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LTCCPERDON, in botany, a genus of tbe cryptoga-
ara tungi clafs : It is roundiih, and replete with fari¬
naceous feeds There are ten fpecies, fix of them
natives of Britain, viz. the tuber, or folid puff balls ;
the cervinum, or branny puff-ball; the boviffa, or
common puff-ball : the fteilatum, or liar puff-ball ;
the fornicatum, or turret puff-uail; and tbe peduacu-
Jatum, or (talked puff-ball. v
LYCOPODIUM, in botany, a genus of the cryptogatnia
mufci clafs. The anthera is double-valved, and feflile;
the calyptra is wanting There are 24 fpecies, of
which fix are natives of Britain, viz the clavatum, or
common club roofs ; the inundatum, or marflt club-
roofs ; the arroorinum, or Welfh club-roofs ; the alpi-
r.um, or m urrtain club-roofs : the felago, or firr c!ui>-
mofs ; and the felaginoides. or prickly club-roofs.
LYCOPSIS, in botany, a genus of the pentand.ria mo-
nogyma clafs. Tbe tube of the corolla is incurvated.
There arc feven fpecies, only one of which, viz the
arvenfis, or fmall wild buglafs, is a native of Britain.
LYCOPDS, in botany, a genus of the diandria mono-
gynia clafs. The corolla confifts of Tour fegments,
■one of them emarginated ; the ftamina are diftant ;
and there are four feeds. There are two fpecies ; only
one of them, viz. the europeus, or water-borehouod,
is a native of Britain.
LYDIA, an ancient province of JefferAfia, in which was
the city of Philadelphia.
LYCEUM, in botany, a genus of the triandria mono-
gynia clafs. The fpatha confifts of one leaf; there
are two corollse above the fame germen ; and the nut
has two cells. There is but one fpecies, a native of
Spain.
LYING in women. See MrowiFERir
LYME, a borough and port town of Dorfetlhire, E.loog.
30 5', and N. lat jo° 44'.
It fends two members to parliament.
LYMPH, a fine fluid, feparated in the body from tbe
mafs of blood, and contained in peculiar veffels.
Dr Keil fays, that the lymph being chemically ex¬
amined, will be found to contain agreat deal of volatile,
but no fixed fait, feme phlegm, foroe lulphur and a
little earth. The ufe of the lymph he obferves, may
be gathered from the confideration of the parts into
which it difeharges itfelf: that which comes from the
head, neck and arms, is thrown into the jugular and
fubclavian veins ; all the lymphatics which the parts
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in the cavity of the thorax fend out, empty themfelves
into the thoracic duift ; and the lymph from all the reft
of the body, flows to'the receptacle of the chyle ; fo
that there can be no doubt bi^t its chief ufe is to dilute
and perfect the chyle before it mixes with the blood.
See Anatomy, Part HI.
LYMPHATICS, in anatomy. See AnaYom y, p. 308.
LYNN-REGIS, a port-town of Norfolk, fituated at the
mouth of the river Gufe, on a bay of the German fea,
thirty-two miles weft of Norwich.
It fends two members to parliament.
LYNX, in zoology. See Pel is
LYONS, the capital of the Lyonois, a province of
France, bounded by Orleanors and Burgundy on the
north, by la Breffe and Dauphine on the eaft, by
Languedoc and Guienne bn the fouth and by ano¬
ther part of Guienne and Orleanois oh The weft. This
city lies upon the confluence of the rivers Rhone and
Soan, in E. Ion. 40 55', and N. lat. y° jo'. Next
to Paris, it is efteemed the place of greateft trade ia
France. ^
LYRA, in ichthyology. See Callyonimus.
LYRE, a mufical inftrument of the ftring-kind, much
ufed by the ancients.
Ltre, in aftronomy. See Astronomy, p. 486.
LYRIC, in general, fignifies fomething fung or played
on the lyre : but it is more particularly applied to the
ancient odes and ftanzas, anfwering to our airs and
fongs, and may be played on inftruments. This fpecies
of poetry was originally employed in celebrating the
praifes of gods and heroes, though it was afterwards
introduced into feafts and public diverfions.
LYSIMACHIA, in botany, a genus of the pentandria
monogynia clafs. The calix is rotated ; and the cap-
fule is roundifh, with a (harp point, and contains ten
valves. There are eleven fpecies, five of them natives
of Britain, viz. the vulgaris, or yellow willow-herb;
the thirfiflora, or tufted loofe-ftrife ; the nemorum, or
yellow pimpernel] of the woods; the nummularia, or
money wort; and the tenella, or purple money-wort.
LYTHRUM, in botany, agenusof the dodecandria mo-
nogynia clafs The calix confifts of twelve fegmems,
and the corolla of fix petals infertedinto the calix; and
the cajjfule has two cells. and many feeds. There are ten
fpecies, two of them natives of Britain, viz. the fali-
caria, or purple fpiked loole-ftrife} and the hyffopifolia,
or fmall hedge-hyffop.
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