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Ii8Blia — continued, 



Ii-'Russelliana (Russell's). A variety of L. purpurata. 



L. SchiUeriana (Schiller's). A variety of L. elegans. 



L. Solirooderll (Baron von Schrceder's). A variety of L, pur- 

 purata, 



Xi. Sedenl (Seden's). fl. 4in. to 5in. in diameter ; sepals and petals 

 bright rose-purple ; side lobes of the lip pale purple, bordered 

 with magenta-purple, the middle lobe deep, velvety magrenta- 

 purple ; column white, stained with purple ; peduncles many- 

 flowered. A hybrid between Cattleya superba and L. elegans, 



Ii. Stelzneriana (Stelzner*s). A variety of L. elegans. 



Ifc timora (timorous), fl, about the same size and shape as those 

 of L. pumila prcestanSy but the petals and lip are more wavy, the 

 colour of the sepals and petals is lighter, being of a delicate 

 rosy-lilac ; the sepals are oblong, acute ; the petals more than 

 twice aa broad, undulated ; lip purple, with a sulphur-white 

 mark. 1887. A hybrid betwen L. pumila Dayana and Cattleya 

 Luddemanniana, 



L. Tresederlana (J. S. Treseder's). /., sepals and petals rose, 



shaped as in L. crispa^ but the petals less wavy ; lip deep rose, 

 cordate at the very base, expanded, trilobed, the side lobes 

 margined white, the disk yellow ; column white. I. two, Sin. to 

 6in. long, 2in. broad, cuneate-oblong. Hybrid. 



Ii. triophthalma (three-eyed), fl. 4in. to 5in. in diameter ; sepals 

 and petals rose-purple, much paler at base ; side lobes of the lip 

 white, obliquely streaked with purple, the middle lobe rich ame- 

 thyst-purple, with a narrow, white margin, and a yellow ^iisk, 

 crossed transversely by a purple streak, the basal division similarly 

 crossed longitudinally, giving the disk a tripartite appearance 

 which suggested the name. A hybrid between Cattleya superha 

 and L. exoniensis. Syn. Cattleya triophthalma^ 



!■• Warnori (AA^arner*s). A synonym of L. elegana SchiUeriana. 



BELLA 



A synonym of 



LJELZO-CATTLETA 



Lselia "bella (which see). 



LANDOLFHIA. To the species described on p. 232, 

 Vol. II., the follow^ing should now be added : 



L« florida (flowery). Indiarubber - tree of Tropical Africa. 

 fl, white, orange -stained towards the centre, scented, shortly 

 pedicellate ; calyx small ; corolla tube straw-yellow, lin. long, 

 the lobes lin. long, linear-oblomr, obtuse ; cymes pedunculate, 

 many-flowered. June. I, ample, shortly petiolate, ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse or acute, entire, rounded or sub-cordate at base, with six 

 to eight nerves on either jside the midrib. Tropical Africa, 1878. 

 (B. M. 6963.) 



LAPETROTJSIA. To the species described on 

 p. 235, Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



L. grandiflora (large- flowered), fl., perianth tube lin. long; 

 limb bright scarlet, 2in. in diameter, the segments oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate; spikes lax, four to ten-flowered; peduncle 

 (including the inflorescence) 1ft. long. October. Z., produced 

 ones six to eight in a distichous, nearly basal rosette, linear, 

 6in. to 12in. long. Eastern tropical Africa. 1883. (B. M. 6924.) 



L 



LASIA (from lasios, rough ; in allusion to the prickly 



surface). Ord. Aroidem {Aracem), A monotypic genus. 

 The species is a robust, marsh-loving, stove herb, requiring 

 similar culture to AutliTLriiuiL (which see, on p. 85, 

 Vol. I.). 



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L. heterophylla (variable-leaved). A synonym of L. spinosa, 



Ii. Spinosa (spiny), fl.y spathe 6in. to lOin. long, the tube 

 IJin. to 2in. long, the blade very long, narrow, convolute above ; 

 spadix cylindrical, obtuse, |in. to liin. long, when fruiting 2^1n. 

 to SJin. long ; peduncle Sin. to 12in. long. I. very variable, hastate 

 when young, when old more or less deeply pedate-pinnatipartite, 

 Sin. to 12in. long and broad, the lateral partitions two or three, 

 linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, 

 narrowed towards the base ; petioles Sin. to 20in. long. Caudex 

 ll:in. thick, more or less densely prickly, India. Sy>. X. hetero' 

 phylla, Cyrtosperma Martveieffianum is probably identical with 

 this. 



LATHTRTTS. To the species described on pp. 237-8, 

 Vol. n., the following should now be added : 



Ii. azurens (azure-blue). This plant (referred to in F. & P. 1881, 

 p. 22) id identical with the old L, aativus, described on p. 233, 

 Vol. II 



Ik Davidii (David's). /., corolla yellowish -white, at length 

 ochreous; peduncles many-flowered, ultimately exceeding the 

 leaves, /r., pods narrow-linear. I. three or four-jugate ; leaflets 

 oval, rhomboid-oval, or oval-oblong, obtuse at both ends or 

 slightly acute at apex ; stipules semi-cordate or semi-sagittate. 

 Japan North China, 18S3. A tall, highly glabrous perennial. 

 (R. G. 1127.) 



L* splendens (splendid), fl, scarlet-purple, large, arranged in 

 clusters of from ten to twelve ; keel almost lin. long. Lower 



California. 



LATIA. To the species described on p. 244, Vol. II., 

 the following should now be added : 



L* elegans (elegant), fl.-heads numerous, liin. across ; ray florets 

 yellow on the basal half, white above ; disk yellow. I., lower 

 ones pinnatifid ; cauline ones narrow-lanceolate, sub-amplexi- 

 caul. Stems much-branched, reddish, pubescent. 1885. A 

 dwarf, but very showy and floriferous annual. 



L. grlandnlosa (glandular), fl.-heads solitary, lin. in diameter; 

 ray florets white, flat, broadly obuvate, three-lobed at apex; 

 disk yellow, small. Summer. /. alternate, linear, obtuse, lin. 

 to IJin. long, 1886. A beautiful, glandular-hairy annual, 

 branching from the base. (B. M. 6856.) 



To the species described on p. 247, Vol. II., 

 the following variety should now be added : 



L. amabilis splendens (splendid). A lovely variety, having 

 the stems, petioles, midrib, and under surface of the loaves 

 coloured red. Borneo. 1884. (I. H. 518,) 



LEONTICE. To the specieB doacribed on p. 249, 

 Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



L. Albert! (Albert Kegel's). /. ochreous, streaked reddish- 

 brown at back, nearly lin. across; raceme conical. April. 

 2., fully-formed ones on petioles 4in. to 5in. long, sub-digitately 

 flve-partite, the leaflets rather fleshy, elliptic, obtuse; stipules 

 lixx. long. Stems several, very stout, each giving off two radical, 

 undeveloped leaves (which fully develop long alter the flowtring 

 period), and a stout flower-stem 6in. to Bin. high. Western 

 Turkestan, 1886. Half-hardy. (B. M. 6900; R. G. 1057, f. 2.) 



Synonymous with Mapania 



LEFIBONIA (in part), 

 (which see). 



I.I-FTACTINA. See Leptactinia. 



LEFTACTINIA (from leptos, slender, and aktin, a 

 ray ; in allusion, to th^ circle of n;irrow lobes in the limb 

 of the corolla). Sometimes spelt Leptactina, Oru. 

 Rxihi^ceoe. A genus comprising fonr species of stove 

 shrubs, natives of tropical Africa. Flowera conspicuous, 

 fascicled at the tips of the branchlets, sessile or shortly 

 pedicellate; calyx five-parted; corolla tube elongated, 

 silky, the limb of five spreading, narrow-oblong or lanceo- 

 late lobes ; stamens five ; fascicles sessile or pedunculate. 

 Leaves opposite, rather large, shortly petiolate, elliptic, 

 obovate-oblong, or lanceolate, membranous ; stipules ample, 

 connate at base. Branchlets terete. L. tetraloha is the 

 only species in cultivation. It thrives in well-drained, 

 fibrous loam, and may be increased by cutting.'^. 



If. tetraloba (four-lobed). /. solitary, sessile, terminal ; calyx 

 Jin. long ; corolla white, minutely papillose outside, the tube 

 ijin. long, the lobes ^in. long, with alternating coronal 

 appendages one line long. I, 2iin. to Tin. long, Jin. to Ijin. 

 broad, oblanceolat-i, cuneately narrowed to the rather acute 

 base ; petiole:) two to nine lines long. tTsagara Mountains, 1885. 

 A neat little, bushy shrub. 



IiEFTANTH£. A synonym of Macrotoxnia (which 



see). 



LEPTOSFEBMUM. Including Glaphyria. To the 

 species described on p. 25*2, Vol. II., the following should 

 now be added : 



L« AnxiSO (Mrs. Anna Scbadenb erg's). /f. white, with red sta- 

 mens small, axillary and terminal, solitary or two or three 

 together. I. lanceolate, ^in. to |in. long, ascending. Branches 

 slender, ascending. Mindanao, 1885. (R. G. 1184.) 



IiESCHENAULTIA. To the species described on 

 p. 253, Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



Ja» formosa major (greater), fl. dark orange-red, numerous, 

 pendulous ; peduncles 2in. long. /. closely set, linear. 18S6. 

 A frfift-flowerinar shrub. CE. H. 1886. n. 468.) 



To the species described on p. 253, 



Vol. II., the following should now be added: 



Ii. maorooarpa (large-fruited), fl. purple, small, numerous, 

 disposed in racemes, produced during several months. ;. tri- 

 foliolate. North China, 1883. A hardy, ornamental shrub. 



IbETTCOIITBI. Perianth broadly campanulate ; tube 

 none ; segments sub-equal, ovate or oblong, connate 

 towards the base. To the species described on p. 257, 

 Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



L* Hyemale (mntry). /.. perianth white, the segments oblong, 

 imbricated, Jin. long, tinged green at back, the three inner 

 shorter and more obtu**© than the outer ; peduncle slender, erect, 

 one or two-flowered. Spring. I. two to four, contemporary with 



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