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causes the leaves and 3^oung stems to grow gray. [Cf. 

 Lanuginose, Lanugo.] 



Liber. Liber is that part of the bark (cortex) which Hes next to 

 the wood. This gives the name to the books in which we 

 write. [Cf. Liber.] 



Libra. A Roman libra contains twelve ounces. [Not a botani- 

 cal term.] 



Ligula. A ligula is the fourth part of a cyathus, that is a semun- 

 cia or t\vo scruples. [Obsolete in this sense. Cf. Ligule.] 



Loculamenta. Loculamenta are cases which, like little boxes, 

 enclose the seeds. [Cf. Loculus.] 



Lomentum. Lomentum is bean meal. [Cf. Lomentaceous.] 



Lacineae. Lacineae are margins cut into bits for the sake of 

 decoration, and clippings of the extreme edge. Hence leaves 

 divided into sections by means of sinuses, or separated ac- 

 cording to their natural divisions are called lacinate. How- 

 ever there are those who use the term lacinosum for sin- 

 uosum. [Cf. Lacinia, Laciniate.] 



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Malicorium. Malicorium is the rind of a pomegranate. [Cf. 

 Malicorium.] 



Malleolus. Malleolus novellus is the young shoot of a vine pro- 

 duced upon last year's branch (flagellum), called from its 

 resemblance to the object, because where it is cut off from 

 the old twig (sarmentum) which extends on both sides, it 

 has the appearance of a mallet. Or because it is wont to be 

 planted pruned and with projections on both sides.* [Cf. 

 Malleolus.] 



Matrix. See Cor. 



Medulla. See the same. 



Mucro. A mucro is a point which terminates any part. Thus 

 many leaves, certain siliques and all spines are sharp- 

 pointed at the tip. [Cf. Mucro, Mucronate.] 



Muscus. Muscus is that woolly substance that appears on the 

 very surface of the bark (cortex) of some trees, just as the 



* In the original the term "capillatus" is evidently a misprint for "capitulatus." 



