LITTONIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



LYCORIS 



her and placed in a greenhouse. The 

 root-stocks may be divided in spring, 

 when it is desired to increase the 

 number of plants. 



L. Plumieri, from Brazil, has oblong 

 bluntish leaves with three - sided 

 stalks, and from June to October 

 the yellow flowers are borne in 

 umbels on stems about 18 ins. high 

 (Sot. Mag. t. 2525). 



This species is more tender than 

 L. ffumboldti, and should therefore 

 be grown in a greenhouse to secure 

 the best results. 



LITTONIA (after Dr S. Litton, a pro- 

 fessor of Botany in Dublin). Nat. Ord. 

 Liliaceae. A genus containing only 

 two species, the best known being- 

 Li, modesta. A South African 



Fio. 248. Littonia modesta. 



tuberous-rooted plant with climbing 

 stems 2 to 4 ft. long, furnished with 

 lanceolate bright green stalkless 

 leaves, ending in a tendril like 

 Gloriosa. Flowers tulip-shaped, of 



a clear orange-yellow. (Rot. May. t. 

 4723.) The variety Keithi is more 

 vigorous and free-flowering than the 

 type (Garten/I, t. 1237). 



This plant may be grown in the same 

 way as Gloriosa, in a greenhouse in a 

 compost of rich and well - drained 

 sandy soil. 



LLOYDIA (after Mr Lloyd, a 

 botanist). Nat. Ord. Liliaceae. A 

 genus with one species closely related 

 to Calochortus. 



L. alpina (L. serotina). A pretty 

 little native bulbous plant from the 

 Snowdon range, and also found on 

 the Alps. It has scaly bulbs and 

 half-roundish leaves 6 to 10 ins. long, 

 and about June produces its white 

 or yellowish flowers, the segments of 

 which are veined outside with green 

 or purple. It flourishes in nooks in 

 the rockery in cool and partially 

 shaded spots in ordinary garden soil, 

 and may be increased by offsets in 

 autumn. 



LOWIA. Nat. Ord. Scitamineae. 

 The only species known is 



L. maxillarioides. A ginger-like 

 plant from the Malay Peninsula, 

 having tufts of two-ranked lance- 

 shaped leaves about 9 ins. long, and 

 loose short panicles of flowers in 

 which the three large purple sepals 

 and the odd green lip-like petal are 

 suggestive of an orchid (Maxillarid). 



This plant may be grown in the 

 same way as the Ksempferias which 



LYCORIS (the name of a woman in 

 Roman history). Nat. Ord. Amaryl- 

 lideae. A genus with about half a 

 dozen species of tunicated bulbous 

 plants having linear or strap-shaped 

 leaves, and numerous funnel-shaped 

 flowers with wavy segments, borne on 

 top of a stout scape. 



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