Laticifers 



(SUPPLEMENT) 



lipolytlc 



Latic'ifers, laticiferous cells or vessels. 



Laur'ium (\avpa, a lane), " sewer 

 formation"; lauroph'ilus (0tX<fo>, 

 I love), "sewer-dwelling"; Lauro- 

 pliy'ta (fyvrbv, a plant), " sewer 

 plants " (Clements). 



Leafit, Withering's term for LEAF- 

 LET. 



lecid'ioid (elSos, resemblance), lecidei- 

 form. 



leiodeimar'ian, resembling Leioder- 

 maria in external markings (Scott). 



len'tiform (lens, lentis, lentil, forma, 

 shape), doubly convex, shaped like 

 a lentil-seed. 



lepidos'troboid, recalling the fossil 

 genus Lepidostrobus in form or 

 marking. 



lepra'rioid, resembling the old genus 

 Lepraria. 



leptoclad'ous (/cXd5os, a branch), 

 slender branched. 



leptocen'tric (+ LEPTOME, centrum, 

 the middle), when a vascular 

 bundle has the leptome in the 

 middle, with the hadronie round 

 it (Haberlandt). 



leptoder'matous, leptodermous ; 



Leptogonid'ium (+ GONIDIDM) = 

 MICROGONIDIUM ; Lept'oid, a group 

 of six to eight polygonal cells, 

 resembling sieve-tubes, in the 

 leptome of certain Bryophytes 

 (Tansley and Chick) ; Lep'tome- 

 Man'tle, fusion of several leptoids 

 into a layer ; <*" Strand, modifica- 

 tion of the leptome cylinder ; 

 leptomat'ic, pertaining to the 

 leptome; Lep'tomin, a principle 

 found by Perrot in sieve-tissue, 

 acting like an enzyme to produce 

 oxidation ; Leptoxylem ( + XYLEM), 

 the water- conducting tissue of the 

 sporophyte of Mosses ; functional 

 wool (Vaizey). 



les'keoid, resembling the moss-genus, 

 Leskea. 



le'thal (lethalis, deadly) Coefficient; 

 infe'rior or supe'rior, the lowest or 

 highest temperatures which are 

 fatal to the vital functions of a 

 given organism (C. Jones). 



Leucoso'mata, pi. =LEUCOSOMES. 



Li'anoid (liane (Sp.) + el5os, resem- 

 blance), Johow's term for phan- 

 erogamous parasites which proceed 

 from autotrophous climbers. 



Li'briform, a tissue composed of 

 LIBRIFORM cells (Tschirch). 



Li'broplasts (liber, free, irXaardj, 

 moulded), elaeoplasts which are 

 free on the median line of Diatoms 

 (Mereschkowsky). 



lichenic'olous (Lichen, colo, I inhabit), 

 dwelling in or on a Lichen. 



Lichenol'ogy (\oyos, discourse), the 

 science and study of Lichens. 



Lig'ula, add, (6) the ovuliferous scale 

 in Araucaria, united with the bract, 

 and resembling the ligule in Isoetes 

 (Potter) ; lig'ular, (2) pertaining to 

 a ligule, in its various meanings. 



li'lacine, (2) lilac in tint (Heinig). 



Limb, add, (3) the margin of the leaf 

 in Mosses when distinct in colour 

 and cell-structure ; lim'bate, lim- 

 bo! tus, having a margin of the kind 

 stated. 



lim'itate (limitatus, restricted), 

 limited or bounded by a distinct 

 line of hypothallus in lichens 

 (Leigh ton). 



Lim'nium, lake formation ; limnoph'- 

 ilus (0iX^w, I love), pond-loving ; 

 Limnophy'ta (<j>vrov t a plant), pond 

 plants (Clements). 



Limno'bion ()8tos, life), organic associa- 

 tions occurring in fresh water ; cf. 

 HALOBION, GEOBION ; Limno'dium, 

 employed by Ganong for wild salt 

 marsh vegetation ; limnodoph'ilus 

 (0tX^w, I love), marsh-loving ; Lim- 

 nodophy'ta (0i/rov, a plant), marsh 

 plants (Clements) ; Limnoplank'ton 

 ( + PLANKTON), the floating vegeta- 

 tion of freshwater pools or streams. 



Li'nom = LININ. 



linosp'orous (linea, a line, + SPORE), 

 employed by G. F. Atkinson for 

 "linear spored." 



liorhi'zal, pertaining to LIORHIZAE. 



Lipasei'din, the fat-splitting enzyme 

 of the cytoplasm in castor-oil seeds, 

 Ricinus. 



lipolyt'ic (XvVis, a looking), dissolving 

 fats. 



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