LOPHIOL A-LYCOPERDON. 1 1 3 



perich/me'num, (woodbine, J. T^.) flowers in ovate, imbricate, terminal heads; 

 leaves aU distinct. Var. quercifolia, leaves sinuate. Ex. 



Jla'va, (yellow honeysuckle, J. Tj.) spikes whorled, terminal ; corolla ringent ; 

 flowers bright yellow. 



Mrsu'ta, (rough woodbine,) leaves pubescent and ciliate ; flowers yellow pu- 

 bescent; berries orange. 



gra'ta, has scarlet flowers. Mountains. 



cilio'sum, (J. l-j.) spikes with whorled heads, sub-sessile; corolla sub-equal; 

 tube hirsute, venlricose in the middle ; leaves somewhat clasping, sessile, 

 and petioled, ovate, glaucous beneath, margin ciliate ; upper ones connate- 

 perfoliate ; flowers yellow. S. 

 LOPHIOLA. G— 1. {Junci.) 



aure'a, (y. Ju. %) leaves radical, ensiform, shorter than the scape ; scape 

 erect, with one or two short leaves; flowers in a crowded corymb; root 

 creeping. Sandy swamps. 



LUDWIGIA. 4—1. (Onagrm.) [From Professor Ludwig, of Leipsic] 



pilo'sa, (y. Ju. %.) stem erect, branched, hairy; leaves alternate, oblong, ses- 

 sile; peduncles 1-fiowered, axillary; capsule globose, quadrangular. 

 Swamps. 



A,lternifo'lia, stem nearly smooth ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, somewhat 

 scabrous on the margins and underside ; segments of the calyx large, col- 

 oured, persistent; flowers yellow, 4-petalled, on short peduncles. 



*'«?«5'7m, petals 0; stem prostrate, creeping; leaves opposite, smooth ; suc- 

 culent. Grows in stagnant waters. 

 LUNARIA. 14 — 1. (CruciferiB.) [From luna, the moon, moon-form.] 



an"nua, (honesty, p. J^.) leaves obtusely toothed ; slides oval, obtuse at both 

 ends. Naturalized. 



redivi'va, (saiin flower, b-p. %) leaves with mucronate teeth ; silicles taper- 

 ing to both ends; flowers odorous. Ex. 

 LUPINUS. 16 — 10. (LeguminoscE.) [From the Greek ?!/joe, grief, on account of its acrid juices.] 



peren"nis, (wild lupine, p. M. %..) stem and leaves smoothish ; leaves digitate, 

 with about 8-10 leafets, which are oblanceolate, obtusish ; calyxes alter- 

 nate, not appendaged ; banner emarginate; keel entire. 12-18 i. 



hirsu'tus, (garden lupine, p. ©.) calyxes appendaged, alternate ; banner 2- 

 parted ; keel 3-toothed. Ex. 



aV'bus, (white lupine, w. Au. O.) calyx not appendaged, alternate; banner 

 entire ; keel 3-toothed. Ex. 



pilo'sus, (rose lupine, r. w. ©.) calyx whorled; banner 2-parted; keel en- 

 tire. Ex. 



hde'us, (yellow lupine, y. ©.) keel 3-toothed. Ex. 



argen"teus, (y. i^).) leaves digitate; leafets lance-linear, glabrous above, white 

 and silky beneath. S. 

 LUZULA. 6—1. (Junca.y 



pilo'sa, (M. %.) leaves hairy; panicle sub-cymose; peduncles 1-flowered, re- 

 flexed; leafets of the perianth acuminate, shorter than the capsule; radi- 

 cal leaves numerous, hirsute. Woods. 6-12 i. 



mclonocar"pa, culm leafy ; leaves sub-lanceolate, smooth ; panicles capillary, 

 loose ; capsule black. Mountains. 

 LYCHNIS. 10—5. (Caryophyllm.) [From /McAnos, a torch.] 



chalcedon"ica, (scarlet lichnis, r. J. '2J..) flowers fascicled, level top, or con- 

 vex. Ex. 



Jloscuc"uli, (ragged robin, %.) petals torn ; capsule 1-celled, roundish. Ex. 

 LYCniM. 4—1. {Polemonia.) [From the country Lycia.] 



caroZiwza'ftwm, (p. Ju. l2-) u^^rmed; leaves clustered, cuneate, fleshy; flow- 

 ers 4-cleft. 3-5 f. S. 



barba"ruvi, (matrimony vine, J. r. y. T^.) stem angled; branches erect; leaves 

 lanceolate, tapering to both ends ; calyx mostly 3-cleft. Ex. 



LYCOPERDON. 21—6. (Fungi.) [From lukos, a wolf, and perdo, to explode, so named be- 

 cause it was supposed to be the excrements of this animal.] 



bovis"ta, (common puff"-ball,) at first white and obconic, becoming black and 



