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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Leucocarpus—continued. 
puberulous or glabrous, greenhouse herb, very ornamental 
when laden with its white fruits. For culture, see 
Mimulus. 
L. alatus (winged). f., corolla yellow, bilabiate, with an elon- 
gated tube; stamens included; filaments glabrous, yellow; 
7e gg axillary, opposite. September. J. 10in. long, 2in. 
road, opposite, spreading horizontally, acutely serrulate, lanceo- 
late, attenuated and entire towards the base, at their origin 
dilated and stem-clasping, much veined and reticulated. 
Branches decussate, widely spreading. Stem 2ft. to 24ft. high, 
erect, four-sided and four-winged. Mexico. SYN. Mimulus 
perfoliatus (under which name it is figured in B. M. 3067). 
LEUCOCORYNE (from leukos, white, and koryne, 
a club; referring to the sterile anthers). ORD. Liliacee. 
Fic. 396, LEUCOCORYNE IXIOIDES, 
A genus comprising three or four species of pretty 
half-hardy bulbous plants, natives of Chili. Flowers 
Fic. 397. DETACHED FLOWERS or Two VARIETIES OF LEUCO- 
CORYNE IXIOIDES, one i 
— ES, VAMI entire segments, the other with 
Leucocoryne—continued. 
white or blue, in terminal few-flowered umbels, pedicel- ; 
late; perianth salver-shaped; scapes simple, leafless. 
Leaves radical, narrow, linear, channelled. Bulbs tuni- : 
cated. For culture, see Ixia. The following are the best 
known species: 
L. alliacea (Onion-like). f., perianth pale lilac, eight to nine 
lines long; segments linear-acute, longer than the tube. J., many, 
firm, green, Ein. to 8in. long, scarcely one line broad. h. bin. to 
12in. Chili. 
L. ixioides (Ixia-like). fl. white or pale blue; umbels from 
four to six-flowered. August. l. about lft. long. A. Ift. Chili, 
1826. SYN. L. odorata. See Figs, 396 and 397. (B. R. 1293; B. M. 
2832, under name of Brodiwa ixioides.) 
L. odorata (sweet-scented), A synonym of L. ixioides. 
lidee. A genus comprising about nine species of orna- 
mental hardy bulbs, natives of central Weve wee de 
Mediterranean region, and closely allied to Galantha 
Flowers few, in umbels, or reduced 
dulous; scape fistulous. Leaves few, 
linear, sometimes plane, loriform. : 
of the species in cultivation. They thrive in a free, 
