LADY'S Bedstraw. See GALIUM, Lady's Mantle. See ALCHEMILLA, Lady's Smoke. See CARDAMINE, Lady's Slipper. See CYPRIPEDIUM, Lady's Tresses. See OPHRYS, Lady Day, in Law, the 25th of March, being the annunciation of the Holy Virgin. See ANNUNCIATION.

LÆLIUS, CAIUS, a Roman consul and great orator, surnamed the Wise, distinguished himself in Spain in the war against Viriathus the Spanish general. He is highly praised by Cicero, who gives an admirable description of the intimate friendship which subsisted between Laelius and Scipio Africanus the Younger. His eloquence, his modesty, and his abilities, acquired him a great reputation; and he is thought to have assisted Terence in his comedies. He died about the year 126 B.C.

LÆNA, in antiquity, was a gown worn by the Roman augurs, and peculiar to their office. In this gown they covered their heads, when they made their observation on the flight of birds, &c. See AUGUR.