lagerstromia (o as e)

[Named after Magnus Lagerstrom of Go then burg.] Bot.: The typical genus of the tribe Lagerstromiere. It consists of fourteen East Indian and Chinese trees and shrubs, with splendid flowers. The calyx is cut into six lobes, the corolla has long claws, the stamens many, the fruit three or or six celled, with numerous seeds. Lagerströmia indica, a shrub common in Indian gardens, has crumpled petals. It is from China. The flowers of L. flos reg inæ , or L. reg inæ , are in panicles, at first of a pale-rose color, but afterward deepening into a in Eastern Bengal and Burmah. Its bark and leaves fine purple. It is a large, deciduous tree, growing are considered to be purgative and hydragogue, and the seeds to be narcotic. The timber is regarded in the east of India and Burmah as the most valuable of any except teak. It is used in the East for ship and boat building, making carts, gun carriages, . L. lanceolata , L. micro carp a , and L. parviflora , growing in India, L. to mentos a in Burmah and IMG:content-0324.png:[blocks in formation] Words worth: Excursion , bk. ii. B. As subst.: One who lags; a slow, sluggish fellow; a loiterer. "Decrepit winter, laggard in the dance." Hughes: Ode to the Creator of the World. lăg-gen, s . [Perhaps from lag - end =last end or bottom.] The angle between the side and bottom of a wooden dish. "The laggen they hae clautet Fu' clean that day." Burns : A Dream.