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Lig'neous, Lig'neus— LiG'Kosus-Synonym 

 for "Woody." Lisnikeeous — When 

 branches form wood only, without 

 flowers or fruit. LiGNiNE, Liqnina — 

 A substance which fills the cellular 

 tissue composing, woody fibre. 



Lig'ula — A membranous appendage at the 

 summit of the sheath of the petiole of 



frasses. Lig'ula — A strap. Lig'ulate, 

 ilGULATUS — Synonym for "Strap- 

 shaped." The absence of a ligule at 

 the base of the leaf-blade of a Sedge is 

 a mark between these plants and the 

 grasses. 



Lilaoi'nus, Lilac — Blue and red, with a 

 little grey. 



Limba'tus — Bordered. 



LiMo'sus — Muddy, growing in mud. (See 

 those lovely little plants, Utriculana. ) 



Line, Linea — A line, the twelfth pa,rt of an 

 inch. ' 



Lt'neab, Linea'ris— Where the side mar- 

 gins of a foliaceous expansion are 

 parallel, and the length considerably 

 longer than the breadth. 



Linea'tus — Lined. Synonym for 



"Striated." Linbolatus— Marked with 

 little lines. (See the pods of Flemingia 

 lineata, a common small shrub of 

 Tropical Queensland.) 



Linguifok'mis, LiSgula'tus — Tongue- 

 shaped, as the leaves of Dendrobium 

 linguiforme. 



Likel'la — Applied to the linear apothecia 

 of some Lichens. 



LiTHo'PHiLUS — Applied to plants which 

 grow on bare rocks and stones. 



Litoea'lis, Lit'oral— Applied to plants 

 found on the sea-shores or banks of 

 rivers, as Psidium litlorale. A fine row 

 of these trees may be seen in the 

 Brisbane Botanic Garden. 



Liv'idhb, Liv'id— Of a pale lead colour, 

 grey and blue. 



Loba'tus, Lobed' — Divided into lobes. 

 Lobul^e — "Very minute lobes. 



Lo'cHiAL — Relating to the natural dis- 

 . charges consequent upon childbirth. 

 Aristolochia is said to be useful in 

 exciting the lochial discharge. 



Loou'lament, Looulamen'tum — A cavity 

 in the pericarp containing the seed. 

 One of the cells of the anther. Locu- 

 la'kis, Looula'tus — Containing more 

 than one cell. 



Loculioi'dal, Looulioi'dus — Applied to 

 seed vessels which open for the escape- 

 ment of their seeds between the 

 placentas or dissepiment. 



Loc'osTA — Synonym for "Specula," also 

 for "Gluma. A spikelet or partial 

 inflorescence of grasses. 



LoDl'cuLA — Synonym for "Glumella." 

 The palea or thin hyaline scales which 

 represent the perianth of grasses. 



Lomen'tum — A legume wHTch is contracted 

 in the spaces between the seeds. 

 Lomoenta'oeods, Lombnta'ceus — When 

 an expansion appears pinched at inter- 

 vals, as though it were made up of 

 several separate pieces applied end to" 

 end. Pods of this kind often sefjarate 

 into one-seeded parts, each of which in 

 description is called an article. 



Longitu'dinal, Longittjdina'us — With 

 reference to the axis of any part. 

 LoNGCS, LoNGissiMUS— When some 

 part is of greater length than some 

 other part with which it is connected. 



Loka'tus, Lobum— a thong. Synonym for 

 "Ligulatus." (See leaves oiSakealorea.) 



Lo'eioa — Synonym for "Testa." 



Lu'bbioous— Slippery. 



Lu'oEUS, Lu'omns — Bright, shining. 



LnNATB', Luna'tus — Like a half moon. 

 Synonym for "Crescent-shaped." 

 (See the leaflets of Adicmtum 

 lunulatum.) 



Lu'eid, Lu'EiDUS^Of a dingy brown, grey 

 with orange. 



Lute'us— Yellow. Lutb'olus, Lutes'cehs 

 —Yellowish. (See Yellow Lupine, 

 Lupinus luteus^) 



Ly'eate, Ltkatiei'dus, Ltba'tus— Where 

 a leaf has several pairs of small lobes 

 near the base, with deep sinuses be- 

 tween them. 



Mao'eos — In composition, signifies " long" 

 or "large,!' as Maoeoceph'alous, 

 Maceoceph'altis — Large headed. 

 Where the cotyledons of a dicoty- 

 ledonous embyro are confluent, and 

 form a large mass compared with the 

 rest of the body. Maoeo'podous, 

 Mackop'odus — Large-footed , where the 

 radicle of a monocotyledonous embryo 

 is large in proportion to the rest of the 

 body. (See the long-stamened flowers 

 of one of our swamp grass trees 

 Xanthorrhcea macronema.) 



Mao'eandeotis — Having elongated male 

 plants. 



Mac'eoqonid'ia — Large gonidia. 



Maoula'tus, Maoulo'sus — Spotted, 

 blotched. (See bark of the Spotted 

 Gum, MucalypUis maculata.) 



Malle'olus — The small shoots of a vine. 

 The " layer " by which plants are 

 propagSited. 



Mallocoo'ohb — Where the fruit is downy. 



Mamil'la — Little teat-like prominences on 

 the surface of certain pollen. Mamil- 

 la'bis, Mamilla'tus— Where a wart- 

 like projection surmounts a hemi- 

 spherical body. (See those catti called 

 MamUlaria, or Nipple Cactus.) 



Manioa'tub, Mani'cate— With sleeves or 

 gloves ; when pubescence is so much 

 matted and interwoven that it may be 

 easily removed from a surface in one 

 mass. (See Begonia inanicata.) 



Makbres— Inorganic — The principal inor- 

 ganic manures are ashes, linlp, the 

 marl^, gypsum, bones, salt,- charcoal, 

 soot, and guano. Organic — The prin- 

 cipal organic manures are the dung of 

 animals, human excrements, urine, 

 flesh, blood, fish, swamp muck, sea- 

 weed, and decayed leaves, hay, straw, 

 and wood. Guano, .though an SJiimal 

 product, contains so large a proportion 

 of salt, and is so deficient m the 

 characteristics of recent animal matter, 

 that it is generally classed with inor- 

 ganic manures. 



Maboes'cent, Maeces'obns — Decaying, 

 gradually withering without falling off. 



