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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Lomatophyllum continued. 



L. aloiflorum (Aloe-flowered). Bourbon Aloe. /., corolla yellow, 

 brownish -red on the outside, about Jin. long, as 

 ibout 3ft. long, 



suffused with brownish-red on the outside, about jin._ long 

 large as a quill in diameter. June. I. smooth, 



large as a quill in diameter. June. I. smooth, about 3ft. long, 

 2in. to 3in. broad, clear green. Stem (in old specimens) about 8ft. 

 high, and nearly as thick as a man's thigh. Bourbon, 1766. (B. M. 

 1585, under name of Phylloma aloiflorum.) 



LONAS (derivation unknown). ORD. Composites. 

 A monotypic genus, the species being a hardy, erect, 

 branched, glabrous, annual herb. It thrives in any 

 ordinary garden soil. Propagated by seeds, which may 

 be sown in the open ground, in spring. 

 It, inodora (inodorous). jl.-heads yellow, small, in dense, ter- 

 minal, crowded corymbs ; involucre sub-turbinate-campanulate ; 



receptacle elongated ; achenes glabrous. July to October. 



I. alternate, deeply-toothed or cut. h. 1ft. Barbary, 1686. 



See Fig. 468, page 295. (B. M. 2276, under name of Athanasia 



annua.) 



LONCHITIS (a name given by Dioscorides to one of 

 the orchids, from louche, a lance ; alluding to the shape 

 of the fronds) ORD. Filices. A genus comprising two 

 species of stove ferns. Sori marginal, placed in the 

 sinuses of the frond, more or less distinctly reniform, 

 but often considerably elongated ; involucre of the same 

 shape as the sorus, and covering it, membranous in 

 texture, formed from the reflexed margin. For general 

 culture, see Pe 



L. pubescens (pubescent), sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long, strong, erect, 

 densely clothed with woolly pubescence, fronds 2ft. to 4ft. long, 

 deltoid, tripinnatifid, cut down to the rachis except towards the 

 apex ; lower pinnae sometimes 1ft. to IJft. long, 9in. to 12in. 

 broad ; pinnules lanceolate, cut down nearly to the rachis below, 

 with blunt, oblong, sinuated segments, sari placed round the 

 main sinuses of the pinnules, and in two or three of the hollows 

 of the segments on each side. Mauritius. The following are 

 forms or synonyms of this species : glabra, Lindeniana, madacjas- 

 cariensis, and natalensis. 



LONCHOCARPUS (from lonche, a lance, and karpos, 

 a fruit ; in allusion to the shape of the pods). ORD. 

 Leguminosce. An extensive genus (about fifty species 

 have been described) of tall climbing shrubs or trees, 

 for the most part natives of tropical America, a few 

 inhabiting tropical Africa, and one a native of Australia. 

 Flowers violet-purple or white, in simple racemes, or 

 rarely paniculate. Leaves alternate, impari - pinnate ; 

 leaflets opposite, rarely stipellate. In all probability, the 

 species here described is the only one yet introduced. It 

 is a stove evergreen tree, requiring a compost of turfy 

 loam and fibry peat, with a small quantity of sand added, 

 to ensure perfect drainage. Propagated, in May or June, 

 by half-ripened cuttings, placed in sand, under a bell 

 glass, in a gentle heat. 



L. rosens (rose-coloured), fl. rose, large, showy ; pedicels one- 

 flowered ; racemes erect. I., leaflets thirteen to fifteen, lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, glabrous, shining above, rather pale beneath. 

 h. 20ft. South America, 1700. 



LONDON PRIDE. See Saxifraga umbrosa. 



LONGCHAMFIA. This genus is now included 

 under Leyssera (which see). 



LONICERA (named after Adam Lonicer, or Lonitzer, 

 1528-1586, a German botanist). Honeysuckle. Including 

 Caprifolium and Xylosteum. ORD. Caprifoliacece. An 

 extensive genus (about eighty species have been enume- 

 rated) of hardy or half-hardy, erect or twining, deciduous or 

 evergreen shrubs, natives of the temperate and sub-tropical 

 regions of the Northern hemisphere, rarely seen in the 

 tropics. Flowers often fragrant, axillary or capitate, 

 variously disposed ; corolla tubular, campanulate or funnel- 

 shaped, with usually an irregular limb. Leaves simple, 

 opposite, stipulate. Loniceras are amongst the most beau- 

 tifully scented and popular of flowering shrubs. The tall- 

 growing sorts are best suited for covering walls, arbours, 

 and trellises of any description. L. fragrantissima and L. 

 Standishii produce their flowers in the greatest profusion 

 early in spring, on the wood made and ripened the 

 previous year. Pruning must not, therefore, be practised 

 with these until flowering is past, when all the shoots 

 should be shortened back nearly close. Almost all the 



liOnicera continued. 



other species flower on young wood. L. sempervirens, 

 and its variety, minor, are beautiful plants for training up 

 greenhouse rafters. The majority of the Loniceras are of 

 easy culture in any good garden soil. Propagated readily 

 by cuttings, also by layers, and sometimes by seeds. 

 L. brachypoda (short-stalked). A synonym of L. flexuosa. 

 L. cserulea (blue-berried), fl. greenish-yellow, tubular ; peduncles 

 short, two-flowered, reflexed in the fructiferous state. March 

 and April, fr. a dark blue, elliptic or globose berry, covered with 

 a kind of bloom. I. oval-oblong, ciliated, stiffish, densely pubes- 

 cent while voung. h. 3ft. to 5ft. Northern hemisphere, 1629. 

 Erect, deciduous. (B. M. 1965.) 



FIG. 469. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OP LONICERA CAPRIFOLIUM. 



L. Caprifolium (goafs-leaf).* fl. yellowish, with a bluish tube, 

 2in. long, highly fragrant, ringent, terminal, disposed in capitate 

 whorls. May and June. fr. of a tawny-orange colour, elliptical. 

 I. obovate, acutish, glaucous ; uppermost ones broader and con- 

 nate. Stem twining from left to right. Europe (naturalised in 

 England, &c.). Deciduous. See Fig. 469. (Sy. En. B. 641.) 



L. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of L. japonica. 



L. ciliata (ciliate). fl. yellowish, bilabiate ; corolla funnel-formed, 

 almost spurred at the base ; lobes nearly equal. May. Berries 

 red, separate. I. oblong-ovate, often heart-shaped, petioled, thin, 

 downy beneath. North America, 1824. 



!. dioica (dioecious). A synonym of L. parviftora. 



L. diversifolia (different-leaved). A synonym of L. quinque- 

 loeularis. 



L. Etrosca (Etruscan), fl. purplish on the outside, and yellow 

 inside, fragrant, disposed in verticillate heads, usually about 

 three heads on the top of each branch. May and June. 

 I. obovate, obtuse, pubescent ; lower ones on short petioles ; 

 upper ones connately perfoliate, acute. Branches twining. 

 Europe. Deciduous. 



Ii. fiava (yellow).* fl. light yellow, fragrant, in approximate 

 whorls ; tube of the corolla somewhat gibbous. June. I. smooth, 

 very pale and glaucous on both sides, thickish, obovate or oval, the 



