LITERATURE 389 



Liriosma Poepp. et Encll. Olacaceae. 15 trop. S. Am. 

 Lisaea Hoiss. (Caucalis p.p. BH.). Umbelliferae (m. 2). 3 W. As. 

 Lisianthus L. Gentianaceae (i). 15 W.I. , Cent. Am. 

 Lissanthe R. Br. (Styphelia p.p. EP.). Epacridaceae (3). 4 Austr. 

 Lissocarpa Benth. Styracaceae. i Brazil. 

 Lissochilus R. Br. Orchidaceae (n. 10). 50 trop. Afr. 

 Listera R. Br. Orchidaceae (n. 2). 20 N. temp. L. ovata R. Br. 

 (tway-blade) and L. cordata R. Br. in Brit. The labellum is bent 

 downwards and forked into two. The rostellum on being touched 

 ruptures violently and ejects a viscid fluid which cements the pollinia 

 to the insect as in Epipactis (see Darwin, Orchids, p. 115). 

 Listia E. Mey. Leguminosae (in. 3). i S. Afr. 

 Listrostacbys Reichb. f. (Angraeatm p.p. BH.). Orchidaceae (ll. 20). 



50 trop. Afr. 



Litanthus Harv. Liliaceae (v). i S. Afr. 



Litanuni Nieuwland (Talinum p.p.). Portulacaceae. i N. Am. 

 Litchi Sonner. (Nephelium p.p. BH.). Sapindaceae (i). i China, 

 L. chinensis Sonner. (litchi or leechee), cult, for ed. fr., a one-seeded 

 nut with fleshy aril. 



Literature : the following general works of reference may be mentioned, 

 as providing further information upon the various subjects of this 

 dictionary : 



Admiralty Manual of Scientific Enquiry. 



Bailey, L. H., Universal Cyclopaedia of Horticulture. 



Baker, J. G., Handbook of the Fern Allies. 



Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarum. London. 



British Pharmacopoeia. 



Christensen, Index Filicum. Copenhagen, 1906. 



Clements, Research Methods in Ecology. Lincoln (Nebr.), 1905. 



Darwin, Origin of Species, Naturalist's Voyage, &c. 



De Candolle, Origin of Cultivated Plants, Engl. ed. 



De Dalla Torre and Harms, Genera Siphonogamarum, 



De Vries, The Mutation Theory, Engl. ed. 



Durand, Index Generum Phanerogamarum. 



Eichler, Bluthendiagramme. Leipzig. 



Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. Leipzig (in course of publication) ; 



Syllabus der Vorlesungen. 



Engler and Prantl, Die Natiirlichen Pfianzcnfamilien. Leipzig. 

 Goebel, Organography of Plants, Engl. ed. Oxford. 

 Hooker, W. J., Synopsis Filicum. 



Hooker and Jackson, Index Kewensis, and Supplements. 

 Jackson, Dictionary of Botanical Terms. 

 Kew : Official Guides to the Museums. 



Knuth, Handbook of Floral Pollination, Engl. ed. Oxford. 

 Linnaeus, Genera Plantarum. 



Sanders, Encyclopaedia of Gardening. London, 1912. 

 Schimper, Geography of Plants, Engl. ed. Oxford, 1903. 

 Semler, Die tropische Agrikultur. Wismar, 1897 

 The Treasury of Botany. 



Wallace, Travels on the Amazon, Island Life, Malay Archipelago, 

 &c. 



