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peridyme'num , (woodbine, J. h-) flowers in ovate, imbricate, terminal heads; 
leaves all distinct. Var. qucrcifolia , leaves sinuate. Ex. 
Jla'va , (yellow honeysuckle, J. T^.) spikes whorled, terminal; corollaringent; 
flowers bright yellow. 
hirsu'ta , (rough woodbine,) leaves pubescent and ciliate ; flowers yellow pu¬ 
bescent; berries orange. 
gra'ta , has scarlet flowers. Mountains. 
cilio'sum , (J. I 7 .) spikes with whorled heads, sub-sessile; corolla sub-equal; 
tube hirsute, ventricose in the middle ; leaves .somewhat clasping, sessile, 
and petioled, ovate, glaucous beneath, margin ciliate ; upper ones connate- 
perfoliate; flowers yellow. S. 
LOPHIOLA. 6—1. ( Junci .) 
aure'a, (y. Ju. 1[.) leaves radical, ensiform, shorter than the scape; scape 
erect, with one or two short leaves; dowers in a crowded corymb; root 
creeping. Sandy sw r amps. 
LUDWIGIA. 4—1. ( Onagrce .) [From Professor Ludwig, of Leipsic.] 
♦ 
‘'piLo'sa , (y. Ju. Tj..) stem erect, branched, hairy; leaves alternate, oblong, ses¬ 
sile; peduncles 1 -dowered, axillary; capsule globose, quadrangular. 
Swamps. 
alternifo'lia , stem nearly smooth; leaves alternate, lanceolate, somewhat 
scabrous on the margins and underside ; segments of the calyx large, col¬ 
oured, persistent; dowers yellow, 4-petalled, on short peduncles. 
palus"tris, petals 0 ; stem prostrate, creeping; leaves opposite, smooth; suc¬ 
culent. Grows in stagnant waters. 
LUNARIA. 14—1. (Cruciferce.) [From luna, the moon, moon-form.] 
an"nua , (honesty, p. f\) leaves obtusely toothed ; silicles oval, obtuse at both 
ends. Naturalized. 
redivi'va , (satin dower, b-p. 7)..) leaves with mucronate teeth ; silicles taper¬ 
ing to both ends; dowers odorous. Ex. 
LUPINUS. 16—JO. ( Leguminosce .) [From the Greek lupe, grief, on account of its acrid juices.] 
peren"nis ) (wild lupine, p. M. stem and leaves smoothish ; leaves digitate, 
with about 8-10 leafets, which are oblanceolate, obtusish ; calyxes alter¬ 
nate, not appendaged; banner emarginate; keel entire. 12-18 i. 
hirsu'tus , (garden lupine, p. ©.) calyxes appendaged, alternate ; banner 2 - 
parted ; keel 3-toothed. Ex. 
aV'bus , (white lupine, w. Au. ©A calyx not appendaged, alternate; banner 
entire; keel 3-toothed. Ex. 
pilo'sus , (rose lupine, r. w. ©.) calyx whorled; banner 2 -parted; keel en¬ 
tire. Ex. 
lute'us, (yellow lupine, y. ©.) keel 3-toothed. Ex. 
argen"teus , (y. ©.) leaves digitate; leafets lance-linear, glabrous above, white 
and silky beneath. S. 
LTJZULA. 6 —1. ( Junccc .) 
pilo'sa , (M. A ) leaves hairy; panicle sub-cymose; peduncles 1-dowered, re- 
dexed; leafets of the perianth acuminate, shorter than the capsule; radi¬ 
cal leaves numerous, hirsute. Woods. 6-12 i. 
mclonocar"pa , culm leafy; leaves sub-lanceolate, smooth ; panicles capillary, 
loose; capsule black. Mountains. 
LYCHNIS. 10—5. (C ary ophy lice.) [From luchnos, a torch.] 
chalcedon"ica : (scarlet lichnis, r. J. Op.) dow r ers fascicled, level top, or con¬ 
vex. Ex. 
Jioscuf'vM , (ragged robin, 2}..) petals torn ; capsule 1-celled, roundish. Ex. 
LYCIUM. 4—1. (Polemonice.) [From the country Lycia.] 
carolinia'num, (p. Ju. T 7 .) unarmed; leaves clustered, cuneate, deshy; dow¬ 
ers 4-cleft. 3-5 f. S. 
barba"rum : (matrimony vine, J. r. y. T 7 .)stem angled; branches erect; leaves 
lanceolate, tapering to both ends; calyx mostly 3-cleft. Ex. 
LYCOPERDON. 21— 6 . (Fungi.) [From lukos, a wolf, and per do , to explode, so named be- 
cause it was supposed to be the excrements of this animal.] 
bovis"ta , (common puff-ball,) at first white and obconic, becoming black and 
