Lepta deni a

(lep-ta-dé’ni-#), n. [NL. (R. and dance let. leptocephalic (lep’té-se-fal’ik or lep-td-sef’a- Brown, 1809), g Gr. Aexréc, small, + adfy, a lik), a. [As leptocephal-y + -ic.] 1. Narrow, as gland.] A genus of plants of the order Asclea skull; having a narrow skull; characterized piadee and tribe Ceropegiew, characterized by a by or exhibiting leptocephaly.—2. In ichth., double crown and a rotate corolla with filiform retaining a long, narrow skull, as certain flat lobes. There are about 12 species, shrubs or climbers, fishes whose skull does not undergo the special with filiform leaves and small flowers, natives of tropical Asia and Africa and Madagascar. Endlicher made this modification characteristic of the pleuronecgenus the type of a further subdivision, Leptadeniew. tids; lep to cep haloid. Lepta denies (lep’tad-é-ni’é-é), ». pl. [NL. Indeed, there seems good reason to believe that many (Endlicher, 1836),