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LUZULA— LYGODESMIA. 
simple, oblong, obovate ; petioles and stip- 
ules short, naked. S. 
arge>i"teuR, (y-w. Ju. 11) leaves digi- 
tate ; leafets (5-7) lance-linear, acute, gla- 
brous above, silvery-silky underneath ; ca- 
l^'xes alternate, not appendaged ; banner 
obtuse ; keel entire. S. 
no'nus, (b. @.) a native of California. 
polyphWlus, (2^.) very vigorous exotics, 
with spikes of flowers from 1 f, to 18 i. in 
length. 
latifo'lhis, (11.) a native of California. 
Has very long spikes of blue flowers. 
LUZU'LA. 6—1. {JuncoE.) 
pilo'sa, (M. 2^.) leaves hairy; panicle 
sub-cymose ; peduncles 1 -flowered, reflex- 
ed ; leafets of the perianth acuminate, 
shorter than the capsule ; radical leaves nu- 
merous, hirsute. Woods. 6-12 i. 
melfinocar"pa, culm leafy ; leaves sub- 
lanceolate, smooth ; panicles capUlaay, loose; 
capsule black. Mountains. 
campes"ln!^, (M. 11. ) leaves hairy; spikes 
sessile and peduncled glume-like sepals 
acuminate, longer than the obtuse capsule. 
1 f. Mich. 
spica'ta, (Au.) leaves narrow, hairy at die 
throat ; spike nodding, compound ; glume- 
like sepals acuminate-awned, about as long 
as the roundish capsule. 8 i. 
LYCH"NIS. 10—5. (CaryophyllcE.) [From 
luchms, a torch.]. 
chalcedon"ica, (scarlet lichnis, r. J. 11.) 
flowers fascicled, level top, or convex. Ex, 
Jloicn'culi, (ragged robm, IX ) petals 
torn ; capsules 1-celled, roundLsh. Ex. 
npel''ala, {11. ) calyx inflated; corol 
shorter than the calyx ; stem about 1-flow- 
ered. Canada. 
alpi'na, (r. 11.) glabrous; flowers in 
dense umbelled heads ; petals 2-cleft ; styles 
4. Labrador. Canada. 
vhca'ria, (clammy lichnis, IX) stem gen- 
iculate, viscous ; petals entire ; capsule 5- 
celled. Ex. 
LY'CIUM. 4—1. (Poltmoniis..) [From the 
country Lycia. ] 
caroliri"i(7.'num, (p. Ju. .) xmamied ; 
leaves clustered, cuueate, fleshy ; flowers 
4-cleft. 3-5 f S. 
harba'rnm, (matrimony vine, J. r. y. .) 
stem angled ; branches erect ; leaves laiice- 
olate, tapering to both ends ; calyx mostly 
3-cleft. Ex. 
LYCOPKR"DON. 21—6. (Fungi.) [From 
lukos, a wolf, and perdo, to explode, so named 
because it was supposed to be the excre- 
ments of this aninfiHl ] 
bovis"ta, (common puff ball,) at first white 
and obocouic, beconiing black and spheii- 
cal ; outer coat downy, which peeling off, 
leaves the leathery inner coat ; seeds black, 
lighter than air, and appearing like smoke. 
In meadows. 
LYCOPO'DIUM. 21—1. {Filices) [From 
lukns, a wolf, and pons, foot, so called fioin 
its supposed resemblance.] 
Spikes 'pednnadate. 
complana' turn., (.ground pine, g-y. Ju. 
11.) creeping, erectish; branches alternate, 
dichotomous; leaves bil'arcous, connate, 
j spreading at the tips; spikes in pairs, jied 
uncled. Woods. 
dava'tum, (club-mo.ss, Ju.) stem creeping; 
branches ascending; leaves scattered, in- 
curve-bristle-bearing, serrate ; spikes in 
pairs or single, cylindrical, pedunculate ; 
scales ovate-acuminate, dentate. Pino 
woods. 
catolin"ia'num, (Ju. 11) stem creeping; 
leaves somewhat distichus, spreading, lan- 
ceolate, vei-y entu-e ; peduncle erect, soli 
tary, elongated. 1-spiked ; bracts sub-lan- 
ceolate, entire. Sandy swamps. 
2. Spikes sessile ; leaves surrounding' the 
stem. 
dendroi'devm, (tree-weed, g. Ju. 11) 
erect; branches erect; leaves in 6 equal 
rows; spikes numerous, solitary, sessile. 
Woods. About a span high. 
ruj}es"tre, (festoon-pine, Ju. 11) stem 
creeping ; branches sub-divided, ascending ; 
leaves scattered, imbricate, linear-lanceo- 
late, ciliate, ending in hairs ; spikes solitary 
sessile, terminal. Rocks and side hiUs. 
3 Spikes sessile ; leaves distichus. 
alhid!'uhim, leaves ovate, acute, denticu 
late, alternate, close-pressed ; spikes termi 
nal, long, 4-sided. 
apafdnrn, (Ju. IX) leaves ovate, acute, 
denticulate, flat, supei'ficial ones alternate, 
acuminate ; spikes terminal, sub-solitary. 
4. Capsules axillary. 
ludd"ulum, (moonfruit pine, M. y. IX) 
leaves in 8 rows, linear-lanceolate, denticu- 
late, acute, spreading, reflexed, shining ; 
stem ascending, bifid. 
triataclifymum, (Ju. 24!.) stems erect; 
branches alternate, dichotomous, sub com- 
pressed ; leaves lanceolate, acute, appres- 
sed, pointing 4 ways; peduncles solitary, 
elongated, 3-spiked ; spikes terete ; scales 
roundish, acuminate. S. 
LYCOP"SIS. 5—1. (Boraginem.) [From lukos, 
a wolf, and opsis, aspect, because it is a 
rough-looking plant.] 
arven"sis, (b. Ju. 11) leaves lanceolate, 
repaiid-toothed ; racemes in pairs ; flowers 
sessile ; whole plant hispid. 
virginf'ica, (w. J. 0.) small, hispid ; un- 
der leaves spatulate. upper ones linear-ob- 
long, entire ; racemes solitary ; flowers on 
peduncles. 
LYCO'PUS. 2—1. (LahiatcE.) [From lukos, 
a wolf, and pons, foot, sometimes called 
wolf's-claw.] 
europe'us, (water horehound, w. Au. %) 
smooth; stem acutely 4 cornered ; leaves 
narrow-lanceolate, with lai-ge acute teeth, 
lower ones somewhat pinnatifid ; segments 
of the calyx acuminate, terminating in 
short spines. 1-2 f 
virsin"icus, (bugle-weed, w. J. 11) leaves 
broad-lanceolate, serrate, ta])ering and en- 
tire at the base ; calyx shorter than the 
seed, spineless ; flowers in whorls. Wet 
places. 
unrflo'rns, (w. J. 2^.) smafl ; root tuber- 
ous ; stem simple ; leaves oval, obtuse, ob- 
tusely toothed ; axfls 1-flowered. 
LYG0DES"MIA.. (See Puenan"thes.) 
