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ovules oo or 2, anatropous, often more or less sunk in the placenta. 
Capsule with 00 seeds, opening by 2 — 4 valves, or with 1 seed in- 
dehiscent. Seed exalbuminous. Genera: Pinguicula, Genlisea, 
Polypompholyx, Utricularia, Biovularia. Placed in Personales by 
Benth. -Hooker, in Personatae by Warming. [See Nat. PJi. and 
literature of Insectivorous plants (p. 177) for details.] 
Leonotis R. Br. Labiatae (vi. 4). 12 sp. trop. and S. Afr. 
Leontice Linn. Berberidaceae. 12 sp. N. temp. The base of the 
stem is tuberous. 
Leontodon Linn. (incl. Thrincia Roth). Compositae (xm). 45 sp. 
temp., Eur., As. ; 3 in Brit, (hawkbit). Very like Taraxacum. In 
Z. hirtus L. the outer fruits have no pappus. 
Leontopcdium R. Br. Compositae (iv). 4 sp. Mts. of Eur., As. and 
S. Am. Z. alpinum Cass, is the Edelweiss. It is a xerophyte 
growing in dense tufts, and covered with woolly hairs. The heads of 
firs, are small, but are massed together and surrounded by hairy 
bracts which add to their conspicuousness. The central florets are 
male, the style remaining, however, to act as pollen-presenter, though 
it has no stigmas. The outer florets are female. 
Leonurus Linn. Labiatae (vi. 4). 8 sp. Eur., As., and trop. Z. 
Cardiaca L. in Brit, (mother-wort). 
Leopoldinia Mart. Palmae (iv. 6). 4 *sp. trop. Brazil. Z. Piassaba 
Wallace yields the best Piassaba fibre (Wallace, Amazon, ch. IX.). 
Lepachys Rafin. Compositae (v). 4 sp. N. Am. Included in Rud- 
beckia in Nat. PJi. 
Lepidium Linn. Cruciferae (11. 5). 100 sp. cosmop. 5 in Brit, (cress). 
Z. sativum L. (Orient) is the garden cress. 
Lepidocaryum Mart. Palmae (ill. 4). 5 sp. Brazil. 
Lepidcsperma Labill. Cyperaceae (11). 40 sp. Austr., N. Z., trop. 
As. Z. gladiatum Labill. is the sword-sedge, used to bind sand-dunes 
in Austr., and as a material for paper-making. 
Lepigonum Wahlb. = Spergularia J. et C. Presl. 
Lepironia Rich. Cyperaceae (11). 1 sp., Z. mucronata Rich., Madag., 
trop. As., Austr., Polynes., largely cultivated in China. The stems 
are beaten flat and woven into mats, sails (for junks), &c. 
Leptospermum Forst. Myrtaceae (2). 25 sp. Malaya, Austr., N. Z. 
Leptosporangiatae (Filicineae). See Filicineae Leptosporangiatae. 
Leptotes Lindl. = Tetramicra Lindl. 
Leschenaultia R. Br. Goodeniaceae. 16 sp. Austr. “In L. form osa 
R. Br., the insect’s proboscis comes in contact with the lower lip of 
the pollen-cup (see order), thus opening it and dusting itself with 
pollen ; in the next flower it places this pollen on the stigmatic surface 
which lies outside the pollen-cup.” (Muller.) 
Lespedeza Michx. Leguminosae (in. 7). 33 sp. temp. N. Am., As., 
and in Mts. of trop. As., Austr. The firs, are sometimes apetalous, 
and cleistogamic. Z. striata Hook, et Am., an Asiatic sp., is being 
