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LEUCAS— LIGUSTRUM. 
of th(! stem; loments hairy, shorter than 
the villous calyx. 2-3 f. (S. 
LEU'CAS, 13—1. (Labiates.) [From leukos, 
white.] 
martinien"sis, leaves entire ; whorls ma- 
ny-flow^ered, capitate. Native of India. 
LEWIS"! A. 12-1. (PoitulaccecB.) [In honor 
of Gen. Lewis, the leader of the first expe- 
dition to the Rocky Mountains ] 
redivi'va, (w. Ju. 2/,) leaves radical, lin- 
ear, somewhat fleshy, obtusish ; scape 1- 
2-flowered; pedicel geniculate at the base; 
capsule oblong. S. 
LIA'TRIS. 17—1. {CorymbifercB.) 
spica'fa, {^gay feather, Aug. Z^.) leaves 
linear, entire, smooth, cordate at the base, 
nerved and punctate ; flowers in spikes ; 
scales of the calyx linear-oblong, obtuse. 
Meadows. Flowers purple. 3 6 f. 
pilo'sa, stem simple, pubescent ; leaves 
long, Hnear, hairy, ciliate ; flowers in loose 
racemes, bright purple, small. 
ele'gans, (p. r. Oct. 2^.) stem simple, vil- 
lose ; leaves lance-linear, sub-scabrous be- 
neath ; raceme cylindrical ; flowers crowd- 
ed ; inner scales of the calyx colored. S. 
scario'sa, (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. 11.) stem simple, pubes- 
eent ; 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 
cylin" drica, (p. Au. If.) slender, hirsute ; 
leaves grass-like ; spike few-flowered ; in- 
volucre sub-sessile, cylindric, few-flowered; 
Bcales round at the summit, abruptly mu- 
cronate. 1-2 f 
pycnos"ta'chya, (S. 2^.) stem simple, 
hairy ; leaves straight, narrow-linear, pubes- 
cent; spike long; flowers clustered, ses- 
sile; involucrum appressed, squarrose at 
the summit. S. 
as"pera, (S. 14-) 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'ha, (p. S. IX-) stem simple, 
glabious ; 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- 
Rte, appressed, the interior colored. 2-4 f 
S. 
hetrophyV'lo, (S. 11.) stem simple, glab- 
rous; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, smooth; 
upper ones lance-linear, much smaller ; 
neads spiked, short peduncled, sub-squar- 
rose ; scales of the involucrum lanceolate, 
acute, naked. S. 
tenuifo'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 
havolucruiQ oblong mucronate. 2-4 f, S. 
resino'srr, (p.) glabrous ; leaves linear 
crowded ; heads spiked, oblong. 4-5-flow 
ered ; scales of the involucrum obtuse, ap- 
pressed, resinous, finally hoary. 
securi"da, (p. S. 2^.) 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. 
Rplueroi'dea, (p. S. 11.) leaves smooth, 
lower ones broad, lanceolate, upper ones 
narrow ; flowers racemed, lartre, solitary, 
altei'nate; involucrum nearly globular ; the 
scales oval, erect. 2-4 f S. 
Flowers in corymbs ; roots f brous. 
pancijio'ra, (2^.) stem simple, glabrous 
leaves linear ; panicle virgate, leafy, wit. 
the branches short ; few-flowered ; involu 
crum .sessile, secund, 3-5-flowered ; scales 
erect, lanceolate, acute, glabrous. 
panicula'ta, (p.S. 11.) stem simple, hairy- 
viscid ; leaves lanceolate, nerved, nearly 
glabrous ; panicle contracted ; involucrum 
generally 5-flowered ; scales lanceolate. 
1-2 f 
odoratis" sima, (p. S. 11.) xevy glabrous-, 
stem simple ; leaves ovate and lanceolate, 
nerved, toothed, slightly glaucous ; panicle 
corymbose ; involucrum 7-8-flowered ; scales 
obovate, obtuse. 3-4 f. 
tomento'sa, (p. S. li.) stem simple, witli 
the cuueate-lanceolate leaves hairy ; cor- 
ymb few-flowered, depressed-divaricate ; 
involucrum tomentose ; scales ovate, acute. 
2 f 
wal"Leri, (p. S. If.) leaves lanceolate, 
acute, glabrous, dotted, attenuate at base 
stem simple, haiiy near the summit ; in- 
volucrum many-flowered; scales acute; 
tomentose. 2 f. 
friitico'sa, (p. ^.) glabrous; stem fru 
ticose ; branches corymbed ; leaves wedge 
obovate, punctate; involucrum sub-5-flow 
ered ; divisions acuminate. Florida. 
squama' sa, (2|.) pulverulent-canescent, 
corymbose; little corymbs 3 -.'5 -flowered, 
radical leaves Hnear, long ; cauline ones 
appressed, very short ; involucrum sub- 
hemispheric ; scales acute. S. 
LIGUS"TICU1VI. 5—2. {Umbelliferce.) [From 
Liguria in Italy, its native country.] 
sco'ticum, (Scottish loveage, w. Ju. 11.) 
lower leaves bi-ternate, upper ones ternate ; 
leafets broad, smooth, serrate, entire at the 
base, dark green; flowers 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 the 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, nv>- 
per ones toothed. Medicinal. Ex. 
L1GUS"TRUM. 2—1. (Jasminem.) 
vnlga're, (prim, w. J. ^.) leaves lanceo 
late, acutish ; panicle compact j.ntrodu 
ceil. Sometimes called nrivet ; very '".om 
mon in England. 
