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LYCOPODIUM-MAGNOLIA. 
spherical ; outer coat downy, which peeling oflf, leaves the leathery inner 
coat ; seeds black, lighter than air, and appearing like smoke. In meadows. 
LYCOPODIUM. 21—1. (FYlices.) [From lukos, a wolf, and pons, foot, so called from its sup. 
posed resemblance.] 
complana'tum, (ground pine, g-y. Ju. %.) creeping, erectish; branches alter- 
nate, dichotomous ; leaves bifareous, connate, spreading at the tips ; spikes 
in pairs, peduncled. Woods. 
LYCOPSIS. 5—1. {Boragineob.) [From lukos^ a wolf, and opsjs, aspect, because it is a rough- 
looking plant.] 
arven^'sis, (b. Ju. %..) leaves lanceolate, repand-toothed ; racemes in pairs ; 
flowers sessile ; whole plant hispid. 
LYCOPUS. 2—1. (Labiat(B.) [From Zm^os, a wolf, and ^joms, afoot, sometimes called wolf's 
claw.] 
europe'us, (water horehound, w. Au. %.) smooth; stem acutely 4-cornered ; 
leaves narrow-lanceolate, with large acute teeth; lower ones somewhat 
pinnatifid ; segments of the calyx acuminate, terminating in short spines. 
1-2 f. 
virgi'n/'icus, (bugle weed, w, J. %..) leaves broad-lanceolate, serrate, tapering 
and entire at the base ; calyx shorter than the seed, spineless; flowers in 
whorls. Wet places. 
LYSIMACHIA. 5—1. (LysimachicB.) [From Lysimachus, its discoverer.] 
stric^^ta, (loose-strife, y. Ju. %..) raceme terminal, very long, lax ; leaves op- 
posite, lanceolate, sessile; petals lanceolate, spreading. 1-2 f, 
cilia' ta, (y, J, %..) sub-pubescent ; leaves opposite, long petioled, sub-cordate, 
oval ; petioles ciliate ; pedicels somewhat in pairs ; flowers nodding. 2-4 f. 
quadrijfo'lia, {% ) branching ; stem smooth ; leaves sessile, opposite, very 
long-linear; peduncles in fours, sub-terminal, 1-flowered. 2-3 f. 
capita'ta, (y. J. '2|..) stem smooth, simple, punctate ; leaves opposite, sessile, 
broad-lanceolate, punctate; peduncles axillary, elongated ; flowers in dense 
heads, 6-7-parted. Swamps. Stem I f. 
quadrijlo'ra, branching ; stem smooth ; leaves sessile, opposite, long-linear ; 
peduncles in fours, sub-terminal, 1-flowered. 2-3 f. 
LYTHRUM. 11 — 1. (Salicariai.) [From luthron, blood, so called from its colour.] 
salica'ria, (purple loose-strife, p. Ju. '2j..) pubescent; leaves opposite and ter- 
nate, sessile, lanceolate, cordate at the base ; flowers with 12 stamens, 
(sometimes 5 or 8,) terminal, whorled-spiked ; capsule oblong. Wet mea- 
dows. Stem 2 f. 
virga'ium, (p. Ju. T^.) leaves opposite, lanceolate, glabrous; stem panicled ; 
flowers axillary, in threes, pedicelled ; stamens 12. S. 
aWtum, (p. Ju. %.) very glabrous, stem winged ; flowers hexandrous, axilla- 
ry, solitary, sessile. 2-3 f S. 
verticilla'tuni, (swamp willow-herb, p. Au. '2]..) pubescent; leaves opposite, or 
in threes, lanceolate, petioled ; flowers axillary, somewhat in whorls ; fruit 
globose ; stamens 10. Wet grounds. 2 f. 
MACROTYS. 12—1. (Ranunculacece.) [From maArros, large, and fiofrMS, a raceme.] 
racemo'sa, (bug-bane, blacksnake-root, cohosh, w, Ju. %..) leaves decompound; 
leafets oblong-ovate, gash-toothed; racemes in wand-like spikes; capsules 
ovate. Woods. 3-9 f. 
MAGNOLIA. 12—13. [From Magnol, who wrote on Botany in 1720.] 
glau'ca, (sweet bay, swamp laurel, w. J. T^-) leaves glaucous beneath, peren- 
nial, obtuse, elliptical ; flowers 9-12-petalled ; petals obovate, concave. A 
large shrub with whitish bark ; flowers solitary, odorous. Var. latifolia, 
has deciduous leaves. Var. longifolia, has leaves acute at both ends, pe- 
rennial. N. J. to Car. 
acumina'fa, (cucumber-tree, b-y. J. T^ ) leaves deciduous, oval, acuminate, 
pubescent beneath ; flowers 6-9-petalled ; petals obovate. Mountains. 
Penn. to Car. A tree, sometimes 70 feet high. 
tripe'tala, (umbrella-tree, w. J. T^.) leaves large, deciduous, cuneate-lanceo- 
late, acute, silky when young; petals 9, oval-lanceolate acute, the outer 
ones reflexed. Mountains, woods. Penn. to Geo. A small tree, with 
very large leaves and flowers. 
