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LEUCAS— LIGUSTRUM. 
of the stem ; loments hairy, shorter than 
the villous calyx. 2-3 f. S. 
LEU'CAS, 13—1. (LahiattB.) [From leukos, 
white.] 
mnrtinien''sis, leaves entire ; whorls ma- 
ny-flowered, capitate. Native of India. 
LEWIS'TA.. 12-1. (Po tulaccea.) [In honor 
of Gen. Lewis, the leader of the first expe- 
dition to the Rocky Mountains ] 
redivi'va, (w. Ju. 14..) leaves radical, lin- 
ear, somewhat fleshy, obtusish ; scape 1- 
2-flowered ; pedicel geniculate at the base ; 
capsule oblong. S. 
LIA'TRIS. 17—1. {Corymbiferce.) 
S'pica'ta, (|jay feather, Aug. 11.) leaves 
linear, entire, smooth, cordate at the base, 
nerved and punctate ; flowers in spikes ; 
pcales of the calyx linear-oblong, obtuse. 
Meadows. Flowers purple. 3-6 f. 
pilo'sa, stem simple, pubescent; leaves 
long, linear, hairy, ciliate ; flowers in loose 
racemes, bright purple, small. 
ele'gn.m, (p. r. Oct. 11.) stem simple, vil- 
lose ; leaves lance-linear, sub-scabrous be- 
neath ; raceme cylindrical ; flowers crowd- 
ed ; inner scales of the calyx colored. *S. 
scario'an, (blue blazing-star,) leaves ta- 
pering to both ends; calyx squarrose below, 
racemed; scales spatulate, with colored 
membranaceous margins. 3 f. 
squarro'sa,[r. S. 2^.) stem simple, pubes- 
cent; leaves linear, very long; raceme 
few-flowered, leafy ; calyx large ; scales 
leafy, lanceolate, mucronate, rigid and 
spreading ; segments of the florets linear, 
villous internally. 2-3 f. 
cyHn"dnca, (p. An. 2^.) slender, hirsute ; 
leaves grass-like ; spike few-flowered ; in- 
volucre sub-.sessile, cylindric, few-flowered; 
scales round at the summit, abruptly mu- 
cronate. 1-2 f. 
pycuoH"ta'chya, (S. Z^.) stem simple, 
hairy ; leaves straight, narrow-linear, pubes- 
cent; spike long; flowers clustered, ses- 
sile; involucrum appressed, squarrose at 
the summit. <§. 
asf'pera, (S. 2^.) stem somewhat branch- 
ing, scabrous pubescent; leaves linear-lan- 
ceolate, very rough ; heads short, spiked, 
distinctly alternate, solitary, sessile ; scales 
of the involucrum roundish, obtuse-conni- 
vent. S. 
graminifo'lia, (p. S. 2J!.) stem simple, 
glabrous ; leaves linear, very long, glab- 
rous, nerved, margin somewhat scabrous, 
midrib hairy above; flowers in spikes, ra- 
ther distant, nearly sessile ; scales of the 
involucrum oblong, obtuse, mucronate, cili- 
ate, appressed. the interior colored. 2-4 f. 
S. 
hetrophyV'la, (S. 2^.) stem simple, glab- 
rous; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, smooth; 
upper ones lance-linear, much smaller ; 
beads spiked, short peduncled, sub-squar- 
rose ; scales of the involucrum lanceolate, 
acute, naked. S. 
teuuifo'lia, (p. S.) stem slender, glabrous ; 
lower leaves crowded, linear, a little hairy 
at base, upper ones setaceous; racemes 
very long ; pedicels leafy ; scales of the 
involucrum oblong, mucronate. 2-4 f. S. 
re.^ino'sa, (p.) glabrous ; leave.s linear, 
crowded ; heads spiked, oblong, 4-5-flow-^ 
ered ; .scales of the involucrum obtuse, ap- 
pressed, resinous, finally hoary. 
sccun"da, (p. S. If.) stem reclining, pubes- 
cent ; leaves linear, glabrous, sparingly 
fringed at the base ; racemes secund ; 
scales of the involucrum lanceolate, acute, 
appressed. 2-3 f. S. 
aphieroi'dea, (p. S. 24!-) leaves smooth, 
lower ones broad, lanceolate, upper ones 
n arrow ; flowers racemed, large, solitary, 
alternate ; involucrum nearly globular ; the 
scales oval, erect. 2-4 f. /5>. 
Flmvers in corymbs ; roots Jlbrous. 
paucijio'rn, (2/.) stem simple, glabrous, 
leaves linear ; panicle virgate, leafy, with 
the branches short ; few-flowered ; involu- 
crum ses.sile, secund, 3-.5-flowered ; scales 
erect, lanceolate, acute, glabrous. 
panicula'ta, (p. S. 2X-) stem simple, hairy- 
viscid ; leaves lanceolate, nerved, nearly 
glabrous ; panicle contracted ; involucrum 
generally 5-flowered ; scales lanceolate. 
1-2 I 
odoratWsima, (p. S. 2^.) very glabrous; 
stem simple ; leaves ovate and lanceolate, 
nerved, toothed, slightly glaucous ; paniclo 
corymbose ; involucrutja 7-8-flowered ; scales 
obovate, obtuse. 3-4 f. 
tomeido'sa, (p. S. IX) stem simple, with 
the cuneate-lanceolate leaves hairy; cor- 
ymb few-flowered, depressed-divaricate ; 
involucrum tomeutose ; scales ovate, acute. 
2 f. 
waV'teri, (p. S. 11.) leaves lanceolate, 
acute, glabrous, dotted, attenuate at base ; 
stem simple, hairy near the summit ; in- ■ 
volucrum many-flowered; scales acute; ^ 
tomentose. 2 f . 
frutico'sa, (p. '^.) glabrous; stem fru 
ticose ; branches corymbed ; leaves wedge 
obovate, punctate ; involucrum sub-5-flow 
ered ; divisions acuminate. Florida. 
sqiiamo'sa, {IX.) pulverulent-canescent, 
corymbose: little corymbs 3-5-flowered, 
radical leaves linear, long ; cauline ones 
appressed, very short ; involucrum sub- 
hemispheric ; scales acute. S. 
LIGUS"TIOUIVT. 5—2. (Uvihelliferm.) [From 
Litiuria in Italy, its native country.] 
sco'ticum, (Scottish loveage, w. Ju. 2|!.) 
lower leaves bi-ternate, upper ones ternate ; 
leafets broad, smooth, serrate, entire at the 
base, dark green; flowei's white with a red- 
dish tinge ; stem erect, smooth, striate, 12 
inches high ; umbels many-rayed ; petals 
inflexed. The root is acrid, and is used by 
the people of tne Hebrides as a substitute 
for tobacco. Very abundant on the sea- 
coast in Scotland ; found in salt marshes in 
this country. 
levisl.i'cum, (smellage,) leaves many, up- 
per ones toothed. Medicinal. Ex. 
L1GUS"TRUM. 2—1. (JasminecE.) 
vulga're, (prim, w. J. I?.) leaves lanceo 
late, acutish ; panicle compact. Introdu 
ced. Sometimes called privet ; very com 
men in England. ' 
