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LYCOPODIUM-MAGNOLIA. 
spherical; outer coat downy, which peeling off, leaves the leathery inner 
coat; seeds black, lighter than air, and appearing like smoke. In meadows. 
LYCOPODIUM. 21—1. (ffllices.) [From lukos , a wolf, and pous , foot, so called from its sup- 
posed resemblance.] 
complana'turn , (ground pine, g-y. Ju. 'll-.) creeping, erectish ; branches alter¬ 
nate, dichotomous ; leaves bifareous, connate, spreading at the tips ; spikes 
in pairs, peduncled. Woods. 
LYCOPSIS. 5—1. ( Boraginecb .) [From Itikos , a wolf, an <£opsis, aspect, because it is a rough¬ 
looking plant.] 
arven"sis , (b. Ju. .'ll-.) leaves lanceolate, repand-toothed; racemes in pairs; 
flowers sessile ; whole plant hispid. 
LYCOPUS. 2—1. ( Labiatcb .) [From lukos , a wolf, and pous, a foot, sometimes called wolf’s 
claw.] 
europe'us , (water horehound, w. Au. %) smooth ; stem acutely 4-cornered; 
leaves narrow-lanceolate, with large acute teeth ; lower ones somewhat 
pinnatifid; segments of the calyx acuminate, terminating in short spines. 
1-2 f. 
virgin // ims, (bugle weed, w. J. Tj..) leaves broad-lanceolate, serrate, tapering 
and entire at the base ; calyx shorter than the seed, spineless; flowers in 
whorls. Wet places. 
LYSIMACIIIA. 5—1. ( Lysimackice .) [FromLysimachus, its discoverer.] 
stric/'la , (loose-strife, y. Ju. % ) raceme terminal, very long, lax; leaves op¬ 
posite, lanceolate, sessile; petals lanceolate, spreading. 1-2 f. 
cilia'ta , (y. J. 'll-) sub-pubescent; leaves opposite, long petioled, sub-cordate, 
oval; petioles ciliate; pedicels somewhat in pairs; flowers nodding. 2-4 f. 
quadrtfo'lidi ('ll-) branching; stem smooth; leaves sessile, opposite, very 
long-linear; peduncles in fours, sub-terminal, 1-flowered. 2-3 f. 
capita'la , (y. J. Tf.) stem smooth, simple, punctate ; leaves opposite, sessile, 
broad-lanceolate, punctate; peduncles axillary, elongated ; flowers in dense 
heads, G-7-parted. Swamps. Stem 1 f. 
quadrijlo'ra , branching; stem smooth; leaves sessile, opposite, long-linear; 
peduncles in fours, sub-terminal, 1-flowered. 2-3 f. 
LYTHRTJM. 11—1. ( Sa.licaricc ,.) [From luthron, blood, so called from its colour.] 
salica'ria , (purple loose-strife, p. Ju. 9|-) pubescent; leaves opposite and. ter- 
nate, sessile, lanceolate, cordate at the base ; flowers with 12 stamens, 
(sometimes 5 or 8,) terminal, whorled-spiked ; capsule oblong. Wet mea¬ 
dows. Stem 2 f. 
virga'tum , (p. Ju. b-) leaves opposite, lanceolate, glabrous; stem panicled; 
flowers axillary, in threes, pedicelled ; stamens 12. >S. 
ala'tum , (p. Ju. Tp) very glabrous, stem winged: flowers hexandrous, axilla¬ 
ry, solitary, sessile. 2-3 f. S'.- 
vertidlWtum , (swamp willow-herb,, p. Au. 'll-.) pubescent; leaves opposite, or 
in threes, lanceolate, petioled; flowers axillary, somewhat in whorls; fruit 
globose; stamens 10. Wet grounds. 2 f. 
MACROTYS. 12—1. ( Ranunculaceco .) [From makros, large, and botrus, a raceme.] 
racemo'sa , (bug-bane, blacksnake-root, cohosh, w. Ju. Of.) leaves decompound; 
leafets oblong-ovate, gash-toothed; racemes in wand-like spikes; capsules 
ovate. Woods. 3-9 f. 
MAGNOLIA. 12—13. [From Magnol, who wrote on Botany in 1720.] 
glan'ca , (sweet bay, swamp laurel, w. J. !?•) leaves glaucous beneath, peren¬ 
nial, obtuse, elliptical; flowers 9-12-petalled ; petals obovate, concave. A 
large shrub with whitish bark; flowers solitary, odorous. Var. latifolia t, 
has deciduous leaves. Yar. longifolia , has leaves acute at both ends, pe¬ 
rennial. N. J. to Car. 
acumina'ta , (cucumber-tree, b-y. J. b-) leaves deciduous, oval, acuminate, 
pubescent beneath; flowers 6-9-petalled ; petals- obovate. Mountains. 
Penn, to Car. A tree, sometimes 70 feet high. 
iripe'lala , (umbrella-tree, w. J. b-) leaves large, deciduous, euneate-lanceo- 
late, acute, silky when young; petals 9. oval-lanceolate acute, the outer 
ones reflexed. Mountains, woods. Penn, to Geo. A small tree, with 
very large leaves and flowers. 
