lnealis 
lituatus 
those obtained by joining all the 
places in a given direction where 
the species stops; the resultant 
lines map out the distribution of 
the said species (Kerner) ; linea’lis 
(Lat., consisting of lines), measur- 
ing about @ line ; lin’ear, linea’ris, 
narrow, several times longer than 
wide ; lin’eate, /inea’tus, marked 
with lines, Zinea’ta Va'sa t, vessels 
transversely marked, as annulate 
ducts or tracheids; lineat/ipes + 
(pes, a foot), having a lined or 
striated foot-stalk ; lined = linea- 
tus, striatus; lin’eolate, dineola’- 
tus, marked with fine or obscure 
lines. 
linguiform’is (lingua, a tongue, 
forma, shape), tongue - shaped ; 
ling’ulate, dingula’tus, also means 
tongue-shapcd. 
Li'nin or Li’nine (Alvov, a thread), the 
hyaloplasmic filaments of the nu- 
cleus in repose (Schwarz). 
Linnean Syst’em, the artificial classifi- 
cation devised by Linnaeus, based 
upon the number and position of 
the stamens. 
Li‘nolein (Linum, flax, olewm, oil), 
“the glyceride of lineoleic acid 
found in linseed oil.” 
Liorhi’zae (elos, smooth, élfa, root), 
Van Tieghem’s name for Mono- 
cotyledons and Nymphaeaceae, the 
root - hairs being of exodermic 
origin. 
Lip, (1) one of the two divisions of a 
bilabiate corolla or calyx, that is, 
a gamopetalous or gamosepalous 
organ cleft into an upper (superior 
or posterior) and a lower (inferior 
or anterior) portion; (2) the label- 
lum of Orchids; ~ Cells, two narrow, 
lignified cells on the sporangia of 
some annulate Ferns, distinct from 
the annulus, which are the first 
to separate on dehiscence; cf. 
Stromr1um. 
Lip’ase (Alzros, grease), a fat-splitting 
enzyme occurring in oily seeds; 
Lip’ochrome (xpwua, colour), the 
yellow pigment of flowers, so 
named by Hansen from its resem- 
blance to an animal pigment ; 
Lipocy’anin (xiavos, blue), the blue 
pigment of some plants. 
lipox’enous (Aclrw, I leave, févos, 
a host), deserting its host; Li- 
pox’eny, the desertion of a host- 
plant by a parasite to com- 
plete its development on reserve 
materials previously obtained from 
the host, as in the falling away of 
Ergot, the sclerotium of Cordycepa 
purpurea, Tul. 
lipped, = LABIATE. 
Liquor (Lat. a liquid) Am’nios (cf. 
AMNIOs), a term borrowed from 
zoology for the fluid ‘‘ contained in 
the sac within which the embryo 
is engendered ” (Lindley). 
Lirel’la (dim. of lira, a ridge), in 
Lichens an oblong apothecium 
with a furrow along its middle, 
as in Opegrapha ; lirel’late, lirel’- 
line, lirella-like ; lirel’liform, /irelli- 
JSorm’is ( forma, shape), shaped like 
a lirella. 
lisigenet/ic, = LYSIGENETIO. 
Lithobib’lion (AlGos, a stone, BiPAlor, 
a paper or scroll) = LirHorHyL ; 
Lith’ocarp (xapros, fruit), fossil 
fruit ; Lith’ocyst («éorts, a bag or 
pouch), a crystalcell; lithoph’il- 
ous, saxicolous, dwelling on rocks ; 
Lith’ophyl (@vA)or, a leaf), a fossil 
leaf or leaves; Lith’ophytes (¢vrov, 
a plant), plants which grow on 
stones, but derive their nourish- 
ment from the atmosphere as 
saxicolous Lichens ; lithosperm’ous 
(orépua, seed), having hard, stony 
seeds; Lithox’yle (fUAov, wood), 
fossil wood. 
Lit’mus, a violet colour derived from 
several species of Lichens, such as 
Rocella, ete. 
lit/oral, ditora’lis (Lat. pertaining to 
the sea-shore), belonging to or 
growing on the sea-shore (A. Gray 
adds ‘‘ river banks” which strictly 
ape stag is ‘“‘riparian”); used by 
. C. Watson for plants of the 
sea-shore ; frequently spelled lit’- 
toral, littora’lis. 
litua’tust (lituus, a crooked staff), 
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