Lentiginose, as if freckled.

Lepal, a made-up word for a staminode.

Lepis, Greek for a scale, whence Lepidote, leprous; covered with scurfy scales.

Leptos, Greek for slender; so Leptophyllous, slender-leaved.

Leukos, Greek for white; whence Leucanthous, white-flowered, &c.

Liber, the inner bark of Exogenous stems, [140].

Lid, see [operculum].

Ligneous, or Lignose, woody in texture.

Ligulate, furnished with a ligule, [93].

Ligule, Ligula, the strap-shaped corolla in many Compositæ, [93]; the membranous appendage at the summit of the leaf-sheaths of most Grasses, [67].