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L E P

Jifpcrf~s

rhemfunhcr apm, accorJing ro lIJe IJIVS

l'ef, aL~ion .

See OPTl rs.

LENT, a folcmn lime of f,llIing in lhe Chrillianchurch,

obfmedasalimeof humilialion bdorc Ealler, lhegreal

felbval of our Sal'iour', rcfurrc.'lion.

Thole of lhe RomiO, chureh, and fome of lhe Pro–

leOanl communion, maintain, lhal ir lilas alwaYIafall

of fony dayl, and , as fuch, of apJllolical inllilUlion.

Orhm thiok il was only of ecclefiallic.1 inllilUtion,

and lhat it was v. riouOv obferved indifferenl churches,

and glfIV by clegrees f;om a f.1I of fony houC!, to a

lall of fony days . This is lhe fcnllmenl of Mor–

ton, bilhopTaylor. du MJulin, Daillee, and other!.

LENTlSCUS, in botany. See PISTACIA.

LEO, iDIoology. See FHls.

LEO. inallronomy. See ASTRONOo/'IV,

P. 467.

LEO, a 10IVn and bilhop's Cee of Italy, tIVenly milts

nonh·well of Ul'bino.

LEON, Ihe capital of Ihe province of Leon , in Spain,

fituared

Ihe river EO. : W. long,

6°

S',

N. IJl.

43"·

L EON il alfo Ihe capital

the province of Nicmgua,

io Mexico, fitumd al Ihe weO end of Ihe Lake Ni–

cmgua : W. long. 9t O, N. I. t.

30'.

LEONARD, a towo of France, io Ihe province of

Guiennes, and territory of Limofio : E. long.

4S',

N. lat·4So So'.

SI.

LEONHART. a town .of Germany, in lhe ci,ele

of AuOria, and duchy of Cariothia: E.loog.

S°,

lat.

470.

LEONTICE, in bOlany, a genus of Ihe hexand,ia mo–

nogyoia clafl. The coroll. confiOs of fix pelall, and

Ihe neélarium of fix leaves inCened into the ungues of

Ibe corolla, and having an open limbus; and the calix

has fix deciduous leaves . There ate four fpecies,

none of them natives of Britain.

LEONTINI , a towo of Sicily, rwenty miles nonh·well

of Syracufe,

LEONTODON, in bOlany, a genus of rhe fyogenefia

polygamia :cqualis clafl. The receptacle is nak'.d

Ihe ealix is ealieulated

the pappus is Gmple

and the

1I0reuli are in a fimple feries. There are nine fperies,

Ihree of themnatives of Brilain,

viz,

Ihe laraxacum,

or dandelion

Ihehifpidum, or rough dandelion

and

the autumnale, or yellow dcvil's·bit. The rOOI of the

laraxacomis eOeemed a good calhanic.

LEONURUS. LtON 'STAIL, inborany. a genusofthe

didynamiagymnorpermia clafs. Theantlterre are inler·

fptrfed witlt fh ining glands. There are five f"teies,

only one of lhem,

viz.

rhe cardiaca, or morhcr·\Von,

is a native of Britain.

LEOPARD. See FSLIS,

L EO PARD 'S SANE, inbotany. See DORONtCUM .

LEPANTO, a pon'lown of Europ<nn Turky , cir.hty

miles wefl of theiflhmtls of Corimh; whence lhe culph

of Lepanto takes irs name,

LEPASTRUM, in nalural hiOory, a gentls of fclenira:,

compofed of pIones difpofed in rhe form of a ratlia:ed

lIor.

LEPIDIUM, in botany, a genus of rhe tctradynamia

JiEculofa clafs. rhc pod is cmarginateu, cordated,

L E

and contain! manyíeeds. Tltere are t' frecics, Ihree

of Ihem nati" es 01 Britain,

.iz.

Ihe latifolium, or

dittander : the ruderale, r,arrow,leaved wild crefs, or

dittander ; and tite pttr:rum, or mountain dittander.

LEPIDOPTERA, in loology, an order of infeéls,

with four wings, which are comed w¡rh imbricated

fquamulre. See NAT URALHtSTORY.

LEPlUM, in

natur~1

hiOory, a grnus of foffils of Ihe

I",der gypfum, compofed of my fmaU particJes, and

of a Icfs glinering hue.

Thm is only one Cpeeies of this genus, being one

of the leall

v~luable

and moí! impure of the clafs of

gypfums.

is of an extremely ,ude, irregular, coarfe

and unequalllruélu re

a "nle foft 10 Ihe roucb, of a

very dull appearance, and of differenr degrees of a

gre~ilh

whlle.

is burnt in plailler for Ihe coarfer

works

il calcines very Oowly and unequally, aod

makes bur a very eoatfe and ordioary plailler.

LEPROSY, a fOtll cutaneous difeaCe, appeariog in dry,

white, thin, fcurfy fcabs, either on the wltole body,

or only Come part of ir, and urually attended \Vith a

violenl ilching and other.pains See MED ICI

LEPTODECORHOMIlES, in oarural hlllory, a genus

of foffils of Ihe order of Ihe feleoirre ; confilling of leo

planes, each

nearly eGual 10 that oppofire lOil as

very much 10 appr<.a'.h to a decahedral parallelopiped,

Ihough never tr!lly or regularly fo.

Of rhis genus Ihere ale only 6ve known fpecies, r.

A <hin, fine, pelltlcid, and Oender IIreaked ooe, wirb

tranfverfe llrire, found io confiderable quanlities inthe

llrata of clay in 0100 pans of England, panicularly

nm Heddington in Oxfotdlhire.

A Ihio, dull' .

looking opake, and flender llreaked one, more fcarce

Ihan rhe fOlmer, and fouod principally in Leieeller–

Ihire and Staffordlhire. 3. A tI,in fi ne llreaked one.

Wilh longitudioal í!rire, fouod in Ihe clay-pirs

Rich–

mondo and generally Iying al great depths. This has

often

its rop and bonom a very e1eganl fmaller

rhomhoide, deferibed by four regular lioes. 4. A

rough kind, IVith rhiek tranl'verfe Uria:, and a fcabrous

furfaee. very common in Leicellerlhire and Yorklhire.

And,

a very fhort kind, with Ihick plates, com–

mon in the clay.pits of Norlham¡>tonfhire and York–

Otire.

LEPTOPOLYGINGLIMI, inNaturalHiOory, agenus

of foOiI fhells, dlllinguilhed by a nbmber of minule

leelh ar Ihe cardo : "hereof we find greal numben al

Hanvick cliff, and in the marle.pits 01' Sufl'ex.

LEPTURA , in loology, a genus of infeas belonging 10

the order of coleoptera, the charaélus of IVhieh are

Ihefe :-!The fee/m a'e brillly

Ihe dytra are ane–

nuatrd to\Va,ds Ihe apex

and the thorax is fomewha!

cylindrical. There are 25 fpecies, principally diOin–

~uin'ed

by their colour.

LEPUS, in Ioology. a gentls of quadntpeds belonging

10 the ",der of glim. The chmam are tltefe:

theyhave t\Vo fore leerh in eaeh j.w

ll,ofe in Ihe up–

per

jaw are double, Ibe iorerior ones

~ciog

fm,lIe!t

Thcre ale (our fpecies••iz.

t, Th. timidus, or hm, Itas aO,o,r tail ; rlte

p~inrs

of lhe em are black

rbe uppcr·lip is divid,d "p

tht