ame on their coasts, they sunk his ships and devoured his companions. They were of a gigantic stature, according to Homer's description. A colony of them, as some suppose, passed over into Italy with Iamus at their head, where they built the town of Formiae, whence the epithet of Lastrygonia is often used for that of Formiana.

LÆTIA, a genus of plants belonging to the polyandria class, and in the natural method ranking with those of which the order is doubtful. See BOTANY Index.

LÆVINUS, Torrentinus, commonly called Vander Bekin, or Torrentin, was a native of Ghent, and bred in the university of Louvain. He afterwards made the tour of Italy, where his virtues obtained him the friendship of the most illustrious personages of his time. Lagurus, a genus of plants belonging to the triandra class, and in the natural method ranking under the 4th order, Graminae. See Botany Index.sea port town of Sweden, in the province of Gothland, and territory of Halland, seated near the Baltic sea, with a castle and a harbour, in E. Long. 13. 13. N. Lat. 56. 35.