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the broad fuperior part of a polypetalous Cj- 

 rolla. 



LANA, wool ; a fpecies of pubefcens which 

 covers the furface of many plants, ferving, ac- 

 cording to LinnjEus, as a kind of veil to fecure 

 them from the too intenfe rays of the fun ; 



fervat plantas ah esjlii n'miio, as in the Salvia cana ■ 

 rienfis, Slderltis canar'ienfis. Salvia athiopis^ 

 Marruhium, Verbafcum, Stachys, Carduus erioce- 

 ^haliis, Onoporduin. 



LANATUM Folium liana, wool] quafi tela 

 aranea induiinn, ut Salvia, Sideritis, covered as 

 with a fpider's web ; fo Linnjeus chufcs to ex- 

 plain it : exemplified in the Ledum villofum, 

 commonly called cobweb ledum. 



'Lanatus C^ulis, as in the Stachys germanica. 



LANCEOLATUM Folium [Lanceola, a lit- 

 tie lance] ejl oblongian utritique fenjim verfus extre- 

 mitatem attcnuatiim ; oblong, but gradually taper- 

 ing towards each extremity, and terminating '\n, 

 a point, as in the Plantago lanceolate;, Potamoge- 

 ton lucens, crijpum, lZ ferratum. 



LATERALES Flores [latus, a fide] exprefT- 

 es a mode of inflorefcence oppofed to termina- 

 tes ; lateral flowers. 



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