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living, which, his patron, the late duke of Portland, foli- 
cited from lord-chancellor Thurlow, but which the tetter 
did not think, fit to beftow; 
LIGHTFOOT'IAjy. [named by Swartz after the fubjeft 
of the preceding article. ] In botany, a gen us of the clafs po- 
lygamia, order dioecia. Thegeneric characters are—I. Her¬ 
maphrodite. Calyx: perianth four-leaved; leaflets ovate, 
concave, expanding. Corolla: none. Stamina: filaments 
numerous, filiform, feated on the receptacle, permanent; 
anthers roundifli. Piftillum: germ roundith; ftylenone; 
ftigma felTiie, fomewhat headed, furrowed. Pericarpium : 
berry ovate, umbilicated, one-celled. Seeds from three to 
fix, oblong, comprefled, cornered, glolfy. II. Males on 
different individuals. Calyx: perianth four-leaved; leaf¬ 
lets oblong, concave, equal, coloured. Corolla none. Sta¬ 
mina: filaments numerous, (twenty-four,) filiform, longer 
than the calyx, inferted into the receptacle; anthers round¬ 
ifli. Piftillum : none. III. Females on different indivi¬ 
duals. Calyx : as in the male, but larger. Corolla : none. 
•Piftillum: germ oblong; ltyle none; ftigma elevated, 
quadrangular-headed, furrowed, with convoluted margins ; 
permanent. Pericarpium; berry.oblong, feated on a very 
fmall receptacle, umbilicated, one-celled. Seeds three, 
five, to fix, as above.— Ejfintial Character. Calyx four¬ 
leaved ; corolla none. Female and hermaphrodite; ftigma 
leftile; berry umbilicated, one-celled, with from three to 
fix feeds. 
1. Lightfootia ferrata, or ferrated lightfootia: leaves 
oblong-ovate, ferrate, acuminate, peduncles lateral, aggre¬ 
gate, one-flowered. Native of Montferrat. 
2. Lightfootia theaeformis, or tea-leaved lightfootia : 
leaves lanceolate-elliptic, ferrate, bluntifh, peduncles axil¬ 
lary, fubfolitary, one-flowered. This has the habit of the 
tea-flirub. Branches, and all the other parts, froooth. 
Leaves petioled, alternate, two inches long and more, 
nerved and veined, fometimes emarginate, a little bent at 
the bafe to the petiole; which is very fliort, and a little 
edged by the leaf running down it. Germ conical; ftigma 
feflile, flattifh ; berry oblong, one-celled; feeds three or 
four, fmooth, fhining. Native of the Ifle of Bourbon. 
3. Lightfootia integrifolia, or entire-leaved lightfootia: 
leaves fubcoriaceous, oblong and obovate, emarginate, 
almolt quite entire, peduncles lateral, fubaggregate, one- 
flowered. 'Phis is alfo a fhrub, with round fmooth branches, 
covered with an afh-coloured bark. Leaves an inch and 
more in length ; flowers larger than in the other forts. 
The fpecies all agree with Prockia in calyx, ftamens, and 
habit, but differ in the ftigma. Hermaphrodite flowers 
only having hitherto been obferved, we are not certain 
th3t thefe two fpecies are polygamous. Gmelin has erred 
in referring Lightfootia oxycoccoides and fubulata of l’He¬ 
ritier to this genus; for they belong to different clals and 
drder, as under. 
LIGHTFOOT'IA, f. The name of another genus of 
plat]fs» f° denominated by l’Heritier after the fame per¬ 
son as the preceding. This genus is of the clafs pentan- 
dria, order monogynia, natural order campanaceae, Linn. 
(campanulacete, JuJJ.) The generic characters are—Ca¬ 
lyx : perianth of five equal acute leaves, broad at the bafe, 
encompafling the middle of the germen. Corolla of one 
petal, in five deep, equal, regular, oblong, fpreading feg- 
ments, rather longer than the calyx ; the very-fliort tube, 
doled by five valves, bearing the ftamens. Stamina: fila¬ 
ments five, linear, flat, equal, much fhorter than the co¬ 
rolla; anthers fmall, roundifh, incumbent. Piftillum: 
germen half inferior, ovate, ftyle thread-lhaped, about the 
length of the corolla; ftigma dilated into three or five, 
fomewhat-fpreading, ftgments. Pericarpium : capfule 
ovate, with three or five cells, opening at the top by as 
many valves. Seeds numerous, fmall, roundifli.— EJJ'ential 
CharaEler. Corolla in five deep fegments, clofed at the 
bottom by valves bearing the ftamens. Calyx of five leaves. 
Stigma of three or five lobes. Capfule half fuperior, of 
three or fiv^ cells, and as many valves. 
1. Lightfootia oxycoccoides, or cranberry-leaved light- 
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footia : leaves plain, ovato-lanceolate, alternate, reflexed; 
ftigma three-cleft; corolla widely fpreading. Native ot 
the Cape of Good Hope, as are the two following (pedes 
alfo. This was fent to Kew in 1787, by Mr. F. Maflon. 
It is kept in the greenhoufe, and flowers from July to 
September. The item is perennial, fnrubby, of humble 
growth, birfhy and fpreading, not proftrate, very much 
branched, often finely downy. Leaves numerous, fmall, 
alternate, fcffiie, reflexed, ovate or fomewhat lanceolate, 
acute, fmooth, thick-edged, entire, except a final! glan¬ 
dular tooth or two at each fide. Flowers fmall, on little, 
terminal, naked, fimple ftalks. Corolla white, with a 
tinge of purple along the middle of each fegment. Stigma 
purple; capfule of three pointed valves forming, a ccne. 
2. Lightfootia tenella, or curve-leaved lightfootia: leaves 
ovato-lanceolate, channelled, cluttered ; ftigma three-cleft; 
corolla widely fpreading, with narrow lineaf , 0 .£egments; 
ftigma three-cleft. Gathered by Thunberg at the Cape. 
It feems a Arranger to our gardens. L’Heritier confounded 
it with the preceding, from which ir differs in its very nu¬ 
merous, cluftered, recurved, and deeply-channelled, leaves, 
and the longer and narrower fegments of the corolla. 
3. Lightfootia fubulata, or awl-leaved lightfootia: leaves 
awl-fhaped; calyx almolt altogether inferior; corollamo¬ 
derately fpreading, with linear fegments; ftigma five-cleit. 
Sent to Kew by Mr. MafTon in 1787, from the Cape.’ 
This is diftinguifhed by its copious, awl-fhaped, very-nar¬ 
row, leaves, lometimes near an inch long. The fhrubby 
ftem, with downy branches, accords nearly with the two 
former ; the flowers ftand on fhorter ftalks, and have longer 
and (harper calyx-leaves, tumid at the bafe, and almoft per¬ 
fectly inferior; fegments of the corolla moderately fpread¬ 
ing, recurved, narrow, white of bluiftt; ftigma five-cleft. 
LI'GHTING, f. The aft'of kindling ; the aft of giv¬ 
ing light; the aft of fettling on any thing. 
LIGHTING ok Streets. See the articleLAMP,p. 119. 
LI'GHTING-PLACE, f. A place to reft or alight 
upon.—Plant trees and fhrubs near home, for bees to pitch 
on at their fwarming, that they may not be in danger of 
being loft for want of a lighting-place. Mortimer's Hvjbandry. 
LI'GHTLESS, adj. Wanting light; dark. 
LI'GHTLY, adv. Without weight: 
This grave partakes the fleflily birth. 
Which cover lightly , gentle earth. Ben JfonJin. 
Without deep impreflion : 
The foft ideas of the cheerful note. 
Lightly receiv’d, were eafily forgot. Prior. 
Eafily; readily; without difficulty; of courfe.—If they 
write or fpeak publicly but five words, one of them is 
lightly about the dangerous eftate of the church of Eng¬ 
land in refpeft of abufed ceremonies. Hooker, 
Believe not lightly that your fon 
Will not exceed the common, or be caught 
With cautelous baits and praftice. Shakefpeare. 
Without reafon.—Let every man that hath a calling be 
diligent in purfuance of its employment, fo as not lightly, 
or without reafonable occafion, to neglect it. Taylor. — 
Without dejeftion ; cheerfully : 
Bid that welcome 
Which comes to puniffi us, and we punifh it, 
Seeming to bear it lightly. Shakefpeare. 
Not chaftely.—If I were lightly difpofed, I could (fill per¬ 
haps have offers, that fome, who hold their heads higher, 
would be glad to accept. Swift. —Nimbly, with agility , 
not heavily or tardily : 
Methought I (food on a wide river’s bank; 
When on a fudden, Torifmond appear’d. 
Gave me l.is hand, and led me lightly o’er; 
Leaping and bounding on the billows heads. 
Till fafely we had reach’d the farther fliore. Dryden, ■ 
Gaily ; airily; with levity ; without heed or care. 
LI'GHTNESS, f. Want of weight; abfcnce of weight: 
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