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Limnanthemum— continued. 
persed over the temperate and warmer regions of the 
globe, seven being natives of Australia. Flowers yellow 
or white; peduncles one-flowered, either in the tufts 
of leaves, or two together, or clustered at the nodes of 
the weak stems, or close to an almost terminal sessile 
leaf; corolla sub-rotate, the lobes five, entire or fringed. 
Capsule indehiscent or bursting irregularly when ripe. 
Leaves ovate or orbiculate, deeply cordate, entire or 
obseurely sinuate. For culture, see Villarsia. 
L. indicum (Indian). fi., corolla yellow, the margins fringed. 
l. orbicular or broadly oval, deeply cordate, usually entire, with 
a close or open sinus, coriaceous, palmately veined and reticu- 
late, but the veins not prominent. North Australia. SYN. 
Menyanthes indica (under which name it is figured in B. M. 658). 
L. Keklonianum, L. Forbesianum, L. Humboldtianum, I. orbicu- 
latum, and L. Thunbergianum, are probably forms of this 
species. 
L. n. hæoides (Nymphiea-like).* fl., corolla yellow; segments 
cilintes ; umbels sessile, terminal, or in the forks of the tatae: 
Summer, l. opposite, cordate-orbicular or orbicularly reniform, 
repand. Britain. A very beautiful hardy aquatic, but some- 
what difficult to eradicate when once established. SyN. Villarsia 
nympheoides. (Sy. En. B. 921.) 
Fig 436. FLOWERING BRANCH OF LIMNANTHES DOUGLASIT, 
LIMNANTHES (from limne, a marsh, and anthos, 
a flower; in reference to the habitat of the plants). Orp. 
Geraniacee. A small genus (two species) of diffuse, 
+ glabrous, hardy annuals, natives of California. Flowers 
white, yellowish, or pink, régular; peduncles axillary, 
one-flowered ; petals five, sub-perigynous, contorted ; 
sepals five, valvate. 
late spikes; poor 5 with a ae — — 
Leaves alternate, cut, exstipulate. 
The undermentioned species is well adapted for beds, 
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edgings, rockeries, &c. Propagated freely by sowing seeds 
in any ordinary garden soil, in March, for summer, and 
in September, for spring, flowering. 
L. Douglasii (Douglas’s).* AH. yellow, passing off to white streaked 
with grey, sweet-scented. Spring to autumn. J. pinnate, with 
an odd or terminal three-cleft leaflet. A. 8in. 1833. A very 
showy annual, with a spreading habit and prostrate stems. 
See Fig. 436. (B. M. 3554; B. R. 1673.) Two or three varieties, 
differing slightly from the type in colour and size of flower, ars 
mentioned in seed catalogues. 
LIMNOCHARIS (from limne, a marsh, and charis, 
grace, beauty; alluding to the habitat and appearance 
of the plants). Orp. Alismacee. A genus consisting of 
three or four species of stove, greenhouse or half-hardy 
herbaceous perennial aquatics, natives of tropical America. 
Flowers yellow, on long stalks. Leaves fasciculate, 
swimming, ovate or cordate-orbicular. L. Plumieri, the 
only species in cultivation, is a handsome stove or 
greenhouse aquatic. It should be grown in tubs or 
cisterns, or in the shallow part of an aquarium. Propa- 
gation may be effected by divisions, by runners, or by 
seeds, 
L. Plumieri (Plumier’s).* fl. yellow, six to ten in an umbel ; 
scape and peduncles three-sided, the former purple, green at top, 
the latter with reddish angles. June to November, l. oblong, 
very blunt at each end; petiole three-sided, paraang at base, 
purple below, green above. h. 1}ft. Brazil, 1822. (B. M. 2525.) 
LIMODORUM TUBEROSUM. See Calopogon 
pulchellus. ; 
LIMONIA (from Limuna, the Persian name of the 
Citron). Orp. Rutacew. This genus comprises two or 
three species of small trees or shrubs, often spiny, natives 
of tropical Asia. Flowers fasciculate or racemose. Berry 
globose. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate or impari-pinnate ; 
leaflets opposite, entire or crenate; petioles winged. The 
species thrive in a compost of peat, loam, and dried cow- 
dung, with a few small pieces of charcoal added. Pro- 
pagated by cuttings, made in spring or summer, and 
placed in sandy soil, under a glass, in very gentle bottom 
heat; or by seeds, sown on a hotbed, during spring. 
i . White, fi in su j 
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plish. J. pinnate, with winged stalks. India. A. 8ft. to 10ft. A 
spiny shrub or small tree. The Javanese employ the acid, 
flesh-coloured pulp of the fruits of this species as a substitute for 
soap. 1 ee 
LIMONIASTRUM (from leimon, a meadow, and 
aster, a star; in allusion to the starry flowers, and the 
habitat of the plants). Syn. Bubania. ORD: Plumbai 
gineæ. A genus comprising only a couple of species of 
greenhouse or nearly hardy small shrubs or sub-shrubs, 
natives of the Western Mediterranean region. Calyx 
tubular; corolla blue, funnel-shaped, with a five-lobed, 
spreading limb; scapes or peduncles 1otomously 
branched. Leaves crowded on the stem or alternate on 
the branches, narrow, entire. The undermentioned plants 
are nearly hardy shrubs. For culture, see Statice (with 
which the species are sometimes confused). 
tube ; calyx scarcely colar after flowering. — 
ber. E. Heads hulate, sheathed at base. Stem leafy. A. 3ft. 
Sici th parts of the plant are covered with 
hite disks of calcareous matter. Syn. Statice monopetala (under 
which name it is figured in B. R. 1841, 54). 
L. m. denudata (naked). A well-marked variety, differing from 
the t in having paler and s r flowers, a more drawn- 
r leaves, which are somewhat wavy at the edge, and 
a much smaller quantity of calcareous matter. SYN. Statice | 
M ri la de ta (under which name it is figured in B. R. 
1842, 599. 
LINARIA (from Linon, Flax; referring to the resem- 
blance in the leaves). Toadflax. ORD. Scrophularinee. 
A large genus (about 150 species) of usually hardy herbs, 
rarely sub-shrubs, broadly dispersed through the extra- 
tropical Old World regions of the Northern. hemisphere, 
one being found in extra-tropical North and South 
