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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Leucocarpus continued. 



puberulous or glabrous, greenhouse herb, very ornamental 



when laden with its white fruits. For culture, see 



Mimulus. 



L. alatus (winged), fl., corolla yellow, bilabiate, with an elon- 

 gated tube ; stamens included ; filaments glabrous, yellow ; 

 peduncles axillary, opposite. September. I lOin. long, 2in. 

 broad, opposite, spreading horizontally, acutely serrulate, lanceo- 

 late, attenuated and entire towards the base, at their origin 

 dilated and stem - clasping, much veined and reticulated. 

 Branches decussate, widely spreading. Stem 2ft. to 24ft. high, 

 erect, four-sided and four-winged. Mexico. SYN. Mimidus 

 perfoliatus (under which name it is figured in B. M. 3067). 



LEUCOCORYNE (from leukos, white, and koryne, 

 a club ; referring to the sterile anthers). ORD. Liliaceae. 



FIG. 396. LEUCOCORYNE IXIOIDES. 



A genus comprising three or four species of pretty 

 half-hardy bulbous plants, natives of Chili. Flowers 



Leucocoryne continued. 



white or blue, in terminal few-flowered umbels, pedicel- 

 late; perianth salver-shaped; scapes simple, leafless. 

 Leaves radical, narrow, linear, channelled. Bulbs tuni- 

 cated. For culture, see laria. The following are the best 

 known species : 



L. alliacea (Onion-like), fl., perianth pale lilac, eight to nine 

 lines long ; segments linear-acute, longer than the tube. I., many, 

 firm, green, 6in. to Sin. long, scarcely one line broad, h. 6in. to 

 12in. Chili. 



L. ixloides (Ixia-like). A. white or pale blue ; umbels from 

 four to six-flowered. August. I. about 1ft. long. h. 1ft. Chili, 

 1826. SYN. L. odorata. See Figs. 396 and 397. (B. R. 1293; B. M. 

 2832, under name of Broduea ixioides.) 

 IM. odorata (sweet-seen ted). A synonym of L. ixioides. 



FIG. 397. DETACHED FLOWERS OF Two VARIETIES OF LEUCO- 

 CORYNE IXIOIDES, one with entire segments, the other with 

 toothed ones. 



FIG. 398. LEUCOIUM 



IiEUCOIUM (Leucoion, the old Greek name used by 

 Theophrastus, from leulcos, white, and ion, a violet ; re- 

 ferring to the colour and fragrance of the flowers). Snow- 

 flake. Including Acis and Erinosma. ORD. Amaryl- 

 lidece. A genus comprising about nine species of orna- 

 mental hardy bulbs, natives of central Europe and the 

 Mediterranean region, and closely allied to Galanthus. 

 Flowers few, in umbels, or reduced to one, often pen- 

 dulous ; scape fistnlous. Leaves few, sometimes narrow, 

 linear, sometimes plane, loriform. There are but a few 

 of the species in cultivation. They thrive in a free, 



