LOOKING-GLASS PLANT 514 



LORANTHUS 



L. tata'rica (Tartarian). 10. Pink. April. Russia. 



1752. 

 albiflo'ra (white-flowered). 10. White. May. 



Pyrenees. 1739. 

 grandibractea'ta (large- bracted). Seedling with 



large bracts. 1891. 



,, latifo'lia (broad- leaved). 10. Pink. April. 

 lu'tea (yellow- flowered). 10. Yellow. April. 

 ,, rubrifto'ra (red-flowered). 10. Red. April. 



Russia. 1752. 



sple'ndens (splendid). 1889. 

 thibe'tica (Tibetan). 3. Rose-tinted. Tibet. 1897. 

 tomente'lla (finely- felted). 10-12. White, tinted pink. 



Temperate Himalaya. 1849. 



tragophy'lla. (goat- leaved). 10. Golden- yellow, be- 

 coming reddish. Central China. 1908. Twiner. 

 translu' ccns (translucent). 3-4. Yellow. Himalaya. 



1889. 

 utahe'nsis (Utah). 3-5. Greenish-yellow. Utah. 



1907. 



,, villo'sa (shaggy). See L. HIRSUTA. 

 webbia'na (webbian). See L. ALPIGENA. 

 Xylo'steum (fly). 8. Yellow. June. England. 

 leucoca'rpum (white-berried). 8. Yellow. June. 



Britain. 

 tnelanoca'rpum (black-berried). 8. Yellow. June. 



Britain. 

 xanthoca'rpum (yellow-berried). 8. Yellow. June. 



Britain. 



LOOKING-GLASS PLANT. Heritie'ra. 

 LOOSESTRIFE. Lysima'chia and Ly'thrum. 



LOPE ZIA. (Named after / . Lopez, a Spanish botanist . 

 Nat. ord. Onagrads [Onagraceae]. Linn. i-Monandria, 

 i-Monogynia. Allied to Circaea.) 



Annuals, from Mexico, all of which thrive the better 

 if sown on a light hotbed in the middle of March, and 

 are transplanted in the middle of May ; light soil. 



L. corda'ta (heart-leaved), ij. Purple. August. 1821. 

 corona'ta (coroneted). if. Red. August. 1805. 

 Galeo'ttii (Galeott's). Red. Mexico. 

 grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 2-3. Carmine-rose. 



Mexico. 1879. 



,, hirsu'ta (hairy), ij. Red. August. 1796. 

 linea'ta (streaked-teat^). 3. Rose. February. 1839. 

 macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 2. Red. Guatemala. 



Greenhouse. 



mexica'na (Mexican). See L. RACEMOSA. 

 minia'ta (vermilion). 2. Red, rose, violet. Mexico ; 



Guatemala. 1907. Greenhouse. Shrub. 

 pu'mila (dwarf). $. Red. August. 1824. 

 ,, racemo'sa (racemed). ij. Red. August. 1792. 



LOPHA'NTHUS. (From lophos, a crest, and anthos, a 

 flower ; referring to the middle lobe of the flower. Nat. 

 ord. Labiates, or Lipworts [Labiatae]. Linn. i^-Didy- 

 namia, i-Gymnospermia. Allied to Mentha.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials, from North America, 

 except one. Seeds sown in April ; cuttings of the young 

 shoots at the same time, in a shady place, in sandy soil, 

 under a hand-light ; division of the plant in spring ; 

 good garden soil. 



L. anisa'tus (anise-scented). 3. Blue. July. 1826. 

 chine'nsis (Chinese). i. Purple. Northern Asia. 

 nepetoi'des (Nepeta-like). 5. Yellow, white. July. 



1692. 

 scrophulari(efo'lius(G.g\vort-leiived). 5. Pink. July. 



1800. 

 urticcefo'lius (nettle- leaved). 2. Blue. July. 1826. 



LO'PHIOLA. (A diminutive of lophos, a crest; re- 

 ferring to the crested sepals, or flower-leaves. Nat. ord. 

 Haemadoraceae. Linn. 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Anigozanthos.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division of the roots 

 in autumn or spring ; peaty soil, in a damp, shady 

 situation. 



L. au'rea (golden-flowered). i. Yellow. June. N. 

 Amer. 1811. 



LOPHI'RA. (From lophos, a crest ; referring to two 

 of the sepals finally expanding into crested wings. Nat. 

 ofd. Dip terocar pads [Dipterocarpacea?]. Lum. iz-Ico- 

 sandria, i-Monogynia.) 



This is the Scrubby Oak of Sierra Leone, a handsome 

 tree, with panicled yellow flowers. Endlicher founded 

 the order on it because it is "allied to nothing yet known." 

 A tropical evergreen shrub ; cuttings of firm young 

 wood m sand, under a bell-glass, and in a sweet bottom- 

 heat ; sandy loam and fibrous peat. Summer temp., 

 60 to 90 ; winter, 50 to 60. 



L. africa'na (African). See L. ALATA. 

 ala'ta (winged). 10. Yellow. June. Sierra Leone. 



1822. 



LOPHO'LEPIS PILOSELLOI'DES. See POLYPODIUM 



PILOSELLOIDES. 



LOPHOSO'BUS PRUINA'TA (frosted). See ALSOPHILA 



PRUINATA. 



LOPHOSPE'RMUM. ( From lophos, a crest, and sperma, 

 a seed ; the seeds are furnished with a crested wing. 

 Nat. ord. Figworts [Scrophulariaceae]. Linn. i4-Didy~ 

 namia, i-Gymnospermia. Mostly now referred to 

 Maurandia.) 

 L. a'tro-sangui'neum (dark-bloody). See RHODOCHITON 



VOLUBILE. 



erube'scens (blushing). See MAURANDIA ERUBESCENS. 

 sca'ndens (climbing) of D. Don. See MAURANDIA 



SCANDENS. 

 sca'ndens (climbing) of Sweet. See MAURANDIA 



ERUBESCENS. 



LOPHY'RUS. PineSawfly. The caterpillars of LopTiy 

 rus Pint sometimes do a great deal of damage to young 

 woods of Scotch Fir, by eating the leaves and bark 

 of the young shoots. The sawflies make their ap- 

 pearance early in the summer, and the females lay 

 their eggs in the leaves by cutting a slit, laying a few 

 eggs and covering them with resinous matter. The 

 caterpillars hatch in three weeks and proceed to devour 

 the leaves, on which they feed for eight weeks. When 

 full fed they form cocoons in crevices of the bark, and 

 amongst moss and leaves beneath the trees. The cater- 

 pillars hibernate in the cocoons, but ultimately pupate 

 and again attain the winged state early in summer. 

 The easiest remedy is to rake up the leaves and moss 

 beneath the trees in winter, and burn the same to destroy 

 the cocoons, with the caterpillars in them. They are 

 often found in enormous numbers amongst the fallen 

 pine needles. Another species, L. rufus, has also been 

 known to attack Scotch Firs. The winged insect 

 appears in August, but similar remedies would apply to 

 both. On young trees the caterpillars may be squeezed 

 in the hand, wearing gloves, or they may be sprinkled 

 with naphtha. 



LOPI'MIA MALACOPHY'LLA. See PAVONIA VELUTINA. 



LOQUAT, or JAPAN QUINCE. (Eriobo'trya japo'nica.) 

 It ripens its fruit with a moderate amount of heat in 

 this country. Some varieties are said to succeed on the 

 open wall ; but it must be in such mild localities as the 

 warmer parts of Devon or Cornwall. The temperature 

 of the peach-house or what is sometimes called the 

 intermediate-house will, however, suit it ; and as to 

 wintering, it requires little more than the exclusion of 

 frost. As the growth of this, for dessert purposes, has 

 never been, as far as we are aware, systemised in this 

 country, we can only offer a few general hints as to its 

 culture. It has been affirmed that it succeeds best 

 grafted on the quince, and it is very probable ; for it 

 belongs to the same natural order, Appleworts, in ad- 

 dition to which, individuals from the genera Pyrus, 

 Amelanchier, Mespilus, and even the Photi'nia serrula'ta, 

 being itself an evergreen, present most likely stocks. 



Grafting is recommended, in order to check its exces- 

 sively robust character ; for in its natural growth it 

 would be too coarse for ordinary hothouses. Grafting, 

 therefore, or any of the expedients resorted to in pear 

 culture, may be had recourse to. It may be readily 

 propagated from seed, and doubtless by cuttings, and 

 will grow in any ordinary soil. We would, however, 

 use no manurial matters, but simply peat and strong 

 loam, the latter predominating. 



LORA'NTHUS. (From lorum, a thong, and anthos, a 

 flower, in allusion to the leathery leaves. Nat. ord. 

 Loranthaceas.) 



