LEUCOJUM 



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LEWISIA 



Fig 224. — Levtojum pvlchellvm. 



S. Europe and W. Africa, with 

 thread-like leaves, and white flowers 

 in April (Bot. Beg. t. 544). The 

 variety grandiflorum has somewhat 

 larger flowers {Red. Lil. t. 217), 



L. vemum.— The best of the genus, 

 native of Central and Southern 

 Europe, and now naturalised in parts 

 of Dorset. It has round green- 

 skinned bulbs about 1 in. through, 

 and strap-shaped leaves 6 to 9 ins. 

 long and about i in, broad. The 

 sweet-scented flowers, pure white 

 tipped with green, appear in March 

 and April. {Bot. Mag. t. 46.) The 

 variety hiflorum or Yagneri, has 

 more than one flower on a scape, and 

 often produces its blossoms as early 

 as Januarj' and Februarj'. {Gard. 

 Chron. 1908, xliii. 131.) In the 

 variety carjxiticum the white seg- 

 ments are tipped with yellow instead 

 of green. {Bot. Mag. t. 1993.) 



LKWISIA (after Capt. Leu'is, the 

 traveller). Xat. Ord. Portulaceae. 

 L. rediviva {Spatlum). — ^A pretty 



Fjg. 22G.— Ieu-i*ia rediviva. 



North American jjlant 1 to 3 ins. 

 Fio. 225.-L«u<:ojum vcmum carpaxicum. (J.) high, with edible, tapering, fleshy, 



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