LEONIA 



Leonia Ruiz et Pav. Violaceae. i Amazon valley. Placed by Martius 

 in Myrsinaceae, by Meisner in a fam. Leoniaceae. 



Leonotis R. Br. in Ait. Labiatae (vi). 15 trop. and S. Afr. 



Leontice L. Berberidaceae. 12 N. temp. Stem base tuberous. 



Leontochir Phil. Amaryllid. (in), i Chili. Plac. parietal. 



Leontodon L. (incl. Thrincia Roth). Compositae (13). 45 temp., 

 Eur., As. ; 3 in Brit, (hawkbit). Very like Taraxacum. \i\L.hirtus 

 L. the outer frs. have no pappus. 



Leontonyx Cass. Compositae (4). 5 S.W. Afr. 



Leontopodium R. Br. Compositae (4). 6 Mts. of Eur., As. and S. 

 Am. L. alpinnm Cass. (Edelweiss) is a xero. growing in dense tufts, 

 and covered with woolly hairs. The central florets are S , the style 

 remaining, however, to act as pollen-presenter, though it has no 

 stigmas. The outer florets are ? . 



Leonurus L. Labiatae (vi). 8 Eur., As , and trop. L. Cardiaca L. 

 in Brit, (mother-wort). 



Leopard's bane, Doronicum ; - wood, Brosimum Aubletli Poepp. 



Leopoldia Parl. = Muscari Mill. p.p. (Lili.). 



Leopoldinia Mart. Palmae (iv. i). 4 trop. Brazil. L. Piassaba Wallace 

 yields the best Piassaba fibre (Wallace, Amazon, ch. ix). 



Lepachys Rafin. (Rudbeckia L. p.p EP.}. Compositae (5). 4 N. Am. 

 Cult. orn. fl. 



Lepadanthus Ridl. Gesneriaceae (i). i Malay Peninsula. 



Lepanthes Sw. Orchidaceae (n. 8). 50 trop. Am., W.I. 



Lepargyrea Rafin. (Shepherdia EP., Elaeagnus BH.). Elaeag. 3 N. 

 Am. 



Lepechlnia Willd. Labiatae (vi). 4 Mexico. 



Lepervenchea Cordemoy (Angraecnm p.p.). Orchid, (n. 20). i Bour- 

 bon. 



Lepidacanthus C. Presl. Acanthaceae (iv. B). i Brazil. 



Lepidadenia Nees = Litsea Lam. (Laur.). 



Lepidagathis Willd. Acanthaceae (iv. A). 60 trop. 



Lepidaglaia Pierre (Aglaia p.p.). Meliaceae (11). 4 S.E. As. 



Lepidella Van Tiegh. (Lepidaria p.p.). Loianlhaceae. 4 Malay Arch. 



Lepidereina Radlk. Sapindaceae (i). i New Guinea. 



Lepidesmia Klatt. Compositae (2). i Cuba. 



Lepidium L. Cruciferae (2). 100 cosmop. 5 Biit. (cress). L. Sati- 

 vnni L. (Orient) is the garden cress. 



Lepidobolus Nees. Restionaceae. 3 S. Austr. 



Lepidobotrys Engl. Linaceae. i trop. Afr. 



Lepidocaryum Mart. Palmae (m). 5 N. W. Brazil. 



Lepidoceras Hook. f. Loranthaceae (n). i Peru to Chiloe. 



Lepidocroton Klotzsch. Menispermaceae (inc. sed.). i Guiana. 



Lepidogyne Blume. Orchidaceae (n. 2). i Java. 



Lepidolopha C. Winkler. Compositae (7). i Turkestan. 



Lepidopetalum Blume (Ratonia p.p. BH.}. Sapind. (i). 6 Malaya. 



Lepidophyllum Cass. Compositae (3). 8 southern Andes. 



Lepidopironia A. Rich. (Tetrapogon EP.). Gramineae (n). i Abys- 

 sinia. 



Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths ; cf. Butterfly Flowers, &c. 



Lepidospartum A. Gray. Compositae (8). 3 S.W. U.S. 



