Legumin 
Leucin 
seed-vessel of Leguminosae, one- 
celled and two-valved, but various 
in form; Legu’min, an albuminoid 
from pulse, vegetable casein; 
legu’minous, legumina’ris, (1) per- 
taining to a legume; or (2) to the 
order Leguminosae. 
lem’‘on-col’oured, pale, pure yellow, 
citrinus. 
lJens-shaped, lentil-like, doubly-con- 
vex, lenticular. 
Len'ticel, Lenticel'la (lens, lentis, a 
lentil), lenticular corky spots on 
young bark, corresponding to epi- 
dermal stomata; syn. Lent‘icelle 
(Crozier); lenticella’tus (Mod. Lat. ), 
having lenticels ; Lentic’ulae, ‘‘ the 
spore-cases of certain Fungals” 
(Lindley) ; lentic’ular, lenticula’ris, 
lentiform’is (forma, shape), like a 
doubly convex lens. 
lentig’inose, lentig’inous, lentigino’sus 
(Lat., full of freckles), minutely 
dotted as though freckled. 
leoch’romus (Adwy, a lion, xpaua, 
colour), tawny, the colour of a lion’s 
hide ; leoni’nus (Lat., pertaining to 
a lion), something of the same tint. 
Lep’al, Lep’alum (Mod. Latin, from 
Aemis, a scale), a nectary originat- 
ing in a barren transformed stamen 
(Henslow). 
Lepan’thium (Aemls, a scale, dvOos, a 
flower), ‘‘a petal which contains a 
nectary” (Crozier); Lepic’ena (xevos, 
empty), the glume in grasses, by 
Richard used for the lower pair 
of glumes ; Lep’ides, scales, usually 
attached by their centre; lepido- 
den’droid (Lepidodendron, eléos, re- 
semblance), like the fossil genus 
Legidodendron, a  carboniferous 
Lycopod. 
Lepidopteroph’ilae (Lepidopteron, 
gpiréw, I love), applied to plants 
which are fertilized by lepidop- 
terous insects. 
Lep’‘idophyte, Lepidophy’tae (\erls, a 
scale; gurov, a plant), L, Ward’s 
term for Lepidodendroid fossil 
plants. 
lep’idote, Zepido'tus (Aertdéros, scaly), 
beset with small scurfy scales. 
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Lepio’ta (Aemis, a scale, ods, dros, an 
ear), ‘‘ the annulus of certain Fun- 
gals” (Lindley) ; but Lepiota is a 
genus of Agarics, having been pro- 
posed by Persoon for a section of 
Agaricus ; Le’pis, a scale. 
Lepis’ma (\émicuwa, peeled bark), a 
membranous scale in some Ranun- 
culaceae, au apparently aborted 
stamen in Paconia papaveracea 
Andrz.; several of them enclose 
the ovary. 
Lep’ra (Aémpa, leprosy), a white mealy 
matter extruded from the surface 
of some plants; lep’rose, lep’rous, 
lepro’sus, scurfy. 
leptoder’mous (Aerros, thin, delicate, 
6épua, skin), thin-coated, used of 
moss-capsules when pliable ; Lep’to- 
forms ( forma, shape), heteroecious 
Fungi having teleutospores only, 
which as soon as they arrive at 
maturity germinate on living plants; 
Lep’tome, an abbreviation of Lep- 
tomes’tome (yeo70s, filled) ; Haber- 
landt’s expression for the phloém- 
like portion of the vascular bundles 
in vascular plants; Lep’tomin, a 
substance found in the leptome of 
some plants, especially in the 
sieve-tubes and laticiferous vessels, 
the presumed function being to 
convey oxygen (Raciborski); Lep’- 
tophlo’ém (+PsLoEM), rudimen- 
tary phloém, for storage or con- 
duction of food material (Vaisey) ; 
leptophyl'lous, -/us (pvAdov, a leaf), 
slender - leaved ; leptosporan’giate 
(copa, seed, ayyetov, asmall vessel), 
having leptosporangia ; Leptospor- 
an’gium, « sporangium derived 
from one superficial cell, as in the 
true Ferns, and not from a group 
of cells as in Ophioglossaceae ; 
leptoti’chus (reZyos, a wall), thin- 
walled, applied only to tissue. 
Lepyrophyl'ly (Aémvpov, a scale, gvAXov, 
a leaf), Morren’s term for arrest of 
the testa in the leaf-stage. 
lett’ered, with spots resembling 
letters ; cf. GRAMMICUS, 
leucan’thous, -thws (Aevxos, white or 
grey), white flowered; Leu’cin or 
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