Lagerstroemia (for Swedish merchant
M. von Lagerstroem) - Lay-gur-
streem-ee-uh.
Lagunaria-Lag-yew-nay-ree-uh.
Lagurus (hare-tail) - Lag-yew-rus:
Hares-tail-grass.
Lallemantia (for botanist L. E. A.
Lallemont)-Lal-lem-monf-ee-uh.
Lamarckia (for French naturalist La-
marck) - Lam-mark-ee-uh: Golden-
top.
Lamiiim-Lay-mee-um: Dead-nettle.
Lampranthus-Lamp-ranth-us.
Lantana-Lan-tay-nuh.
Lapageria (for French botanist J. de
la Pagerie) - Lap-aj-/'eer-ee-uh:
Chilian bellflower.
Lapeirousia (for French naval officer
J. F. G. de la Peyrouse) - Lap-ay-roo-
see-uh.
Larix-Lay-rix: Larch.
Larrea-Lor-ree-uh: Creosote-bush.
Lasthenia-Las-theen-ee-uh.
Latania-Lat-tay-nee-uh.
Lathyrus-Lath-ihr-us: (The common
sweet-pea belongs to the species L.
odoratus).
Laurus (the classical laurel) - Law-
rus: Laurel, Sweet bay.
Lavandula - Lav-van-dew-luh: Laven-
der.
Lavatera (for Swiss physician Lavater)
-Lav-at-zeer-uh: Tree-mallow.
Lawsonia (for Scottish naturalist John
Lawson) - Law-soh-nee-uh: Henna,
Mignonette-tree.
Layia (for English botanist George T.
Lay)-Lay-ee-uh.
Ledum-Leed-um.
Leea (for Scottish nurseryman James
Lee)-Lee-uh.
Leiophyllum (smooth-leaf) - Lye-oh-
fill-um: Sand-myrtle.
Lemaireocereus (for French horticul-
turist Charles Lemaire) - Lem-may-
ree-oh-seer-ee-us.
Lemna-Lem-nuh: Duckweed.
Lens-Lenss: Lentil.
Leonotis (lion-ear, supposedly as to
flower form) - Lee-on-no/i-tiss:
Lions-ear.
Leontopodium (lion's-foot, perhaps for
furry nature) - Lee-on-toh-po/i-dee-
um.
Lepachys (thick-scale, probably as to
bracts)-Lepp-ak-iss: Coneflower.
Lepidium (little-scale, as to small flat
pods) - Lep-pid-ee-um: Pepper-
grass.
Leptodermis (thin-skin) - Lep-toh-
derm-iss.
Leptopyrum (thin-fruit)-Lep-toh-pye-
rum.
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Leptospermum (thin-seed) - Lep-toh-
sperm-um.
Leptosyne (slenderness or delicacy) -
Lep-toh-yye-nee: (Often included in
genus coreopsis).
Lespedeza (for a Spanish governor of
Florida, D. Lespedez)-Les-ped-deez-
uh: Bush clover.
Lesquerella (for Swiss-American paleo-
botanist Leo Lesquereux) - Less-
keh-rell-uh.
Leucadendron (white-tree) - Lew-kad-
aVn-dron: Silver-tree (L. argenteum).
Leucaena (to grow white, as to flow-
ers) - Lew-seen-uh: White popinac.
Leucocrinum (white-lily) - Lew-koh-
krye-num.
Leucojum (white-violet, as to flower
colors) - Lew-koh-jum: Snowflake.
Leucophy Hum (white-leaf) -Lew-koh-
fill-um.
Leucothoe (mythical princess of Baby-
lon, supposed to have been changed
by Apollo to a sweet-scented shrub)
-Lew-koth-oh-ee.
Leuzea (for a man named De Leuze) -
Lew-zee-uh.
Levisticum-Lev-vist-ik-um: Lovage.
Lewisia (after American explorer Capt.
Meriwether Lewis) - Lew-iss-ee-uh.
Leycesteria (for William Leycester, a
jurist in Bengal) - Lay-sess-teer-ee-
uh: Himalaya-honeysuckle.
Liatris - Lye-ay-triss: Blazing-star,
Gayfeather, Button-snakeroot.
Liberia (for Belgian writer Mary Li-
bert) - Lib-bert-ee-uh.
Libocedrus (frankincense-cedar)-Lye-
boh-seed-rus: Incense-cedar.
Ligularia (little-strap, as to shape of
flower rays) - Lig-yew-/ay-ree-uh.
Ligusticum-Lig-gust-ik-um.
Ligustrum-Lig-gust-rum: Privet.
Lilium (classical name for lily)-Lill-ee-
um: Lily.
Limnanthes (marsh-flower) - Lim-
nanth-eez: Meadow-foam.
Limnocharis (for marshy habitat) -
Lim-nok-ar-iss.
Limonium - Lim-moh-nee-um: Sea-
lavender.
Linaria (linum-like) - Lye-nay-ree-
uh: Toadflax.
Lindelofia (for German botanical pa-
tron F. von Lindelof) - Lin-del-loh-
fee-uh.
Lindera - hin-deer-uh: Spice-bush (L.
benzoin). This plant is often listed
as Benzoin aestivale, a name now
superseded.
Linnaea (for Swedish Carolus Lin-
naeus, whose real name was Karl
von Linne, and who ranks as one of
the giants of botany for his binomial
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