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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Lselia continued. 



L. virens (green). This species is something like L. cinnabarinri, 

 but has greenish-yellow sepals and petals, and a narrow, three- 

 lobed, white lip. 1879. 



L. Wallisii (Wallis's).* fl. of a charming rosy-blush colour ; lip 

 finely marked with yellow. Rio Negro, 1866. A remarkably 

 beautiful epiphyte, with the aspect of Cattleya bulbosa. 



It. Wyattiana (Wyatt's). fl., petals white, very acute ; lip almost 

 rhomboid ; nervings of disk dark purple ; side lobes light yellow 

 outside ; anterior lobe fine light purple. A lovely hybrid. 



. (yellow-flowered).* /. of a clear golden-yellow, from 



2in. to Sin. across ; lip whitish, with orange streaks on the disk ; 

 scapes erect, five to seven-flo \\ered. Summer. I. solitary or in 

 tubes. Pseudo-bulbs clavate, 9hi. to 12in. high. Brazil, 1859. 

 (B. M. 5144.) 



L2EIiIOFSIS (from Lcelin, and opsis, resemblance ; 

 on account of the similarity between the two genera). 

 ORD. Orchideos. A genus of three or four species of 

 stove epiphytal Orchids, from the West Indies. Lceliopsis 

 was founded by Lindley on the plant described below ; in 

 his own words, it is " a Cattleya in all respects, except 

 that the flowers are membranous, and the veins of the 

 lip bearded." For culture, see Cattleya. 

 L. domlngensis (St. Domingo). /. gay lilac, a little veined 

 with yellow in the middle of the lip ; lip two-lobed, with its 



Lagascea continued. 



A genus comprising about seven species of rather rigid 

 stove shrubs or herbs, natives of Mexico and Central 

 America. Flower - heads doubly compound, solitary, or 

 in leafy, crowded, corymbose panicles ; each floret having 

 a slender, tubular, white, yellow, or red corolla. Leaves 

 opposite, or the upper ones alternate, entire or toothed. 

 The species are not particularly valuable for horticul- 

 tural purposes. For culture, see Dysodia. 



\latifolia (broad-leaved), fl.-heads white, fragrant, terminal ; 

 racts six to eight ; florets five-toothed, woolly outside. June. 

 I. opposite, sessile, more or less clasping the stem at the base, 

 oblong or elliptical, taper-pointed. h, 10ft to 12ft. Mexico. 

 Shrub. (S. B. F. G. 215, under name of Kocca latifolia.) 

 L. mollis (soft), fl.-heads white ; involucre five-leaved. August 

 and September. I. petiolate, ovate, acuminate, sub-serrate, some- 

 tunes quite entire. Cuba. Plant velvety. Annual. (B. M. 1804.) 



IiAGENARIA (from lagena, a flask ; in allusion to 

 the usual form of the fruit). Bottle Gourd. ORD. Cucur- 

 bitacece. A monotypic genus, the species being a hardy, 

 musky, pubescent annual. For culture, see Gourds. 

 L. vulgaris (common).* /?. white, large, monoecious, rarely dioe- 

 cious, stellate, fascicled. August, fr. shaped like a bottle, when 

 ripe of a pale yellow colour, sometimes growing 6ft. in length, 



FIG. 371. FLOWERING BRANCH (1, Female Flower ; 2, Male Flower) AND FRUIT OF LAGENAKIA VULGARIS. 



divisions wavy, denticulate, recurved ; scape slender, naked, 

 bearing about eight flowers. I. oblong, coriaceous, obtuse. 

 Pseudo-bulbs two-leaved. 1851. (L. & P. F. G.iii. 105.) 

 LJ&VTGATE. Having the appearance of being 

 polished, as many seeds. 



LAPOENSIA (named after the Duke of Lafoens, 

 1719-1806, once President of the Lisbon Academy of 

 Science). SYN. Calyplectus. ORD. Lythrariece. A small 

 genus (about six or eight species have been described) of 

 glabrous stove trees or shrubs, natives of Brazil and New 

 Grenada. Flowers large, solitary and axillary, or often 

 in short terminal panicles. Leaves opposite, oblong or 

 obovate, acute or obtuse, entire, shining, glandular at the 

 apex. Only one species has been introduced into this 

 country. For culture, see Lagerstromia. 

 L. microphylla (small-leaved). /. reddish-brown, showy, large. 

 I. elliptic, leathery, shortly stalked. Brazil, 1847. 



LAGASCA. See Lagascea. 



LAGASCEA (named after M. Lagasca, a Spanish 

 botanist and professor at Madrid, who died in 1839). 

 Sometimes spelt Lagasca. SYN. Noccosa. ORD. Composites. 



with a roundish bottom and a neck; probably poisonous. I. cordate, 

 nearly entire, biglandular at the base, pilose. Asia and tropical 

 Africa, 1597 (now cultivated in most tropical countries). See 

 Fig. 371. There are numerous varieties, differing principally in 

 the shape of the fruit. 



LAGENOFHORA (from lagenos, a flask, and pherein, 

 to bear; referring to the flask-like involucres). SYNS. 

 Ixauclienus and Microcalia. ORD. Composites. A genus 

 comprising about a dozen species of small, Daisy-like, 

 greenhouse herbaceous plants, inhabiting New Zealand 

 and Australia. They are distinguished from Bellis in the 

 achenes being narrowed into a beak at the top. Flower- 

 heads small, solitary, on slender scapes ; ray-florets white 

 or pale blue, numerous, spreading ; disk-florets yellow, 

 tubular. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, entire. Lageno- 

 phoras thrive best in a light soil. Propagation may be 

 effected by divisions, in spring. The species are seldom 

 seen under cultivation. 



L. Billardleri (Billardiere's). fl.-heads, involucre iin. in diameter ; 

 ray-florets blue, ligulate, exceeding the involucre ; scapes slender, 

 simple, 2in. to nearly 12in. long. Summer. L from obovate to 

 cuneate-oblong, obtuse, irregularly toothed, or shortly lobed, 



