LEPTA DENI A

(Lat.). n. f. Lept-aM(ad)-e(e1I)'ni-as. From AeiTTos. peeled, and aSriv. a gland. Fr., leptadenie. Of R. Brown, a genus of the Asclepiadacece, tribe Ceropegieae. The Leptadenieae of Endlicher are a section of the Stapeliece. [B. 38, 42, 121. 170 (a, 35).] L. reticulata. A twining leafy species growing in India, Burmah, Ceylon, and Singapore. [B. 212.] L. spartiura. An erect, glabrous species, with long, twiggy branches, either leafle or bearing narrow linear leaves: found in India, Arabia, Egypt, and Sene gambia. The pith is used as tinder. [B, 19 (o, 35); B, 212.] too; UJ, blae; U, lull; U4, full; U, urn; U", like u (German). [s. 607]