Lactescent, producing milky juice, as does the Milkweed, &c.

Lacteus, Latin for milk-white.

Lacunose, full of holes or gaps.

Lacustrine, belonging to lakes.

Lævigate, smooth as if polished. Latin, Lævis, smooth, as opposed to rough.

Lageniform, gourd-shaped.

Lagopous, Latin, hare-footed; densely clothed with long soft hairs.

Lamellar or Lamellate, consisting of flat plates, Lamellæ.

Lamina, a plate or blade, the blade of a leaf, &c., [49].

Lanate, Lanose, woolly; clothed with long and soft entangled hairs.