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petioles of the topmost pair of open leaves are grooved and closely ap« 
pressed to one another, thus protecting the bud. In its native habitat 
the plant lies close on the ground, but in gardens becomes erect in 
habit. The firs, are regular (this distinguishes L. from the true Azalea; 
see A. and classification of order) ; they are protogynous and come 
out very shortly after the melting of the snow. In Scotland they 
are self-pollinated, the sta. bending inwards to touch the stigma; 
this is not the case in the Alps. 
Lolium Linn. Gramineae (xn). 6 sp. Eur., N. Afr., temp. As. Z. 
pereniie L. in Brit, (rye-grass). The spikelets are arranged in a 2- 
ranked spike, and placed edgewise (this distinguishes the sub-tribe 
Lolieae from the Leptureae , to which Triticum and Hordeum belong). 
The rye-grasses are valuable pasture and fodder grasses. 
Lomandra Labill. (Xerotes R. Br.) Liliaceae (ill). 30 sp. Austr. 
Dioecious. Placed in Juncaceae by Benth.-Hooker. 
Lomaria Willd. Polypodiaceae. 40 sp. cosmop., chiefly S. temp. Z. 
Spicant Desv. (. Blechnum boreale Sw.) is the hard-fern or northern fern, 
common on hills in Brit. There are fertile and barren leaves, the 
latter larger. 
Lomatia R. Br. Proteaceae (11). 9 sp. E. Austr., Tasm., Chili. 
Lomatophyllum Willd. Liliaceae (in). 3 sp. Mauritius, Bourbon (p. 
148). 
Lonas Adans. Compositae (vn). 1 sp. South-west Medit. 
Lonchitis Linn. Polypodiaceae. 2 sp. S. Hemisph. 
Lonchocarpus H. B. et K. Leguminosae (in. 8). 60 sp. trop. Am. 
Afr. Austr. 
Lonicera Linn. Caprifoliaceae (iv). 100 sp. N. Hemisph. Z. Peri - 
clymenum L. (honeysuckle or woodbine), and others, in Brit. They 
are mostly erect shrubs, a few twining, with opp. frequently connate 
leaves. In the axils of the leaves are found in many sp. (e.g. Z. 
tatarica L.) serial buds, of which the lowest gives rise to the firs. 
These are usually in pairs, the central fir. of the small dichasium not 
being developed. The fir. is frequently zygomorphic, and gives rise to 
a berry. In some sp. the pair of firs, produces two independent berries, 
in others the berries fuse into one as they form. Some sp. exhibit 
the ‘fusion’ even earlier; and one finds two corollas seated upon what 
at first glance appears a single inferior ovary. Dissection of this 
shows, however, that in most cases the two ovaries are side by side, 
free from one another, in a common hollow axis ; in a few cases, how- 
ever, the union is more complete. The flr. of the honeysuckle is visited 
chiefly by hawk-moths (at night). The flr. opens in the evening, the 
anthers having dehisced shortly before this. The style projects 
beyond the anthers. The flr. moves into a horizontal position at the 
same time. At first the style is bent downwards and the sta. form 
the alighting place for insects. Later on the style moves up to a 
horizontal position, the sta. shrivel and bend down, and this is com- 
