Laticifers 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
lipolytic 
Latic’ifers, laticiferous cells or vessels. 
Laur‘ium (Aavpa, a lane), ‘sewer 
formation”; lauroph’ilus (¢iAéu, 
T love), ‘‘sewer-dwelling” ; Lauro- 
phy'ta (gurdy, a plant), ‘ sewer 
plants” (Clements), 
Leaf'it, Withering’s term for Lzar- 
LET. 
lecid’1oid (eléos, resemblance), lecidei- 
form, : 
leiodermar‘ian, resembling Leioder- 
maria in external markings (Scott). 
len’tiform (lens, lentis, lentil, forma, 
shape), doubly convex, shaped like 
a lentil-seed. 
lepidos’troboid, recalling the fossil 
genus Lepidostrobus in form or 
marking. 
lepra'rioid, resembling the old genus 
Lepraria. 
leptoclad’ous (kAddos, 
slender branched. 
leptocen’tric (+ LepromE, centrum, 
the middle), when a vascular 
bundle has the leptome in the 
middle, with the hadrome round 
it (Haberlandt). 
leptoder’matous, leptodermous ; 
Leptogonid‘ium (+ GonIDIUM) = 
Microgonrpium ; Lept’oid, a group 
of six to eight polygonal cells, 
resembling sieve-tubes, in the 
leptome of certain Bryophytes 
(Tansley and Chick); Lep’tome- 
Man’tle, fusion of several leptoids 
into a layer; ~ Strand, modifica- 
tion of the leptome cylinder ; 
leptomat‘ic, pertaining to the 
leptome; Lep’tomin, a principle 
found by Perrot in sieve-tissue, 
acting like an enzyme to produce 
oxidation ; Leptoxy’lem (+ XYLEM), 
the water-conducting tissue of the 
sporophyte of Mosses; functional 
wood (Vaizey). 
les’keoid, resembling the moss-genus, 
Leskea. 
le’thal (lethalis, deadly) Coefficient ; 
infe’rior or supe’rior, the lowest or 
highest temperatures which are 
fatal to the vital functions of a 
given organism (C. Jones). 
Leucoso’mata, pl. = LevcosomEs. 
a branch), 
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Li‘anoid (liane (Sp.) + eldos, resem- 
blance), Johow’s term for phan- 
erogamous parasites which proceed 
from autotrophous climbers. 
Li’briform, a tissue composed of 
LIBRIFORM cells (Tschirch). 
Li’broplasts (liber, free, m)agrds, 
moulded), elaeoplasts which are 
free on the median line of Diatoms 
(Mereschkowsky). 
lichenic’olous (Lichen, colo, I inhabit), 
dwelling in or on a Lichen. 
Lichenol’ogy (Aoyos, discourse), the 
science and study of Lichens. 
Lig’ula, add, (6) the ovuliferous scale 
in Araucaria, united with the bract, 
and resembling the ligule in Isoétes 
(Potter) ; lig’ular, (2) pertaining to 
a ligule, in its various meanings. 
lilacine, (2) lilac in tint (Heinig). 
Limb, add, (3) the margin of the leaf 
in Mosses when distinct in colour 
and cell-structure; lim’bate, lim- 
ba’tus, having a margin of the kind 
stated. 
lim’itate  (limitatus, restricted), 
limited or bounded by a distinct 
line of hypothallus in lichens 
(Leighton). 
Lim’nium, lake formation ; limnoph’- 
ilus (gidéw, I love), pond-loving ; 
Limnophy’ta (¢vrdv, a plant), pond 
plants (Clements). 
Limno’bion (ios, life), organic associa- 
tions occurring in fresh water ; cf. 
Havosion, GEOBION ; Limno’dium, 
employed by Ganong for wild salt 
marsh vegetation ; Hmnodoph’‘ilus 
(garéw, I love), marsh-loving ; Lim- 
nodophy’ta (gurov, a plant), marsh 
plants (Clements) ; Limnoplank’ton 
(+ PLanKTon), the floating vegeta- 
tion of freshwater pools or streams. 
Li‘n0m = LInin. 
linosp’orous (linea, a line, + Spore), 
employed by G. F. Atkinson for 
‘‘Jinear spored.” 
liorhi’zal, pertaining to LiorHIzaz. 
Lipasei’din, the fat-splitting enzyme 
of the cytoplasm in castor-oil seeds, 
Ricinus. 
Upolyt’ic (Avois, a loosing), dissolving 
fats. 
