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LASTREA. See Nephrodium. 
LATANIA (its native name at Mauritius is Latanier). 
Bourbon Palm, Orp. Palmew. A small genus (three 
species have been described) of very handsome stove 
palms, natives of the Islands of the Mauritius. Flower- 
spikes branching, sheathed in incomplete spathes, pro- 
ducing males and females on different plants. Stems 
marked with circular sears, and bearing at the summit a 
tuft of fan-shaped leaves. The species thrive in a compost 
of two parts of rich loam and one of peat, to which may 
be added a small quantity of sand. ‘The drainage must 
be at all times perfect. Propagated by sowing seeds in 
a compost similar to that mentioned above, and placing 
in a moist, gentle heat. 
L. aurea (golden). A synonym of L. Verschageltii. 
L. borbonica (Bourbon). See Livistona chinensis, 
(Commerson’s).* l. cuneate-flabellate, very 
deeply inci gracefully recurved ; margined v ; 
relish chocolate coloure had a te bi 
spin 3 AC o à i 
pte Be — ew 4 
very han wa, 
L. g ea A synonym of L. Lod- 
Bestii (Loddiges’).* Z. bright green, with a glaucous hue, 
— _— laited, from 2ft. to 4ft. from point of attachment to the 
margin, split down about one-third their length into broad 
segments; petioles from 2ft. to 8ft. in length, stout, spreading, 
ry glaucous-green, slightly tinged with red in young plants. 
* pdoft. Round Island, 1823. A very large and dbasdeoane a. 
‘SYN. L. glaucophylla. 
L. rubra (red). A synonym of L. Commersonii. 
L. Verschaffeltii (Verschaffelt’s).* 2. flabelliform and roundish, 
very deeply incised, erect; but somewhat ing, 
green ; ribs of a golden colour ; petiole smooth, of an orange tint, 
from 2ft, to 4ft. long. Stem stout. A. 7ft. Rodriguez Island. 
Syn. L. aurea, (1. Hi. 1859, 229.) j 
LATERAL. Fixed near or upon the side of any- 
thing. 
and bs). ORD. Orobanchacee. A small genus 
(three species) of half-hardy, leafless, herbaceous plants, 
one being found mostly in Western Europe, another 
broadly dispersed over Europe and Asia, and the third 
a native of Japan. Flowers white, yellowish, bluish, or 
tinged with pink, short or long-stalked, ebracteolate ; 
_ravemes densely _spike-formed_or. loose. and few-flowered. 
Seales on the branchlets sterile, shortly imbricated ; those 
on the scapes erect and scattered. For culture, see 
r stalked ; corolla half as 
Flowering stems erect, 
Rootstock 
bar 9 —— wit — 
— — 
Zine to iain} high, with a few 0 fleshy, 
creeping, covered with close-set Mek scales. Asia and Europe © 
(Britain), on roots of trees. Plant rose-colour, 
LATHYRUS (lathuros was the old Greek name for 
the Pea, used by Theophrastus). Including Platystylis. 
Orobus, too, is included, by Bentham and Hooker, under 
Lathyrus; but, as the jes are so well known in 
gardens as Orobus, it is kept distinct in this work. 
ORD. Leguminose. 
some authorities, 170 species (which are, however, 
reduced to 100 by Bentham and Hooker) of, for the 
most part, hardy climbing herbs, dispersed over various 
parts of the globe, chiefly in temperate climates or in 
mountain ranges within the tropics. Flowers blue, 
violet, rose, white, or yelfow, often showy, on axillary, 
elongated peduncles, solitary or racemose. Leaves pin- 
nate, with one to three pairs of leaflets. As | < 
the species are exceedingly ornamental and very 
s able plants. They are of easy culture, thri 
gee = > 
A genus comprising, according to | _ 
Lathyrus—continued. 
by divisions, made early in spring, in the ease of perennial 
species; or by seeds, sown at the same season, in an 
open border, 
L. am: (double-fruited). Earth Pea. pink, tinged 
with blue; peduncles one-flowered, longer thes the leaves. 
Summer. 1. with one pair of lanceolate leaflets; tendrils sim les 
stipules semi-sagittate. Stems winged, diffuse. h. 6in. to Din’ 
Syria, 1680. A very singular hardy annual, havi i 
stems, which are whitish, and bear flowers and esa abso- 
lutely perfect, and resembling those on the stems above ground, 
Str ‘Gee flowers are » and do not expand. 
L. Armitageanus (Armitage’s). A synonym cof L. magel- 
micus. 
L. cirrhosus (tendrilled), /l. rosy-pink ; peduncles many-flowered, 
longer than the leaves. — with two or — pairs of 
alternate, elliptic, mucronulate leaflets; sti semi-sagittate, 
linear, acute. inged. 
few-flowered, longer 
pairs, 
climber. (R. G. 628.) 
ink ; uncl: 
Molt the faves alay and ene "tees 
linear-lanceolate, acu i 
wings fl 
igant aia Ics ph l winged at i 
, Mucron ; petioles wi ; A 
— Stem erect, rigid, winged. Europe, : 
mber. E Z 
L. Magellan).* Lord Anson’s Pea. fl. bluish- 
Pane’ peduncles — many-flowered. June to September. 
. With one pair of ovate or ovate-oblong leaflets ; broad, 
cordately-sagittate, broader than the leaves; tendrils trifid. 
Straits of Magellan, 1744. A strong- i i 
dsome perennial- 
Fic. 376. PORTION OF FLOWERING STEM OF LATHYRUS 
ODORATUS. z : 
almost any moderately good garden soil. Pro 
