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A DICTIONARY OF 
blind, as the Alpine Ehaetians affirme,’ Hal. and Wr. have Libbard’s 
bane. 
Lesch. ‘ The vegetable produce of the fens consisted almost exclu- 
sively of sedge, lesch, which was probably a name used generically, 
and covered all the Carices abounding in the fens, as well as the 
special sedge of Burwell Ten, Cladium, Mariscus. . . . Probably the 
word also covered reeds and rushes, as neither of these words occur. 
The word lesch has now become obsolete in the fens, but the Trench 
name for plants of the genus Carex is Laiched Trom the Rolls of the 
Manor of Littleport, Cambridgeshire, 1316-27, in Report of Cam- 
bridge Antiquarian Society, vol. iv. No. 2. 
Lettuce. Lactuca saliva, L. — Prior, p. 133. 
Lettuce, Frog’s. See Frog’s Lettuce. 
Lettuce, Lamb’s. See Lamb’s Lettuce. 
Lettuce, Sea. Ulva Lactuca, L. — Treas. Bot. (Supplement) ; in the 
body of the work it is misapplied to Fucus vesiculosus, L. 
Lettuce, Wall. A common book-name for Lactuca muralis, Tresen. 
— Prior, p. 134. 
Lettuce, Wild. Lactuca virosa, L. — Lyte. 
Levers, Livers, or Lyvers (A.S. Icefer). A name applied by Lyte 
(Levers), and locally as below, to Iris Pseudacorus, L. ; but bestowed 
also on ‘ any sword-bladed plant. Iris, Sjparganium, or Gladiolus, as 
still in use at Whitwell, Isle of Wight ’ (Cockayne, hi. xxxii, where 
the name is printed Level). Cornw. ; Dors. Dors. Gloss, (the leaves 
Liver or Lever-leaves); Som. (Langport), Science Gossip, 1872, p. 
163 (‘ the land where they grow is designated liver-ground^) ; South, 
Hal. Wr. Pulman assigns the name Lyver to the ‘ bulrush,’ 
meaning, probably, Typlia latifolia, L. 
Lewte. Ononis arvensis, L. — Som. Hal. Wr. 
Ley. Dianthus Caryoplmyllus, L. — Lane. 
Leyt. ‘ The word leyt occurs a few times [in the Rolls of the Manor 
of Littleport, Cambridgeshire, 1316-27], and obviously meant .... 
what we still call leed. Glycerin aquatica.’ Report of Cambridge 
Antiquarian Society, vol. iv. No. 2. See Leed. 
Lezzory, or Lizzory. Pyrus tormjinalis, L. — Glou. (Cotswolds), 
Cots. Gloss. 
Libardine, or Libbard’s-bane. See Leopard’s Bane. 
Lib-long. Sedtuin Telepliium, L. — Lyte, Wr., Prior, p. 136. See 
Live-long. 
Lice, Beggar. See Beggar Lice. 
Lice, Buckie. Truit of Rosa canina, L. — ‘The seed of the buckie ; 
it much resembles lice.’ S. Scot! Mactaggart, Scottish Gallovidian 
Encyclopaedia. 
Lichwale, or Lychwale. Lithosqoermum officinale, L. — Grete 
Herball. Ger. includes Lithospermum arvense, L., under the name. 
Prior, p. 134. 
