AN ENCYCLOPADIA OF HORTICULTURE. 285 
Liquidambar— continued. 
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4 Fic. 453, BRANCH OF LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA, bearing 
: (1) Female and (2) Male Flowers. 
of the veins, villous. k. 30ft. to 50ft. North America, 1681. An 
elegant tree, somewhat resembling the Maple, but having 
alternate leaves, which change towards the autumn to a bright 
red, and remain on the tree until the first frosts. See Figs. 453 
and 454. Age 
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n 
Ba men EA 
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Fig. 454. FEMALE FLOWERING BRANCH OF LIQUIDAMBAR 
" STYRACIFLUA. 
In addition to the two species above described, there are two or 
~~ = 3 in Piece or more being the 
rees which furnis ie w used e Chi mak 
chests in which they export 8 . 
- LIQUID MANURE. See Manures. 
LIQUORICE. See Glycyrrhiza. 
LIRIODENDRON (from Leirion, a Lily, and den- 
dron, a tree). Tulip-tree. ORD. Magnoliacee. A mono- 
typie genus, the species being an elegant, hardy, de- 
ciduous tree. It thrives best in a good deep loamy 
soil; and a sheltered, but not overshadowed, situation 
is most suitable. Propagated by seeds, which should be 
sown in a rather moist sandy loam, in a shady position, 
during autumn. s 
4 L. tulipifera (tulip-bearing).* f. variegated with green, yell 
: 23 large, solitary, terminal, very N — — 
furnished underneath with two deciduous bracts; petals six, 
connivent in two imbricated series; sepals three, reflexed : $ 
nels in an oblong spike two-seeded, at length samaroid’ — 
Liriodendron—continued. 
indehiscent. Summer. J. smooth, simple, alternate, stipulate, 
three-lobed ; the terminal lobe emarginately truncate, the lateral 
ones with two sinuses. h. 75ft. to 100ft. North America, 1688. 
ge tree, resembling an erect-growing Plane in habit. See 
ig. i 
“as 
Fig. 455. LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA, showing Flowering Branchlet, 
and Longitudinal Section of Flower, with Sepals and Petals 
removed. ve aie 
LIRIOPE (named after the nymph Liriope). OR. 
Hemodoracew. A monotypic genus. The species is a 
pretty cool greenhonse plant, with a short, thick, some- 
times stoloniferous rhizome. For culture, see Ophio- 
pogon (under which this genus was formerly included). 
graminifolia (grass-leaved). fl. rather small, in fascicles or 
clusters of three to five, on a spicate raceme Ein. to 12in. long ; 
perianth deep violet-blue, sub-campanulate, deeply divided into 
six segments; scape erect, dark livid-purple. October. L. all 
radical, 6in. to 12in. long, linear-la late, obtuse, three- 
nerved, obscurely striated, surrounded by a few membranous 
scales at the base. China and Japan, 1821. SYN. Onhiopogon 
picatus (under which name it is figured in B. M. 5348, B. R. 
93, and L. B. C. 694). 
from lysis, dissolution, and .anthos, 
flower; a name given to the plant on 
cathartic). Sometimes spelt Lisyanthus. 
an = ORD. Gentianee. A genus comprising about 
` fifty species of greenhouse or half-hardy 
SS, berbs or shrubs, natives of tropical America. 
Flowers blue, purple, white, or yellowish- 
green, showy, erect or nodding, in terminal 
cymes; corolla funnel-shaped ; tube shortly 
cylindrical at base; limb oblique, or equally 
five: lobed, often shorter than the tube, ob- 
tuse or acute, twisted. Capsules nodding, 
or rarely erect. Leaves opposite, sessile 
or petiolate, narrow, rather fleshy - coriaceous, rarely 
broad, membranaceous. The. species of Lisianthus, and 
also those of Eustoma, which are more frequently re- 
ferred to as belonging to the same genus, are amongst 
the most difficult of plants to cultivate successfully. 
They are very handsome when in flower, and, conse- 
quently, well repay for the devotion of a little more 
than ordinary attention, with a view to bringing 
annual duration, and may be increased by seeds; 
others, of a shrubby habit, may be propagated from 
cuttings. Eustoma Nussellianum, the plant generally 
known and grown in gardens as Lisianthus Russelli- 
anus, is more frequently seen than any of the species 
of the latter genus. If not a biennial, it should be 
treated as such, by preparing plants one season to 
flower the next. The seeds are very minute, and should 
be sown, in spring, on the surface of some light soil, 
LISIANTHUS (said to be derived 
account of the medicinal virtues it possesses _ 
of dissolving humours, being a powerful 
them to perfection. Some of the species are only of 
