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in the bark of the lilac to which 

 is due its febrifuge qualities. 

 LiliaceaB, n. phi., lil'-i-a'-sZ-e (L. 

 lilium, a lily ; Basque, lili, a 

 flower), the Lily family, an 

 Order of plants containing many 

 showy garden flowers, as tulips, 

 lilies, tube-roses, hyacinths, etc. : 

 Lilium, lil'-i-urn, the lilies, an 

 ornamental and well - known 



fenus : Lilium Chalcedonicum, 

 al'>sed-8n f -ik'um (from Chalcedon, 

 a town of Bithynia), said to be 

 the lilies of the tield of Scripture : 

 L. auratum, dwr-dtf-um (L. 

 auratus t overlaid with gold 

 from aurum, gold), a lily of 

 Japan having enormous white 

 flowers, spotted with rich brown, 

 and with numerous golden bands: 

 L. pomponium, pom-pon'i-um 

 (after Pompomus, an ancient geog- 

 rapher), a species cultivated for 

 its tubers in Kamtschatka as the 

 potato in this country. 



limb, n., Urn (AS. Urn, a limb 

 from lime, to join), the leg or arm 

 of an animal ; in bot., the blade 

 of the leaf ; the broad part of a 

 petal or sepal. 



limbus luteus, lim'-bus I6t'-e-us (L. 

 limbus, a border that surrounds 

 anything ; luteus, golden -yellow ) , 

 a yellow spot in the axis of the 

 ball of the eye. 



lime, n., Urn (Ger. leim, a viscous 

 substance; L. limus, slime, mud), 

 a white caustic earth used with 

 sand as mortar or cement, obtained 

 by burning limestone, marble, 

 chalk, etc. ; lime water, is used 

 medicinally ; the Linden tree, 

 Tilia Europsea, so called from the 

 glutinous juice of the young 

 shoots also said to be properly 

 spelt ' line tree, ' from the fact of 

 its bark being used for making 

 cordage ; the fruit of the Citrus 

 limetta. 



Limonia, n. , lim-on't-a (Gr. leimon, 

 a green field from its colour; said 

 to be Arab limoun, the citron), a 

 genus of plants nearly allied to 



Citrus, Ord. Aurantiacese : Limonia 

 laureola, Idwr-e'-dl-d (L. laureola, 

 a laurel-branch from laured, a 

 laurel), a species found near the 

 summit of lofty mountains. 



Linacese, n. plu., lin-a'se-e (L. 

 Imum, Gr, Imon, flax, lint), the 

 Flax family, an Order of pjants 

 which yield mucilage and fibre : 

 Linum, n., lin'-urn, an ornamental 

 genus of plants, many having 

 showy flowers : Linacese grandi- 

 florum, grandtt-Jldr'um (L. 

 grandis, great, large ; flos, a 

 flower, floris, of a flower), a linum 

 of North Africa having beautiful 

 crimson flowers : L. usitatissim- 

 um, uz f 'U'dt-is f 'Sim'um (L. usitat- 

 issimum, very common or familiar 

 from usitdtus, common, 

 familiar), the plant from the 

 inner bark of whose stalk, after a 

 process of steeping and breaking 

 off the bark, the flax of commerce 

 is procured ; from the mucil- 

 aginous seeds, a demulcent and 

 diuretic infusion is obtained: lin- 

 seed oil, an oil obtained from the 

 cotyledons of the seeds of L. usit- 

 atissimum used extensively in 

 med. , the arts, etc. ; the residue 

 is made up into cakes, called oil- 

 cake, for feeding cattle, and 

 powdered receives the name lin- 

 seed meal: L. catharticum, Mill- 

 drt'-ik'tim (Gr. kathartikos, puri- 

 fying or cleansing), a species 

 which has purgative properties, 

 the active principle being called 

 linin, n., lln'-in : L. selaginoides, 

 sel'-a-jm-oyd'-ez (seldgo, the up- 

 right club moss ; Gr. eidos, re- 

 semblance), esteemed a bitter and 

 aperient in Peru. 



Linaria, n., Im-dr^i-d (L. linum, 

 flax), a genus of annuals well 

 adapted for rock-work, Ord. 

 Scrophulariacese : Linaria vulg- 

 aris, vulg-dr'ts (L. vulgdris, 

 common), a species having five- 

 spurred flowers instead of one- 

 spurred : L. triornithophora, trl> 

 8r>nith>df.$r>a (Gr. tris, thrice ; 



