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LABURNUM, in botany, the name ufed by Rlvinus, for the cytifus of other botanifts. Seethe article Cvri- sus, Suppl. LACRYMA Jobi, in botany, the name of a genus of plants, the characters of which are thefe : The male flowers are formed into a lax fpike ; the female ones are fewer in number, and ate fituate at the bafe of the male fpike on the fame plant. In the male flowers the cup is a glume, containing two flowers, and has no awns ; the corolla is alfo a glume, without any ariftae or awns. The ftamina are three capillary filaments ; the anthers are oblong, and quadragonal. In the female flowers, the cup is alfo a glume, containing two flowers, as is the corolla, both being without any awns. The germen of the piftil is of an oval form ; the ftyle is fliort, and divided into two parts. The ftigmata are two in number, corniculated, and longer than the flower. The feed, which is fuigle and roundiih, is covered by the in- durated cup. Vid. Linnai Gen. Plant, p. 445.
LADDER to heaven, the name by which fome call the Poly- gonatum, a difh'n£f. genus of plants. See the article Poly- gon atum, Suppl.
LADIES bcd-jlraw, in botany, the Englifh name of a diftinft genus of plants, called by botanifts Gallium. See the article Gallium, Suppl,
Ladies bower., or Virgin's bower, names given to a diftin£f. genus of plants, called by botanifts Clemaiit'ts. See the article Vir- gin's bower, Suppl.
Ladies comb, or Venus's comb, in botany, the name of adiflincl genus of plants, called by botanifts Scanelix. See the article Scandix, Suppl.
LADLE (Suppl.) — hADhZ-boards, tbofe boards difpofed on the circumference of the water-wheels of over-fhot mills ; form- ing hollows, or receptacles not unlike ladles to receive the water that falls upon the wheel. See the article Water- Wheel, Append.
Ladies finger, the name by which fome call a fpecies of Vulnc- raria. See the article Vulner aria, Suppl.
Ladies mantle, in botany, the name of a genus of plants, known among authors by that of Alchimitla. See the article
ALCHIMILLAj Suppl.
Ladies feat, a name fometimes given to a diftinct genus of
plants, called by botanifts Tarnuus. See the article Tam-
nus, Suppl. Ladies traces, a name fometimes ufed for the Orchis, a diflin£t
genus of plants. See the article Orchis, Suppl. LADY cow, the Englifh name of a genus of beeiles, called by
fome Hemifphtsria. See the articles Scarab^eus, Suppl.
and Hemisphjeria, Append. LAKE-wcca', in botany, a name fometimes ufed for the Per-
Jicarta, or arfmart. See the article Persicaria, Suppl. LAMB's Lettuce, a name by which fome call the Vakriunella,
a dijfrnct genus of plants. See the article Valerianella,
Suppl. LAMPADIAS is ufed by fome authors for a kind of bearded
comet, which, as they pretend, refembles a burning lamp,
being of feveral fhapes ; its flame or blaze tapering upward
fometimes like unto a fword, and being at others double or
triple pointed. LANIARDS. See the article Lanniers, Suppl. LANIO, in ornithology, the name ufed by Linnaeus for the
butcher-bird. See thearticle Lanius, Suppl. LANNAR, in ornithology, a bird of the hawk-kind. See the LANYARDS. Seethe article Lanniers, Suppl.
article Lannarius, Suppl. LAPIS Calamifiaris, in natural hiftory. See the article Cala-
minaRis Lapis, Suppl. LAPPA, in botany, a name ufed by fome for the Xanthium,
or burdock. See the article Xanthium, Suppl. LAPWING, in ornithology, the Englifh name of the black-
brcafted Tringa, with a hanging creft. See the article Trin-
ga, Suppl.
Were the Lapwing lefs common, it would be highly efteemed
for its beauty. It is very frequent in our fenny countries, and
in the wet places of moft other parts of Europe.
Authors have defcribed it under the names Vandlus, Capra,
and Capella. See the article Capell a, Suppl. LARCH-fr^, in botany, the Englifh name of a diftincl genus of
plants, called by botanifts Larix, See the article Larix,
Suppl. LASER-Tuorr, in botany, the name of a di(lin£f. genus of plants,
See the article Laserpitium, Suppl. LASK, a term ufed by farriers for a Joofenefs in horfe c , fre- quently fatal to them. Ruft. Diet, in voc. LATCHEI'S, the fame with Lajkets, See the article Las-
jcets, Suppl.
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LATHYRUS Is alfo a na'me ufed by fome for the Nijft/Ha of others. See the articles Lathvrus and Nissolia, Suppl.
LAVENDER, the Englifh name of a diitinct'genus of plants, called by authors Lavendula. See the article Lavendula, Suppl.
Cotton Lavender, the name by which fome call the Santolina of botanifts, a diftinci genus of plants. See the article San- to 1. in a, Suppl.
French Lav en der, a name fometimes given to adiftincl genio of plants, called by authors Stoechas. See the article Stoe- chas, Append.
Hollow- leaved Sea Lavender, a name fometimes ufed for a fpecies of Sarracena. See the article Sarracena, Suppl.
Sea Lavender, the Englifh name of a diftinct genus of plants, known among botanifts by that of Limoniu'mv See the ar- ticle Limonium, Suppl.
LAVER, in botany, the Englifh name of a genus of plants, called by botanifts T'remella. See the articleTREMELLA,6'tt/>/>/.
LAUREL, Laurus, in botany, the name given by Linnieus to alarge genus of plants. See the article Laurus, Append.
Alexandrian Laurel, a name fometimes given to the Jiufcus or butcher's broom. See the article Ruscus, Suppl.
Dwarf Laurel, or /purge Laurel, names fometimes given to the Thymel&a of botanifts. See the article Th y- meljea, Suppl.
Portugal Laurel, the name of a diftincl genus of plants, called by authors Padus, or Lauro-Cerafus . See the article L>AVRO~CeraJus, Suppl.
Sca-Jide Laurel, a name fometimes given to the Phyllanthus, a diftincf. genus of plants. See the article Phyllanthus, Suppl.
LAUROTAXA, in botany. See thearticle Ruscus, Suppl.
LAURUS, in the Linhxan fyftem of botany, 'the name of 3 large genus of plants, comprehending the Laurus, or com- mon bay-tree, of Tuurnefort ; the Cinnamon-tree, the Cam- phor-tree, and the Perfea, Borbonia, Ben%oe, and SaJJ'afraji of others.
The characters of this genus are thefe : There is no calyx, the corolla much refembies a calyx, and has been miftaken for one; it confifts of fix erect, hallow, ovo-acuminated petals, alternately exterior ; the necinrium is compofed of three "co- loured, acuminated turbercles, terminating each in two hairs and ftanding round the germen; the ftamina are nine fila- ments, fhorter than the corolla, compelled, obtufe^ and placed in threes ; the anthers adhere to the edge of the up- per part of the filaments on each fide ; and there are two globofe corpufcles, affixed, by a very fhort filament, to each of the ftamina of the inner feries, near the bafe ; ' the geameri is oval ; the ftyle is fimple, equal, and of the length of the ftamina; the ftigma is obtuie and oblique ; the fruit is a drupe of an oval, acuminated figure,, containing only one cell, and contained in the. corolla ; the feed is a (uWeovato- acuminated nut ; its kernel is of the lame fhape. The greater number of the fpecies of this genus, as the cin- namon-tree, camphor-tree, &c. are of the hermaphrodite ■ kind ; but fome, as the common bay, have the male flowers on feparate trees: In this cafe the ftamina vary in number from eight to fourteen, and the corolla is naked, and divided into four parts. The little bodies adhering to fome of "the filaments, are the great charaeteriftics of th.e genus. Vid. Linnai Gen. Plant, p. 174.
LAURUST1NE, the Englilh name of a genus of plants, known among imthors by that of Tir.us. See thearticle TiVus-, Suppl. ■ '
LAW-Day, Lagedayum, in our old Law-writers, was any day of open court, and commonly ufed for the courts of a couiuy or hundred. It is alfo called View of frank- pledge, or Couri- lect. — ■ Et quieti fint de Seclis Comiiatuum C5' LLur/dredorum nojlrorum, de vifu franci plegii hf Lawdayorum 3 &c Chart. 39. H. 3. "Terms of law.
LAYR. bee the article Lair, Cycl.
LAYES, or LEYhS, a term ufed in many parts of England, for fuch patture ground, as formeily had been tiiled and fown. Ruft. Diet, in voc.
LAZEROLE, in botany, a name ufed for feveral fpecies of medlar. See the articles Mespilus and Medlar. ^'^.
LEAM, or LIAM, among fportfmen, the line for holding a hawk or dog, more ufuahy called a Leafh. See the article Leash, Cycl.
LEDGERS, among builders. See the article Putlogs,. Cycl,
LEE (Suppl.) — hv.z-fangs are ropes reeved into the crin- gles of a yacht's or hoy's fails. Bltmkley's Naval Expofi- tor, p. 93.
LEECH, the fame with LEETCH. See the article Lektxh, 3
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