lomarIa

[Mod. Lat., fr. Gr. lõma =the hem, fringe, or border of a robe, from the marginal sori.] Bot.: Hard Fern. A genus of ferns, order Polypodiacese. It has more or le barren and quite fertile fronds, the latter with linear sori, and an involucre close to the margin. Forty species are known. (BLECHNUM.] Lom-bard, subst . [Low Lat. Longobardi -long beards, the Latinized form of the German words for long and beard . It has also been derived from Lat. long us , Ger. lang long, and O. H. Ger. barte , part a battle-ax. Another etymology is from Low Ger. börde a fertile plain on the banks of a river, the name thus signifying dwellers on the banks (of the Elbe).] IMG:content-0694.png:[blocks in formation] *4. A public institution for lending money to the poor at low interest upon articles deposited in pledge. *II. Ordn.: A kind of cannon. *lom-bard-eër, subst . [Eng. lombard ; -eer.] A money-lender, a pawnbroker. Lõm-bărd-ic, a . [Eng. Lombard ; -ic.] Of or pertaining to Lombardy or the Lombards. Lombardic alphabet, s. An alphabet derived from the Roman, and used in the manuscripts of Italy. Lombardic architecture, s. The style of arch i tecture that prevailed in Lombardy and part of Upper Italy, and which for a long time was recognized as a distinct Lombard style, presenting e ential points of difference from the other Later Romanesque styles. In the Lombard churches the type of Early Christian architecture was aban doned, and the vaulted basilica was introduced in its stead, although this system was subjected to IMG:content-0695.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small] divisions, as marking out the The Church of San Zenone, Verona, Italy. nave and aisles, is only effected in a way that harmonizes but indifferently with the whole by means of pilasters and half-columns. Be sides the small arcade galleries below the gable, the whole of the façade is frequently decorated with one or more of these rows of arcades one above another, either continuous or grouped, with pilaster-strips between the groups. The west front is sometimes embellished with a large and elegant rose window, which in fact forms one of the chief beauties of the façades of many of the churches in Italy, which are built in the Later Romanesque style. The dis Lombardic School of Painting, s. tinguishing characteristics of this school are grace, an agreeable taste for design, without great correctne , a mellowne of pencil, and a beautiful mixture of colors. Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, was the father and greatest ornament of this school; he began by imitating nature alone, but as he was chiefly delighted with the graceful, he was careful to purify his design; he made his figures elegant and large, and varied his outlines by frequent undulations, but was not always pure and correct, though bold in his conceptions. Correggio painted in oil, a kind of painting susceptible of the greatest delicacy and sweetne ; and as his character led him to cultivate the agreeable, he gave a pleasing, captivating tone to his pictures. Lõm-bardỹ, s . [LOMBARD.) A province in the north of Italy, of which Milan is the capital. Lombardy-poplar, s . Bot.: Populus fastigiata . [POPULUS, POPLAR.] 10-měnt, lō-měn-tum, s. [Lat. lomentum , a mixture of bean-meal and rice kneaded together, used by the Roman ladies for preserving the skin.] Bot. A legume divided internally by di epiments, not dehiscing longitudinally, but either remaining always closed as in Cathartocarpus fistula , or separating into pieces at transverse contractions along its length as in Ornithopus. Lindley places it in his order Apocarp i. ( Gærtner & Lindley.) Now generally limited to an indehiscent legume, separating spontaneously by a transverse articulation between each seed. *1ō-měn-tā-çě-æ, s . pl . [Lat. loment (um); fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ .] Botany : 1. The name given by Linnæus to the fifty-sixth order of his Natural System. It contained Leguminous plants, with jointed pods, Cesalpiniese and Mimosee. 2. A sub-order of Cruciferæ, having lomentaceous pods. lō-měn-tā-çě-oŭs (or ceo us as shŭs), a. [Lat. loment (um); Eng. adj. suff. -aceous.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Pertaining to or like a loment. 2. Bot : Having the kind of pericarp called a loment. 1ō-men-tär-ě-æ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. lomentar ( ia ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: A sub-order of Ceramiacese. The frond is cellular; the ceramidia have pear-shaped granules at the base of a cup-shaped envelope, finally bursting by a pore; tetraspores scattered within the branches. ( Lindley .)