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Leontopodium—continued. 
a foot; in reference to the flower-heads resembling the 
foot of a lion). Lion’s Foot. ORD. Composite. A genus 
comprising five species of tufted woolly perennial herbs, 
of which three (probably varieties of one) inhabit the 
mountains of Europe, and extra-tropical Asia, and the 
Fic. 389. LEONTOPODIUM ALPINUM. 
others are natives of the Andes of South America. Flower- 
heads small, in dense cymes at the apices of the 
branches; floral leaves involucrate, clustered. Leaves, 
radical ones sub-spathulate ; cauline ones alternate, entire. 
L. alpinum, the only species in cultivation, is a pretty 
Pra. 390. FLOWER-HEAD oF LEONTOPODIUM ALPINUM. 
hardy plant, which is largely collected for sale by the 
peasants in Switzerland, &¢., under the popular ti 
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Edelweiss. It succeeds in firm, well-drained sandy soil, 
on exposed parts of rockwork. New plants may be raised 
from seeds, annually, or the old plants may be divided, 
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Leontopodium continued. ; 
in spring. Seeds ripen but sparingly in this country in 
moist seasons, but are more freely produced when the 
summers are favourable. They must be kept in a dry 
place throughout the winter. 
L. alpinum (alpine). Edelweiss.“ fl.-heads terminal, enveloped 
in woolly bracts. June and July. J. white, woolly ; lower ones 
lanceolate, narrowed into the stalk ; cauline ones sessile, linear- 
oblong. h. 6in. Alps, 1776, See Figs. 389 and 390. (B. M. 1958, 
under name of Gnaphalium Leontopodium.) 
LEOPARD MOTH. This insect is widely diffused 
in England, but is seldom very abundant. The moths, 
both male and female, have the ground colour white, 
semi-translucent on the wings, scattered thickly with 
blue-black roundish spots. The hind wings have the 
spots less distinct. The antenne, in both sexes, are rather 
Fig, 391. LEOPARD MOTH (ZENZERA su- FEMALE, 
short; in the female (seo Fig. 991), they are thread-like, * 
but in the male they are pectinate at the base on 
side. The larva (see Fig. 392) is whitish, with black 
glossy spots, and has a blackish plate on the seg- 
ment next the head. It feeds on the wood in the in- 
terior of the stems and branches of Pear, Apple, and 
Plum-trees ; but the trees seem to suffer very little from its 
attacks, and Newman even remarks that the infested trees 
seem to bear larger crops of frnit than the healthy ones. 
The pups may be found in the galleries bored by the 
larve; they move readily along by means of rings of small 
spines on the hinder parts of the body. The moths appear 
Fig. 392. CATERPILLAR OF LEOPARD MOTH. 
about midsummer, and may be found on the tree trunks. 
The males are attracted by light, e.g., to gas lamps. If 
desired, the larv may be killed in their burrows either 
by pushing down a strong wire, or by injecting a solution 
of soft-soap or tobacco-water. It has also been re- 
commended to force fumes of sulphur or tobacco-smoke 
into the burrows. See also Insects. - 
LEOPARD’S BANE. See Doronicum. 
LEOPOLDINIA PULCHRA. See Cocos Wed- 
LEPANTHES (from lepis, a scale, and anthos, a 
flower; scales flower-shaped, including the stem). ORD. 
Orchidee. A genus comprising about forty species of 
stove epiphytal orchids, natives of the Andes of South 
and Central America, the West Indies, and Mexico. 
Allied to Plewrothallus. Flowers very small; peduncles 
often clustered; sepals spreading; petals small; lip often 
adnate to the base of the column, two-lobed. The two 
species described below are those best known to cultiva- 
tion. For culture, see Pleurothallus. 
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