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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Lomatophyllum—continued. 
L. aloiflorum (Aloe-flowered). Bourbon Aloe. fl., corolla yellow, 
suffused with brownish-red on the outside, about jin. long, as 
large as a quill in diameter. June. l. smooth, about Sft. long, 
Ein, to 3in. broad, clear green. Stem (in old specimens) about 8ft. 
high, and nearly as thick as a man’s thigh. Bourbon, 1766. (B. M. 
1585, under name of Phylloma aloiflorum.) 
LONAS (derivation unknown). ORD. Composite. 
A monotypic genus, the species being a hardy, erect, 
branched, glabrous, annual herb. It thrives in any 
ordinary garden soil. Propagated by seeds, which may 
be sown in the open ground, in spring. 
L. inodora (inodorous). f.-heads yellow, small, in dense, ter- 
minal, crowded corymbs ; involucre sub-turbinate-campanulate ; 
receptacle elongated ; achenes glabrous. July to October. 
L e deeply-toothed or cut. k. lft. Barbary, 1686. 
See 55 468, page 295. (B. M. 2276, under name of Athanasia 
annua. 
LONCHITIS (a name given by Dioscorides to one of 
the orchids, from lonche, a lance; alluding to the shape 
of the fronds) Orn. Filices. A genus comprising two 
species of stove ferns. Sori marginal, placed in the 
sinuses of the frond, more or less distinctly reniform, 
but often considerably elongated; involucre of the same 
shape as the sorus, and covering it, membranous in 
texture, formed from the reflexed margin. 
culture, see Ferns. 
L. pubescens (pubescent). sti. lft. to 2ft. long, strong, erect, 
densel Lehe with woolly pubescence. fronds 2ft. to Aft. long, 
deltoid, tripinnatifid, ent down to the rachis except towards the 
apex ; lower pinnz sometimes lft, to lift. long, Qin. to 12in. 
broad ; pinnules lanceolate, cut down nearly to the rachis below, 
with blunt, oblong, sinuated segments. sori placed round the 
main sinuses of the pinnules, and in two or three of the hollows 
of the segments on each side. Mauritius. The eng dix A are 
forms or synonyms of this species: glabra, Lindeniana, agas- 
cariensis, and natalensis. . 
= LONCHOCARPUS (from lonche, a lance, and karpos, 
a fruit; in allusion to the shape of the pods). ORD. 
Leguminosc. An extensive genus (about fifty species 
have been described) of tall climbing shrubs or trees, 
„ h most part natives of tropical America, a few 
_ inhabiting tropical Africa, and one a native of Australia. 
Flowers violet-purple or white, in simple racemes, or 
rarely paniculate. Leaves alternate, impari- pinnate; 
leaflets opposite, rarely stipellate. In all probability, the 
Species here described is the only one yet introduced. It 
is a stove evergreen tree, requiring a compost of turfy 
- loam and fibry peat, with a small quantity of sand added, 
by half-ripenéd cuttings, placed in sand, under a bell 
glass, in a gentle heat. 
——. d 
late, acuminated, glabrous, shining above, rather pale beneath. 
. 2ft. South America, 1700. eat ; 
LONDON PRIDE. See Saxifraga umbrosa. 
= LONGCHAMPIA. This genus 
under Leyssera (which see). 
LONICERA (named after Adam Lonicer, or Lonitzer, 
1528-1586, a German botanist). Honeysuckle. Including 
Caprifolium and Xylosteum. ORD. Caprifoliacee. An 
extensive genus (about eighty species have been enume- 
rated) of hardy or half-hardy, erect or twining, deciduous or 
_ evergreen shrubs, natives of the temperate and sub-tropical 
regions of the Northern hemisphere, rarely seen in the 
tropics. Flowers often fragrant, axillary or capitate, 
variously disposed; corolla tubular, campanulate or funnel- 
Shaped, with usually an irregular limb. Leaves simple, 
opposite, stipulate. Loniceras are amongst the most beau- 
tifully scented and popular of flowering shrubs. The tall- 
growing sorts are best snited for covering walls, arbours, 
and trellises of any description. L. fragrantissima and L. 
_ Standishii produce their flowers in the greatest profusion 
early in spring, on the wood made and ripened the 
previous year. Pruning must not, therefore, be practised 
with these until flowering is past, when all the shoots 
should be shortened back nearly close. Almost all the 
For general 
to ensure perfect drainage. Propagated, in May or June, 
is now included 
Lonicera—continued. 
other species flower on young wood. L. sempervirens, 
and its variety, minor, are beautiful plants for training up 
greenhouse rafters. The majority of the Loniceras are of 
easy culture in any good garden soil. Propagated readily 
by cuttings, also by layers, and sometimes by seeds. 
L. brachypoda (short-stalked), A synonym of L. flexuosa. 
L. cærulea (blue-berried). AH. greenish-yellow, tubular; peduncles 
short, two-flowered, reflexed in the fructiferous state. March 
and April. fr. a dark blue, elliptic or globose berry, covered with 
a kind of bloom. J. oval-oblong, ciliated, stiffish, densely pubes- 
cent while young. k. 3ft. to 5ft. Northern hemisphere, 1629. 
Erect, deciduous. (B. M. 1965.) 
Fic. 469. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF LONICERA CAPRIFOLIUM. 
Caprifolium (goat’s-leaf).* fl. yellowish, with a bluish tube, 
2in. long, highly fragrant, ringent, terminal, disposed in capitate 
whorls. May and June. Fr. of a tawny-orange colour, elliptical. 
l. obovate, acutish, glaucous ; uppermost ones broader and con- 
nate. Stem twining from left to right. Europe (naturalised in 
England, &c.). Deciduous. See Fig. 469. (Sy. En. B. 641.) 
L. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of L. japonica. 
L. ciliata (ciliate). fl. yellowish, bilabiate ; corolla funnel-formed, 
almost spurred at the base; lobes nearly or May. Berries 
red, separate. J. oblong-ovate, often heart-shaped, petioled, thin, 
downy beneath, North America, 1824. 
L. dioica (diœcious). A synonym of L. parviflora. 
L. —— (different-leaved). A synonym of L. quinque- 
L. Etrusca (Etruscan). H. purplish on the outside, and yellow 
inside, disposed in verticillate heads, usually about 
three on the top of each branch. May and June. 
l. obovate, obtuse, pubescent; lower ones on short petioles; 
upper ones connately perfoliate, acute. Branches twining. 
Europe. duous. 
L. flava (yellow).* jl. light yellow, fragrant, in approximate 
whorls; tube of the corolla somewhat gibbous. 8 smooth, 
very pale and glaucous on both sides, thickish, obovate or oval, the 
