260 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Liatris—continued. Libertia—continued. 
L. g. osa (pilose). A variety having unusually narrow invo- 
lucral scales. (B. R. 595.) ; 
L. odoratissima. See Trilisa odoratissima. 
NÑ 
AUN 
\ 
/ \ ce Fie. 403. LIBERTIA FORMOSA, showing Habit and Portion of 
A { ‘ detached Inflorescence. 
\ L. grandiflora (large-flowered). f. pure white, disposed in spike- 
2 I X i like panicl 
* 
es about 3ft. high. Summer. l. narrow, stout, about 
2ft. long, and nearly zin. broad. New Zealand, 1870. : 
L. ixioides (Ixia-like). fl. white, with pale yellow stamens, 
numerously disposed in closely -packed panicles. Summer, “ 
linear, rigid, from 14ft. to 2ft. long, tufted. k. 2ft. to Aft. New 
Zealand, 1865. Hardy. 
FIG. 402. LIATRIS SPICATA, showing Habit and detached 
Flower-head. 5 
L, pycnostachya (dense-spiked). H: heads pale purple, in a dense | 
rical spike, lft. to 14ft. long. Summer and autumn. 7, 
1 lower ones narrow, * blunt, flve to oe 
seven-nerved ; upper ones short, crowded, - ; N . * p X o SCN : 
; e Stems thick, i h. 3ft. to > TA N Sh VPE 55 1 ies E z 
1 A very desirable plant, and one of the á 3 VN 4 e 
most ful for on soils where few other 
; . encod ay a Veneto 
sowing the seeds in spring. 
scariosa (scarious). _/l.-heads purple, almost 
2in. in diameter, in an elongated corymb. 
September. 1. 1 ng and narrow. A. 2ft. 1789. 
(B. M. 1709; B. R. 1654.) 
L. spicata (spiked). .-heads purple, sessile, in 
S from Ein. to TA — involucral scales 
oblong or oval, appressed. September. J. lanceolate, 
ciliated at base, acute. A. 1ft. to 2ft. 1732. See 
Fig. 402. (B. M. 1411.) J ? : 
L. squarrosa (squarrose). fl.-heads bright purple, YN ET: ¢ i | i ie 
8 shortly ed, on! and downy stems ; in- ESN fh NS iy I e 
volucral scales, with pen oe and leaflike tips. i 6 À z 2 á 
Summer and autumn. J., radical ones long, about zin. À Y 
wide, three to five-nerved; stem ones ligulate, rigid. 
A, 2ft. to 3ft. 1732. 
LIBER. ‘The innermost and youngest 
circle next the young wood is the Liber, or inner 
bark, formed of long, tough, woody tissue, called 
bast- cells“ (Bentham). 
 LIBERTIA (named after Marie A. Libert, a Belgian 
lady, who wrote on botanical subjects). Syws. Nemato- 
stigma, Renealmia. ORD. Irideœ. A genus comprising 
eight species of very ornamental hardy, or nearly hardy 
_ perennial herbs, inhabiting Chili, Australia, and New 
Zealand. Perianth white or blue; inflorescence loosely- 
corymbose - paniculate; spathes few - flowered. Leaves, 
radical ones distichous, narrow-linear, firm, densely j 
crowded ; stem ones terete. The majority of the species W ; 4 
will prove tolerably hardy if provided with a slight pro- . f ~ 4 
tection in winter. All thrive on warm borders of light | oo. 
soil. Propagated by seeds, sown as described for Iris 
8 see); or by careful divisions, in spring. 
formosa dsome) i itate ; ianth six- 
parted, . reg . eee eee green; 
outer spathe bivalvular, repeated on the inner flowers, which 
= in succe May. l, root ones Ein. to 12in. long, iin. 
de e Onin, F : 
2 8 | 16in, high, simple. i, 1G. 404. FRUITI) 
1881 Fig. 403. ch. M. 2884) e | . — e Samy) Oy 
