Lamia
a city in Greece, located near the head of the gulf of Lamia and not far distant from the famous pass of Thermopylæ. The modern town con- LAMMAS tains some picturesque mosques and gardens. The most important industry is the raising of camels. Pop. approximately, 9,000.
LAMINARIA (-nā'), a genus of algals, the typical one of the family Laminaridæ, or the order Laminariacex. In place of leaves there is a plane ribless expansion. The stem is either naked or fringed. The young stalks of L. digitata and L. saccharina, called tangles, are eaten. The first of these with L. bulbosa are most valued of the genus for kelp manufacture. L. saccharina is used as an imperfect hygrometer. It is administered in India in goiter, scrofula, and syphilis. So are L. bracteata and the large Australian species, L. potatorum.