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from the bottle - shaped fruit of 

 some of the species : Lagenaria 

 vulgaris, vulg-ar'-ls (L. vulgdris, 

 common), the Bottle Gourd, the 

 hard covering of whose fruit is 

 used as a vessel or flask for con- 

 taining fluid. 



lageniform, a., Iddj-en'i-form (L. 

 lagena, a bottle, a flask ; forma, 

 shape), in bot., having a shape 

 like a Florence flask. 



Lagerstrcemia, n., Idg'-er-strem'-i-a 

 (after Lagerstrcem of Gottenburg), 

 a very splendid genus of plants, 

 Ord. Lythracete: Lagerstroamia 

 reginsB, re-jln'-e, (L. reglna, a 

 queen, regince, of a queen) ; and 

 L. indica, m'-dik-a (L. indicus, of 

 or from India), produce flowers 

 in panicles of a pale rose colour, 

 gradually deepening to a beautiful 

 purple. 



Lagetta, n., ladj-Ztfta (name in 

 Jamaica), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Thymelaeacese: Lagetta lintearia, 

 lmtf-8'dr'i'a (L. lintedrius, of or 

 pert, to linen from lintZum, linen 

 cloth), a species whose inner bark, 

 cut into thin pieces and macerated, 

 assumes a beautiful net-like ap- 

 pearance, and is called lace-bark. 



lambdoidal, a., lam-doyd'-al (Gr. 

 letter A, called lambda; eidos, 

 resemblance), having the form of 

 the Greek letter A. 



lamella, n., ldm>%l'ld, lamellae, 

 n. plu., lam-81'le (L. lamella, a 

 small plate or loaf from lamina, 

 a plate), thin plates or scales, as 

 those composing shells or bones ; 

 in bot., the gills of an Agaric ; 

 the flat divisions of the stigma. 



Lamellibranchiata, n., ldm'el>fo 

 brdng'-ki'dt'-d (L. lamella, a small 

 plate or scale ; Gr. brangchia, 

 gills), the class of Mollusca, com- 

 prising the ordinary bivalves, 

 which have lamellar gills : lam- 

 ellibranchiate, a., -brdng'ki-dt, 

 having gills in symmetrical semi- 

 circular layers : Lamellirosters, 

 n. plu., lam'.Zl'lt-rdst'.ers (L. 

 rostrum, a beak), the flat-billed 



swimming birds, such as ducks, 

 geese, and swans : lamellirostral, 

 a., -r6st f -ral, having the margins 

 of the back furnished with plates, 

 as ducks and geese. 



Lamiacese, n. plu., lam'-i-d'sg-e 

 (Gr. laimos, the neck, the throat, 

 in allusion to the shape of their 

 flowers), an extensive Order of 

 plants, now named 'Labiatre,' 

 which see : Lamium, n., Idm'i- 

 tim, a genus of plants. 



lamina, n., lam* in a, laminse, n. 

 plu., lam'in>e (L. lamina, a plate 

 or leaf), a thin plate or scale ; a 

 thin layer or coat lying over 

 another ; the horny and sensitive 

 folds by which the hoof wall is 

 attached to the deeper - seated 

 parts ; in bot., the blade of the 

 leaf ; the broad part of a petal or 

 sepal : laminated, a., lam'-m-at- 

 $d, consisting of plates or layers 

 disposed one over another : lam- 

 ination, n., ldm f 'in-d f -shun, ar- 

 rangement in layers : lamina 

 cinerea, stn-er'-Z-a (L. cirierZus, 

 ash-coloured from cinis, ashes), 

 in anat., a thin layer of grey 

 substance extending backwards 

 above the optic commissure, from 

 the termination of the corpus 

 callosum to the tuber cinereum : 

 lamina cribrosa, krib'rozf-a (L. 

 cribrum, a sieve), a sieve-like 

 layer formed by the sclerotica at 

 the entrance of the optic nerve, 

 pierced by numerous minute open- 

 ings for the passage of the nerv- 

 ous filaments : lamina spiralis 

 ossea, splr-al'-is tis'se-d (L. spir- 

 alis, spiral ; osseus, like bone, 

 bony), a thin bony process pro- 

 jecting from the modiolus, con- 

 sisting of two thin lamella} of 

 bone. 



Laminaria, n. plu., Idm'tn-dr'i-a 

 (L. lamina, a plate, a leaf), a genus 

 of Ord. Algae, so named from the 

 flat blade-like form of the fronds, 

 which have stalks of considerable 

 size : Laminaria digitata, dldg'' 

 it-at'a (L. digitatus, having 



