the materia medica, the name of a fine yellow hole, dug in many parts of Germany, particularly about Emeric in the circle of Westphalia, and used in cordial and astringent compositions.

Ligated, among botanists, an appellation given to such florets as have a straight end turned downwards, with three indentures, but not divided into segments.

Ligusticum, lovage, in botany, a genus of the pentandria digynia clas. The fruit is oblong, with five furrows on each side. There are six species, two of them natives of Britain, viz. the scoticum, or Scottish sea-parsley; and the cornubiense, or Cornish laxifrage.

Ligustrum, privet, in botany, a genus of trees belonging to the diandra monogynia clas. The corolla consists of four segments; and the berry has four seeds. There is but one species, viz. the vulgare or privet, a native of Britain.

Liliadeous, an appellation given to such flowers as resemble that of the lily.