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a genus of ornamental shrubs, 

 Ord. Polygalacese. : Krameria 

 triandra, tri-and'rd (Gr. treis, 

 three ; aner, a male, a stamen, 

 andros, of a male), a Peruvian 

 plant which furnishes Rhatany- 

 root, employed as an astringent 

 in haemorrhage and mucous dis- 

 charges, and its infusion of a 

 iblood-red colour has been em- 

 ployed to adulterate port wine : 

 K. , cistoidea, sist-dyd'-Z-a (Gr. 

 kiste, a box or chest ; eidos, 

 resemblance), a Chilian plant 

 'W'hiqh yields a kind of rhatany. 

 ikreatin, n. , see ' creatin. ' 



;labellum, n., lab-el'-lum (L. Idb- 

 ,ellum, a little lip from labrum, 

 .3. lip), in bot., one of the divisions 

 ,of .the inner whorl of the flower 

 of Orchids ; the lip or lower 

 petal of an Orchid, etc, : label, 

 n., lab' el, the terminal division 

 of the lip of the flower in 

 Orchids. 



,labia, labial, see 'la Mum.' 

 labia cerebri, lab'-i-d ser^eb-rl (L. 

 labia, lips ; cerebri, of the cereb- 

 rum), the margins of the hemi- 

 spheres of the brain which overlap 

 the Corpus .caUosum. 

 labiate, a., Idb'-i-at (L. labium, a 

 lip), lipped; in bot., applied to 

 irregular gamopetalous flowers, 

 with an upper and under portion 

 separated more or less by a gap ; 

 having two unequal divisions : 

 Labiatse, n. plu., Idb'i-at'e, the 

 Labiate family, an extensive 

 Order of plants, in general frag- 

 rant and aromatic. 

 Labiatiflorse, n. plu., labti-itt>l- 

 flor'-e (L. labium, a lip ; floreo, I 

 blossom ; Flora, the goddess of 

 flowers), one of the great sections 

 into which De Candolle divides 

 the extensive Ord. Composite, 

 characterised by hermaphrodite 

 flowers divided into two lips. 

 labium, n., lab'-i-urn (L. labium, a 

 lip), in bot., the lower lip of a 

 labiate flower j in zool. , the 





lower lip of articulate animals : 

 labia, n. plu., lab'-i-a, the two 

 divisions of irregular gamopetal- 

 ous flowers separated by a hiatus 

 or gap. 



laboratory, n., lab^r-dt-or'-i (F. 

 laboratoire, a laboratory ; L. 

 labor, labour), a druggist's shop ; 

 the workroom of a chemist. 



labrum, n., lab'-rUm (L. labrum, a 

 lip), the mouth cover, or lip-like 

 shield of an insect's mouth ; the 

 outer lip of a shell ; the upper lip 

 of articulate animals, as the 

 ' labium ' is the lower lip. 



Laburnum, n., lab-ern'um (L.), 

 a beautiful ornamental shrub, the 

 ' Cy tisus laburnum, ' Ord. Legum- 

 inosa3, whose seeds are acrid and 

 poisonous. 



labyrinth, n., l&b'>tr.fnth(L. lab- 

 yrinthus, any structure with many 

 winding passages), the internal 

 ear, consisting of three parts the 

 vestibule, the semicircular canals, 

 and the cochlea so named from 

 the complexity of its shape. 



laccate, a., Idk'-kat (Ger. lack, It, 

 lacca, a varnish; F. laque, a rost 

 or ruby colour), in bot., appear- 

 ing as if varnished, or lik< 

 sealing-wax. 



Lacertilia, n. plu., Ids'-er-til'i-c 

 (L. lacerta, a lizard), an Order o: 

 Reptilia, comprising the lizards 

 and slow-worms. 



lacertus, n., Ids-ert'-us, lacerti, n, 

 plu., Ids-ertf'l (L. lacertus, tht 

 muscular upper part of the arm), 

 a packet or bundle of muscular 

 fibres enclosed in a membranous 

 sheath ; another name for ' fas- 

 ciculus. ' 



lachrymal, a., lak'-rim-dl (L, 

 lachryma, a tear), pert, to tears 

 generating or conveying tears. 



lacinia, n., las-iri-i-a, lacinise. 

 n. plu., Ids-in'i-e (L. lacinia, tht 

 lappet or flap of a garment), 

 calycine segments, as in th 

 violet : laciniate, a., Ids-in'i-df. 

 also laciniated, a., Ids-in'-i-at-ed, 

 in bot. , irregularly cut into narrow 



