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Leaf-blade {Lamina} : the thin expanded portion of a leaf. 

 Leaflet : one of the divisions or parts of a compound leaf. 

 Leaf-scar : the scar on the stem after the leaf has fallen. 

 Leaf-stalk (Petiole) : stem of the leaf. 

 Legume: a simple ovary or pod which at maturity splits along 



both ventral and dorsal sutures. 

 Leguminous : having legumes ; like a legume. 



Lenticd: an elevated portion or spot on Elder and other stems, con- 

 sisting of a corky mass, which replaces the stomate. 

 Liber : the, inner or fibrous bark of exogenous plants. 

 Ligneous, or Lignose : woody. 

 Ligvle: the ray or strap-shaped corolla of some flowers of Com- 



positae; the appendage at the summit of the leaf-sheath in 



Grasses. 

 Ligidate : strap or tongue-shaped. 

 LUiaceous : like a Lily. 



Limb : the blade of a petal, border of a corolla, etc. 

 Linear : narrow and flat. 

 Lip : the principal division, or lobe of a labiate corolla and calyx ; 



the labellum. 

 Lobate : having lobes. 

 Lobulate : diminutive of lobate. 

 Loculicidal : splitting down the middle of the back of each cell or 



cavity. 

 Loment : a pod which separates transversely into joints or parts. 

 Lomentaceous : like a loment. 

 I/u,nate : crescent-shaped. 

 Lyraie: lyre-shaped. 

 Jyyrate leaf: a leaf with the terminal lobe large and roundish, and 



the lower lobes small. 



/t (Greek m) : in measurement one thousandth of a millimetre. 



Maero (as a prefix) : large. 



Maerospore : the larger of two kinds of spores, as in some Lycopods. 



Maculate : spotted. 



Medullary : relating to the pith. 



Medullary Mays : the lines or portions of parenchymous tissue 

 regularly interspersed in the wood, and radiating from the 

 pith. 



Membranaceous, or Memhranous : like a membrane ; thin, and more 

 or less translucent. 



Mericarp : one of the closed half-fruits of the TTmbelliferse. 



Meristem: generating tissue, or tissue capable of growth by cell- 

 division. 



Meristematic : having or like meristem. 



Meros (in compound words) : parted. 



Mesocarp : the middle one of three layers of the pericarp. 



Mesophyll : the parenchymous tissue forming the interior of the leaf- 

 blade. 



Mesophloim : the middle bark. 



