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lept-op-et-al-a 
lep-toph-yl’-la 
lep’-top-us 
lep’-tos-pa’- dix 
Lep-tos-per-’mum 
lep-tos-tach’- ya 
Le-schen-ault’-i-i 
Lett-som’-i-a 
Leu-cx’-na ... 
Len-cad-en’-drum 
Leu’ -cas Wie 
leu-cod-en’-dro 
Jeu-con-eu’-ra 
leu-ooph-los’-a 
leu-copy’-rus 
Jeu’-cos x 
leu-cot’-rich-a 
leu-cox’-yl-on 
Lib’-an-i 
lib’-er 
lib-e’-ric-a 
Lie-n-a/-la 
lig’-ne-a 
lig-no’-sa 
lig-ul-a’-tum... 
lig-vs-tri’-na 
Lig-us’-tram ... 
li-la’-cin-a 
Li’-lt-a’-ce-z .., 
]i’-li-if-lo’-rus 
Tii7-ma/eCi-a s.. 
lim ba’-ta ... 
li-met’-ta ..: 
Li-mo’ ni-a 
li-mo’nim-ed’-ic a 
li-mo’-num 
Li-na’-ce-e .,. 
Lin’-den-i_... 
Lin’-den-i-a’«na 
Lind-ley-a’-na 
Lind’-ley-i 
li-ne-a’-ris... 
li-ne-a’-rif-ol’-i-a 
li-ne-a’-ta 
PRONUNCIATION AND DERIVATION. 
ws (Greek), with slender petal; 
.« (Greek), with slender leaves ; 
we (Greek), with slender foot, or stalk ; 
(Greek), with slender spadiz, or flower cluster enclosed in the 
Spathe ; 
.© (Greek), with slender seeds ; 
wee (Greek), with slender sptkes ; 
Le-schen-ault’-i-a’-na. 
ie 
(com.) of L. T. Leschenault | (pr.:) Lay-shay-no], 17783—1826, 
French botanist and traveller (N. 2/252) ; 
(com.). John Coakley Lettsom, M.D., F.s.A., author of numerous 
valuable works [Rox. ]—487]: 
we leaukaino (Greek), to whiten ; (all :) glaucous leaflets and waite 
flowers ; 
«. léakos, dendron (Greek), white tree ; (all:) silvery white foliage 
(N. 2/255) ; 
... ledikos (Greek), white ; (all :) flowers of all the species ; 
vs (Greek), white tree ; 
«. (Greek), white nerved ; 
(Greek), with white bark ; 
we (Greek), with a whete corn-grain ; 
we (Greek), white, albows, (q.v) 5 
«+ (Greek), with white haér ; 
«+ (Greek), with white wood ; 
ws» (loc.) of Mount Lebanon, a high range of hills in the sonth of 
Syria ; 
(Latin), distinct (q.v.) , or free; 
... (loe.) of Liberia, on the Grain Coast of West Africa ; 
+ (Moluccas), name of the plant (N, 2/262) ; 
ve (Latin), woody, having the texture of wood ; 
(Latin), havimg a léjywle (scarious projection where the leaf blade 
joins the sheath (H.); or strap-like, narrow, moderately 
long, with the two opposite margins parallel ; 
.. (Latin), resembling Privet (ligustrum) ; 
.. (Latin), name used by Pliny and Virgil (N. 2/263; Cass. Lat. 
Die.) . 
(Latin) [from lilds (Persian), the indigo plant, |, lilac, pale duil 
purple coloured, mixed with a little white ; 
.. (Latin), Lily (Lilium) Family, or Urder ; 
Ulium, flds (2. fldris) (Latin) lily, flower ; it is to be noticed 
that whilst the iis short in English, it is long in Latin ; 
Virgil writes: “Lilia, verbenasque promens, vescumque papa- 
ver” (N. 2/358), on much the same principle us the differ. 
ences in the names Croton, Anemone, Antigouon, and others ; 
leimez (Greek), slug ; (all ;) appearnce of drupes ; 
(Latin), bordered, with a different colour ; 
.. (Italian), a small lemon ; 
... Lemon (Malay) {through limina (Persian), citron] (Bon. 240 : 
N. 2/277) ; 
vs (Latin), lemon citron : more lemon than citron, but compound of 
beth ; 
(Latin) [from Persian) lemon ; 
(Latin), Flax (Linum) Family, or Order ; 
vs } (com.) of J. Linden, Belgian horbiculturalist (N. 2/280) ; 
((com.) of John Lindley, Pu.p., ¥.R.S., 1799—1865, author 
of 
| *Tntroduction to Botany—Vegetable 
J Kingdom,” and 
} numerous other works, including a ‘“ Natural system of 
Botany ” one of the earliest works on natural orders ; 
.. (Latin), linear, with almost parallel edges and length at least 
five tumes the breadth (H.) ; 
(Latin), with linear leaves : 
«. (Latin), marked with longitudinal lines (H.) ; 
