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States, Brazil. An evergreen shrub, yielding scented 
oil. 
Lithospermum hirtum, Lehmann. — North Ameri- 
can Alkanna. <A showy, perennial herb; the root 
yields a red dye. 
Lithospermum canescens, Lehmann.—North Amer- 
ican Alkannet. This, as ‘the vernacular name indi- 
cates, offers also a dye-root. 
Lithospermum longiflorum, Sprengel. —North A mer- 
ica. A red pigment can also be extracted from the 
root of this species. 
Livistona Australis, Martius.—East Australia. Our 
own and only Palm-tree in Victoria, occurring in 
East Gipps Land (in the latitude of Melbourne), and 
there attaining a height of 80 feet. The young leaves 
can be plaited as a material for cabbage-tree hats. 
Livistona Chinensis, R. Brown.—South China and 
Japan. <A very decorative Fan-palm, hardy in our 
lowlands. 
Lolium perenne, L.*—Europe, North Africa, West- 
ern Asia. The perennial Rye-Grass, mentioned here 
for completeness’ sake. L. Italicum, Al. Br. the 
Italian Rye - Grass), seems to be only a variety. One 
of the most important of all pasture-grasses, also almost 
universally chosen for lawn-culture. It produces an 
abundance of seeds, which are readily collected, and 
easily vegetate. It arrives early to perfection. Nev- 
ertheless the produce and nutritive powers are con- 
siderably less than those of Dactylis glomerata, Alo- 
pecurus pratensis, and Festuca elatior ; but it pushes 
forward earlier than the last- mentioned grass, while 
the ripening of seeds is less defective than in Alope- 
curus. Nye-grass, though naturally living but a few 
