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THE DICTIONARY. OF GARDENING, 
Lathyrus—continued. 
L. maritimus californicus (sea-loving, Californian). fl. purple, 
el tly veined, large; peduncles many-flowered, about equal 
in length to the leaves. July to September. J. glaucous, with 
four or five pairs. of ovate-oblong, glabrous, mucronulate 
leatlets; tendrils three-parted ; stipules semi-sagittate. Stems 
tetragonal, glabrous. North California, 1826. Perennial 
climber. (B. R. 1144, under name of L. californicus.) 
L. Nissolia (Nissolia). M. of a beautiful crimson, variegated with 
urple and white, solitary, on long peduncles; peduncles articu- 
fated at the apex, and downy on the upper part, where they bear 
two little awl-shaped bracts. May and June. 1., petioles dilated, 
— ss _ foliaceous, grass-like ; stipules small, subulate, usually wanting. 
: “Stem erect. h. bin. to 12in. Europe, &c. (Britain). Hardy 
annual. (Sy. En. B. 398.) 
L. odoratus (sweet-scented).* Sweet Pea. fl. of various colours, 
fragrant ; peduncles two or three-flowered, much longer than the 
leaves. Summer, /., leaflets ovate, mucronulate ; stipules semi- 
sagittate, lanceolate. Stems winged. Sicily, &c., 1700. Hardy 
ann climber. The Sweet Pea is so generally known, and so 
deservedly popular, that it needs no eulogy here. See Fig. 376. 
(B. M. 60.) The varieties are numerous, and include the follow- 
ing : BUTTERFLY ; FAIRY QUEEN ; SCARLET, BLACK, and STRIPED 
INVINCIBLE ; PAINTED LADY ; PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA; and VIOLET 
QUEEN. 
L. palustris (marsh). f/f. variegated with blue and purple; 
peduneles three to a etal hardly longer than the leaves. 
Summer. l. with two or three pairs of oblong, mucronulate leaf- 
lets; petioles subulate; tendrils bifid or trifidy stipules semi- 
sagittate, small. Stems winged, rather erect. Northern hemisphere 
(Britain). Perennial climber. A distinct and pretty bog plant. 
(Sy. En. B. 404.) j 
pratensis (meadow). fl. yellow; peduncles many-flowered, 
twice the length of the leaves. Summer. /. with one pair of 
oblong-linear or lanceolate ts; tendrils usually simple ; 
stipules sagittate-ovate. Europe (Britain). Hardy perennial 
climber. (Sy. En. B. 400.) 
L. roseus (rose-coloured).* fl. beautiful rose-coloured ; peduncles 
filiform, longer than the leaves. Summer. J. with one pair of 
ovate-roundish leafiets; tendrils very short ; stipules small,- sub- 
. Stem slender, not winged. Iberia, 1822. Hardy herba- 
ceous climber. ; 
rotundifolius (round-leaved).* fl. rose-coloured ; peduncles 
many-flowered, longer than the leaves. May to July. 1. with 
one pair of ovate-roundish leaflets ; stipules semi-sagittate, or 
Ettievoothed. Stems winged, branched. Tauria, 1822. Hardy 
-~ perennial climber. (B. M. 6522.) 
L. sativus (cultivated). Chickling Vetch. . white; peduncles 
one-flowered, longer than the petioles, bracteolate and articulated 
- at the apex. June and July. Z., leaflets linear-oblong ; tendrils 
tritid; stipules semi-sagittate, ovate, ciliated. Stems winged. 
th Europe, 1640. 
Hardy climbing annual. (B. M, 115.) 
Fic. 377. PORTION OF FLOWERING STEM OF LATHYRUS 
: SYLVESTRIS. 
(wood). jl. red, variegated with pale crimson, 
and tints of grap ; Wings violet ; peduncles three to eight- 
- flowered, length of leaves. July to September. l. with one pair 
of lanceolate, attenuated, coriaceous leaflets; stipules very 
Neary 
Lathyrus—continued. 
narrow. Stems winged. Europe, &c. (Britain). Perennial 
climber. See Fig. 577. (Sy. En. B. 402.) 
L. s. pla llus (broad-leaved).* Everlasting Pea. fl. rose- 
coloured, large; peduncles many-flowered, longer than the leaves. 
August. l. with one pair of elliptic, mucronate leaflets ; stipules 
broad, ovate. Stems winged. Europe, &c, A well-known and 
very desirable hardy climbing perennial. Syn. L. latifolius. (Sy. 
En. B. There is a very good white-flowered form of this 
` plant. Both the type and the white variety can be grown with 
good effect amongst other climbers, over trellises, and in such- 
like places. 
L. tingitanus (Tangiers). . with a large purple vexillum, and 
with the wings and keel bright red; peduncles two-flowered, 
longer than the leaves. June and July. 1., leaflets ovate, obtuse, 
mucronulate ; — ovate, semi-sagittate. Stem winged. 
Africa (Tangiers), 1680. Hardy annual. (B. M. 100.) 
L. tuberosus (tuberous). ji, rose-coloured, large; peduncles 
three to six-flowered, two or three times the length of the leaves. 
June and July. l. with one pair of oblong-elliptic, rather mucronu- 
late leaflets; stipules semi-sagittate, narrow, acute. Stems 
tetragonal. Europe, West Asia, North Africa, 1596 (naturali 
in Essex). Perennial climber. (B. M. 111; Sy. En. B. 401.) 
LATUA (from Latué, the native name), Syv. 
Lycioplesium. ORD. Kolanaceæ. A monotypic genus, 
the species being a very showy half-hardy, often spiny, 
shrub. For culture, see Cantua. 
L, venenosa (poisonous) f. rich violet; corolla lin. 
long, żin. broad; tube campanulate ; calyx five-fid. February. 
l. elliptic, acute, entire, on short, rather broad petioles, shining, 
with pubescent or spiny margins. h. 4ft. Chili, (B. M. 5373, 
under name of Lycioplesium pubijlorum.) 
LAUGERIA. Now included under Guettarda 
(which see). 
LAUREL. see Laurus. 
LA CHERRY. A common name of Cerasus 
Laurocerasus (which see). 
LAURELIA (from Laurus, the Bay-tree; in allusion 
to the similarly-scented aromatic leaves). Syn. Pavonia. 
ORD. Monimiacee. A small genus (only a couple of 
species) of tall greenhouse trees, exhaling a powerful 
aromatic odour when bruised; one is a native of Chili, 
and the other of New Zealand. Flowers polygamo- 
moneecious or dicecious, in axillary cymes or racemes, 
which are shorter than the leaves. Leaves opposite, 
coriaceous, entire or _ serrate-toothed, The under- 
mentioned species is included, by some authors, under 
A long, o * * o 
j Branches whorled. Trunk (in 
ntry) , 3ft. to 7ft. in diameter, with but- ; 
tresses 15ft. | atthe base. New Zealand. This tree — F 
a soft yellowish timber, which is much used by the ists for 
boatbuilding. 
LAURENTIA (named after M. A. Laurenti, an 
Italian botanist of the seventeenth century). Syn. Solen- 
opsis. ORD. Campanulacee. A genus comprising about 
ten species of delicate or small greenhouse herbaceous 
plants, inhabiting the Mediterranean region, South ` 
Africa, and North-west America. Flowers bluish, small. 
Plant sometimes creeping, with filiform branches, or 
else erect or ascendent, with narrow alternate leaves, 
and axillary one-flowered or terminal racemose peduncles; 
sometimes almost stemless, with radical, rosulate leaves, 
and one-flowered scapes. Several of the species are often 
erroneously classed under Lobelia (which see for culture 
of those described below). — 
L. erinoides (Erinus-like). M. from the axils of the upper leaves 
corolla purplish-white, marked with deep purple and two yellow 
spots, with a campanulate tube and a five-lobed limb, July and 
August. l. glabrous, mostly petiolate ; those from the root, and 
lower stem ones, spathulate ; upper ones linear, entire. Cape of 
Good Hope, 1759. Plant stemless. (B. M. 5609, under name of 
Lobelia erinoides.) 
L. minuta (minute). fl. pale purplish ; scapes ebracteate, erect. 
June to September. 1. ——— ovate. Cape of Good Hope. 
Plant — stemless. (B. M. 2590, under name of Lobelia 
minuta. 
LAURINEÆ. A natural order of aromatic, some- 
nee 
times foetid, trees or shrubs (except Cassytha, which is 
