310 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Lyonia—continued. 
Privet-like). H. white, small, in pedunculate 
3 rs; — hy —— . floriferous branches terminal, 
panicled, nearly st af June. 1, Obovate-lanceolate, sub-acu- 
minated at both ends, almost entire. h. 3ft. to loft. North 
America, 1748. Hardy shrub. Syns. L. paniculata (W. D. B. 57) 
and Andromeda paniculata. 
L. paniculata (panicled), A synonym of L. ligustrina. 
LYONSIA (named after Israel Lyons, 1739-1775, 
Professor of Botany at Oxford, and author of a Flora 
of Cambridge). ORD. Apocynacew. A genus comprising 
about thirteen species of twining shrubs or sub-shrubs, 
of which one is a native of New Caledonia, one inhabits 
the Fiji Islands, and the rest are Australian. L. straminea, 
the only species yet introduced, is a greenhouse evergreen 
twiner, allied to Parsonsia. It thrives in a compost of 
sandy peat, to which may be added a small quantity of 
fibry loam. Increased, during April, by cuttings of the 
young shoots, placed in sand, under a hand glass. ` 
L. straminea (straw-coloured). fl. striped, small ; corolla funnel- 
shaped, «with a five-parted, recurved, bearded limb; cymes ter- 
minal, trichotomous. June. . shortly-stalked, ovate-lanceolate 
or lanceolate, glabrous, New South Wales, &c., 1820. 
LYPERIA (from lyperos, sad or sorrowful; alluding 
to the dull, heavy colour of the flowers). ORD. Scrophu- 
larinee. A genus comprising about thirty species of 
greenhouse herbs or sub-shrubs, of little ornamental value. 
All are natives of South Africa. Flowers axillary, or in 
terminal spikes or racemes, usually more or less viscous. 
Lower leaves opposite; upper ones alternate, toothed or 
much cut, often tufted in the axils, sometimes minute, 
blackening in drying. This genus is allied to Zaluzi- 
anskia (which see for culture). $ 
L. 
times shorter than the corolla 
shorter than the tube; pédicels over lin. long, axillary, filiform. 
June to November. J. poet: sub-fasciculate, obovate-cuneate, 
deeply toothed. kR. 1}ft. 1790. Plant suffruticose, divaricately 
branched, finely pubescent. (A. B. R. 84, under name of Buch- 
nera 5 
LYRATE. Shaped like a lyre. A leaf is Lyrate 
when its apex is rounded and there are several small 
lateral lobes towards its base. 
LYSANTHE. Included under Grevillea (which 
see). 
_ LYSIMACHIA (Lusimachion, the old Greek name, 
from lysis, dissolving, concluding, and mache, strife; 
in reference to the supposed soothing qualities of the 
plant). Loosestrife. Including Lubinia. ORD. Primu- 
lacee. A genus comprising about sixty species of 
greenhouse or hardy, erect or creeping, glabrous or 
pubescent, slender or robust herbs, often gland-dotted, 
mostly natives of the temperate and sub-tropical regions 
of the Northern hemisphere, while a few are found in 
tropical and Southern Africa, Australia, the Pacific 
Islands, and South America. Flowers white, yellow, 
or rosy, rarely purple or blue, very rarely four-parted, 
i or terminal, solitary, racemose, or in simple 
corymbose umbels or paniculate racemes; corolla hypo- 
gynous, funnel-shaped or rotate, five-parted: tube short 
or very short; lobes five or six, erecto-patent or 
‘spreading, entire or toothed; calyx five or six-parted. 
Leaves opposite, alternate or whorled, sessile or petio- 
late, entire. The species are all of easy culture, most 
of them thriving best in a moist situation, such as 
the margins of streams and ponds. Propagated very 
freely by divisions, in late autumn or early spring. 
Except where otherwise stated, the species deseribed | 
hardy, and all of them are perennials. 
à (narrow-leayed). A form of L. lanceolata. 
purple).* fl. very dark purple, disposed 
racemes, Summer, . fleshy, smooth, 
ith Europe, 1820. Plant erect. Syn. 
‘Yellow; peduncles axillary, solitary, 
te. June. 
pedunculata Gong-peduncled)_ E white; calyx three to fur 
; limb of corolla a trifle}: Cape of Good Hope, 1823. Plant erect, half-hardy. 
i Epacridee. 
subula & 5 
alf-hardy. (B. M. 3273. 
Lysimachia—continued. 
h PA (strong-spiked).* jl. white, small, disposed in 
dense, erect, terminal, crowded racemes. “. lanceolate. China. 
Plant erect. (R. H., March, 1881.) 
L. capitata (headed). A synonym of L. thyrsiflora. 
L. ciliata (ciliated).* fl. light yellow; corolla longer than the 
calyx. July. J. lanceolate-ovate, Sin. to Ein. long, tapering to an 
acute panh rounded or heart-shaped at base, all on long and 
fringed petioles. Stem erect, 2ft. to 3ft. high. North America, 
1732. (Sy. En. B. 1143.) 
L. clethroides (Clethra-like).* fl. white, about gin. across, some- 
what star-shaped, disposed in one-sided spikes, nearly lft, in 
length. July to September. l., radical ones spathulate, cauline 
ones broadly lanceolate, Sin. to Sin. long, entire. h. 3ft. Japan, 
1869. Plant erect. . 
L. ephemerum (transient). fl. white, with a dark eye, rather 
small, in terminal, erect racemes. Summer. l. linear-lanceolate, 
glaucous. . 2ft. to 3ft. South-western Europe, 1750. Plant 
erect. (B. M. 2346.) 
L. hybrida (hybrid). A form of L. lanceolata. 
L. lanceolata (lance-shape-leaved). H. yellow, solitary, axillary, 
on slender, drooping peduncles ; petals slightly notched. Early 
summer. (. glabrous, linear or oblong-lanceolate. A. lft. to 14ft. 
North America. L. angustifolia, with a more branching habit 
and narrow leaves, and L. hybrida, with broader foliage, are 
forms. This species and its varieties are of erect habit. 
L. Leschenaultii (Leschenault’s). f. brilliant carmine, Autumn. 
L. lanceolate, acute, sometimes opposite or ternate, at others 
alternate. Stem branching, tufted. . 1ft. India. A half. hardy 
erect-growing species, but it does well in the rock-garden, in a 
sandy soil. (F. d. S. 982.) 
L. Nummularia (Moneywort).* Creeping Jenny; Moneywort. 
f. bright yellow, large, about lin. across, very showy, solitary, 
axillary, with broad sepals, ciliate petals, and glandular connate 
‘filaments. Summer and autumn. /. opposite, roundish, obtuse, 
glabrous. Europe (Britain). A common and handsome creeping 
plant, excellent for hanging baskets. (Sy. En. B. 1144.) 
L. nutans (nodding). j. dark purple, in terminal racemes ; lobes 
- of corolla spathulate, erosely denticulated. July and August. 
I. opposite or twin, lanceolate, a little serrated, glabrous. h. 2ft. 
(B. M. 4941.) 
L. punctata (spotted).* f. yellow; petals ovate, acute, glandular. 
July and — J. whorled, oblong-lanceolate, stalked. H. Ift. 
Europe and West Asia, 1820. Plant erect. (B. M. 2295, under 
name of L. verticillata.) f 
L. ora (thyrse-flowered). A. yellow, rather small, sed 
in dense axillary racemes. Summer. l. lanceolate, acute, entire, 
Sin. long, Zin. broad at the base. h. lft. to 2ft. Europe, &c. 
(Britain). Plant erect. This species thrives best treated as 
a sub-aquatic. Syns. L. capitata, Naumburgia thyrsijlora. 
(B. M. 2012; Sy. En. B. 1140.) 
L. verticillata (whorled). A synonym of L. punctata. ; 
vulgaris (common).* Common, or Yellow Loosestrife. f. 
yellow, in short, terminal, panicled cymes. Summer. J. © 
or whorled, ovate or lanceolate, acute, furnished with black 
glandular dots. Stems erect, branching. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Europe, 
&c. (Britain). (Sy. En. B. 1141.) 
LYSINEMA (from lysis, freeing, and nema, a fila- 
ment; in reference to the stamens being free). ORD. 
A genus of very pretty, greenhouse, ever - 
green, erect or prostrate shrubs. There are five species, 
all natives of Australia. Flowers white or pink, axillary, 
Solitary; corolla salver-shaped ; tube cylindrical. Leaves 
erect or spreading, linear-ovate or elliptic. The species 
described below is the only one introduced. For culture, 
see Epacris. : 
L. pungens (pungent), white, or rarely red, sessile in the 
pe ad axils. tg 1 . acing. stem- 
çiasping. R. 2ft. to Sit. New South Wales, &c., 1804. (B.M: 
1199, under name of Epacris pungens.) 
LYSIONOTUS (from lysis, loosening, freeing, and 
notos, the back; in reference to the capsule opening 
with elasticity from the dorsal suture). On D. Gesneracee. 
A genus comprising three (or perhaps four) species of 
glabrous or pubescent stove herbs, natives of the Hima- 
layas and China. Corolla purplish or pale violet; tube 
elongated ; cymes at the tops of the branches, or in the 
axils of the upper leaves, long or shortly pedunculate. 
Leaves ternate, verticillate, membranaceous or coria- 
ceous, toothed or entire. Stems or rhizomes creeping, 
sub-erect, simple or shrubby - branched. Probably the 
only species yet introduced is L. serrata. This thrives 
in a peat and loam soil. Propagated, in spring, by divi- 
Sons; or by seeds, sown in sandy soil, or on a hotbed. 
