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LION’S EAR. See Leonotis. 
LION’S FOOT. See Leontopodium. 
LION’S TAIL. Sce Leonotis Leonurus. 
LIPARTA (from liparos, oily, shining; in allusion to 
the shining surface of the leaves). ORD. Leguminose. 
A genus comprising about four species of greenhouse 
shrubs, confined to the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
yellow, in terminal heads; bracts large, imbricate, invo- 
lucrate; standard oval-oblong ; wings oblong; keel narrow, 
acute. Leaves simple, entire, coriaceous. L. parva and 
L. spherica are the two species introduced. They 
thrive in a compost of fibry loam and turfy peat, with 
a small quantity of sand added. Propagated by cuttings 
of young shoots, inserted in sand, under a bell glass. 
Water must at all times be given with great care. 
L. parva. (small). H. yellow, small, capitate; bracts orbicular, 
acuminate, with bearded edges, pesments of calyx lanceolate- 
elliptic, bearded. March and l tes ee acuminate, 
three to five-nerved, spreading br reflexed. 
p. angustifolia (narrow-leaved).* oe is a variety having 
33 leaves than the type. 1840. (B. M. 4034.) 
spheerica (spherical). fl. orange, in dense nodding heads, 
ty Jin. or Ain. in diameter. July and August. J. lanceolate- 
5 N three to seven-nerved, smooth. h. Aft. 1794 
LIPARIS (from liparos, smooth, oily ; referring to the 
leaves). Syns. Alipsa, Sturmia. Including Empusa 
and Platystylis. ORD. Orchidew. A genus comprising 
about 100 species of stove or hardy, small-flowered, 
terrestrial and epiphytal orchids, broadly dispersed 
through the temperate and warm regions of the globe. 
Flowers usually dull white, green, or yellow, small, 
racemose; column rather long, semicircular or two-winged 
in the upper part, but not branched, Leaves few, some- 
times solitary at the base, or below the middle of the 
stem, on sheathing petioles, often at length contracted 
at the joint, membranaceous or slightly fleshy, equally 
many-nerved or sparingly ribbed. Very few species are 
worth growing for ornament. The hardy sorts thrive in 
a moist, shady situation, and do best when planted very 
shallow, and covered with moss. The stove kinds require 
a compost of fibry peat, sphagnum, charcoal, and very 
small pieces of crocks, and are most suitably grown in 
shallow, open baskets. Except where otherwise indicated, 
the undermentioned species require stove treatment. 
atropurpurea blong, 
er recurved, koii a x pole 4 Sorel’ onion — 
oblique ; petals very long, Sake oe 3 i ere 466. fl lowered ; 
scape terete. June. i. two or three, round, acuminate, 
petiolate, folded, 1 OE ME a cucullate 2 8 Ceylon, 1865. A 
5 gen dark h side of th 
3 ee er on eac side o. e 
ish m wly winged. 
A Sirenen mdame pE ith the e goa — bata thick. 
Lams tall). fl, li ente, retuse, bicallose at base; 
sepals h fa 5 recurved; racemes erect, many- 
angular. acute, 8 shorter 
East Indies and Brazil. (B. R. 1 75.) 
L. foliosa (leafy). H. yellowish- ; lip oblong, 
curved ; sepals and petals refiexed, equal. ae temb 
oblong-lanceolate, acute. Mauritius, 1823. (B. 
; L. B. C. 1097.) 
L. formosana (Formosan), m light purple, with „green borders; 
. ee acute. March. l. oblong, acute, plaited. Formosa, 
J. many, oblong, 
1 re- 
E 2, prea, 
M. 2709; 
L. lilifolia La das ha A. brownish-purple, with a leaflike li 
July. l Crate North America. Hardy, (B. M. 2004, — 
Beep of Malaxis lilifolia.) 
(Leesel’s). ~~, pami lip obovate, entire, recurved ; 
ikes . l. two, narrow-elliptical; stalk 
12 North 8 Europe (Fens of East Eng- 
land). Hardy. (Sy. En. B. 1488.) 
L. pendula (pendulous). fl. whitish-green, small, disposed in 
slender, pendulous racemes, lft. long, giving the plant an — 
appearance. India. 
‘LIPARIS. A genus of moths, belonging to a family 
of which the larve are at times very destructive to cul- 
tivated trees (see Hawthorn Caterpillars). The 
larvee of all the species are hairy, and often bear peculiar 
Liparis—continued. 
tufts of hair on certain parts of the body, and they are 
usually bright-coloured. 
Fig. 447. CATERPILLAR OF LiPARIS AURIFLUA (GOLD-TAIL MOTH), 
L. auriflua (Gold-tail Moth) is satiny-white, with one 
or more rounded black spots on the er wings, 
Fic. 448. LI ARIS CHRYSORRHÆA (BROWN-TAIL MOTH). 
and a tuft of golden-yellow down at the tip of the 
body. The larva (see Fig. 447) bears three rows of 
Fic. 449. CATERPILLAR OF LIPARIS CHRYSORRHAA. 
tubercles along the body; those nearest the back are 
black, those in the middle hear each a tuft of whitish 
