LIRIOUENDKON 



931 



base without UiIh's. Var. obtusilobum, I'lirsli. Lvs. with 

 only mi<- roiunlcd l')l)i- >>n la.li side- .,f tht Imse. There 

 are alsc, several vars. with viuii ;.'atc-,l lvs., ..f which var. 

 aureo-marginatum, Hurt. ( var. //nm/cAt'. Hort.l.witli lvs. 

 cciereil yelldw, is one of the best. F.S. 1 tl : L'dLT. ; L'0:2081. 



Russellianus. Hook, i Tropi 



L-lv Kii.stomn Jfiis 

 iple, orwilh a to 



"I'l" 



opposite 

 -ohloliir, 



/ It 



■Un-!j:,:ur 



tulip 



130J Tuhp tree— Liriodend 



— In the middle West, Liriodendron is universally 

 known as Whitewood. To lumbermen in the East it is 

 known as Poilar and Tulip Poplar. 



Alfred Rehder. 



LIRiOFE (named after the nymph Liriope). Bama- 

 (loriicnt'. A tender, bulbous plant from China, growing 

 a foot high, with grass-like foliage and 1 or 2 scapes 

 overtopping the lvs., which bear from July to September 

 as many as 90 violet-colored fis. iti a spike-like raceme 

 6-12 in. long and 1 in. wide. The fls. are less than % in. 

 across, 6-parted and arranged in groups of .3-5 along the 

 raceme. They vary from dark purple through violet to 

 whitish. The deepest color is the finest, and is set otf 

 by the yellow anthers. The genus has only one species 

 and has been referred to 5 different families. The plant 

 ha.s a short, thick, stoloniferous rhizome, no stem: no 

 perianth tube, and hypogynous stamens. It is procur- 

 able through Dutch bulb growers, and should perhaps 

 be grown in the greenhouse the year round. 



spic^ta, Lour. {L. (iraminifdlia, Baker). Lvs. all 

 radical, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 3-nerved, with a few 

 brown scales at the base; stamens (i: style columnar: 

 ovary 3-celled. B.M.5348, B.R.7:5;B, ami' L.K.C. 7:(i94, 

 all as Ophiopogon spicatiis. — Var. densiSldra (//. gra- 

 minifnliiim densiflontm, Hort. Van Tubergen) is pre- 

 sumably the best form. ^_ jl, 



LISIANTHUS (Greek, synonth floivtr). Oentiandcetr. 

 The choice and rare plant known to catalogues as 7>. 

 Hiisselliunus is one of the largest-flowered species of 

 the Gentian family. It is a tender annual from Texas 

 and Mexico, and grows 1% ft. high, producing its 

 5-lobed, purple, dark-eyed fls. in summer and fall. Un- 

 der favorable conditions the fls. are 4 in. across, as 

 raanyas lOor 11 on a plant, and individual blossoms have 

 been known to last three weeks. The proper name of 

 this plant is Uustnmu Jfiisnelliana. In Lisianthus, the 

 ovary appears to be 2 celled, because the placentae are 

 connivent in the middle of the cell, but in Eustoraa the 

 placentSB are separated from each other by a consider- 

 able space. Lisianthus has about 60 species, all tropical 

 American; Eustoma only 2 specie.'?. 



cli-,1, 

 ate.spreadiiii::: stigiiuM 



spreailiim- plates: i,<i(l ohiong; s, -oils minute, pale 

 bniwn. B.M.:i(;2(;. «. f. lU. 4: 240. K.U. ]»«:;: 

 51 and 1881, p. 189. y^ jj 



Tills line plant is diflicult to grow in America. 

 In the Did World it is usually treated as a cool 

 greenhouse subject, being sown in rail\- spring 

 for summer and autumn bloom. Tlir wthir li;is 

 not grown it for thirty years, but in \ n\\ oi tin- 

 renewed interest in this plant, his cxpi-ntin-e 

 may be useful. The seeil should hi- s,.wn care- 

 fully, and at every stage of llic plants growth 

 over-watering should he guarilcd against. The 

 seedlings are very likely to damp-off. When they 

 are ready for trans-planting from the seed-beds, 

 use small pots. When larger plants are needed, 

 place them in a light, airy place and give gener- 

 ous bottom heat. For soil, use good loam, sand 

 and well-rotted manure. p. L. HaI!R:s. 



LISSOCHiLUS (Greek, .s»)oo/ft Up). Orchiil- 

 Acete. This genus contains about 30 species dii 



1 S. Africa. Some of them 

 ^,,111 to hr little cultivatcil 

 ■.i,s li.MiL^ailvcrliscl In-l-c. 



persed 

 are very handsome, but 

 in America, only a siiigl 

 The plants are terrestial Inii.s, .hsim^i 

 near allies by the dissimilarity ot the s 

 the latter being much larger and wide 

 a different color. The lvs. are plicate and ] 



iillv 



■ntly 

 veined, long and narrow: steins very short, leafy, linally 

 thickened into pseudoliulbs: raceme simple: scape long. 

 stout, sheathed but leafless, growing' liesi.ie ilie psc n.lo- 

 bulb: labellum spurred or saccate.,ioi I led to I he 1.:lsi ..f ihe 

 column. The plants may be grown in a i-oniposi of liln uus 

 loam, l.'af nioM and s:unl. During the growing seas, in 

 they require plenty of water, hut <Uiring three jnonths 

 of winter they should be allowed to rest and be kept dry. 

 Kr^bsii, A. Rich. Lvs. in tufts on the young stems, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, 8-12 in. long : scape 2-3 ft. high ; 

 raceme 12-18 in. long, with 20-.30 fls.: sepals linear-ob- 

 long, bent back, green, with dull purple blotches; petals 

 much larger, golden yellow; lip yellow, pendulous, sac- 

 cate between the small, rounded lateral lobes; middle 

 lobe orbicular, notched in front. Flowers from May to 

 Oct., the fls. remaining a long time. Natal. B.M.5861. 

 -Adv. 1895 by Pitcher & Manda. 



L ffi'i/anlpws, Welw. & Reichb. f. A gigantic orchid whose Iv.s. 

 are said to grow to a length of 8 ft., with flower spikes twice as 

 high: sepals linear, curled backward; petals oblong-quadrate, 

 \% in. across, pinkish rose; labellum 3 in. long, with a long 

 spur; middle lobe trowel -shaped, purple, striped with darker 

 lines. Congo. G.C.III..S:617. S.H.2;M.i. I.H.3.'^:53.- X. Hfir,*- 

 fnlHi, Batem. A robust plant, with plicate lvs. 2-3 ft. long and 

 5-6 in. broad, sharp-pointed: flower stalk twice the length of 

 the lvs.. with many large fls. 3 in. in diameter: sepals reflexed, 

 rich purple-brown on the upper sif'e; petals much larger, almost 

 square, white, suffused with rose. B.M. .5486. Handsomer than 

 the first.— X. r^se»s, Lindl. Lvs. broad and stiff: stem 3-4 ft. 

 high: sepals brown; peals and l.ibellum fine rose-colored. 

 B.R. 30:12. Also a showy plant.— i. spccidsKS, R Ur. Pseudo- 

 bulbs nearly underground : lvs. dark green, ensifc>rni : sciipe 

 2-4 ft. high, with fragrant Hs. 2 in. across: sepals sniall. green, 

 reflexed; petals large, yellow: lip mostly yellow, ai>parently 

 on the upper side, due to the inversion of the fls. -Inne. 

 .July. Cape. B.R. 7:573 (erroneously numbered 578). P. MB. 

 4:25. Heinrich Hasselbring. 



LISTfiBA ( after Martin Lister, 16:!8( ! )-1712 ) . Orch lil- 

 Ace<e. Small, slender, erect herbs, with fibrous or some- 

 times fleshy roots, bearing a pair of opposite green lvs. 

 near the middle, and 1 or 2 scales near the base of the 

 stem: fls. small, spurless, in a terminal raceme; sepals 

 and petals similar, spreading or reflexed; labellum rather 

 longer, narrow, entire or 2-lobed. About 10 species, na- 

 tives of the north temperate zone. 



convallarioides, Torr. Stem 4-10 in. high, with smooth, 

 round-oval, obtuse, cuspidate lvs.: raceme 2-3 in. long, 

 bearing 3-12 greenish yellow fls. June-Atig. In woods. 

 Nova Scotia to Alaska and Calif.; south to N. C. 

 in the Mts. B.B. 1:473. 



