AN ENCYCLOPDIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 951 
Lepanthes—continued. 
L. calodictyon (handsome-netted). fl. yellow and red, ve 
small. J. sessile, pale green, with rich brown veins. R. 2in. New 
Grenada, previous to 1861. (B. M. 5259.) 
L. sanguinea (blood-coloured). AH. blood-coloured; peduncles 
aggregate, shorter than the leaf; sepals ovate, glandularly ciliated, 
as also the li lateral lobes of lip wing formed, spreading, 
middle lobe t e pressed to the column. January. J. 
ovate, three-toothed. Jamaica, 1843. (B. M. 4112.) 
LEPANTHUS. A synonym of Heteranthera. 
LEPECHINIA (named after John Lepechin, a 
Russian botanist, who died in 1802). ORD. Labiate. A 
genus comprising three species of half-hardy Mexican 
herbs. Corolla yellowish or whitish; tube shorter than the 
calyx, naked within; limb shortly bilabiate; whorls six to 
ten-flowered, in dense terminal crowded spikes, or the 
lower ones, or sometimes all, scattered. Nutlets ovoid, 
smooth. Leaves rugosely dentate. The undermentioned 
species requires a loamy soil. Propagated by divisions 
of the plant in spring; or by cuttings of young shoots, 
placed under a hand glass, at the same season. 
spiked ellow, small; whorls crowded into 
W = — Tobai 2 lin. to Ijin. long. 
S = sess: obtuse, * 
e vem erect. 1. Re Mexico, 1600 BR 
lated, 
hana tor 200 85 k * a 
genus are now m and Hooker, under 
Phedranassa and Ureeolina (which see). 
LEPICYSTIS. Included under Polypodium. 
LEPIDAGATHIS (from lepis, lepidos, a scale, and 
agathis, a ball; referring to the curved inflorescence, and 
the flowers being placed between the scaly bracts). ORD. 
Acanthacee. A genus comprising about fifty species of 
herbs or sub-shrubs, natives, for the most part, of the 
East Indies, the Malayan Archipelago, and tropical Africa, 
with two inhabiting tropical America. L. cristata, probably 
the only species yet introduced, is a stove evergreen shrub, 
thriving in any light, rich soil. Cuttings of young 
shoots will root during May, if inserted in sandy soil, 
and placed in bottom heat. : i 
eristata le. June. J. linear-lanceolate or 
2. ear ons, 2tt India, 1880. 
LEPIDIUM (Lepidium, Greek name used by Dios- 
corides: it is a diminutive of lepis, a scale, and probably 
alludes to the form of the a R 
 ciferæ. A genus comprising from sixty to eighty (by 
Some authors estimated at 100) species of herbs or sub- 
_ shrubs, widely dispersed, and of variable habit. Flowers 
(niite, saad, eee ebracteate. Leaves variable. The 
cies are as ornamental subjects; but the 
is an esteemed salad plant. 
RYA. A synonym of Parinarium 
(which see). 
LEPIDOPTERA. This order of insects includes 
the butterflies and moths alone. It is well characterised 
by the four large membranous wings, covered with small 
scales, and by the entirely suctorial mouth ; in the latter, the 
jaws are adapted to form a long tube, ‘which, when not 
in use, is spirally coiled away below the head. The 
larve are known as caterpillars, and possess six true 
legs on the front segments, besides a variable number 
of prolegs or fleshy legs behind. They feed almost 
always on plants, and are often very destructive (see 
Hawthorn Caterpillars, Hybernia, &c.). The pupe 
are almost motionless, and are often inclosed in a cocoon 
of silk, earth, or other material. The limbs in the pupx 
are closely bound down to the body (obtected). The 
Lepidoptera are divided into two great groups: Diurni, 
er Branches numerous, slender, or rigid, appa- 
Lepidoptera continued. 
or butterflies, with antenne usually clubbed at the tip; 
wings usually erect in repose, not connected by a spine 
and hook; pup usually naked and often angular; almost 
all are day fliers. Nocturni, or moths, with antenne 
pointed at tip; wings connected by a spine and hook, 
usually horizontal in repose; pupæ more rounded than 
pupæ of the Diurni, almost always in a cocoon; mostly 
nocturnal in their habits. The larve of this group are 
more frequently injurious than those of the Diurni. 
LEPISMIUM. This genus is now included, by the 
authors of the “Genera Plantarum,” under Rhipsalis 
(which see). 
LEPTANDRA. Included under Veronica (which 
see). 
LEPTINELLA (from leptos, slonder, mall; on 
account of the habit and size of the plants). ORD. 
Hak site. A genus (now included, by Bentham and 
ooker, i I 
corollas yellow; achenes glabrous. - Leaves oom 
pinnatifid or pinnately dissected, rarely 
toothed. L. dioica makes a pr mé 
dark green slightly pinnatifid leaves, and is much used 
for carpet For culture of the three species 
described below, see ee 
L. dioica (dicci .- ends pale female 
similar), seal — which nal leaves in 
length. Summer. 1. stalked, dark , lin. long, linear 
or spathulate, 8 semipinnatifid. 
stout, short. A. Lin. to 3in. 
L. lanata e -heads kin. in diameter; involucre fleshy, 
three or four-seriate, glabrous, glandular, pe obus; 
peduncles gee coe than — leaves. 
Au 8 
Islands. 
L. plumosa (feathery solitary, about jin. in diameter; 
—— on wh, Achat yap ee e one-seriate : uncles ter. 
minal and lateral, solitary elo: slender, one ae. tb as the 
ioles. l. , ci i hs em, 
— roger ultimately iy subalate 8 
y and loosely . 
‘LEPTOCERAS. Included under Caladenia. 
LEPTOCHILUS. Included under Acrostichum. 
LEPTOCIONIUM. Included under Hymenophyllum. 
LEPTODACTYLON. Included under Gilis (which 
see). 
LEPTODERMIS (from: opio, slamdge, and derma, 
the skin; in reference to the thin bark). ORD. Rubiaceae. 
A genes comprising: Hie ex tiet ogee Of oragon | ; 
Mountains and 
lets, shortly r 
petiolate, lanceolate. — ener 
ceolata, the only species yet introduced, is a greenhouse 
shrub, allied to Hamiltonia (which see for culture). 
white, scentless, sessile by 
z. ee mom neles involucro caye „of two leaves ; 
lla funnel June. late, attenuated, 
gu wipes triangular, vi ae ne 
Included under Gymnogramme. 
LEPTOMERIA (from leptos, slender, and meris, a 
part; referring to the slender and almost leafless shoots). 
Orv. Santalacew. A genus comprising fourteen species 
of greenhouse shrubs, limited to Australia. Flowers 
minute, in little terminal or lateral spikes, racemes, or 
rently leafless. Leptomerias thrive in a compost of sandy 
peat and fibry loam, to which may be added a few pieces 
of charcoal. Propagated by cuttings of firm young 
es under a bell glass. 1 E ET 
