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16—10. LATHYRUS. (A Greek name.) 
Exot. 
Odora’ius, (sweet pea. J. ®) ede es -flowered; tendril with 2-ovate 
oblong leafets; legumes hi 
9— LAU RUS. 
Sassafras, (sassafras tree. O. y. M. hk) leaves a lobed on the 
same plant; flowers mostly dicecious. 10—26. 
13—1. LAVANDULA. (From Lavare, 
Exotic. 
Spi’ca, (lavender. Au. 2) leaves sessile, lance linear, with revolute 
margins; spike interruptedly naked. 
17—1. LEONTODON. (From Leon, a lion, and odous, a tooth, in 
allusion to its leaf. ) 
Toarax’/acum, (dandelion. O. y AD -U) outer calyx reflexed ; scape 1- 
» flowered, leaves runcinate, arith toothed divisions. Introduced. 
6—1. LILIUM. 
Philadel’/’phicum, (red lily. O. r. y. J. 21) leaves whorled, lance linear ; 
corolla erect, bell-form, spreading ; petals lanceolate, having claws. 
1—3. f. 
ash.) 
Exotic. 
- Can’ didum, (white lily. w. J. 21) leaves lanceolate, scattered, tapering 
to the base ; corolla bell-form, glabrous within. 
Bulb’’iferum, nge lily. y. J. a) leaves scattered, 3-nerved; corolla 
a et, scabrous within. 
5—5. LINUM. 
Exotic. 
Usitatis’’simun, (flax. b. Ju. 2) leafets of the calyx, acute, 3-nerved- 
petals crenate; leaves lanceolate, alternate; stem sub-solitary. 
5—l. LOBELIA. (From Lobel, a botanist.) 
Cardina’lis, (cardinal flower. O. r. Ju. 21) erect, simple, pubescent ; 
leaves lance- ovate, acuminate, denticulate; racemes somewhat one 
sided ,many flowered ; stamens longer than corollas. Damp. 1—2. f. 
Infla’ta, (wild tobacco. O. b. Ju. ®) erect, branching, very hirsute; 
leaves ovate, serrate ; racemes leafy ; capsules inflated. 12—18. i. 
5—1. LONICERA. (From Lonicer, a botanist.) 
Sempervi’rens, (E. r. y. M. hk) spikes with distant, nakedish whorls; 
corollas sub-equal; tube ventricose above; leaves ovate, and obovate, 
glaucous beneath; upper ones connate perfoliate. Leaves perennial, 
Exotic. 
Capri’ folium, (honeysuckle. kh) corollas ringent-like, terminal; sessile 
leaves connate perfoliate at the top. 
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