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aga'n proliferous before they are detached. 
Flowers very minute. Water. 
polyrrfii'za, (water flax-seed, Ju. %.) 
fronds obovate rotundulate, compressed ; 
toots numerous, fascicled. Stagnant waters. 
LEON"TICE. 6—1. {Berberides.) 
thalicf.roi'des, (poppoose-root, false cohosh, 
p-y. Ap. 2^.) leaves bi-triternate ; leafets 2- 
3-lobed ; flowers paniculate, from the cen- 
tre of the leaves. 1 f. 
I,EON"TODON. 17—1. (Cichoracece.) [From 
leon, a lion, odons, tooth, from the shape of 
its leaves.] 
tarax"acum, (dandelion, y. Ap. 2^.) outer 
calyx reflexed ; scape 1-flowered ; leaves 
runcinate, with toothed dirisions. Introdu- 
ced. 
pahis"tre, (marsh-dandelion, 2^.) leaves 
sinuate-toothed, somewhat glabrous; outer 
involucre scales short, erect, ovate. 
LEONU'RUS. 13—1. {Labiatce.) [From leon, 
a lion, and oura, tail.] 
cardia'ca, (motherwort, w-r. Ju. 2X-) 
leaves 3-lobed, toothed, bases wedge-form ; 
calyx prickly, less than the corolla. Natu- 
ralized. 2-4 f. 
marrubias"tnim, (r. Au.) leaves lanceo- 
late, toothed ; calyx somewhat prickly, as 
long as the corolla. Naturalized. 2-4 f 
LEPID"IUM. 14—1. iCrurifcrm) [From lepis, 
a scale, from its supposed virtue in cleansing 
the skin.] 
virgini'citm, (wild pepper-grass, w. J. 
radical leaves pinuatitid ; cauline 
leaves lance-linear ; flowers with 4 petals , 
stamens 2-4 ; pouch orbicular, flat, emargin- 
ate, shorter than the pedicel. Sandy fields. 
cnmpeii"1.re, (field pepper-grass.) cauline 
'eaves sagittate. Hills. 
Kati'vum, (pepper-grass, w. Ju. ^.) leaves 
oblong, many-cleft. 
riiderd'le, flowers diandrous, apetalous ; 
radical and cauline leaves pinnatifid or in- 
cised ; branch leaves linear very entire ; 
eilicles broad-oval, emarginate. spreading; 
cotyledons incumbent. 
vienzte'sia, flowers diandrous, apetalous ; 
radical leaves bi-pinnatifid ; cauline and 
br*nch-leaves many, pinnatifid, upper ones 
linear, very entire. One variety with its 
radical leaves hispid ; another, pubescent. 
monta'num, [11.) nearly glabrous, de- 
cumbent; silicles elliptical, slightly emar- 
ginate, wingless ; style conspicuous ; leaves 
pinnatifid, and bi-pinnatifid ; segments ob- 
long; upper leaves trifid or entire. Ore- 
gon. 
ccCifor' niciim, (0.) stem somewhat hir- 
»ately pubescent, much branched ; silicles 
nearly orbicular, emarginate, wingless; 
lowers diandrous (petals 4) ; leaves nearly 
glabrous, laciniately pinnatifid. California. 
LEPTAN"pjiA. 2—1. (ScrophuJatice.) 
virginf'ica, (w. Ju. Aug. iX ) leaves ver- 
iicillate, in fours or fives, lanceolate-serrate, 
petioled. 3-4 f. Culver'spiiysic. 
TSP"TOPO'UA. 17—3. {Corymbifera.) 
Jimbria'ta, (y. Ap. 11') «tem viscid pubes- 
cent, striate ; leaves alternate, lance-linear, 
ualf clasping, glabrous, punctate ; caulitie | 
ones gash-toothed, chaff .)f the egret torn, 
2 f Florida. 
decnr"reris, (y. A p. 2X-) stem very glab 
reus ; leaves linear-lanceolate, toothed 
glabrous, decurrent ; chaff of the pappuL 
fimbriate. 12-18 i. S. 
LEPU'ROPE'TALON. 5—3. (Saxifrages.) 
spat" via' turn, (vf. Ap. glabrous ; stent 
erect and procumbent, somewhat succulent 
sub-angled ; leaves alternate, sessile, lance 
spatulate, obtuse, entire. 1-2 i. 
LESPEDE'Za. 16—10. (Leguminoste.) [In 
honor of Lespedes.] 
polysta'chia, (bush-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. 
viola'cea, longer leaves and petioles than 
the preceding, is more branching, and has 
violet-colored flowers. 
procvm'hetis, 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 peduncles, con- 
globate, terminal ; calyx villose, as long as 
the corolla, legume much longer. Borders 
of woods. Aug. 2-3 f Flowers purple. 
angiifi"tifo'li(r., (w-p. S. 2X-) leafets linear- 
lanceolate, hoary, pubescent ; racemes cap- 
itate, longer than the leaves; corolla longer 
than the calyx; stem erect. 3-5 f 
siii'vei, (p. S.) .stem erect, simple, silky 
villo.se ; leafets oval ; racemes pedunculate 
scarcely longer than the leaves, loose, 
lower loments naked, pubescent. 2-3 f 
sessilijlo'ra, (bu,«h-clover, p. Ju. Z/.) stem 
erect, branching ; leafets oblong ; clusters 
of flowers numerous, se.ssile ; pods .^cute, 
scarcely covered by the minute calyx. 
1-3 f 
diver"gem, (p. Ju. 2^.) diffuse, branched, 
leafets oblong, obtuse, close-pre.ssed, hairy 
underneath ; racemes not as long as the 
petioles; flowers in pairs; legumes ovate' 
reticulate, smooth. Probably a variety of 
\he viola'cea. 12f 
re'pens, (p Ju. 11) leaves, ternate ; leafets 
roundish elliptical, emarginate ; racemes 
axillary ; legume repand. 
prostra'ta, (p. Au. 11.) smooth, prostrate ; 
leaves short petioled ; leafets obovate- 
elliptic, obtu.se ; racemes axillary and ter- 
minal, sub-paniculate; peduncles veiy 
long; legumes oval, sub-pube.scent. 
longifo'lia, (11.) erect, angled, pubescent ; 
petioles short ; leafets oblong, glabrous 
above, silk-silvery and clo.se-pressed under- 
neath ; racemes fascicled-corymbed, many- 
flowered, axillary and sub terminal ; leg- 
ume shorter than the acuminate lobes of 
the calyx. Louisiana. 
fn/Jes"cens, (11.) stem erect ; letfets e} 
liptical, obtuse, silky-pube.scent ; flowers ir 
sub-capitate fascicles, shorter than tho 
leaves, coiigloi'nerate towards the .summit 
