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LUZULA— LYGODESMIA. 
simple, obl(Mig, obovate , petioles and stip- 
aJes short, uaked. <S'. 
ar gen" tens, (y-w. Ju. 2^.) leaves digi- 
tate ; Jeafets (5-7) lance-linear, acute, gla- 
brous above, silvei-y-silky underneath ; ca- 
lyxes alternate, not appendaged; banner 
obtuse ; keel entire. S. 
na'nus, (b. 0.) a native of California. 
polyphiVlns, {2X) very vigorous exotics, 
with spikes of flowers ft-om 1 f. to 18 i. in 
length. 
latifo'lins, (ll-) a native of California. 
Has veiy long spikes of blue flovv^ers. 
LUZU'LA. 6—1. {Juncce.) 
pilo'sa, (M. 11.) leaves haiiy ; panicle 
sub-cymose ; peduncles 1-flovi^ered, reflex- 
ed; leafets of the perianth acuminate, 
shorter tlian the capsule ; radical leaves nu- 
merous, hirsute. Woods. 6-12 i. 
mclnnocar''pa, culm leafy; leaves sub- 
lanceolate, smooth ; panicles capillajy, loose ; 
capsule black. Mountains. 
campes"tris, (M. 2^.) leaves hairy; spikes 
sessile and peduncled glume-like sepals 
acuminate, longer than the obtuse capsule. 
1 Mich. 
spica'ta, (Au.) leaves nan'ov^r, haiiy at Uie 
throat ; spike nodding, compound ; glume- 
like sepals acuminate-awned, about as long 
as the roundish capsule. 8 i. 
LYCH"NIS. 10—5. {CaryophyllcB.) [From 
luchrMs, a torch.] 
chaIcedon"ica, (scarlet hchnis, r. J. 2-C-) 
flowers fascicled, level top, or convex. Ex. 
jioscu'culi, (ragged robin, 2/ ) petals 
toi*n ; capsules l-celled, roundish. Ex. 
apeL"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. 
visca'na, (clammy lichnis, 2^.) stem gen- 
iculate, viscous ; petals entire ; capsule 5- 
celled. Ex. 
LY'CIUM. 4—1. (Polemonim.) [From the 
country Lycia. ] 
caroliri"ia'num, (p. Ju. .) unanned ; 
leaves clustered, cuneate, fleshy; flowers 
4-cleft. 3-5 f. S. 
barba'rum, (matiimony vine, J. r. y. .) 
stem angled ; branches erect ; leaves lance- 
olate, tapering to both ends ; calyx mostly 
3-cleft. Ex. 
LYCOPER"DON. 21—6. (Fungi.) [From 
lukos, a wolf, and perdo, to explode, so named 
because it was supposed to be the excre- 
ments ot this animal.] 
bavis"ta, (common pufF-ball,) at first white 
and oboconic, becoming black and spheri- 
cal ; outer coat downy, which peeling off, 
leaves the leatheiy inner coat ; seeds black, 
lighter than air, and appearing like smoke. 
In meadows. 
LYCOPO'DIUM. 21—1. (Filices.) [From 
lukos, a wolf, and pous, foot, so called from 
its supposed resemblance.] 
Spikes pedunculate, 
complana' turn, (ground pine, g-y. Ju. 
2^.; creeping, erectish; bi-anches alternate, 
dichotomous; leaves bifareous, connate, 
spreading at the tips ; spikes in pairs, ped- 
uncled. Woods. 
CMva'tiim, (club-moss, Ju.) stem creeping; 
branches ascending; leaves scattered, in 
curve-bristle-bearing, .serrate ; spikes in 
pairs or single, cylindrical, pedunculate 
scales ovate-acuminate, dentate. Pine 
woods. 
cntoUn"ia'nvm, (Ju. 11.) stem creeping 
leaves somewhat distichus, spreading, lan- 
ceolate, veiy entire ; peduncle erect, soli 
tary, elongated, 1-spiked ; bracts sub-lan- 
ceolate, entire. Sandy swamps. 
2. Spikes sessile ; leaves surrounding tJit 
stem. 
dendroi'deiim, (tree-weed, g. Ju. 2^.) 
erect; branches erect; leaves in 6 equal 
rows; spikes numerous, solitaiy, sessile 
Woods. About a span high. 
rirpes"tre, (festoon-pine, Ju. 21.) stem 
creeping; branches sub-divided, ascending; 
leaves scattered, imbricate, linear-lanceo 
late, ciliate, ending in hairs ; spikes solitary 
sessile, terminal. Hocks and side hills. 
3 Spikes sessile ; leaves distichus. 
alhid''nlnm, leaves ovate, acute, denticu 
late, alternate, close-pressed ; spikes termi 
nal, long, 4-sided. 
apddum, (Ju. 2^.) leaves ovate, acute, 
denticulate, flat, superficial ones alternate, 
acuminate ; spikes terminal, sub-solitary. 
4. Ca.psules axillary, 
lucid" uluni, (moonfruit pine, M. y. 24!.) 
leaves in 8 rows, linear-lanceolate, denticu 
late, acute, spreading, reflexed, shining 
stem ascending, bifid. 
tnstach"ymnm, (Ju. 2^.) stems erect; 
branches alternate, dichotomous, sub com- 
pressed ; leaves lanceolate, acute, appres- 
sed, pointing 4 ways ; peduncles solitary, 
elongated, 3-spilied ; spikes terete ; scales 
roundish, acuminate. S. 
LYCOP"SIS. 5—1. (Boraginece.) [From lukos^ 
a wolf, and opsis, aspect, because it is a 
rough-lookii)g plant.] 
arven"sis, (b. Ju. 11.) leaves lanceolate, 
repand-toothed ; racemes in paii's; flowers 
sessile ; whole plant hispid. 
virgin"ica, (w. J. @.) small, hispid; un- 
der leaves spatulate, upper ones linear-ob- 
long, entire ; racemes solitaiy ; flowers on 
peduncles. 
LYCO'PUS. 2—1. {LahiatcB.) [From lukos, 
a wolf, and pous, foot, sometimes called 
wolfs-claw.] 
europelus, (water horehound, w. Au. S^.) 
smooth; stem acutely 4 comered ; leaves 
naiTOw-lanceolate, with lai'ge acute teeth, 
lower ones somewhat pinnatifid ; segments 
of the calyx acuminate, terminating in 
short spines. 1-2 f 
virgiii"icus, (bugle- weed, w. J. 11) leaves 
broad-lanceolate, sen-ate, tapering and en- 
tire at the base ; calyx shorter than the 
seed, spineless ; flowei-s in whorls. Wet 
places. 
umjlo'rns, (w. J. 2^.) small; root tuber 
ous ; stem simple ; leaves oval, obtuse, otv 
tusely toothed ; axils 1-flowered. 
LYGODES"MIA (See PHE"AN"THiis.. 
