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Lepidote or Leprous, covered with minute scales. 



Liber. The inner bark. 



Ligneous. Woody. 



Ligulate. Kibbon shaped. A kind of corolla found in compound 

 flowers, consisting of a tube at bottom, continued into a 

 long flat portion at top ; as in the florets of the Dandelion. 



Liliaceous. Resembling the lily. 



Limb. The border or spreading part of a monopetalous corolla. 



Linear. Long and very narrow with parallel sides ; as the leaves 

 of grasses. 



Lip. The upper or under side of the mouth of a labiate corolla, 

 or nectary. In Orchideous plants the lower lip of the nec- 

 tary is usually the most conspicuous part of the flower. 



Lobe. A large division or distinct portion of a leaf or petal. 



Lobed. Divided into lobes ; as the leaves of Laurus sassafras. 

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Loculicidal dehiscence. When the carpels of a compound fruit 

 open inwardly at their backs. 



Loment. A pod resembling a legume, but divided by transverse 

 partitions. 



Lorate. Same as ligulate. 



Lyrate. Pinnatifid with a large roundish leafet at the end. 



M. 



Marcescent. Withering. 



Maritime. Growing near the salt water. 



Medulla. The pith. 



Membranous. Very thin and delicate. 



Midrib. The large central vein of a leaf which is a continua- 

 tion of the petiole. 



Monadelphous. Having the stamens united into a tube at base. 



Monandrous. Having one stamen. 



Moniliform. Arranged like the beads of a necklace. 



Monetcious. Having barren and fertile flowers on the same 

 plant. 



Monogynous. With one style. 



Monopetalous. Having but one petal, i. e. the corolla of one 

 piece. 



Monophyllous. Consisting of one leaf, or piece. 



