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Lelia—continued. 
L. Russelliana (Russell’s). 
L. Schilleriana (Schiller’s). 
L. Schrcoederii (Baron von Schreeder’s). 
purata. 
L. Sedeni (Seden’s). 7. fin. to 5in. in diameter ; sepals and petals 
bright rose-purple ; side lobes of the lip pale purple, bordered 
with magenta-purple, the middle lobe deep, velvety magenta- 
purple; column white, stained with purple; peduncles many- 
flowered. A hybrid between Cattleya superba and L, elegans. 
L, Stelzneriana (Stelzner’s). A variety of L. elegans. 
L. timora (timorous). /. about the same size and shape as those 
of L. pumila prestans, but the petals and lip are more wavy, the 
colour of the sepals and petals is lighter, being of a delicate 
rosy-lilac; the sepals are oblong, acute; the petals more than 
twice as broad, undulated; lip purple, with a sulphur-white 
mark. 1887. A hybrid betwen L. pumila Dayana and Cattleya 
Luddemanniana. 
L. Tresederiana (J. S. Treseder’s). ., sepals and petals rose, 
shaped as in L. crispa, but the petals less wavy ; lip deep rose, 
cordate at the very base, expanded, trilobed, the side lobes 
margined white, the disk yellow; column white. J. two, 5in. to 
6in. long, 2in. broad, cuneate-oblong. Hybrid. 
L. triophthalma (three-eyed). fl. 4in. to 5in. in diameter ; sepals 
and petals rose-purple, much paler at base ; side lobes of the lip 
white, obliquely streaked with purple, the middle lobe rich ame- 
thyst-purple, with a narrow, white margin, and a yellow disk, 
crossed transversely by a purple streak, the basal division similarly 
crossed longitudinally, giving the disk a tripartite appearance 
which suggested the name. A hybrid between Cattleya superba 
and L. exoniensis. SYN. Cattleya triophthalma. 
L. Warneri (Warner's). A synonym of L. elegans Schilleriana. 
LZELIO-CATTLEYA BELLA. 
Lelia bella (which see). 
LANDOLPHIA. To the species described on p. 232, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
L. florida (flowery), Indiarubber-tree of Tropical Africa. 
jl. white, orange-stained towards the centre, scented, shortly 
pedicellate ; calyx small; corolla tube straw-yellow, lin. long, 
the lobes lin. long, linear-oblong, obtuse; cymes pedunculate, 
many-flowered. June. J. ample, shortly petiolate, ovate-oblong, 
obtuse or acute, entire, rounded or sub-cordate at base, with six 
to eight nerves on either side the midrib. Tropical Africa, 1878. 
(B. M. 6963.) 
LAPEYROUSIA. To the species described on 
p. 235, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
L. grandiflora (large-flowered). #., perianth tube lin. long; 
limb bright scarlet, 2in. in diameter, the segments oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate; spikes lax, four to ten-flowered; peduncle 
(including the inflorescence) 1ft. long. October. 1., produced 
ones six to eight in a distichous, nearly basal rosette, linear, 
6in. to 12in. long. Eastern tropical Africa, 1883. (B. M. 6924.) 
LASIA (from lasios, rough; in allusion to the prickly 
surface). Orp. Aroidew (Aracew). A monotypic genus. 
The species is a robust, marsh-loving, stove herb, requiring 
similar culture to Anthurium (which see, on p. 85, 
Vol. I.). 
L, heterophylla (variable-leaved). A synonym of L. spinosa. 
L. spinosa (spiny). /., spathe 6in. to 1l0in. long, the tube 
ljin. to 2in. long, the blade very long, narrow, convolute above ; 
spadix cylindrical, obtuse, jin. to 1jin. long, when fruiting 24in. 
to 3}in. long ; peduncle 8in. tol2in. long. J. very variable, hastate 
when young, when old more or less deeply pedate-pinnatipartite, 
8in. to 12in. long and broad, the lateral partitions two or three, 
linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, 
narrowed towards the base; petioles 8in. to 20in. long. Caudex 
ljin. thick, more or less densely prickly. India. Syn. L. hetero- 
i Cyrtosperma Martveiefianum is probably identical with 
this. 
LATHYRUS. To the species described on pp. 237-8, 
Vol. IL., the following should now be added: 
L. azureus (azure-blue). This plant (referred to in F. & P. 1881, 
e aon identical with the old L. sativus, described on p. 238, 
ol, 
L. Davidii (David's). #., corolla yellowish-white, at length 
ochreous; peduncles many-flowered, ultimately exceeding the 
leaves. /r., pods narrow-linear. Jl. three or four-jugate ; leaflets 
oval, rhomboid-oval, or oval-oblong, obtuse at both ends or 
slightly acute at apex; stipules semi-cordate or semi-sagittate. 
een China, 1883. A tall, highly glabrous perennial. 
L. splendens (splendid). /. scarlet-purple, large, arranged in 
clusters of from ten to twelve; keel almost lin. long. Lower 
California. 
A variety of L. purpurata. 
A variety of L. elegans. 
A variety of DL, pur- 
A synonym of 
LAYIA. To the species described on p. 244, Vol. IL., 
the following should now be added: 
L. elegans (elegant). _/1.-/ieads numerous, 14in, across ; ray florets 
yellow on the basal half, white above; disk yellow. /., lower 
ones pinnatifid; cauline ones narrow-lanceolate, sub-amplexi- 
caul. Stems much-branched, reddish, pubescent. 1883. A 
dwarf, but very showy and floriferous annual. 
L. glandulosa (glandular). .-heads solitary, lin. in diameter ; 
ray florets white, flat, broadly obovate, three-lobed at apex; 
disk yellow, small. Summer. J. alternate, linear, obtuse, lin. 
to ltin. long. 1886. A beautiful, glandular-hairy annual, 
branching from the base. (B. M. 6856.) 
LEEA. To the species described on p. 247, Vol. II., 
the following variety should now be added: 
L. amabilis splendens (splendid). A lovely variety, having 
the stems, petioles, midrib, and under surface of the leaves 
coloured red. Borneo, 1884. (1. H. 518.) 
LEONTICE. To the species described on p. 249, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added : 
L. Alberti (Albert Regel’s). #7. ochreous, streaked reddish- 
brown at back, nearly lin. across; raceme conical. April. 
l., fully-formed ones on petioles 4in. to Sin. long, sub-digitately 
five-partite, the leaflets rather fleshy, elliptic, obtuse; stipules 
tin. long. Stems several, very stout, each giving off two radical, 
undeveloped leaves (which fully develop long atter the flowering 
period), and a stout flower-stem 6in. to Bi . high. Western 
Turkestan, 1886. Half-hardy. (B. M. 6900; R. G. 1057, f. 2.) 
LEPIRONIA (in part). Synonymous with Mapania 
(which see). 
LEPTACTINA. See Leptactinia. 
LEPTACTINIA (from leptos, slender, and aktin, a 
ray; in allusion to the circle of narrow lobes in the limb 
of the corolla). Sometimes spelt Leptactina. Orv. 
Rubiacee. A genus comprising four species of stove 
shrubs, natives of tropical Africa. Flowers conspicuous, 
fascicled at the tips of the branchlets, sessile or shortly 
pedicellate; calyx five-parted; corolla tube elongated, 
silky, the limb of five spreading, narrow-oblong or lanceo- 
late lobes; stamens five; fascicles sessile or pedunculate. 
Leaves opposite, rather large, shortly petiolate, elliptic, 
obovate-oblong, or lanceolate, membranous; stipules ample, 
connate at base. Branchlets terete. L. tetraloba is the 
only species in cultivation. It thrives in well-drained, 
fibrous loam, and may be increased by cuttings. 
L. tetraloba (four-lobed). ji. solitary, sessile, terminal; calyx 
tin. long; corolla white, minutely papillose outside, the tube 
ltin. long, the lobes jin. long, with alternating coronal 
appendages one line long. 7. 24in. to Tin. long, jin. to fin. 
broad, oblanceolate, cuneately narrowed to the rather acute 
base; petioles two to nine lines long. Usagara Mountains, 1885, 
A neat little, bushy shrub. 
LEPTANTHE. A synonym of Macrotomia (which 
see). 
LEPTOSPERMUM. Ineluding Glaphyria. To the 
species described on p. 252, Vol. II., the following should 
now be added : 
L. Annz (Mrs. Anna Schadenberg’s). (. white, with red sta- 
mens, small, axillary and terminal, solitary or two or three 
together. J. lanceolate, sin. to jin. long, ascending. Branches 
slender, ascending. Mindanao, 1885. (R. G. 1184.) 
LESCHENAULTIA. To the species described on 
p. 253, Vol. II., the following should now be acded: 
L. formosa major (greater). /. dark orange-red, numerous, 
pendulous; peduncles jin. long. J. closely set, linear, 1886, 
A free-flowering shrub. (R. H. 1886, p. 468.) 
LESPEDEZA. ‘To the species described on p. 253, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
L. macrocarpa (large-fruited). . purple, small, numerous, 
disposed in racemes, produced during several months. l. tri- 
foliolate. North China, 1883. A hardy, ornamental shrub. 
LEUCOIUM. Perianth broadly campanulate; tube 
none; segments sub-equal, ovate or oblong, connate 
towards the base. To the species described on p. 257, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added : 
L. hyemale (wintry). j., perianth white, the segments oblong, 
imbricated, }in. long, tinged green at back, the three inner 
shorter and more obtuse than the outer; peduncle slender, erect, 
one or two-flowered. Spring. J. two to four, contemporary with 
