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aeain proliferous before they are detached. 
Flowers very minute. Water. 
polyrrhi'za, (water flax-seed, Ju. @.) 
fronds obovate rotundulate. compressed ; 
toots numerous, fascicled. Stagnant waters. 
LE0N"T1CE. 6—1. (Berberides.) 
OiaUctroi'des, (poppoose-root, false cohosh, 
p-y. Ap. 11.) leaves bi-triternate ; leafets 2- 
3-iobed ; flowers paniculate, from the cen- 
tre of the leaves. 1 f. 
I,E0N"T0D0N. 17—1. (Cichoracece.) [From 
leon, a lion, odons, tooth, from the shape of 
its leaves.] 
tnrax"acum, (dandelion, y. Ap. 2X-) outer 
calyx reflexed ; scape 1-flowered ; leaves 
runcinate, with toothed divisioi?s. Introdu- 
ced. 
palns"tre, (marsh-dandelion, 2^.) leaves 
sinuate-toothed, somewhat glabrous ; outer 
involucre scales short, erect, ovate. 
LEONU'RIJS. 13—1. (Labiata.) [From leon, 
a lion, and oura, tail.] 
cardia'ca, (motherwort, w-r. Ju. 2^.) 
leaves 3-lobed, toothed, bases wedge-form ; 
calyx prickly, less than the corolla. Natu- 
ralized. 2-4 f. 
marruhias"truvi, (r. Au.) leaves lanceo- 
late, toothed ; calyx somewhat prickly, as 
long as the corolla. Naturalized. 2-4 f. 
LEPID"IUM. 14—1. ' {CrucifcrcB.) [Fromlepis, 
a scale, from its supposed virtue in cleansing 
the skin.] 
vir gild' cum, (wild pepper-grass, w. J. 
2/.) radical leaves pinnatifid ; cauline 
leaves lance-linear ; flowers with 4 petals ; 
stamens 2-4 ; pouch orbicular, flat, emargin- 
ate. shorter than the pedicel. Sandy fields. 
campes"ire, (field pepper-grass.) cauline 
'eaves sagittate. Hills. 
Kati'vtim, (pepper-grass, w. Ju. leaves 
oblong, many-cleft. 
rudera'le, flowers diandrous, apetalous ; 
radical and cauline leaves pinnatifid or in- 
cised ; branch leaves linear very entire ; 
silicles broad-oval, emarginate. spreading; 
cotyledons incumbent. 
menzie'sia, flowers diandrous, apetalous ; 
radical leaves bi-pinnatifid ; cauline and 
branch-leaves many, pinnatifid, upper ones 
linear, very entire. One variety with its 
radical leaves hispid ; another, pubescent. 
monta'num, {II-} nearly glabrous, de- 
cumbent; silicles elliptical, slightly em ar- 
ginate, wingless ; style conspicuous ; leaves 
pinnatifid, and bi-pinnatifid ; segments ob- 
long; upper leaves trifid or entire. Ore- 
gon. 
califor' nicum, (0.) stem somewhat hir- 
fiutely pubescent, much branched ; silicles 
nearly orbicular, emarginate, wingless; 
flowers diandrous (petals 4) ; leaves nearly 
glabrous, laciniately pinnatifid. Cahfornia, 
LEPTAN"pjlA. 2-1, {ScrophularicB.) 
vh-gin"ica, (w. Ju. Aug. Z!f.) leaves ver- 
ticillate, in fours or fives, lanceolate-serrate, 
petioled. 3-4 f. Culver'sphysic. 
LEP"TOPO'DA. 17—3. (Corymbifera.) 
jimhria'ta, (y. Ap. 2^.) stem viscid pubes- 
cent, striate ; leaves alternate, lance-linear, 
oalf clasping, glabrous, punctate ; cauline 
ones gash-toothed , chafT of the egret torn, 
2 f. Florida. 
decur"rens, (y. Ap. 21.) stem very glab- 
rous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, toothed, 
glabrous, decurrent ; chaff of the pappus 
fimbriate. 12-18 i. 8. 
LEPU'ROPE'TALON. 5—3, (Saxifrage.) 
s'pat"ida't'um,[sN. Ap. @.) glabrous ; stem 
erect and procumbent, .somewhat succulent, 
sub-angled ; leaves alternate, sessile, lance- 
spatulate, obtuse, entire. 1-2 i. 
LESPEDE'Za, 16—10. {Leguminosa.) [In 
honor of Lespedes.] 
poly^ta'chia, (bu.sh-clover, w. r. Aug. 2/.) 
stem erect, branched, very villose; leaves on 
very short petioles ; leafets round oval, ob. 
tuse ; spikes oblong, axillary, pedunculate, 
twice as long as the leaves ; corolla and 
legume as long as the calyx; flowers in 
dense racemes, on peduncles longer than 
the leaves. 2 4 f. 
violafcea, longer leaves and petioles than 
the preceding, is more branching, and has 
violet-colored flowers. 
procitm'heiis, slender and procumbent, 
pubescent ; racemes sub umbellate ; flow- 
ers in pairs, purple with yellow spots. 
2-3 f. 
capita'ta, leaves on very short petioles ; 
spikes capitate, on short peduncle.'?, con- 
globate, terminal ; calyx villose, as long as 
the corolla, legume much longer. Borders 
of woods. Aug. 2-3 f. Flowers purple. 
angus''tifo'lia, (w-p. S. 2^.) leafets linear- 
lanceolate, hoary, pubescent ; racemes cap- 
itate, longer than the leaves; corolla longer 
than the calyx ; stem erect. 3-5 f. 
siu'vei, (p. S.) stem erect, simple, sill;y- 
villose ; leafets oval ; racemes peduncula,te, 
scarcely longer than the leaves, loose , 
lower loments naked, pubescent. 2-3 f. 
sessilijio'ra, (bush-clover, p. Ju. 2^.) srem 
erect, branching ; leafets oblong ; clusters 
of flowers numerous, sessile ; pods acute, 
scarcely covered by the minute calyx. 
1-3 f. 
diver" gem, (p. Ju. 2^.) diffuse, branched, 
leafets oblong, obtuse, close-pressed, hairy 
underneath ; racemes not as long as the 
petioles ; flowers in pairs ; legumes ovate- 
reticulate, smooth. Probably a variety of 
the viola'cea. 1-2 f 
re' pens, (p. Ju. 11) leaves ternate ; leafets 
roundish elliptical, emarginate ; racemes 
axillary ; legume repand. 
prostra'tn, (p. Au. 24!.) smooth, prostrate ; 
leaves short petioled ; leafets obovate- 
elliptic. obtuse ; racemes axillary and ter- 
minal, eub-paniculate ; peduncles very 
long ; legumes oval, sub-pube.scent. 
longifo'lia, {11.) erect, angled, pubescent ; 
petioles short ; leafets oblong, glabrous 
above, silk-silvery and clo.se-pre.ssed under- 
neath ; racemes fascicled-corymbed, many- 
flowered, axillary and sub terminal ; leg- 
ume shorter than the acuminate lobes of 
the calyx. Louisiana. 
frutes"ce-as, [IX-) stem erect ; letfets el- 
Hptical, obtuse, silky-pubescent ; flowers in 
sub-capitate fascicles, shorter than the 
leaves, conglomerate towards the summit 
