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talous, three down and two up ; they require a little 

 shade. The genus consists of about eighty species; 

 seventy of them are exotics ; many of them natives of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, with little flowers of brilliant 

 colours. L. ccerulea, L. Thunbergii, L. corymbosa, L. 

 pyramidalis, and L. ilicifblia, are very fine species, of 

 weak growth, but flower freely. 



Lomdtias, about six species; flowers are white or 

 straw colour, and similar to Grevillea, but the foliage 

 more handsome. 



Lophospermum scdndens. This is a magnificent new 

 climbing soft wooded shrub, with purple, campanulate 

 flowers, which are produced from the axils on the 

 young wood; they bloom from May to September; 

 leaves large, cordate, and tomentose ; grows rapidly, 

 and flowers abundantly. 



Lachnceas, about five species, remarkable for their 

 downy heads of white flowers ; leaves small, ovate, lan- 

 ceolate. L. glauca, L. conglomerate and L. eriocephala, 

 are the best species. The pots must be well drained, 

 and in summer the plants protected from the sun. 



Lconbtis, Lion's-ear, four species. They have very 

 fine scarlet tubular flowers, orifice-toothed. They 

 come* out in large whorls, and look elegant ; but nei- 

 ther plant nor foliage has an agreeable appearance. 

 They are of the easiest culture. L. intermedia, and 

 L. Leonurus, are the best flowering species. 



Leucospermums, about eighteen species, of Proteaci- 

 ous plants, chiefly low growing, and are mostly downy 

 or hairy ; flowers yellow, in terminate heads. L. for- 

 mosuni) L. grandiflorum^ L. tomentosum, and L. candi- 



