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Tn'TOTH continued. 

 persed over the temperate and warmer regions of the 

 globe, seven being natives of Australia. Flowers yellow 

 or white; peduncles one-flowered, either in the tufts 

 of leaves, or two together, or clustered at the nodes of 

 the weak stems, or close to an almost terminal sessile 

 leaf; coroUa sub-rotate, the lobes five, entire or fringed. 

 Capsule indehiscent or bursting irregularly when ripe. 

 Leaves ovate or orbiculate, deeply cordate, entire or 

 obscurely sinuate. For culture, see Villarsia. 

 L. indicnm (Indian), fl., corolla yellow, the margins fringed. 

 I. orbicular or broadly oval, deeply cordate, usually entire, with 

 a close or open sinus, coriaceous, palmately veined and reticu- 

 late, but the veins not prominent. North Australia. SYN. 

 Menyanthes indica (under which name it is figured in B. M. 658). 

 L. Ecklonianum, L. Forbenanum, L. Humboldtianum, L. orbicu- 

 latum, and L. Thunbergianum, are probably forms of this 



L. nymphseoides (Nymphtea-like).* fl. t corolla yellow ; segments 

 ciliated; umbels sessile, terminal, or in the forks of the stems. 

 Summer. I. opposite, cordate-orbicular or orbicularly reniform, 

 repand. Britain. A very beautiful hardy aquatic, but some- 

 what difficult to eradicate when once established. SYN. Villarsia 

 nymphceoides. (Sy. En. B. 921.) 



FIG 436. FLOWERING BRANCH OF LIMNANTHES DOUGLASII. 



IiIMNANTHES (from limne, a marsh, and anthos, 

 a flower ; in reference to the habitat of the plants). ORD. 

 Geraniacece. A small genus (two species) of diffuse, 

 glabrous, hardy annuals, natives of California. Flowers 

 white, yellowish, or pink, regular; peduncles axillary, 

 one-flowered ; petals five, sub-perigynous, contorted ; 

 sepals five, valvate. Leaves alternate, cut, exstipulate. 

 The undermentioned species is well adapted for beds, 



Limnanth.es continued. 



edgings, rockeries, &c. Propagated freely by sowing seeds 

 in any ordinary garden soil, in March, for summer, and 

 in September, for spring, flowering. 



L. Douglasii (Douglas's).* fl. yellow, passing off to white streaked 

 with grey, sweet-scented. Spring to autumn. I. pinnate, with 

 odd or terminal three-cleft leaflet. A. Sin. 1833. 



A very 



showy annual, with a spreading habit and prostrate stems. 

 See Fig. 436. (B. M. 3554 ; B. R. 1673.) Two or three varieties, 

 differing slightly from the type in colour and size of flower, ars 

 mentioned in seed catalogues. 



(from limne, a marsh, and charts, 

 grace, beauty ; alluding to the habitat and appearance 

 of the plants). ORD. Alismacece. A genus consisting of 

 three or four species of stove, greenhouse or half-hardy 

 herbaceous perennial aquatics, natives of tropical America. 

 Flowers yellow, on long stalks. Leaves fasciculate, 

 swimming, ovate or cordate-orbicular. L. Plumieri, the 

 only species in cultivation, is a handsome stove or 

 greenhouse aquatic. It should be grown in tubs or 

 cisterns, or in the shallow part of an aquarium. Propa- 

 gation may be effected by divisions, by runners, or by 

 seeds. 



L. Plumieri (Plumier's).* fl. yellow, six to ten in an umbel ; 

 scape and peduncles three-sided, the former purple, green at top, 

 the latter with reddish angles. June to November. I. oblong, 



very blunt at each end ; petiole three-sided, sheathing at 

 purple below, green above, h. lift. Brazil, 1822. (B. M. 2525.) ' 



LIMODORUM TUBEROSUM. See Calopogon 

 pulchellns. 



LIMONIA (from Limuna, the Persian name of the 

 Citron). ORD. Rutacece. This genus comprises two or 

 three species of small trees or shrubs, often spiny, natives 

 of tropical Asia. Flowers fasciculate or racemose. Berry 

 globose. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate or impari-pinnate ; 

 leaflets opposite, entire or crenate ; petioles winged. The 

 species thrive in a compost of peat, loam, and dried cow- 

 dung, with a few small pieces of charcoal added. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, made in spring or summer, and 

 placed in sandy soil, under a glass, in very gentle bottom 

 heat ; or by seeds, sown on a hotbed, during spring. 



L. acidissima (very acid), fl. white, fragrant, in sub-umbellate 

 racemes, fr. yellowish, afterwards changing to reddish or pur- 

 plish. I. pinnate, with winged stalks. India, h. 8ft. to 10ft. A 

 spiny shrub or small tree. The Javanese employ the acid, 

 flesh-coloured pulp of the fruits of this species as a substitute for 

 soap. 



LIMONTASTRUM (from leimon, a meadow, and 

 aster, a star; in allusion to the starry flowers, and the 

 habitat of the plants). SYN. Bubania. ORD. Plumba- 

 ginece. A genus comprising only a couple of species of 

 greenhouse or nearly hardy small shrubs or sub-shrubs, 

 natives of the Western Mediterranean region. Calyx 

 tubular ; corolla blue, funnel-shaped, with a five-lobed, 

 spreading limb ; scapes or peduncles dichotomonsly 

 branched. Leaves crowded on the stem or alternate on 

 the branches, narrow, entire. The undermentioned plants 

 are nearly hardy shrubs. For culture, see Statice (with 

 which the species are sometimes confused). 



L. monopetala (one-petaled). /. solitary, borne in scaly panicu- 

 late spikes ; corolla salver-shaped, with a very long curved 

 tube ; calyx scarcely enlarging after flowering. July to Septem- 

 ber. I. linear-spathulate, sheathed at base. Stem leafy. A. 3ft. 

 Sicily, 1731. All the green parts of the plant are covered with 

 white disks of calcareous matter. SYN. Statice monopetala (under 

 which name it is figured in B. R. 1841, 54). 



L. m. denndata (naked). A well-marked variety, differing from 

 the type in having paler and smaller flowers, a more drawn-up 

 habit, broader leaves, which are somewhat wavy at the edge, and 

 a much smaller quantity of calcareous matter. SYN. Statice 

 monopetala denitdata (under which name it is figured in B. R. 

 1842, 59). 



LINARIA (from Linon, Flax ; referring to the resem- 

 blance in the leaves). Toadflax. ORD. Scrophularinece. 

 A large genus (about 150 species) of usually hardy herbs, 

 rarely sub-shrubs, broadly dispersed through the extra- 

 tropical Old World regions of the Northern hemisphere, 

 one being found in extra-tropical North and South 



