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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
LOOSESTRIFE. See Lysimachia and Lythrum, 
LOPADOCALYX. A synonym of Olax (which see). 
LOPEZIA (named in honour of Thomas Lopez, a 
Spanish botanist, who wrote on the botany of America). 
Syn. Pisaura. ORD. Onagrariee. A genus (about 
twenty species have been described) of stove, green- 
house, or hardy erect annual herbs inhabiting Mexico 
and Guatemala. Flowers often small, racemose or sub- 
corymbose, at the apices of the branches, remarkable in 
having but one antheriferous stamen and one petaloid. 
Leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate - acuminate, un- 
equally serrate. Lopezias are of easy culture in a light 
soil. Propagated by seeds, sown on a slight hotbed, 
in the middle of March; the seedlings being transplanted 
to the open in the latter part of May. 
L. coronata (crowned).* f. rose-purple ; petals reflexed, deeper 
coloured towards the base; racemes terminating the branches. 
July to September. J. alternate, ovate, serrated, attenuated at 
the base. h, 14ft. Mexico, 1804. Hardy. (A. B. R. 551.) 
grandifiora -flow kee -red, dis din clos 
an: se ed. a og etic, Lista 5 . — 
late, or Arat piget serrate, shortly stalked. A. 3ft. Mexico, 
1879. Half-hardy. 
macrophy -leaved),* fl. rge; x 
segments r eee — pai . 5 — ge 
narrower and longer than calyx, geniculated at base, two broader 
and shorter; peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. March. 
l. opposite, on long oles, ovate-acuminate, serrated, slightly 
h and ciliated. Branches green and succulent. Mexico, A 
half-shrubby greenhouse plant. (B. M. 4724.) 
 LOPHANTHUS (from lophos, a crest, and anthos, 
a flower; in allusion to the crenated or crested middle 
lobe of lower lip of corolla). Giant Hyssop. ORD. 
_ Labiate. A genus comprising six species of hardy or 
-half-hardy erect herbs, with the habit of Nepeta, natives 
of North America and extra-tropical Eastern Asia. Corolla 
blue or purplish; tube as long as the calyx, or shortly 
exserted; limb two-lipped; whorls many-flowered, some- 
times densely crowded in terminal spikes, sometimes in 
axillary cymes. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. Leaves toothed; 
floral ones often reduced to short ovate and acuminate 
_ bracts. The undermentioned species are hardy perennials, 
and grow well in ordinary soil. Propagated by divisions. 
All the plants here described are North American. 
I. anisatus (Anise. Anise . J. blue; 
: ae biai ante duly l 5 eneke A ha 
=e — down underneath, scented like Anise. R. 3ft. 1826, 
L. nepetoides (Nepeta-like). f., corolla pale greenish-yellow ; 
— elgg ovate, rather 9 aa little shorter than the 8 
_ spikes 2in. to bin. long, crowded with bracts. July. J. ovate, 
somewhat pointed, coarsely crenate-toothed, 2in. to din. long. 
Stem stout, Aft. to 6ft. high, sharply four-angled. 1692. 
L. scrophularizfolius (Figwort-leaved).* fl., corolla lish ; 
PPT corolla; spikes ‘ain? 
to lbin. long. July. J. ovate or somewhat cordate, acute; lower 
Surface, as well as the stem, more or less pubescent. R. 5ft. 1800. 
L. urticifolius (Urtica-leaved). A. purplish, or white and pink 
with much-exserted stamens ; spikes nse, — — 2in. to Sin, 
ng. summer. . cordate-ovate, crenated, stalked. Stem 
— branched. R. 3ft. to Aft. 1826, 
LOPHIDIUM. See Schizea. 
LOPHIOLA (a diminutive name, deduced from lophos, 
a crest; referring to the crested sepals). ORD. Hemodo- 
race. A monotypic genus, the species being a pretty, 
lender, hardy, herbaceous perennial, requiring peaty soil, 
and a rather damp, shady situation. Propagated by divi- 
ions of the root, in autumn or spring. 
L. aurea (golden). fl. yellow, densely woolly on the outside, dis- 
in a crowded cyme at the top of a naked scape ; perianth 
ply six-eleft, with spreading divisions. June. l. narrow- 
uti t, radical. R. 1jft. North America, 1811. (B. M. 1596.) 
LOPHIRA (from lophos, a crest, and eiro, to arrange ; 
in reference to one of the sepals being extended out into 
à ligulate wing or crest). Orp. Dipterocarpee. A mono- 
typic genus, the species being a handsome stove pyra- 
em tree. It requires a compost of sandy loam and 
peat. Firm young cuttings wi in sand, i 
a genile bolba IAR n aii: * 
Lophira— continued. 
L. africana (African). Scrubby Oak. f. yellow, in terminal and 
axillary racemes. February. Jr. one-celled, indehiscent, fleshy, 
soft. J. elongated, entire, often undulated, emarginate, leathery, 
= green; stipules caducous, h. 10ft. Tropical Western Africa, 
LOPHOLEPIS. See Polypodium. 
LOPHOSORUS. Included under Alsophila. 
LOPHOSPERMUM. Included under Maurandia 
(which see). 
LOPHYRUS (Pine Sawflies). A genus of Sawflies, 
the larvæ of which feed on Fir, Spruce, Larch, and other 
conifers. Several species are known to occur in Britain. 
At times, the larve do extensive damage, as they are 
of social habit, and eat away the needles, so that 
they leave branches, or even whole trees, bare; they 
may thus destroy entire plantations. They are seldom 
hurtful in gardens, however, being restricted to coni- 
fers, and do not need to be described at length in this 
work. Owing to their living and feeding in society, 
their presence is easily detected, and hand-picking will, 
in almost all cases, be found an effectual remedy, should 
they attack conifers in gardens or in pleasure grounds. 
LOPIMIA. Now included under Pavonia (which 
see). 
LOQUAT, or JAPAN QUINCE. See Photinia 
japonica. 
LORANTHACEZ:. An order of evergreen shrubs, 
parasitic on the wood of other Dicotyledons, sometimes 
appearing epiphytal, and emitting roots, which creep 
over the branches of the infested tree. Flowers some- 
times imperfect, small, inconspicuous, whitish or greenish ; 
sometimes perfect, brightly coloured, variously arranged. 
Leaves opposite, rarely alternate or whorled, thick, coria- 
ceous, entire. Loranthacea are mostly tropical, but some 
inhabit temperate and cool regions of the Northern and 
Southern temperate latitudes. The fruit of this order 
contains Birdlime, a peculiar viscous, tenacious, and 
elastic substance. Mistletoe (Viscum album) was formerly 
worshipped by the Gauls; it was also held sacred by 
the Druids, There are about thirteen genera and 500 
species. Examples: Loranthus, Viscum. 
LORATE. Shaped like a thong or strap. 
LORD ANSON’S PEA. See Lathyrus magel- 
h 
LORD HARRINGTON’S YEW. See Cepha- 
lotaxus pedunculata. 
LORDS AND LADIES. Se Arum maculatum. 
LOREYA (named after M. Lorey, a French botanist, 
author of a Flora of Burgundy, published in 1825). 
Orp. Melastomacee. A small genus (about eight species 
have been described) of ornamental, glabrous or tomentose, 
stove trees, natives of Northern Brazil and Guiane. 
Flowers in cymose panicles. Fruit inferior, baceate. 
Leaves large, stalked, ovate, entire. Branches four-sided. 
Probably the species here described is the only one yet 
introduced. For culture, see Melastoma. 9 
L. arborescens (Tree lik ite, : „s seven to 
cight-flowered, cymose. em gig Mem 8 very 
1 3 medlar. l. petiolate, oval-orbicular, obtuse, or mucronate. 
t. Guiana, : 
LORINSERIA. See Woodwardia. 
LOROPETALUM (from loron, a thong, and petalon, 
a petal ; referring to the long thong-like petals). ORD. 
Hamamelidew. A monotypic genus, the species being a 
very ornamental, free-flowering, hardy, stellate-tomentose 
shrub, or small tree. It thrives in any light rich soil. 
Propagated by seeds, or by cuttings. 
