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pillar may be killed by pushing a wire into its burrow, 

 or pouring some paraffin into it. 



LEOPARD'S BANE. Doro'nicum. 



LEOPOLDI'NIA. (Named after the late Empress of 

 Brazil. Nat. ord. Palms [Palmaceae]. Linn. 2i-Moncecia, 

 6-Hexandria.) 

 L. pu'lchra (beautiful) of gardens. See Cocos WEDDEL- 



LIANA. 



LEPA'CHYS. (From lepis, a scale, and achuron, a heap 

 of chaff ; in allusion to the chaffy scales of the receptacle. 

 Nat. ord. Composite.) 



Hardy perennial herbs, closely allied to Rudbeckia 

 and Echinacea. Divisions in autumn or spring. Ordi- 

 nary soil. 



L. columna'ris (columnar). 3. Yellow. July to Sep- 

 tember. N.W. Amer. 1811. 

 ,, pulche'rrima (fairest). 3. Reddish-yellow. July 



to September. 1835. 



pinna' ta (pinnate). 3. Yellow. July. N. Amer. 

 1803. 



LEPA'NTHES. (Derived from lepis, a scale, and anthos, 

 a flower ; in allusion to the elegant, two-ranked, numerous 

 bracts. Nat. ord. Orchidaceae. Allied to Restrepia.) 



Stove Orchids. Offsets. Fibrous peat and sphagnum 

 in pots well drained with crocks. 

 L. calodi'ctyon (beautiful net). J. Leaves netted with 



brown veins. Ecuador. 

 sangui'nea (blood-red). J. Rosy-red. Jamaica. 



1844. 



,, tridenta'ta (three- toothed). \. Purple, yellow. 

 Jamaica. 1835. 



LEPECHI'NIA. (Named after Lepechin, a Russian 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Labiates or Lipworts [Labiatae]. 

 Linn. i^-Didynamia, i-Gymnospermia. Allied to Spha- 

 cele.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous perennial. Division of the 

 plant in spring, and cuttings of young shoots in sandy 

 soil, under a hand-light, in spring and summer ; loam 

 and a little peat. Spica'ta requires a little protection 

 in winter. 

 L. clinopodiifo'lia (Clinopodium- leaved) . See MENTHA 



DAHURICA. 



spica'ta (spiked), i. Pale yellow. July. Mexico. 

 1800. 



LEPERIZA EUCROSIOIDES. See STRICKLANDIA 



EUCROSIOIDES. 



LEPERIZA LATIFO LIA. See URCEOLINA LATIFOLIA. 

 LEPICY'STIS INCA NA. See POLYPODIUM JNCANUM. 

 LEPICY'STIS SEPU'LTA. See POLYPODIUM LEPIDOP- 



TERIS SEPULTUM. 



LEPICY'STIS SQUAMA'TA. See POLYPODIUM SQUAMA- 



LEPIDA'GATHIS. (From lepis, a scale, and agathis, 

 a ball ; referring to the bracts. Nat. ord. Acanthads 

 [Acanthaceae]. Linn. i^Didynamia, 2-Angiospermia. 

 Allied to Geissomeria.) 



Stove evergreen. Cuttings of young shoots, getting a 

 little firm, in May, in sandy soil, in bottom-heat ; fibrous, 

 sandy loam, and a little peat and leaf-mould. Summer 

 temp'., 60 to 80 ; winter, 45 to 58. 

 L. crista'ta (crested). 2. E. Ind. 1820. 

 Pobegu'ini (Pobeguin's). J-. Dark purple. Upper 

 Guinea. 1905. 



LEPI'DIUM. (From lepidion, a scale ; in allusion to 

 the form of the pods. Nat- ord. Cruciferae.) 



Hardy annual and perennial herbs, few of which are 

 cultivated. L. sativum is the garden Cress. See CRESS 

 AND MUSTARD. Seeds ; divisions of the perennials. 

 Ordinary soil. 



L. flexicau'le (flexuous-stemmed). J. Foliage orna- 

 mental. New Zealand. 1898. 

 sativum (cultivated), i. White. June. Orient. 



1548. " Common Cress." 



virgi'nicum (Virginian), i. White. June. N. Amer. 

 1836. 



LEPIDO PTERA. (From lepis, a scale, and pteron, a 

 wing.) A large class of scale- winged insects, including 

 the butterflies and moths. The former are distinguished 

 by their club-shaped antennae. The moths have the 

 antennae narrowed to a point, and the base is often 

 plumy. The larvae are caterpillars, and many of them 

 are destructive to garden plants, the injurious moths 

 being by far the more numerous. 



LEPEDOSTE'MON PENTSTEMONOI'DES. See PENT- 



STEMON ANTIRRHINOIDES. 



LEPIpO'TRICHTJM. (From lepidus, pleasing or neat, 

 and thrix, thrichos, hair. Nat. ord. Crucifera.) 



A prostrate, widely spreading, perennial, hardy herb. 

 Cuttings in sand under a hand-light in summer. 

 Ordinary soil. 



L. uechtritsia'num (Uechtritzian). J. White. Bulgaria. 

 1896. 



LEPIDOZA'MIA. See MACROZAMIA. 



LEPI'SMTUM. (From lepis, a scale ; referring to the 

 small scales at the crenatures. Nat. ord. Indian Figs 

 [Cactaceae]. Linn. iz-Icosandria, i-Monogynui. Now 

 referred to Rhipsalis.) 

 L. caverno'sum (cavernous). See RHIPSALIS CAVERNOSA. 



,, commu'ne (common). See RHIPSALIS MITTLERI. 



,, dissi'mile (dissimilar). See RHIPSALIS DISSIMILIS. 



,, Myosu'rus (mouse- tail-like). See RHIPSALIS MYOSURUS. 



,, parado'xum (paradoxical). See RHIPSALIS PARADOXA. 



LEPTA'CTINA. (From leptos, slender, and aktin, a 

 ray ; in allusion to the bristles at the base and inside 

 the calyx. Nat. ord. Rubiaceae.) 



Evergreen stove shrubs. Cuttings in sand in a close 

 case, with bottom-heat. Fibrous loam, peat, and sand. 

 L. Ma'nnii (Mann's). 6. White. W. Trop. Africa. 

 tetra'loba (four-lobed). 3. White. E. Trop. Africa. 

 1885. 



LEPTA'NDRA. See VERO'XICA. 



LEPTA'NTHTTS. (From leptos, slender, and anthos, a 

 flower. Nat. ord. Pontederads [Pontederace*]. Linn. 

 3-Triandria, i-Monogynia. See HETERANTHERA.) 

 L. grami'ntus (grassy), i. Yellow. July. N. Amer. 



1823. This is Heteranthera graminea. 

 limo'sa (muddy). See HETERANTHERA LIMOSA. 

 renifo'rmis (kidney-shaped). See HETERANTHERA 



RENIFORMIS. 



LEPTARRHE'NA. (From leptos, slender, and arren, 

 a male. Nat. ord. Saxifragaceaj.) 



Hardy perennial herb. Divisions. Ordinary soil. 

 L. amplexifo'lia (clasping-leaved). i-ij. White. May. 



Arctic Amer. 1827. 

 pyrolifo'lia (Pyrola-leaved). See L. AMPLEXIFOLIA. 



LEPTINE'LLA DIOI'CA. See COTULA DIOICA. 

 LEPTINE'LLA LANA'TA. See COTULA LANATA. 

 LEPTINE LLA PLUMO'SA. See COTULA PLUMOSA. 

 LEPTOCA'LLIS. See IPOMCEA. 



LEPTOCA RPHA. (From leptos, slender, and karphos, 

 a dried twig. Nat. ord. Compositae.) 



A subshrubby plant, related to Helianthus, and re- 

 quiring a greenhouse in winter. Cuttings in sand, under 

 a bell-glass. Loam, leaf-mould, and sand. 

 L. rivula'ris (brook- loving). 1-2. Yellow. Chili and 

 Peru. 1903. 



LEPTO'CERAS. (From leptos, slender, and her as, a 

 horn ; referring to the form and substance of the column. 

 Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn. 2o-Gynandria, 

 i-Monandria. Now referred to Caladenia, which see.) 

 L. fimbria'ia. (fringed). See CALADEXIA FIMBRIATA. 



,, oblo'nga (oblong). See CALADENIA MENZIESII. 



,, pectinz'ta (comb-like). See CALADENIA FIMBRIATA. 



LEPTOCHTLUS AXILLA'RIS. See ACROSTICHUM 



NICOTIAN^EFOLIUM. 



LEPTOCffl'LUS DECU'KRENS. See ACROSTICHUM 



DECURRENS. 



