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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Lobelia continued. 



flowers, very free ; LUSTROUS, rich blue, fine white eye ; OMEN, 

 " ik, small white eye, dwarf, and very distinct ; PRINCESS or 

 ILES, pure white, very dwarf and floriferous ; PUMILA GRANDI 



pink, small white eye, dwarf, and very distinct ; PRINCESS OF 

 WALES, pure white, very dwarf and floriferous ; PUMILA GRANDI- 

 FLORA FLORE-PLENO, dark blue, a double-flowered form, some- 



times grown, but does not always succeed well ; PUMILA INGRAMI, 

 white, slightly tinged with blue, of trailing habit ; PUMILA MAGNI- 

 FICA, deep indigo-blue, small white eye, compact and floriferous 

 habit throughout the season ; SNOWBALL, white, dwarf compact 

 habit, good; SWA.NLEV BLUE, light blue, rather vigorous habit. 



LOBELIACE2&. A tribe of Campanidacece. 

 LOBOSTEMON (from lobos, a lobe, and stemon, a 

 stamen ; in allusion to the stamens being inserted opposite 

 the corolla lobes). SYN. Echiopsis. OJJD. Boraginece. A 

 genus of greenhouse, scabrous-canescent or hispid, perennial 

 herbs, sub-shrubs, or shrubs, confined to South Africa, allied 

 to Echium. About fifty species have been enumerated, but 

 many of these are not sufficiently distinguished to merit 

 specific rank. Flowers white or bluish, in terminal cymes, 

 sometimes densely capitate, sometimes in few scorpioid, 

 somewhat elongated, loose branches ; calyx segments five ; 

 corolla tubular-funnel-shaped, with fire round, imbricated 

 lobes. Nutlets four. Leaves alternate, sessile, granuloso- 

 tuberculate or hispid, rarely almost glabrous. For culture, 

 see Echium. 



L. argenteus (silvery). /. in spicate racemes ; corolla blue ; 

 spikes terminal, simple, leafy. June. 1. lanceolate, callous- 

 acute, IJin. to 2in. long. Stem shrubby, branched, h. 3ft. 1789. 

 (A. B. B. 154, under name of Echium argenteum.) 

 L. ferocissimus (very fierce). JL in spicate racemes ; corolla 

 blue ; spikes simple, terminal, leafy. June. 1. 14in. to 2in. long, 

 sessile, lanceolate. Stem shrubby, with prickly branches, h. 5ft. 

 1794. (A. B. E. 39, under name of Echium ferocissimum). 

 L. formosus (showy). JL in sub-cymose, few-flowered racemes ; 

 corolla pink, tube twice as long as the calyx. June. I. narrow- 

 lanceolate, papillose-scabrous above, glabrous beneath ; margin 

 denticulate. Stem shrubby, with glabrous branches, h. 3ft. 1787. 

 (A. B. B. 20 and B. B. 124, under name of Echium grandiflorum.) 

 L. fruticosus (shrubby), fl. in spicate racemes ; corolla reddish 

 at first, afterwards becoming blue; spikelets crowded. May. 

 I. lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, attenuated at base, silky- 

 villous. Stem shrubby, branched, h. 3ft. 1759. (B. M. 1772 and 

 B. B. 35, under name of Echium fruticosum.) 



Ik glaucophyllus (glaucous-leaved). /., corolla pale violet; 

 spikelets bifid, bracteate. May. I. erect, lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous, glaucous ; margins calloso-scabrous. Stem shrubby, 

 branched, very glabrous, h. 2ft. 1792. (A. B. B. 165, under 

 name of Echium glaucophyllwiri). 



L. Swartzli (Swartz's). /., corolla blue; spikelets terminal, bi- 

 or trifiil, few-flowered. June. L linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, callous-dotted on the margin and (rarely) beneath; 

 young ones slightly hispid, ciliated. Stem shrubby, branched 

 above, glabrous. A. 2ft. 1816. 



LOCHERIA. Included under Achimenes. 

 LOCKHARTIA (named in honour of David Lock- 

 hart, a traveller, who introduced L. elegans). SYN. Fer- 

 nandezia. OBD. Orchidea. A genus comprising about 

 half-a-score species of stove epiphytal orchids, inhabiting 

 tropical America, from Brazil to the West Indies and 

 Mexico. Flowers small and mediocre, rather long-stalked ; 

 sepals and petals sub-equal, free, spreading or laterally 

 reflexed ; lip free at base of column ; column very 

 short; peduncles in the upper axils, sometimes one or 

 two-flowered, sometimes loosely but slenderly paniculate- 

 branched. Stems fasciculate, erect, simple. Pseudo-bulbs 

 none. The species are more interesting than ornamental. 

 They should be grown on blocks, in a hot, damp stove. 

 L. acuta (acute), fl. yellow, red; lip linear, three-lobed, the 

 lateral lobes parallel with the middle one ; corymbs loosely many- 

 flowered. June. I. acuminate, carinate. h. 6in. Trinidad, 1834. 

 (B. B. 1806, under name of Fernandczia acuta.) 

 L. elegans (elegant), fl. pedunculate, solitary, from the axil of 

 one of the upper leaves; petals pale yellow, oblong-ovate; lip 

 erect, yellow, spotted with red, thick and fleshy ; peduncle 

 slender, drooping. I. close-placed, distichous, equitant, ovate- 

 T ' btuse ' Stems 3in ' to 5in - high - Trinidad > 1827 - 



L. yerrucosa (warted). /. bright yellow, barred and spotted 

 with red on the lower part of the lip; sepals oblong; lip longer 

 and larger than the ovate petals. 1. lin. long, keeled, sharp at 

 the extremities. Stems upright, closely imbricated, about 1ft. high. 

 Guatemala, 1841. (B. M. 5592, under name of Fernandezia robustt.) 

 LOCULAR. Divided into cells. 



LOCUST-TREE. The common name for the genus 

 Robinia ; also used for Ceratonia Siliqua and Hyniencea. 

 LODDIGESIA (named after Conrad Loddiges, founder 

 of a once celebrated nursery at Hackney). ORD. Legumi- 

 nosce. A monotypic genus, the species being a green- 

 house evergreen shrub, closely allied to Hypocalyptus. It 

 requires sandy-peat soil, to which should be added a 

 small quantity of loam. Propagated by cuttings, made in 

 April, and inserted under a bell glass, in sandy soil. 

 L. oxalidifolia (Oxalis-leaved). /.pinkish; keel dark purple at 

 the apex ; umbels three to eight-flowered. June. I. trifoliolate ; 

 leaflets obcordate, mucronate ; stipules subulate, h. 1ft. to 3ft. 

 Cape of Good Hope, 1802. Plant much-branched, smooth. 

 (B. M. 965.) 



LODOICEA (said to be altered from Laodicea, so 

 called after Laodice, daughter of Priam). Coco de Mer ; 

 Double Cocoa-nut. OBD. Palmece. A monotypic genus, 

 the species being a stove palm, very rarely seen in 

 cultivation. It thrives best in a compost of rich loam 

 and leaf mould, in equal parts. Thorough drainage, an 

 abundant supply of water, and very strong heat, are 

 essential elements to success in the culture of this 

 plant. The seeds being very large, one of the chief 

 difficulties in establishing this plant is its peculiar 

 manner of germination ; the radicle grows down in the 

 form of a stout tap root for 3ft. or more, and, splitting 

 open at the end, allows the plumule to ascend. If this 

 long outgrowth be checked or injured in any way, success 

 cannot be hoped for. The heavy seed can be kept on 

 or in one pot, and the growing radicle allowed to push 

 into another, keeping the whole dark until the develop- 

 ment of the young plant, from which the seed should 

 not be separated until the connection between the two 

 falls naturally. 



L. sechellarum (Seychelles), fl. produced on separate plants, 

 both having three sepals and three petals, fr. very large, 

 covered externally with a thick fibrous husk, and contain- 

 ing one, two, or even three immense stones or nuts, with very- 

 hard and thick black shells, each being divided half- way down 

 into two lobes. I. large, fan-shaped, sometimes 20ft. long, and 

 6ft. wide. Trunk nearly cylindrical, scarcely 1ft. in diameter, 

 bearing a crown of leaves, h. 50ft. to 100ft. Seychelles Isles. The 

 fruits of this plant average about 401b. in weight (B. M. 2734.) 



LCESELIA (named after John Lcesel, author of " Flora 

 Prussica "). SYN. Hoitzia. ORD. Polemoniacece. A genus 

 comprising six or seven species of slightly viscid, pube- 

 scent or glabrous, rigid, greenhouse under-shrnbs or herbs, 

 rarely small shrubs, natives of Mexico, Central America, 

 and New Grenada. Flowers scarlet or violet, axillary, the 

 upper ones often crowded at the apices of the branches ; 

 calyx five-cut ; corolla funnel-shaped. Leaves alternate or 

 opposite, undivided, often argutely toothed. The species 

 thrive in a compost of fibry peat and sandy loam. Pro- 

 pagation may be effected by cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots, inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in heat. 

 I*, coccinea (scarlet), fl. solitary, on short peduncles ; corolla 

 scarlet. June. I. nearly sessile, ovate, acutely mucronate, 

 cuneate at base, scabrous above, hairy beneath, h. 3ft. to 4ft. 

 Mexico, 1824. Shrub. 



I*, glandnlosa (glandular), fl. solitary, pedunculate ; corolla red. 

 June. I. ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, spiny-toothed ; those on the 

 branches nearly linear. Stem suffruticose, beset with glandular 

 hairs, h. 2ft. Mexico, 1825. 



LOGANIA (named after James Logan, 1674-1751, born 

 in Ireland, afterwards Governor of Pennsylvania, a writer 

 on botany). SYN. Euosma. OBD. Loganiacece. A genus 

 comprising twenty-one species of greenhouse, glabrous herbs 

 or sub-shrubs, rarely much-branched, tufted, or divaricate 

 small shrubs. Three are natives of New Zealand, and the 

 rest are confined to Australia. Flowers white or flesh- 

 colour, often small ; corolla campanulate, or tube cylin- 

 drical, sub-hypocrateriform ; lobes five, rarely four, spread- 

 ing ; cymes terminal or axillary, sometimes loosely tri- 

 chotomous, occasionally in a sessile head, sometimes 

 reduced to a single flower. Leaves opposite, entire, con- 

 nected by a raised stipular line or short sheath, or rarely 

 with small setaceous stipules. Loganias require a well- 

 drained compost of sandy loam and fibry peat. Propa- 



