1820 



LANTANA 



on young parts: Ivs. opposite or in 3's or 4's, short- 

 petiolate, oblong-ovate, rounded or subcordate at base, 

 obtuse or somewhat acute, crenate-serrate, pubescent, 

 punctate-glandular: fls. lilac or pink in a subglobose 

 or cylindric peduncled axillary spike; calyx tubular, 

 not ribbed, but more or less distinctly 4-nerved, 

 obscurely 2-lobed or 4-toothed; corolla-tube straight, 

 slightly dilated about the middle, pubescent above on 

 outside but glabrous within, M~H i n - long: fr. a purple 

 subglobose drupe with sweet edible pulp, used for food 

 in Zululand in times of scarcity. Trop. and S. Afr. 

 L. salvisefolia, Hort.(?). 



trifolia, Linn. (L. dnnua, Linn.). Half -shrubby, 

 hairy: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, pointed, 

 crenate-dentate, in 3's or 4's: heads becoming ovoid or 

 oblong, the involucre not conspicuous; fls. rose-lilac 

 varying to white, with yellow throat: fr. rather pulpy, 

 showing well amongst the bracts. Trop. Amer. B.M. 

 1449. The name L. annua seems to have been applied 

 to young plants, on the impression that they were 

 annuals. The picture of L. annua in B.M. 1022 is 

 quite as likely to be a form of L. Camara. Little known 

 in cult. 



Sellowiana, Link and Otto (L. delicatissima, Hort.?). 

 WEEPING or TRAILING LANTANA. Twiggy, slender 



plant with lopping 

 or trailing pubes- 

 cent branches : 

 Ivs. small, ovate, 

 tapering below, 

 close-toothed: fls. 

 small, in long- 

 stalked small 

 heads, rosy lilac, 

 the outer bracts 

 or scales of the 

 involucre broad- 

 ovate and hairy 

 and half or less as 

 long as the slender 

 pubescent corolla- 

 tube. S. Amer. 

 B.M. 2981. B. 3: 

 115. R.H. 1852: 

 461 (?). A very 

 profuse bloomer 

 in both winter 

 and summer, and 

 most desirable for 

 pot or basket cult. Should be better known. Verbena- 

 like. The plant seems to be an escape in Fla. 



involucrata, Linn. Low, much-branched bush, with 

 obscurely 4-angled gray branches, and blunt, ovate, 

 small, crenate-dentate Ivs.: fls. small, nearly or quite 

 equaled by the ovate involucre-bracts. Trop. Amer., 

 reaching north to S. Fla. and S. Texas. Said to be 

 occasionally cult, indoors for the light lilac or white fls. 



L. H. B. 



LAPAGERIA (from a personal name, probably for 

 the Empress Josephine, nee Tascher de La Pagerie). 

 Liliacese. CHILEAN BELLFLOWER. A single species, a 

 noble, half-hardy evergreen twiner, allied to the smi- 

 laxes, considered to be one of the choicest subjects to 

 grow under glass. 



Leaves alternate, lance-ovate or cordate-lanceolate, 

 3-5-nerved, acuminate: fls. large and showy, bell- 

 shaped, hanging singly from the upper axils or some- 

 what racemose at the end of the vine, about 3 in. long; 

 stamens 6, borne on the torus or slightly attached to 

 the base of the inner segms., shorter than the perianth; 

 ovary sessile and 1-loculed, with 3 parietal placentae, 

 ripening into a 3-angled, oblong, fleshy, indehiscent, 

 berry-like beaked fr. and bearing nearly globular seeds 

 imbedded in the pulp. L. rdsea, Ruiz & Pav., 

 is the only species. Fig. 2108. It has rose-colored or 



2108. Lapageria rosea. 

 (X about 



rose-crimson fls., with lighter spots. Chile. B.M. 4447, 

 F.S. 5:491; 20:2059-2060. R.H. 1850:101. Gt. 

 47, p. 101. G.C. III. 20:657 (frs.); 25:45. Gn. 34, p. 

 321; 48, p. 475; 49:174; 55, p. 57. G. 1:557; 18:626; 

 34:753. G.W. 14, p. 328. H.F. II. 6:40. Gng. 5:356. 

 Mn. 7:191. The species is variable in vigor, florifer- 

 ousness, size, color and substance of bloom, and there 

 are a number of named horticultural subvarieties. Var. 

 albiflora, Hook. (var. alba, Hort.), has white or whitish 

 fls. B.M. 4892. R.H. 1852:441. F.S. 20:2059-2060. 

 Gn. 41, p. 53; 49:174 and p. 175; 54, p. 277. J.H. III. 

 61:349. G.W. 10, p. 8. G.2:387; 5:409; 17:271; 

 32:335. F.S.R. 2, p. 221. A.G. 13:745. Gng. 2:187; 

 5:356. Var. superba, Hort. Fls. large, brilliant rich 

 crimson. Var. Ilsemannii, Hort. Fls. larger and more 

 brightly colored than those of the type itself: vigorous 

 and free-flowering. Gt. 46 : 1445. Var. Bensonii, Hort. 

 Fls. of lighter tint than those of type, especially in 

 interior of the perianth. Var. gattoniensis, Hort. Much 

 like the type. A double-fld. form of the white variety 

 is shown in G. C. II. 17:777. 



Lapagerias are tall-twining plants, suitable for rafters 

 or walls in coolhouses, or for culture in the open in the 

 milder parts of the country. They are commonly propa- 

 gated by cuttings and layers, but strong plants may be 

 secured from seeds, although varieties may not come 

 true. The first live plants were introduced into Eng- 

 land in 1847. Lapagerias should be seen more frequently 

 in America. They are considered to be not easy to 

 grow, and a good display is usually regarded as an evi- 

 dence of skill. Franceschi says that in California the 

 plant prefers shady places "where the atmosphere will 

 never become too dry." 



Lapageria rosea and Philesia buxifolia have been 

 hybridized by Veitch, producing a plant known as Phil- 

 ageria Veitchii, Mast. (G.C. 1872:358). Philesia 

 afforded the pollen. It is not in the American trade, but 

 is a most interesting hybrid. For an anatomical study 

 of it, bearing on problems of hybridity, see J. M. Mac- 

 farlane, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 37, pt. 1, p. 207 

 (1892). L . H. B. 



Lapageria rosea and var. albiflora should occupy a 

 position in all cool greenhouse collections. We have no 

 cool greenhouse twining plants that can be compared 

 with them. They can be grown in large pots, trained on 

 a trellis as specimen plants, or if for cut-flowers, they 

 may be planted out on a bench or in a border. Strict 

 attention must be paid to drainage, and the soil must 

 not get into a "sour" condition. Layering is the best 

 way to propagate lapagerias. When a shoot gets 

 somewhat bare of foliage, it may be twisted backward 

 and forward in a box near where the plant is growing. 

 The box should be filled first, with sand and fine peat, 

 in equal proportion, to the depth of about 3 inches. 

 Peg the shoot to keep it in position and cover with some 

 of the compost. If there are leaves on the shoot, cover 

 them only about one-third. Keep the soil moderately 

 moist; and in time growths will start from the joints, 

 which after a while will throw out roots, and when a 

 sufficient number are formed to support the plants, 

 separate them from the stem and place them in pots 

 large enough to receive the roots without breaking 

 them. The potting material should be one part fiber 

 of loam, out of which all the fine loam has been shaken, 

 one part osmunda fern root (osmundine), one part 

 charcoal, and one part sharp sand. Water carefully 

 until they get a good hold on the compost, after which 

 they may be kept moderately moist. Lapagerias 

 require to be at all times shaded from the sun, and kept 

 in as cool a temperature as possible. A north house, 

 from which the frost is kept, is an ideal position. If 

 the plants are to be grown in pots, they must be shifted 

 into larger pots before they get too well rooted. This 

 will encourage strong breaks to start from the bottom. 

 These shoots, as soon as they emerge from the soil, 



