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LIMBUS, a border; the fuperlor dilated 

 verge of a monopetalous Corolla. 



LINEA [prcprie cfl funiculus ex lino~\ a line- 

 The fecond degi-ee in the Linnxan fcale for 

 meafuring the parts of plants : it is the breadth 

 of the Lunula, or crefcent, called the root, on 

 the finger, not the thumb, nail, meafuring 

 from the fiiin towards the body of the nail. 



LINEARE Folium \Linea, a line] linear, 

 ftraight, aquali ubique latitudine, as in the Rof- 

 marinus, Pinus, & Grainina. . 



Linearis CauUs, ^vhen ufed as a term of men- 

 furation, regards the diameter of the ftem, and 

 fignifies its being extremely fmall. See Linea. 



LINEATUM Folium [_Linca, a line] a leaf 

 whofe fuperficies is flightly ftreaked longitudi- 

 nally with parallel Hues, not imprelEng the fur- 

 face. 



LINGUIFORME Folium, tongue-fliaped. 

 See Lir.gulaium. 



LINGULATUM Folium [lingua, a tongue] 

 or Llngwforme ; a leaf which is linear, carnofe, 

 obtufe, convex on the under fide, and fre- 

 quently 



