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LIPARIS— LOLIUM. 
ternate, very small, linear and very narrow, 
mucronate, proliferous ; flowers terminal, 
sub-sessile, petals shorter than the calyx ; 
ovary 10-celled. Texas. 
LIPA'RIS. 18—1. (OrchidecB.) [From lipos. 
fat, so called on account of its unctuous 
property.] 
liliifo'lia, (y-w. Ju. 11. ) leaves 2, ovate- 
oblong; scape angular; flowers racemose ; 
segments of the perianth linear ; lower ones 
setaceous, reflexed ; lip concave, obovate, 
mucronate. 6-8 i. Wet woods. 
LIQUIDAM"BER. 19—12. (Amentacea.) 
[P'roin liguidum, fluid, and amher, fragrant, 
alluding to the gum which distils from this 
tree.] 
^tyracifiii'a, (sweet gum-tree, M. 'F).) 
leaves palmately-lobed ; lobes acuminate, 
serrate, with sinuses at the base of veins, 
villose. A resinous juice called liquid am- 
ber, is obtained by wounding the bark of 
this tree. By boiling the leaves, a different 
gummy substance, called liquid storax, is 
obtained. 
URIODEN"DRON. 12—13. (Magnolim.) 
[From leiron, a lily, and dendron, a tree.] 
tulipif'era, (white wood, tulip-tree, y-r. 
J. .) leaves truncate at the end, with 2 
side-lobes. A beautiful flowering tree. 
90-150 f. 
LISIAN"THUS. 5-1. (GentiantB.) 
glmicifo'lius, (y.) stem hei-baceous, te- 
rete; leaves oblong-ovate, ee.ssile, glau- 
cous, acute, 3-nerved ; flowers terminal, 
corymbed ; peduncles elongated. 
russelia'nns, a ligneous plant with hand- 
some purple flowers. Ex. 
LISTE'RA. \9.—\.(0rcMdece.) [Named from 
iVIartin Lister, physician to Queen Anne.] 
corda'ta, stem with 2 opposite, roundish, 
cordate leaves ; raceme loo.se ; column with- 
out any appendage behind ; lip elongate, 
2-toothed at the base, deeply bilid, the seg- 
ments divaricate and acute. Swamps, 
Stem 4-6 i. Flowers distant and minute. , 
convallarioi'des, (lily orchis.) column 
porrected ; lip oblong, dilated, and obtusely 
2-lobed at the extremity ; stem 6 inches, 
very slender ; root fibrous ; flowers dark 
brown and green, larger than the prece- 
ding. 
pubes"cens, (g-w, J, 2X-) leaves radical, 
ovate, acute ; scape leafless, pubescent, 
loosely flowered ; flowers on pedicels, lip 
2-lobed, scarcely longer than the connivent 
petals ; capsules clavate ; root palmate. S. 
LI'THOSPER"MUM. 5—1. {BoraginecE.) [From 
lithos, a stone, and sperma, seed, on account 
of the hardness of its seed.] 
arven!'se, (corn gromwell, w. M, @.) stem 
erect, branched ; leaves sessile, lance-lin- 
ear, rather acute, veinless, rough, hairy; 
calyx a little shorter than the corolla ; seg- 
ments spreading; nuts rugose; plant his- 
pid, pilose ; flowers solitary, axillary. 
Fields. Introduced, 
offi.cinafle, (common gromwell, y. M. li) 
stem covered with rigid hairs ; leaves broad- 
lanceolate, acute, rough on the upper sur- 
face, hairy on the lower ; tube of the co- 
rolla as long as the calyx ; nuts smooth. 
Fields. Flowers axillary, pale yellow. 
mariti'mtm , has blue flowers. 
denticula'tvm, has purple flowers. 
pilo'mm, (y. 2/.) simple, pilose-hirsute; 
leaves linear, acuminate, sessile, approxi- 
mate ; flowers fascicled, sessile, smallish; 
divisions of the corolla oblong, entire. 
torrey'i, (J. 24] .) strigose-hispid ; leavea 
oblong-linear, obtusi.sh, scattered ; stem low, 
branching ; fascicles terminal, few-flow- 
ered ; lobes of the corolla oblong, entire. 
9 i. 
angiistifo'Hnm, (w. Ju. nut turgidly 
ovate, shining, with hollow punctures on 
every part ; flowers mostly lateral ; leaves 
linear, with close-pressed pubescence ; stem 
procumbent. 8. 
apu'him, (y. Ju. @.) nut muricate ; spikes 
terminal, l-^^ided ; bracts lanceolate ; leaves 
lance-linear, acute, S. 
LOBE'LIA. 5 — 1, (CampanulacecB.) [In honor 
of Malhias Lobelius.] 
cardina'lis, (cardinal flower, r. Ju. 2_f.) 
erect, simple, pubescent ; leaves lance- 
ovate, acuminate, denticulate ; racemes 
somewhat 1 -sided, many-flowered ; stamens 
longer than the corollas. Damp. 1-2 f. 
injla'ta, (Indian tobacco, b. Ju. ^.) erect, 
branching, very hirsute ; leaves ovate, ser- 
rate ; racemes leafy ; capsules inflated, 12- 
18 i, 
kol"mii, (b. Ju. 0.) slender, erect, sub- 
simple; radical leaves spatulate ; cauline 
ones linear, delicately toothed ; flowers ra- 
cemed, alternate, remote, pedicelled. 6-24 i. 
dortvian"nu, (b. Ju. 2^.) leaves linear, 2- 
celled, fleshy, obtiise; scape nearly naked; 
flowers in a terminal raceme, remote, pedi 
celled, nodding; leaves growing in a tuft 
about the root, spreading, recurved. Water 
gladiole. 
sypidlWica, flowers on short pedicels, in 
a long, leafy raceme, large, blue. Bogs. 
2-3 f. 
claytonia'na, stem erect, simple, pubes- 
cent ; cauline leaves oblong, obtuse, nearly 
entire ; radical leaves spatulate ; raceme 
virgate, naked ; flowers pale blue, 1-2 f, 
puberu'la, covered with silky down ; 
lower leaves obovate, upper lanceolate ; ^ 
flowers spiked, alternate, sub-sessile, bright 
blue, smaller than the syphilitica, 
ful"gens, (native of Mexico,; leaves very 
long, alternate, sub-entire ; raceme many- 
flowered •; stamens and pistils as long as 
the corolla. 
aph"ylla, [li) very small ; stem filiform, 
sub-simple, scaly ; peduncles remote, elon- 
gated. 4-6 i. Florida. 
amae'na, (b. Ju. 2^.) stem erect, pubes- 
cent ; leaves broad-lanceolate, doubly 
toothed ; spike secund ; margin of the ca- 
lyx erect. 2-4 f. S. 
glandulo'sa, (b. S. 2.^.) erect; leaves lin 
ear-lanceolate, rather thick, denticulate ; 
flowers in racemes. S. 
michanxii, (p. Ju. %) glabrous, branch- ' 
ing above ; leaves petioled, ovate, crenate- 
dentate ; lowest ones roundish ; racemes 
lax ; peduncles elongated. S. 
LO'LIUM. 3—2, (GraminecB.) 
peren"ne, (M. If.) florets much longer 
