Lanceolate, lance-shaped, [52].

Lanuginous, cottony or woolly.

Latent buds, concealed or undeveloped buds, [30].

Lateral, belonging to the side.

Latex, the milky juice, &c., of plants, [135].

Lax (Laxus), loose in texture, or sparse; the opposite of crowded.

Leaf, [49]. Leaf-buds, [31].

Leaflet, one of the divisions or blades of a compound leaf, [57].

Leaf-like, same as foliaceous.

Leathery, of about the consistence of leather; coriaceous.