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vex lens : lentiform, n., Unt'i- 



form, same sense. 



lentignose, a., Unt'ig-ndz f (L. lent- 

 igndsus, full of freckles from 

 lentlgo, a lentilshaped or freckly 

 spot), in bot., covered with dots 

 as if dusted: lentigo, n., l&nMgfo, 

 a freckly eruption on the skin : 

 lentiginous, a., Ignt-idj'm-us, 

 freckly, scurfy. 



Lentisk, n., l&nt-lsk' (L. lentiscus, 

 the mastich tree), the Pistacia 

 lentiscus, Ord. Anacardiacese, a 

 native of the Mediterranean coasts 

 and islands, furnishes the concrete 

 resinous exudation, called Mastich 

 or Mastic. 



Leopard's bane, ttp'ardz ban, the 

 Arnica Montana, Ord. Composite, 

 Sub-order Corymbiferse, called also 

 mountain tobacco, a plant which 

 is an acrid stimulant, frequently 

 applied much diluted to bruises, 

 etc. 



Leopoldinia, n., le'-d-pold-m'i'ct 

 (fern, of Leopold, after an empress 

 of Brazil), a genus of fine palms 

 of Brazil, Ord. Palmee : Leopold- 

 inia piassaba, pi'-as-sab'-a (native 

 name), a fibre used in manufac* 

 tures under the name Piassaba. 



Lepidium, n., Up-id'-i-tim (Gr. 

 lepidion, a small scale, a plant 

 from lepis, a scale), a genus of 

 plants, Ord. Cruciferse, so called 

 in allusion to the scale-like shape 

 of the pods : Lepidium sativum, 

 sat-lv'um (L. sativum, that is 

 sown or planted), the wellknown 

 garden cress. 



Lepidocaryinse, n. plu., Up'-id-d- 

 kdr f 'i-in f -e (Gr. lepis, a scale, 

 lepidos, of a scale ; karuon, a 

 nut), a Sub-order of trees of the 

 Ord. Palmse: Lepidocaryum, n., 

 l$p'id'6'Jcdr''i'um, a genus of the 

 Palmse. 



Lepidoptera, n. plu., Up'-id-tip'- 

 ter-d (Gr. lepis, a scale ; pteron, 

 a wing), an Order of insects, 

 comprising butterflies and moths, 

 possessing four wings, which are 

 usually covered with minute 



scales : Lepidopteral, a k , 

 dp'-tZr-al, of or pert, to the Lep- 

 idoptera. 



lepidote, a., ttp'id-dt (Gr. lepidotos, 

 covered with scales from lepis, 

 a scale), in bot., scurfy from min- 

 ute scales ; covered with scales or 

 scurf: lepidota, n. plu., lep'-id- 

 ot'a, in zool. , an old name for the 

 Ord. Dipnoi, which contains mud 

 fishes. 



lepiota, n. plu., ttp'-i-ot'-a (Gr. 

 lepis, a scale), in bot. t the annules 

 of some Fungi. 



lepis, n., Up' is (Gr. lepis, a hair), 

 a name applied to expansions of 

 the epidermis in plants producing 

 a scale or scurf whose surface is 

 then said to be ' epidote. * 



lepra, n., lep'-ra (Gr. lepra, leprosy; 

 lepros, rough, scaly), a term 

 formerly applied to leprosy, now 

 confined to a form of psoriasis, 

 which see : leprosy, n., lep'-rtis'i, 

 a disease of the skin of two kinds 

 the tuberculated one, in which 

 the surface is marked with tuber- 

 cles, and the anaesthetic, in which 

 there is a number of spots hav- 

 ing no feeling: leprous, a., l&pl 

 rus, affected with leprosy; covered 

 with white scales, or with a 

 white mealy substance : leprose, 

 a., ttp'rdz, in bot., scurf-like. 



Leptosiphon, n., Up'-to-slf-on (Gr. 

 leptos, thin, slender ; siphon, a 

 tube), a genus of very elegant 

 annuals, Ord. Polemoniacese, so 

 named from the slenderness of 

 the tube of the corolla. 



Leptospermese, n. plu., Up' to* 

 sperm' 8- e (Gr* leptos, thin, 

 slender ; sperma, seed), a Sub- 

 order of the Ord. Myrtacese, 

 having opposite or alternate 

 leaves, usually dotted : Lepto- 

 spermum, n., l&p' to sperm' um, a 

 genus of the Myrtacese, having 

 a neat foliage, and beautiful 

 blossoms ; leaves of several 

 species are used in Tasmania and 

 Australia as tea : Leptospermuin 

 lanigerum, lan-ldf-er-um (L. 



