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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



LOOSESTRIFE. See Lysimachia and Lythrum. 

 LOFADOCALYX. A synonym of Olax (which see). 



LOFEZIA (named in honour of Thomas Lopez, a 

 Spanish botanist, who wrote on the botany of America). 

 STN. Pisaura. OBD. Onagrariece. A genus (about 

 twenty species have been described) of stove, green- 

 house, or hardy erect annual herbs inhabiting Mexico 

 and Guatemala. Flowers often small, racemose or sub- 

 corymbose, at the apices of the branches, remarkable in 

 having but one antheriferous stamen and one petaloid. 

 Leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate - acuminate, un- 

 equally serrate. Lopezias are of easy culture in a light 

 soiL Propagated by seeds, sown on a slight hotbed, 

 in the middle of March ; the seedlings being transplanted 

 to the open in the latter part of May. 

 L. coronata (crowned).* /. rose-purple ; petals reflexed, deeper 

 coloured towards the base ; racemes terminating the branches. 

 July to September. I. alternate, ovate, serrated, attenuated at 

 the base. A. lift. Mexico, 1804. Hardy. (A. B. R. 551.) 

 L. grandiflora (large-flowered), fl. orange-red, disposed in close 

 racemes ; sepals erecto-patent ; petals sessile. August. I. lanceo- 

 late, or ovate-acute, serrate, shortly stalked. A. 3ft. Mexico, 

 1879. Half-hardy. 



L. macrophylla (large-leaved).* fl. bright red, large ; calyx 

 segments erecto-patent, lanceolate, broader at base ; petals, two 

 narrower and longer than calyx, geniculated at base, two broader 

 and shorter ; peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. March. 

 I. opposite, on long petioles, ovate-acuminate, serrated, slightly 

 hairy and ciliated. Branches green and succulent. Mexico. A 

 small half-shrubby greenhouse plant. (B. M. 4724.) 



LOFHANTHUS (from lophos, a crest, and anthos, 

 a flower; in allusion to the crenated or crested middle 

 lobe of lower lip of corolla). Giant Hyssop. OBD. 

 Labiatce. A genus comprising six species of hardy or 

 half-hardy erect herbs, with the habit of Nepeta, natives 

 of North America and extra-tropical Eastern Asia. Corolla 

 blue or purplish; tube as long as the calyx, or shortly 

 exserted; limb two-lipped; whorls many- flowered, some- 

 times densely crowded in terminal spikes, sometimes in 

 axillary cymes. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. Leaves toothed ; 

 floral ones often reduced to short ovate and acuminate 

 bracts. The undermentioned species are hardy perennials, 

 and grow well in ordinary soil. Propagated by divisions. 

 All the plants here described are North American. 



L. anisatus (Anise-scented).* Anise Hyssop, fl. blue; calyx 



teeth lanceolate, acute. July. I. ovate, acute, glaucous, white 



with minute down underneath, scented like Anise. A. 3ft. 1826. 



(B. R. 1282.) 

 L. nepetoides (Nepeta-like). fl., corolla pale greenish-yellow ; 



calyx teeth ovate, rather obtuse, little shorter than the corolla ; 



spikes 2in. to 6in. long, crowded with bracts. July. I. ovate, 



somewhat pointed, coarsely crenate-toothed, 2in. to 4in. long. 



Stem stout, 4ft. to 6ft. high, sharply four-angled. 1692. 

 L. scrophulariaefolius (Figwort-leaved).*/., corolla purplish ; 



calyx teeth lanceolate, acute, shorter than the corolla ; spikes 4in. 



to 15in. long. July. I. ovate or somewhat cordate, acute ; lower 



surface, as well as the stem, more or less pubescent. A. 5ft. 1800. 

 L. urticifolius (Urtica-leaved). fl. purplish, or white and pink, 



with much-exserted stamens ; spikes dense, oblong, 2in. to Sin. 



long. Late summer. 1. cordate-ovate, crenated, stalked. Stem 



square, branched. A. 3ft. to 4ft. 1826. 



LOPHIDIUM. See Schizaea. 



LOPHIOLA (a diminutive name, deduced from lopTios, 

 a crest ; referring to the crested sepals). OBD. Hcemodo- 

 racece. A monotypic genus, the species being a pretty, 

 slender, hardy, herbaceous perennial, requiring peaty soil, 

 and a rather damp, shady situation. Propagated by divi- 

 sions of the root, in autumn or spring. 

 L. aurea (golden), fl. yellow, densely woolly on the outside, dis- 

 posed In a crowded cyme at the top of a naked scape ; perianth 

 deeply six-cleft, with spreading divisions. June. I. narrow- 

 equitant, radical. A. l^ft. North America, 1811. (B. M. 1596.) 



LOPHIRA (from lophos, a crest, and et'ro, to arrange ; 

 in reference to one of the sepals being extended out into 

 a ligulate wing or crest). OBD. Dipterocarpece. A mono- 

 typic genus, the species being a handsome stove pyra- 

 midal tree. It requires a compost of sandy loam and 

 fibry peat. Firm young cuttings will root in sand, in 

 a gentle bottom heat. 



Lophira continued. 



L. africana (African). Scrubby Oak. fl. yellow, in terminal and 

 axillary racemes. February, fr. one-celled, indehiscent, fleshy, 

 soft. I. elongated, entire, often undulated, emavginate, leathery, 

 pale green ; stipules caducous. A. 10ft. Tropical Western Africa, 



LOFHOLEFIS. See Folypodium. 



LOPHOSORUS. Included under Alsophila. 



LOFHOSFERMUM. Included under Maurandia 

 (which see). 



LOFHYRUS (Pine Sawflies). A genus of Sawflies, 

 the larvae of which feed on Fir, Spruce, Larch, and other 

 conifers. Several species are known to occur in Britain. 

 At times, the larvae do extensive damage, as they are 

 of social habit, and eat away the needles, so that 

 they leave branches, or even whole trees, bare ; they 

 may thus destroy entire plantations. They are seldom 

 hurtful in gardens, however, being restricted to coni- 

 fers, and do not need to be described at length in this 

 work. Owing to their living and feeding in society, 

 their presence is easily detected, and hand-picking will, 

 in almost all cases, be found an effectual remedy, should 

 they attack conifers in gardens or in pleasure grounds. 



LOPIMIA. Now included under Pavonia (which 

 see). 



LOQUAT, or JAPAN QUINCE. See Photinia 

 japonica. 



LORANTHACE2E. An order of evergreen shrubs, 

 parasitic on the wood of other Dicotyledons, sometimes 

 appearing epiphytal, and emitting roots, which creep 

 over the branches of the infested tree. Flowers some- 

 times imperfect, small, inconspicuous, whitish or greenish ; 

 sometimes perfect, brightly coloured, variously arranged. 

 Leaves opposite, rarely alternate or whorled, thick, coria- 

 ceous, entire. Loranthaceae are mostly tropical, but some 

 inhabit temperate and cool regions of the Northern and 

 Southern temperate latitudes. The fruit of this order 

 contains Birdlime, a peculiar viscous, tenacious, and 

 elastic substance. Mistletoe (Viscum album) was formerly 

 worshipped by the Gauls; it was also held sacred by 

 the Druids. There are about thirteen genera and 500 

 species. Examples: Loranthus, Viscum. 



LORATE. Shaped like a thong or strap. 



LORD ANSON'S PEA. See Latliyrus magel- 

 lanicus. 



LORD HARRINGTON'S YEW. See Cepha- 

 lotaxus pedimculata. 



LORDS AND LADIES. See Arum maculatum. 



LOREYA (named after M. Lorey, a French botanist, 

 author of a Flora of Burgundy, published in 1825). 

 OBD. Melastomacece. A small genus (about eight species 

 have been described) of ornamental, glabrous or tomentose, 

 stove trees, natives of Northern Brazil and Guiana. 

 Flowers in cymose panicles. Fruit inferior, baccate. 

 Leaves large, stalked, ovate, entire. Branches four-sided. 

 Probably the species here described is the only one yet 

 introduced. For culture, see Melastoma. 



L. arborescens (tree-like), fl. white, lateral ; racemules seven to 

 eight-flowered, cymose. July, fr., berry yellow, edible, very 

 like a medlar. I. petiolate, oval-orbicular, obtuse, or mucronate. 

 A. 30ft. Guiana, 1822. 



LORINSERIA. See Woodwardia. 

 LOROFETALUM (from loron, a thong, and petalon, 

 a petal ; referring to the long thong-like petals). OBD. 

 Hamamelidece. A monotypic genus, the species being a 

 very ornamental, freeflowering, hardy, stellate-tomentose 

 shrub, or small tree. It thrives in any light rich soil. 

 Propagated by seeds, or by cuttings. 



L. chine 



(Chinese), fl. white, small, disposed in terminal, 



crowded, six to eight-flowered heads ; petals four, linear-elon- 

 gated. Autumn. I. dark green, alternate, persistent, oblong, 

 entire, nerved beneath ; stipules menibranaceous, deciduous. 

 A. 4ft. Khasia Mountains and China, 1880. 



