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Olbia . . . Eed pr. 8, F. Ev. S. 3 Provence . 1570 

 phcenjcea . . Pink . 6, G. Ev. S. 4 Canaries . 1816 

 plebeia . . . Pale . 9, G. Her. P. 2 N. Hoi. . 1820 

 Pseudo-61bia 2 Eed . 6, G. Ev. S. 4 S. Eur. . 1817 

 .^punctata . . Pale . S, H. A. 2 Italy . . 1800 

 •Balvitellensis . Pink . 7, H. B. 6 . 1831 



•sylve'stris . . Purp. . 8, H. A. 2 Portugal . 1817 

 thuringlaca . Li. blue 8, H. Her. P. 4 Germany . 1731 

 triloba . . .Li. pur. 6, F. Ev. S. 3 Spain . 1759 

 trim&tris . . Flesh . 6, H. A. 2 Spain . 1633 

 unguiculata . Lilac . 8, F. Ev. S. 6 Sainos . . 1807 



Lavender. See Lavdndula. 



Lavender cotton. See Santollna. 



Lavenia, Swartz. Supposed to lie of Cingalese 

 origin. Linn. 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Astcri.ccce. 

 Mere annual weeds, growing in any common 

 soil — deciiiribcns, ericta. 



Lavers (from law, to wash) are a group of sea- 

 weeds. See Fucdcece. 



Lavradia, Velloza. In honour of the Marquis 

 of Lavradio, a distinguished patron of botany. 

 Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Violaccce. This is a 

 very elegant shrub, requiring a mixture of 

 loam, peat, and sand ; and cuttings root freely 

 under a glass, in sand, in heat, 

 montana . Purple . i, S. Ev. S. 1 Brazil . . 1S2S 



Laws&nia, Linn. In honour of Isaac Lawson, 

 M.D., author of a Voyage to Carolina. Linn. 

 8, Or. 1, Nat. Or. LytTuracem. Ornamental 

 trees, producing their flowers in panicles or 

 i-acemes ; for culture and propagation, see 

 Lavradia. The Egyptian women obtain a 

 paste from the powdered leaves, with which 

 they stain their fingers and feet an orange 

 ■colour ; this they esteem an ornament. It 

 will iast for several weeks before there is occa- 

 sion to renew it. Synonyme : 1, L. intrmis, 

 L. spinbsa. 



alba 1 . . . -White . 4, S. Ev. T. 15 E. Ind. . 1752 

 purpurea . . Purple . 4, S. Ev. T. 15 E. Ind. . 1820 

 spinbsa . . White . 4, S. Ev. S. 15 E. Ind. . 1759 



Lax, loose, supple. 



LaxmXnnia, R. Brown. In honour of E. Lax- 

 man, a Siberian traveller. Linn. 6, Or. 1, 

 Nat.. Or. LiliAceoe. An interesting plant, 

 ■growing freely in loam and peat, and readily 

 increased by divisions. 



gracilis . . Pur. wt. 6, G. Her. P. i N. Hoi. . 1824 

 grandiflora . Wt. brn. 6, G. Her. P. J Swan B. . 



Leadwort. See Plumbago. 



Leaflets, small parts of compound leaves. 



Leafy, covered with leaves, or of the consis- 

 tence of a leaf. 



Leangium, Link. From Icios, smooth, and 

 aggeion, a vessel; alluding 'to the peridium. 

 Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. MiKpraccw. A 

 genus of minute wart-like Fungi, found upon 

 the leaves of mosses and decaying trunks of 

 trees—; florifbrme, Trevelyani. 



Leatherwood. See Dirca. 



Leathery, thick, of the consistence of leather. 



Lebeckia, Thunberg. After Lebeck, some un- 

 known botanist. Linn. 16, Or. 6, Nat. Or. 

 Fabacecs. Plants of some beauty, succeeding 

 in sandy loam and peat, and multiplied by 

 seeds, or cuttings in sand, under a glass. See 

 Indig&fera. 



contaminate . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S. 4 O. G. H. . 1787 

 cytisoldes . . YeL . 4, G. Ev. S. S C. G. H. . 1774 



sopi&ria . . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S. 3 C. G H. . 1820 

 sericea . . . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. . 1774 

 subnuda. . . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S. 1£ C. G. H. . 1824 

 subternata . . Yel. . 6, G. Ev. S. 3 C. G. H. . 1824 



Lebret6nia. See Pavbnia. 



Lecanocarpus, Nees. From lekane, a basin, 

 and karpos, fruit. See Amardnthus cauli- 

 florus. 



Lecanopteris, Blume. From lekane, a basin, 

 and pteris, a fern ; in allusion to the form of 

 the fronds. Linn. 24, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Poly- 

 podiaccas. A pretty stove fern, 

 carnbsa . . . Yellow 5, S. Her. P. Java . . 



Lecanora, Acharius. From lekane, a basin ; 

 alluding to the form of the shields. Linn. 

 24, Or. 8, Nat. Or. Parmeliaceai. This genus 

 comprises some valuable plants. L. atra, 

 hcematOmma, parilla, and tartdrea, are used 

 in dyeing, especially the latter, which is in 

 much request for dyeing woollen yam — 

 albilla, apochr&a, arg&pholis, dtra, br&nnea, 

 candelarea, polycarpa, carneo-lutea, cerlna, eer- 

 vlna, chloroleuca, circinata, coarctata, crdssa, 

 effusa, ilegans, epig&a, erythrilla, frustuldsa, 

 f&lgans, galdctina, gilida, glaucoma, hasma- 

 tdmma, porphyria, ffageni, crenul&ta, HooMrii, 

 Kypnbrum, lenligera, murdrum, oculdta, pa- 

 rilla, periclia, exigua, rubra, rubricdsa, sali- 

 cina, saxicola, sophbdes, Stdnei, subf&sca, tafrla- 

 rea-frigida, tuberculosa, Turneri, upsaliensis, 

 vdria, ventosa, mrilla, vitelRna. 



Lechea, Linn. After G. Leche, a Swedish bo- 

 tanist, who died in 1764. Linn. 3, Or. 3, 

 Nat. Or. Cistacece. Small plants, of no beauty, 

 and the commonest culture. Synonyme: 1, 

 L. major. 



minor . . . White 7, H. Her. P. i Canada . 1802 

 racemulbsa . White 7, H. Her. P. i N. Amer. . 1816 

 tenuifblia . . White 6, H. Her. P. £ Virginia . 1823 

 thymifblia . . White 7, H. Her. P. i Canada . 1780 

 villbsa 1 . . White 7, H. Her. P. J N. Amer. . 1812 



LECHENAtJLTiA, R. Brovm. Named in compli- 

 ment to M. Lechenault, a French botanist 

 and traveller. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Good- 

 eniacece. Very elegant plants when in blossom. 

 They grow best in a mixture of turfy loam, 

 peat, and sand ; and cuttings of the young 

 wood root readily in the same kind of soil, 

 under a glass. Synonymes : 1, L. Baxtiri ; 2, 

 L. grandiflora. 



formbsa . . Scarlet 6, G. Ev. S. 1 N. Hoi. . . 1824 

 oblata 1 . . Orange 6, G. Ev. S. 1 N. Hoi. . . 1824 

 Baxteri . . Scr. yl. 6, G. Ev. S. 1 N. HoL v . . 

 bilbba 2 . . Blue . 6, G. Ev. S. 1 N. Hoi. . . 3840 

 arcuata . . Yel. so. 6, G. Ev. S. 1 N. Hoi. . . 1844 

 splehdens . Scarlet 6, G. Ev. S. 1 N. Hoi, . . 1844 



LecIdea, AcTiarius. From lekis, a saucer, and 

 eidos, like ; in allusion to the saucer-like 

 shields. Linn. 24, Or. 8, Nat. Or. Parme- 

 liaceai. A very extensive genus of Lichens, 

 found in almost every situation, and at all 

 seasons of the year. Synonymes: 1, Lichen 

 escharoides; 2, Lichen atrocarpus ; 3, Lichen 

 cdlvus— abiStina, alabastrlna, alba, albo-caeru- 

 le"scens, a. turgida, andmala, anthraclna, aro- 

 mdtica, atro-cine'rea, ^tro-alba, atro-virens, 

 geographica, atro-flava, atro-rufa, csesio-rufa, 

 Candida, cane'scens, carneola, cinereo-fusca, 

 citrinella, cfinfluens, conspurcata, coracina, 



