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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Lathyrus continued. 



L. marltlmns callfornlons (sea-loving, Californian). /. purple, 

 elegantly veined, large ; peduncles many-flowered, about equal 

 in length to the leaves. July to September. I. glaucous, with 

 four or five pairs of ovate-oblong, glabrous, mucronulate 

 leaflets ; tendrils three-parted ; stipules semi-sagittate. Steins 

 tetragonal, glabrous. North California, 1826. Perennial 

 climber. (B. R. 1144, under name of L. californicus.) 



It. Nissolia (Ni.ssolia). /. of a beautiful crimson, variegated with 

 purple and white, solitary, on long peduncles ; peduncles articu- 

 lated at the apex, and downy on the upper part, where they bear 

 two little awl-shaped bracts. May and June. I., petioles dilated, 

 foliaceous, grass-like ; stipules small, subulate, usually wanting. 

 Stem erect A. 6in. to 12in. Europe, &c. (Britain). Hardy 

 annual. (Sy. En. B. 398.) 



L. odoratns (sweet-scented).* Sweet Pea. fl. of .various colours, 

 fragrant ; peduncles two or three-flowered, much longer than the 

 leaves. Summer. L, leaflets ovate, mucronulate ; stipules semi- 

 sagittate, lanceolate. Steins winged. Sicily, &c., 1700. Hardy 

 annual climber. The Sweet Pea is so generally known, and so 

 deservedly popular, that it needs no eulogy here. See Fig. 376. 

 (B. M. 60.) The varieties are numerous, and include the follow- 

 ing : BUTTERFLY ; FAIRY QUEEN ; SCARLET, BLACK, and STRIPED 

 INVINCIBLE ; PAINTED LADY ; PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA; and VIOLET 

 QUEEN. 



L. palustris (marsh), ft. variegated with blue and purple; 

 peduncles three to five-flowered, hardly longer than the leaves. 

 Summer. I. with two or three pairs of oblong, mucronulate leaf- 

 lets ; petioles subulate ; tendrils bifid or trifid ; stipules semi- 

 sagittate, small. Stems winged, rather erect. Northern hemisphere 

 (Britain). Perennial climber. A distinct and pretty bog plant. 

 (Sy. En. B. 404.) 



L. pratensis (meadow), fl. yellow ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 twice the length of the leaves. Summer. I. with one pair of 

 oblong-linear or lanceolate leaflets ; tendrils usually simple ; 

 stipules sagittate-ovate. Europe (Britain). Hardy perennial 

 climber. (Sy. En. B. 400.) 



L. roseus (rose-coloured).* /. beautiful rose-coloured ; peduncles 

 filiform, longer than the leaves. Summer. I. with one pair of 

 ovate-roundish leaflets ; tendrils very short ; stipules small, sub- 

 ulate. Stem slender, not winged. Iberia, 1822. Hardy herba- 

 ceous climber. 



L. rotundifolius (round-leaved).* fl. rose-coloured ; peduncles 

 many-flowered, longer than the leaves. May to July. I. with 

 one pair of ovate-roundish leaflets ; stipules semi-sagittate, or 

 little toothed. Stems winged, branched. Tauria, 1822. Hardy 

 perennial climber. (B. M. 6522.) 



L. sativns (cultivated). Chickling Vetch, fl. white ; peduncles 

 one-flowered, longer than the petioles, bracteolate and articulated 

 at the apex. June and July. L, leaflets linear-oblong; tendrils 

 trifld; stipules semi-sagittate, ovate, ciliated. Steins winged. 

 South Europe, 1&30. Hardy climbing annual. (B. M. 115.) 



FIG. 377. PORTION OF FLOWERING STEM OP LATHYRUS 

 SYLVESTRIS. 



. sylvestrls (wood), fl. red, variegated with pale crimson, 

 violet, and tints of green ; wings violet ; peduncles three to eight- 

 flowered, length of leaves. July to September. I. with one pair 

 of lanceolate, attenuated, coriaceous leaflets; stipules very 



Lathyrus continued. 



narrow. Stems winged. Europe, *c. (Britain). Perennial 

 climber. See Fig. 377. (Sy. En. B. 402.) 



L. s. platyphyllus (broad-leaved).* Everlasting Pea. fl. rose- 

 coloured, large; peduncles many-flowered, longer than the leaves. 

 August. I. with one pair of elliptic, mucronate leaflets ; stipules 

 broad, ovate. Stems winged. Europe, &c. A well-known and 

 very desirable hardy climbing perennial. SYN. L. latifolius. (Sy. 

 En. B. 403.) There is a very good white-flowered form of this 

 plant. Both the type and the white variety can be grown with 

 good effect amongst other climbers, over trellises, and in such- 

 like places. 



L. tingitanus (Tangiers). fl. with a large purple vexillum, and 

 with the wings and keel bright red ; peduncles two-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves. June and July. /., leaflets ovate, obtuse, 

 mucronulate ; stipules ovate, semi-sagittate. Stem winged. 

 Africa (Tangiers), 1680. Hardy annual. (B. M. 100.) 



L. tuberosus (tuberous), fl. rose-coloured, large; peduncles 

 three to six-flowered, two or three times the length of the leaves. 

 June and July. I. with one pair of oblong-elliptic, rather mucronu- 

 late leaflets; stipules semi-sagittate, narrow, acute. Stems 

 tetragonal. Europe, West Asia, North Africa, 1596 (naturalised 

 in Essex). Perennial climber. (B. M. Ill ; Sy. En. B. 401.) 



LATUA (from Latue, the native name). SYN. 

 Lycioplesium. OBD. Solanacece. A monotypic genus, 

 the species being a very showy half-hardy, often spiny, 

 shrub. For culture, see Cantua. 



L. venenosa (poisonous). fl. rich violet ; corolla lin. 

 long, in. broad ; tube campanulate ; calyx five-fid. February. 

 I. elliptic, acute, entire, on short, rather broad petioles, shining, 

 with pubescent or spiny margins, h. 4ft. Chili. (B. M. 5373, 

 under name of Lycioplesium pubiflorum.) 

 LAUGERIA. Now included under Guettarda 

 (which see). 

 LAUREL. See Laurus. 



LAUREL, CHERRY. A common name of Cerasus 

 Laurocerasus (which see). 



LAURELIA (from Laurus, the Bay-tree ; in allusion 

 to the similarly-scented aromatic leaves) . SYN. Pavonia. 

 OBD. Monimiacece. A small genus (only a couple of 

 species) of tall greenhouse trees, exhaling a powerful 

 aromatic odour when bruised; one is a native of Chili, 

 and the other of New Zealand. Flowers polygamo- 

 monoecions or dioecious, in axillary cymes or racemes, 

 which are shorter than the leaves. Leaves opposite, 

 coriaceous, entire or serrate-toothed. The under- 

 mentioned species is included, by some authors, under 

 Atherosperma (which see for culture). 

 L. noysa-zelandiaB (New Zealand). /. in axillary racemes, silky, 

 Jin. in diameter. 1. petiolate, IJin. to 2iin. long, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse, obscurely serrate. Branches whorled. Trunk (in its 

 native country) 150ft. high, 3ft to 7ft. in diameter, with but- 

 tresses 15ft. thick at the base. New Zealand. 



LAURENTEA. Included under Pectis (which see). 

 LAURENTIA (named after M. A. Lanrenti, an 

 Italian botanist of the seventeenth century). SYN. Solen- 

 opsis. OBD. Campanulacece. A genus comprising about 

 ten species of delicate or small greenhouse herbaceous 

 plants, inhabiting the Mediterranean region, South 

 Africa, and North-west America. Flowers bluish, small. 

 Plant sometimes creeping, with filiform branches, or 

 else erect or ascendent, with narrow alternate leaves, 

 and axillary one-flowered or terminal racemose peduncles ; 

 sometimes almost stemless, with radical, rosulate leaves, 

 and one-flowered scapes. Several of the species are often 

 erroneously classed under Lobelia (which see for culture 

 of those described below). 



L. erinoides (Erinus-like). fl. from the axils of the upper leaves 

 corolla purplish-white, marked with deep purple and two yellow 

 spots, with a campanulate tube and a flve-lobed limb. July and 

 August. I. glabrous, mostly petiolate ; those from the root, and 

 lower stem ones, spathulate ; upper ones linear, entire. Cape of 

 Good Hope, 1759. Plant stemless. (B. M. 3609, under name of 

 Lobelia erinoides.) 



L. minuta (minute). fl. pale purplish ; scapes ebracteate, erect. 

 June to September. I. all radical, ovate. Cape of Good Hope. 

 Plant tufted, stemless. (B. M. 2590, under name of Lobelia 

 minuta.) 



LAURINEJE. A natural order of aromatic, some- 

 times foetid, trees or shrubs (except Cassytha, which is 



