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awnle.ss, veiy unequal, largest one obtusely 
truncate. 
criata'ta, (Ju. 2^.) spike somewhat lax ; 
spikelets divert^ing, 3-4 Howered, somewhat 
avviied aad wrinkled, sub-ciliate on the 
keel. S. 
KRAME'RIA. 4— 1. (Leguminosa.) [In honor 
of two German botanists, Kramer, father 
and son.] 
lanceola'ta, (y. Tp.) hoary -pube.scent ; 
leaves lanceolate, acute, villose ; pedicels 
axillary, about twice as long as the leaves. 
KRI'GIA. 17—1. (.dehor acem.) 
virgini'ca, flowers small, orange-yellow ; 
primary leaves roundish, entire, the rest ly- 
rate, nearly smooth ; scape 1 -flowered. 
Dwarf dandelion. 
amplexicau'lis, (y. Ju. li-) glaucous ; 
leaves of the root spatulate, lanceolate, 
and oval, toothed ; scapes somewhat leafy 
and branched. 
carolin"vi'na. leaves runcinate, nearly 
flabrous; scapes very long, and with the 
ase of the iuvolucrum glandularly hairy. 
6 12 i. S. 
danddi'on, (y. IX^ glabrous, slightly glau- 
cous; leaves linear lanceolate, entire, 
smooth ; scape 1-flowered, 8-18 i. S. 
lyra'ta, (y. 11) very glabrous, stemless ; 
leaves sub-lyrate, oblong, acute ; scajie 
1-flowered, naked; divisions of the invo- 
lucre linear-acute. Arkansas. 
KUH'NIA. 17—1. {Corynibiferm.) [Adam 
Kuhn.] 
eupatorioi'des, (W. Au. 11.) smooth ; 
leaves petioled, broad-lanceolate, serrate ; 
corymbs terminal, few-flowered, crowded. 
2 3 f. Shady woods. False boneset. 
critn'nia, pubescent; leaves narrower, 
punctate and glandular beneath ; flowers 
pale yellow. Mountains. 
glutino'sa, (w. S.) pubescent, glutinous ; 
leaves lanceolate, taiiering toward the sum- 
mit, notched and toothed, crowded ; flowers 
corymb panicled. 2 f. 
KYLLIN"GA. 3—1. (Cyperoideco.) [From 
Kylling, a Danish botanist.] 
ino)ioceph"ala, (false bog-rush, Oc. 11.) 
stem filiform, 3-angled ; head globose, ses- 
sile; involucrum 3 leaved, very long. 3-12 i. 
pu'mila, (dwarf kyllinga, J. 24^.) head 
globose, sessile, solitary; involucre short, 
culm setaceous ; flowers diandrous. 3-6 i. S. 
mad'uLata, (three-headed kyllinga, Ju. 
glumes 3, unequal, imbricate ; heads 
generally 3, ovate, sub-acute, sessile. 3-5 f. 
LACTU'CA. 17—1. (CichoracecB.) [From lac, 
milk, on account of the juice from tlie stalk.] 
elonga'ta, (wild lettuce, y. Ju. ,^ . or ^ .) 
leaves smooth, lower ones runcinate, am- 
plexicaul, upper ones lanceolate, sessile; 
flowers panicled. 4-6 f. 
sati'va, (lettuce, y. Ju. %.) leaves round- 
ish, cauline ones cordate ; stem corymbed. 
Var. roma'na, has oblong, straight leaves, 
uaiTowed at the base. Y nr. cris'^ pa, h^iS sin- 
uatecrenate leaves, toothed, undulated, 
crisped, radical ones hairy on the keel. Vai*. 
lacnda'ta, has the lower leaves pinnatifid, 
and the upper ones runcinate. Ex. 
liimi'la, (y. p. ZJ^.) lower part of the stem 
and leaves hairy ; radical leaves lyrate ; 
segments truncate, sub-dentate, upper cues 
partly runcinate, pinnatifid ; flowers in ra- 
cemes. 
rnlegrifo'lia, (y. Ju. $ .) leaves sagittate, 
entire, unarmed, and clasping ; flowei"s pan- 
icled. 3-4 f. 
sang7iin"eo, (wood-lettuce, r. Au. $ .) 
leaves amplexicaul, runcinate, glaucous be- 
neath, with the midrib filamentous ; flowers 
panicled. 2 3 f. 
graminifo'lia, (p. Ju.) leaves unarmed, 
generally undivided, simple at the base, 
long-linear ; panicle leafless, loose, branched, 
few-flowered ; stem erect, simple, flowers 
all peduncled. 3 f. S. 
sogil.tifo'lia, (y. r. Au.) stem erect, gla- 
brous ; leaves lance-oblong, acute, entire, 
glabrous, pale beneath, close-ses.sile, sagit- 
tate at the base ; flowers i)anicled. S. 
LA MIUM. 13—1. (Laviatv..) [From La- 
niium, a mountain of Ionia, where it grew.] 
ampkxlcavUe, (dead nettle, r. Nov. 0.) 
floral leaves broadly cordate, sessile, am- 
plexicaul, crenate. radical leaves petioled. 
6-10 i. 
pvrpu'renm, (p. ^.) leaves cordate, cre- 
nate serrate, petiolate, upper ones crowded ; 
stem uakedish downwards. 4-8 i. 
garga' nicurn, (dead nettle, li) leaves 
coi-date, concave ; throat of the corolla in- 
flated ; tube short. Ex. 
Impidu'lvm, (w.) leaves long-petioled, 
broad-cordate, pubescent ; axils 1-flowered ; 
stem hispid. S. 
LANTA'NA. 13- 2. (Pedicular es.) 
cmna'ra, (y. Au. Ip .) leaves oppo.site^ 
lance-ovate, crenate and serrate, scabrous , 
stem rough, not prickly ; flowers in umbel- 
late heads, leafless. 2-4 f. S. Hot-house 
plants, nearly allied to the verbenas. 
LATHY'RUS. 16—10. (Leguminosm.) [From 
lathuros, leguminous.] 
odora'tus, (sweet pea, J. ^.) peduncles 
2-flowered ; tendril with ovate-oblong leaf- 
ets ; legumes hirsute. Ex. 
latifo'lius, (everlasting-pea, Au. 11 ) ped- 
uncles many-flowered ; tendril with 2 
lance-ovate leaves ; membranaceous be- 
tween joints. Ex. 
pnlus"tris, (w-p. Ju. 2^.) stem smooth, 
winged, weak ; leafets in 3 pairs, oblong, 
macronate ; stipules acute, semi-sagittate ; 
peduncles 3-5-flowered, a little longer than 
the leaves ; legume compressed. Low 
grounds. 
myrtifo'liua, flowers smaller than the pre- 
ceding, purple and rose-colored ; leafets 4, 
reticulate, scabrous on the margin ; pedun- 
cles longer than the leaves, 3-4-flowered. 
Salt marshes. 
veno'sus, numerous leafets, veiny ; ped- 
uncles shorter than the leaves, 4-5-flower- 
ed. 
mariti'mus, (beach pea, p. Ju. 2^.) stem 
compressed, 4angled; stipules sagittate; 
leafets numerous, sub-alternate, obovate; 
peduncles shorter than the leaves, about 7- 
flowered. 
sati'vus, (chick vetch, %) peduncles 1- 
