas'tate, a hastate leaf, 

 with the principal lobe lanceolate; 

 ~ sagittate, a sagittate leaf, the 

 middle lobe lanceolate; lance-o'vate 

 (Crozier), lanceolate ovate, indica- 

 tive of a form intermediate between 

 the two named terms ; lance-shaped, 

 lanceolate. 



la'nose, lano'sus (Lat.) woolly, c/., 



LANATE. 



lanug'inose, lanug'inous, lanugino'sus 

 (Lat.) woolly or cottony, clothed 



with Lanu'go (Lat.), woollinessj 

 long and interwoven hairs. 



lapid'eus (Lat., stony), lapillo'sus, 

 stony, as the seeds of " stone 

 fruits ": lap'idose, lapido'sus, grow- 

 ing amongst stones. 



lappa'ceous, lappa'ceus (Lat. ) bur-like, 

 hamate. 



lar'val (larva, a mask), (1) applied to 

 the resting stage, as the sclero- 

 tium of ergot ; (2) the early form of 

 certain Conifers, whose perfect and 

 adult form is very different ; lar- 

 va' tus (Lat.) personate. 



lasian'thus (\<<nos, shaggy ; av0o$, a 

 flower), woolly -flowered ; lasiocar'- 

 pous (/capTros, fruit), pubescent- 

 fruited. 



latebro'sus (Lat., full of lurking 

 places), hidden. 



la'tent (latens, hidden), dormant ; ~> 

 Bud, an adventitious bud ; ~ Pe'riod, 

 resting-stage. 



Lat'era, pi. of Lat'us (Lat., a side), the 

 sides ; lat'eral, latera'lis, fixed on or 

 near the side of an organ ; ^ Bud, 

 adventitious bud ; ~ Denis'cence, 

 bursting or opening at the side ; 

 ~ Nucle'olus, ~ Nu'cleus, c/., PARA- 

 NUCLEUS ; ~ Plane, the vertical 

 plane at right angles to the antero- 

 posterior plane, as of a flower ; ~ 

 View of a Diatom frustule, when 

 the valves are seen in front view, 

 the girdle being then in side view ; 

 Lateral'ity, used by Sachs for 

 SYMMETRY, both radial and dorsi- 

 ventral; laterifo'lious (folium, a 

 leaf), growing on the side of a leaf 

 at the base ; lateriner'vis, lateriner'- 

 vius (nervus, a nerve), straight- 

 veined, as in grasses; lateristip'- 

 ulus J ( + STIPULA) having stipules 

 growing on its sides. 



lateric'ious or laterit'ious, lateric'ius, 

 laterit'ius (Lat., made of bricks), 

 brick -red. 



La'tex (Lat., juice), (1) the milky 

 juice of such plants as spurge 

 or lettuce; (2) the moisture 

 of the stigma ; (3) the gelatinous 

 matter surrounding the spores in 

 some Fungi; ~ Cells, laticiferous 



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