Latin literature, 388, 534, 794.
Latitude, parallels of, first established,
3S9.
Latium, in Ita ly, 302, 318, 322.
Laurel, 28, 167, 44S, 886.
Lanrencia botryoides, 368.
Laurestinus, 32S.
Laurus Canariensis, 44S.
{Persia) Carolinensis, S93.
caryophyllus, 782.
[Persea) Catesbyana, 1005.
[Oreodaphne) cupularis, 431.
[Caryodaphne) densijlora, 445.
[Sassafras) hman-then, 27S.
Indica, 3^3.
[Sassafras) ha-nuac, 5S8.
kyai-zai, 27S.
[Benzoin) melissaefoliuni, 1039.
montana, 103S.
nitida, 27S.
nobilis, 28, 969.
[Beztzoin) odoriferum, 770, S75,
[Camphora) officinarum, 59S.
[Sassafras) pazdhcnoxylon, 445.
sp., 394.
till, 467.
Lavattdula dentata, 8S9.
multifida, 902.
spica, 262.
stoechas, 466.
vei-a, 645, 969.
Lavatera arborea, 353.
Cretica, 977.
maritima, 902.
micans, 977.
olbia, 898.
Thurizigiaca, 932.
triloba, 1000.
tz'imestris, 937.
Lavender, 262, 645.
Lavenia decurnbezis, 983-
Laver, 704.
Lavinium, city in Italy, 174.
Law-pleadings, changed from Fr.
to English by Edward I I L , 791.
Laws , agrarian, 292.
Chinese, 5S9, 798.
of the Burgundians, 571.
of (A lfred) England, 644, 715.
of Flungary, 6S3.
of L y curgus , 202, 397.
of the Romans, 270.
of the Saxons, published, 615.
of Solon, 233, 270.
written, 202, 225.
Lawsonia alba, 189*
Lead, 113, 520.
Lea gue o f Cambray, 860. .
o f Protestant princes against
Ferdinand I I ., 943.
Leaning tower at Pisa, 714.
Lea ther, 57Ó, 5S2.
Leavenworthia nniflora, 1044.
Lecanora parella, 436.
Lechea major, 1026.
minor, 961.
Lechea tenuifolia, 1041.
thymifoHa, 1041.
Lectisternium, Roman religious
festival, 301.
Lecythis paiviflora, 950.
Ledebouria hvacinthoides, 350.
Loedum latifolium, 1027.
palustre, SS9.
Le.ea hirta, 412.
maci'ophylla, 462.
sambucina, 691.
Leech, 454.
Leed, 704.
Leek, 144.
Leez'ia nutans, 987.
Leersia leziticulaz'is, 1044.
oryzoides, 940.
Virginica, 1049.
Leiophyllum buxifolium, 1036.
Leips ic , city of, 1059.
Leleges, or Carians, 193.
L e Maire, Straits of, 97S.
Leznna gibba, 478-
mizior, 163.
polyrhiza, 47S. •
trisulca, 351.
Lemnos, G reek island, 186.
Leznon, 644, 779.
grass, see Cymbopogon.
Lezitil, 46.
Leonotis leozmrus, 975.
nepetifolia, 982.
Leozitice chrysogonum, 4S4.
leontopetalon, 265.
vesicaria, 1033.
Leontium, city in Sicily, 213.
Leontodon autumnale, 870.
crispum, 904.
hispidum, 826.
obovatus, 931.
taraxacuîzi, 419, 6S5.
Leonnrus cardiaca, 733.
lanatus, 793.
marimbiasirnm, 993.
Sibericus, 1013.
Leopard, 30.
the hunting, 87.'
Lepachys pizinata, 1043.
Lepanto, battle at, 900.
Lepidium alpinum, 921 .
Bonarieztse, lO ii.
campestre, 834.
cornutuni, 472.
draba, 485.
graminifolium, 477.
iberis, 477.
latifolium, 473, 969.
lyratum, 996.
perfoliatum, 894.
ruderale, 634.
sativmzi, 94.
spinosum, 540.
Virgiziicuzn, 867.
vesicariuzn, 1007.
Lepidotum, city in Egypt, 130.
Lepisma, silver-fish insect, 323.
Lepraria flava, 31S.
Leprosy,cutaneous d is e a s e ,i3 i,M i.
Lctadenia lancifolia 1 426.
reticulata, 464.
Leptocarpus simplex, 975.
Leptocaulis divaricatus, 1040.
Leptochloa mncz-oziata, 1039.
Leptopoda fiznbriata, 1043-
Lcpturus? paziiculatus, 105S.
Lepuz-andra saccidoz'a, see Antiaris.
Lepus Americanus, 866, 869, 875,
908.
cuniculns, 87.
Groenlandicus, 909.
palustris, 869, 90S.
timidus, hare, 46, 452. ,
variabilis, 875.
Lesbos, Greek island, 222.
Lespedeza capitata, or frutescens,
1000.
crytobotria, 601.
hiz'ta, 1016.
latebz'osa, 997.
procuznbezis, 1041.
repens, i o 1 1 .
violacea, 1016.
Letters in Inscriptions, &c., ancient
forms of, 49S, 544, 555, 566. 570,
574. 597, 613, 684. 725, 776,
of Marque, 762.
Lettuce, 222, 252, 361, 909, 935.
Leucadezidz'on azgenteum, 1006.
decurrens, 975.
Levisazius, 1006.
squarz'osum, 1006.
Leucanthezziuzn vulgare, 645.
Leucas aspei'a, 739.
biflora, 970.
Martinicezisis, 1019.
Zeyloziica, 966.
Leucoiuzn oestivum, 350,
autuznnale, 902.
trichophyllum, 961.
vez'num, 870.
Leucosperniuni coziocarpuzn, 1006.
hypophyllum, 1006.
Le v an t, or T u rk e y co , the, for trade
betw. England and T u rk e y , 903.
Lev elling, art of, 127.
Lewisia rediviva, 604.
Lexington, town in Mass., 1035.
Leysera callicorziia, 1000.
Liang, the later, sixteenth Chinese
dynasty, 647.
twelfth Ch. dyn. 571, 583, 584.
Liatris cylindrica, 1039.
elegans, 1040.
gracilis, 1033.
gz'aminifolia, 1033.
heterophylla, 1033.
odoratissima, 1040.
paniculata, 1040.
pauciflora, 1033.
pilosa, 1040.
Pyeziostachya, lO ll.
scariosa, 9Ó2.
IJairis spicata, 962.
squarrosa, 978.
Libations, 43.
Libraries, 65, 124, 245, 552.
at A lex an d r ia , 373, 375, 3^2,
388, 555.
at Buda, S24.
at Constantinople, 618, 719,
824, 8Ó9.
at I-Ieidelberg, 940.
at Rome, 400, 442, 464, 532.
in China, 403.
in France, 741.
in Greece, 239, 245.
in Pergamus, 457.
the Medicean, 842.
Lichen rocella, see Rocella.
'Lichens, 4, 31S.
Licuala acutifida, 4 1 1-
spinosa, 950, 966.
L igh t, development of, by magnets,
1066.
IJght-house, or pharos, built at
Alexandria, 373.
Lightning, in Greenland, 767.
Lign-aloes, 189.
Lignum colubrinum, 639, 813.
Ligurian language, 154-
Ligusticum acteaefoUiun, 935, 1044.
athamanthoides, 901 •
Austriacum, 920.
cervaria, see Peucedanum.
ferulaceum, 971.
levisticum, 530.
[Trochiscanthes) nodiflomim,
474..
Peloponnense, 889.
Scoticum, 581, 935-
Sibez'icum, 1013.
vaginatum, 1013.
Ligustz'um ibota, 788.
Japoziicum, 976.
vulgare, 460.
Li-ki, or Chinese Ritual, 192.
Lilac, 362.
Liliuzn bulbifez'um, 273.
Canadense, 641, 940, 95^-
candidum, 129, 960.
Catesbaei, 1003.
Chalcedonicum, 273.
Kamtchaticuni, lo iS .
maz'tagon, 779.
Pennsylvanicum, 1003.
Philadelphicum, 958, 96S.
pomponium, 793> 976-
Pyrenaicum, 922.
speciosum, 976.
superbuzzi, 866, 936, 95S.
umbellatum, 1054.
Lily, 129.
L ily ofthe valley, 5 58.
Lima bean, 1018.
Lima, city in Peru, 875, 88i, T019.
Limestone, 87.
Limnanthemum czHstatum, 975.
Foz'besianum, 1068.
IJmnanthemum lacunosum, 903.
trachyspez'inum, 1040.
Limodorum abortivum, 922.
epigonium, 1013.
Limoziia acidissima, 725
Madagascarensis, 957.
Limosella aquatica, 919
L imulus Amez'icanus, 909.
Linaria Aegyptiaca, 491.
amethystina, 961.
ai'vensis, 937.-
bipunctata, 961.
Canadensis, 1016.
Chalepensis, 989.
corifolia, 998.
cymbalaria, 491.
Dalmatica, 937.
dealbata, 961. •
elatine, 491.
genistifolia. 908.
Graeca, 491.
grandiflora, 998.
linifolia, 937.
linogrisea, 961.
Lusitanica, 961.
minor, 910.
multicaulis, 972.
multipunctata, 961-
origanifolia, 937.
Pelisseriana, 931.
pilosa, 1003.
purpurea, 907.
reflexa, 992.
repens, 937.
simplex, 995.
supina, 995.
spuria, 491, 882.
tenella, 1054.
triphylla, 902.
villosa, 971.
vulgaris, 47S, 969.
Linden, 214, 227.
Lindera sericea, 622.
triloba, 632.
Linderziia pyxidaria, 1009.
Lindus, city in Rhodes, 136.
Linen, 49.
Lingam, Bacchic emblem, 606, 815
J inkia nostoc, 973.
Linncoa borealis, 835.
L in n x an Society, London, T ran s actions
of, ÌO46.
Linociera compacta, 999.
cotinifolia, 999-
Linum alpinum, 907.
angustifolium, 154, 451.
arboreum, 905.
aquilinum, 661.
Austriacum, 913.
campanulatum, 903.
catharticum, S47.
GalUcum, 501.
hircutum, 584.
luteolum, 1007.
maritimum, S89.
Narbonense, 937.
149
Lin um perenne, 572, S80.
rigidum, 1057.
strictum, 903-
teziue, 961.
tenuifolium, 889.
usitatissimzim, 44, 944*
verticillatum, 993.
Viz'ginianicm, 88i, 908, 926,929,
940.
viscosum, 940.
Linus, the earliest G re ek poet, 136.
Lion, 12, 18, 264, 6i8, 621, 791.
Liparia villosa, 1014.
Liparis liliifolia, 1016.
Locselii, 898.
Lipocarpha argentea, 1045.
Lippia Amez'icana, 1012.
asperifolia, 984.
cymosa, 983.
lanceolata, 1016.
nodifiora, 920.
Liquidambar altingia, 639.
styraciflua, 741, 92S-29.
Liqziorice, 305, 309.
Liquorice-vetch, 720.
Liriodendz'on tulipifera, 767, 909,
929, 958.
Lisbon, city in Portugal, 704, 854,
1022.
Lisianthus exaltatus, 915.
longifolms, 982.
trinervis, 957.
Listera convallarioides, 1044.
cordata, 930.
Oliata, 541.
Li-tai-ki-sse, the. a collection of
Chinese annals, 1028.
Literature, Egyptian, 62.
Muslim, 687.
of other nations, 623, 737, 845.
Lithography, invention of, 104S.
Lithospermum an^istifolium, 1044.
ai-vense, 835.
callosum, 433.
dispermum, 1025.
erythrorhizoh, 526.
fruticosum, 490.
Idtfalium, 1044-
officinale, 450.
purpureo cæruleum, 404.
tenuiflorum, 450.
tinctorium, or arnebia, 286.
Lithotomy, 306.
Litho trity, 471.
Lithrea Chiiensis, 661.
Lithuania, or Ea s t Poland, 802.
Litsaea glabraria, 966.
trincri’ia, 1000.
Littorella lacustris, 978.
Liverwort, 436, 514, S43.
“ Livre de N a tu re ,” first printed
work on Na tura l His to ry , S42.
Lloydia Grceca, 350-
Loasa acanthifolia, 1002.
Lobelia acuminata, 915.
amoena, 1041.