1896 



LIVISTONA 



LOBELIA 



shining green, lJ^-2 ft. long; segms. free one-third of 

 the way down, bifid at the apex; petioles 2-6 ft., the 

 base inclosed in a reddish brown network of woody 

 fibers; spines stout, black, recurved. Java. A.F. 26 : 654. 



cc. Segms. free nearly to the base. 

 D. Position of segms. rigid, not drooping. 



7. australis, Mart. (Corypha australis, R. Br.). Sts. 

 40-80 ft. high, slender, and marked with circular scars: 

 Ivs. in a dense crown, orbicular, 3-4 ft. diam., divided 

 to or below the middle into 40-50 narrow, plicate, acumi- 

 nate segms., either entire or 2-cleft at the apex. Austral. 

 B.M. 6274. Gn.26, p. 337. V. 9:328. G.C. III. 

 30:287. A form in which the young petioles and Ivs. 

 are blood-red color, said to be wild in S. Austral., has 

 been grown under the name. L. Marise, Muell. 



DD. Position of segms. drooping. 

 E. Number of segms. 10-12. 



8. Hodgendorpii, Hort. St. tall, cylindrical, with 

 triangular If .-scars: petiole rounded on the back, 3-5 

 ft. long, red-brown at the base, olive-green above: spines 

 stout, recurved, 1^-2^ in. apart, %-2^ in. long: If. 

 suborbicular, 43^-6 ft. diam.; segms. plicate, cuneate, 

 pendulous at the apex and 5-7-lobed, the lobes acute. 

 Java. I.H. 21:174. F.R. 1:427. Gn. 25, p. 392. 



EE. Number of segms. more than 12. 



9. h&milis, R. Br. Fig. 2186 (redrawn from Mar- 

 tius). Sts. 4-16 ft. high: Ivs. at length orbicular-cor- 

 date, 3 ft. diam., deeply divided; segms. narrow, plicate, 

 acuminate, the filaments between the lobes altogether 

 wanting or very minute or 1 in. long; petiole much 

 flattened, with acute edges bordered with small 

 prickles intermixed with larger ones, often 3^in. long. 

 N. Austral. G.W. 12, p. 208. 



10. decipiens, Becc. A medium-sized palm with a 

 trunk diam. of about 15 in. : Ivs. with about 80 segms., 

 the latter much pendent at the tips; petiole very spiny 

 at the base, long and stiff; If .-segms. very weak, hang- 

 ing as though wilted : spadix long, but nodding when in 

 fr. S. Austral. Little known in cult, but interesting on 

 account of its "weeping" Ivs. It is perhaps the Coper- 

 nicia cerifera of some dealers. 



11. subglobosa, Mart. A medium-sized palm: Ivs. 

 glabrous, the segms. 10-12 in. long, 2-parted nearly to 

 the base, the lobes linear, very acuminate, pendulous: 

 fr. subglobose, borne on a paniculate spadix about a 

 foot long. Java. Known in Java as "Sedangan." 



L. Dournowi&na, Hort., is "a new palm with Ivs. resembling 

 those of Lantania borbornica," which is Livistona chinensis, Hab. 

 (?). L. MueUeri, Bailey. A stout rugged palm about 20 ft.: lys. 

 densely crowded, the petiole about 3 J/2 ft. Jong and covered with 

 short curved prickles: fr. oval, nearly 6 in. long. Queensland, 

 G.C. III. 32:431. Not in cult, in Amer. j^ TAYLOR t 



LLAVEA (M. la Llave, who discovered the plant). 

 Polypodiacese. One species, L. cordifolia, Lag., related 

 to Cryptogramma, native to the highlands of Mex., 

 little cult. It grows 2 ft. high or more, with tripinnate 

 Ivs. that have fertile segms. on the upper part: sori 

 under the reflexed edges of the segms. It requires 

 warmhouse treatment. 



LLOYDIA (after Edward Lloyd, who found one of 

 the plants in Wales). Lilidcese. Small bulbous plants 

 related to Erythronium, but with leafy stem. 



Bulb narrow: st. slender, low, usually 1-2-fld.: 

 radical Ivs. few, linear or nearly filiform; st.-lvs. few: 

 fls. small, white or yellowish, long-lasting; perianth 

 6-parted; segms. withering and persistent; stamens 6, 

 hypogynous, shorter than the perianth : caps, obovoid or 

 subglobose; seeds flattish. Species 5 or 6, mountains 

 in N. Amer., Eu., Asia. 



serotina, Sweet (L. alplna, Salisb. Anthericum 

 serotinum, Linn.). With an oblique, somewhat rhizo- 

 matous rootstock, and glands on the claws of the 



perianth-segms. : radical Ivs. 2-4, linear: st. usually 

 1-fld., 3-6 in. long: Ivs. 3-4, small, linear: fls. whitish, 

 yellowish purple at its base, erect. Mountains of Colo, 

 and north to arctic regions and in Eu. Attractive 

 spring fl.; grows in high mountains. L H. B. 



LOASA (South American name). Loasacese. Com- 

 prises a few flower-garden annuals of minor value. 



Annuals and perennials, herbs or subshrubs, of Trpp. 

 Amer., erect or twining: Ivs. alternate or opposite, 

 entire, lobed or decompound: caps. 3-5-valved from 

 the apex, rarely twisted; ovary 1-celled; ovules 

 numerous. The allied genus Blumenbachia differs in 

 having caps, longitudinally 5-10-valved and most 

 frequently spirally twisted. Species 80-100. These 

 plants are too much like nettles to deserve general cult., 

 although their fls. are odd and interesting. The pain 

 from their pricks may last several days. Each of the 

 5-hooded petals contains a bunch of stamens. They 

 are treated as half-hardy annuals. L. lateritia, Hook. 

 (L. aurantiaca, Hort.), a climbing vine, is Blumen- 

 bachia lateritia (Cajophora lateritia, Klotzsch), which 

 see under Blumenbachia. It is a hispid stinging twiner, 

 with opposite pinnate Ivs.: fls. bright orange-red, or 

 brick-red : little grown, but adapted to indoor work and 

 to the open in summer: prop, readily by seeds or cut- 

 tings. It is in the American trade as an annual climbing 

 plant: 6-20 ft. 



A. Petals white. 



vulcanica, Andr6 (L. Wdllisii, Hort.). Erect, bushy 

 annual, 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. 3-6 in. broad, palmately 

 3-5-lobed, the lobes serrate, each with a long stalklet, 

 the lateral ones often divided into 3 Ifts. : sepals shorter 

 than the petals; petals white; eye of fl. of 2 concentric 

 red bands, with 5 yellow spots outside. Colombia. 

 B.M. 6410. I.H. 25:302. R.H. 1894, p. 233. 



AA. Petals yellow. 



urens, Jacq. (L. hispida, Linn. f.). Annual, 1^ ft. 

 high: Ivs. alternate, 5 in. long, 3^ in. wide, pinnatifid; 

 segms. lobed: fls. bright yellow, 1 in. across; sepals 

 much shorter than the petals. June-Aug. Peru. B.M. 

 3057. G.C. III. 22:291. Gn. 25, p. 451. 



tricolor, Lindl. Annual, 2 ft. high: Ivs. opposite, 

 bipinnatifid, very prickly: sepals as long as the petals; 

 petals yellow; crown red; filaments white. Chile. 

 B.R. 667. L. H. B. 



LOBELIA (Matthias de Lobel, or L'Obel, 1538-1616, 

 a Flemish botanist and author; Latinized Lobelius). 

 Including Tupa. Campanulacese. Excellent flower-gar- 

 den and border plants, annual and perennial. 



Mostly herbs, some tropical species somewhat woody: 

 Ivs. alternate, sometimes the cauline ones reduced to 

 bracts: fls. blue, red or yellowish, on 1-fld. pedicels, 

 which are arranged in a terminal raceme; corolla gamo- 

 petalous and tubular, split down one side; lobes 5, the 

 3 on the lower side (as the fl. stands) somewhat united 

 and forming a lip, the other 2 (1 on either side of the 

 cleft or split) erect or turned back; calyx short-tubular 



2187. Lobelia Erinus. 



