lubricous 
macrobiostigmatic 
lu’bricous, Ju/bricus (Lat.), smooth, 
slippery. 
lu’cens, lucid, Ju'/cidus (Lat.), shin- 
ing, referring to the surface. 
lumbrica‘lis (dumbricus, amaw-worm), 
worm-shaped, as in some Algae; 
lum’bricous, shaped like an earth- 
worm. 
Lu’men (Lat., light, opening), the 
space which is bounded by the 
walls of an organ, as the central 
cavity of a cell; Lu’minous Line, in 
Malpighiaceae, etc., on the testa of 
the seeds, is due to a modification 
of the outer layer. 
lu’nar (/una, the moon), (1) pertain- 
ing to the moon; (2) LUNATE; ~ 
Plants, Grew’s term for those which 
twine ‘‘ with the moon,” against 
the sun, sinistrorse ; lu’nate, /wna’- 
tus, half-moon shaped; luna’ted, 
having lunar markings (Crozier); 
lu’niform (forma, shape), crescent- 
shaped, (Crozier) ; Iu‘nulate, /unw- 
la’tus, diminutive of lunate. 
Lupinite, a bitter substance occur- 
ring in the leaves of the whitelupin, 
Lupinus albus, Linn. ; Lu’pinine, 
an alkaloid in the flower-buds of 
Lupinus luteus, Linn. 
Lu’pulin, (1) a secretion from the 
glandular hairs of the hop-strobiles, 
Humulus Lupulus, Linn., which 
gives a bitter taste ; (2) see LUPU- 
LINIO GLANDS; lu’puline, lupuli’- 
nous, /upuli’nus, resembling a hop- 
strobile; Iupulin’ic Glands, the 
resinous glandular bodies within 
the scales of the female flower of 
the hop, ‘‘also called Lupulin” 
(Stormonth) ; Lu’pulite, a lupulinic 
gland. 
lurid, lu/ridus (Lat., sallow, wan), in 
botany, dingy brown or yellow; 
lurid‘ic Acid occurs in Boletus 
luridus, Schaeff. 
Lu'sus (Lat. a game), a sport or varia- 
tion from seed or bud ; ~ Natu’rae, 
a monstrosity. 
lu'teo-fus’cus (/uteus, yellow, fuscus, 
swarthy), blackish-yellow ; Lu’te- 
olin, a yellow colouring matter 
found in weld, Reseda Luteola, 
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Linn. ; lu’teolus (Lat.) yellowish ; 
lutes’cent, /utes’cens, becoming yel- 
low ; lu’teus (Lat.) a full yellow. 
Luxw'ria, Luxu’ries (Lat. rankness), 
exuberant growth; luxuriant, 
luxu'rians (Lat.), usually signifies 
that the organs of nutrition are 
more developed than those of 
fructification. 
lycoper’dioid (Lycoperdon, a genus of 
Gasteromycetes, eldos, like), resem- 
bling a puff-ball. 
lycopodia’ceous (Lycopodium, + 
aceous), resembling the genus 
Lycopodium. 
lycot’ropal=lycot’ropous, -pus (Avkos, 
a door-knocker, tpory, a twining), 
when an otherwise orthotropous 
ovule is bent like a horse-shoe. 
Lymph, Lym'pha (Lat. spring water), 
Grew’s term for sap; Lymph’ae~ 
Ducts=Ducts; lymphat‘ic, clear, 
pellucid ; ~Ducts= Ducts. 
lysigenet’ic, lysigen’ic, lysig’enous 
(Avows, a loosing, yévos, offspring), 
when a cavity is formed by dis- 
organisation or dissolving of cells. 
ly’rate, /yra‘tus (Avpa, a lute or lyre), 
lyre-shaped, pinnatifid with the 
terminal lobe large androunded, the 
lower lobes small ; lyrati-parti’tus, 
~-sec’tus, lyrately pinnate ; lyre- 
shaped = LYRATE. 
Ly’sis, (Avows, a loosing), the meta- 
morphosis of a part. 
Mace, the arillus of the nutmeg. 
Macera'tion, (maceratio, a steeping), 
steeping, as in the case of barley 
for malting. 
Mac’ro- (uaxpds, long), in Greek com- 
pounds=long ; frequently but im- 
properly used for mega-, or megalo-, 
large. 
macran’drous (uaxpés, long; advip, 
dvdpos, @ man), having large or 
long male plants in Algae; mac- 
ran’'thus (dv@os, a flower), long 
flowered ; macrobiostigmat/ic (Altos, 
life, crlyya, a puncture), Delpino’s 
term for those plants whose stig- 
mas remain capable of fertilization 
until the anthers are mature; 
