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].