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stantly be kept in the pots, to be protected in 

 the winter season. 



LOVAGE. See Ligusticum. 



LOVE-APPLE. See Solan um Lycoper- 



SICUM. 



LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING. See Amaran- 



THUS CORDATUS. 



LUNARIA, a genus containing plants of 

 the herbaceous atniual and perennial kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Tetradyna- 

 mia Si/iculosa, and ranks in the natural order 

 of SUiquoscB or Cruciformes. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a four- 

 leaved periuuhiuir, oblong: leaflets ovate-ob- 

 long, blunt, converging, deciduous, of which the 

 two alternate ones are gibbous and bagged at 

 the base : the corolla foiir-pctalled, cruciform : 

 the petals entire, blunt, large, the length of 

 the calyx, ending in claws of the same length : 

 the stamina have six awl-shaped lilanients ; four 

 the length of the calyx, two a little shorter : 

 anthers from upright, spreading : the pistillum 

 is a pedicelled germ, ovate-oblong : style short : 

 stigma blunt, entire: the periearpiuni is an el- 

 liptic silicic, flat, entire, upright, very large, 

 petlicelled, terminated by the st)le, two-celled, 

 two-valved : partition parallel and equal to the 

 valves, flat : the seeds some kidney-shaped, 

 compressed, marginal, in the middle of the sili- 

 cic : the receptacles tiliforni, long, inserted into 

 the lateral sutures. 



The species cultivated are: 1. L. reJiviva, 

 Perennial Honesty; 2. L. aiiiuia, Annual Ho- 

 nesty, Moor-wort, or Satin-flower; 3. L, 

 JEgyptiaca, Egyptian Honesty. 



The first is a very large plant : the root is 

 perennial, white: stem from three to four feet 

 high, upright, simple, channelled, green tinged 

 with purple, hirsute : the lower leaves op- 

 posite; upper alternate, on long petioles, smooth 

 or rough-haired, cordate, uncquallv serrate, 

 nerved, acuminate, near a span long, and three 

 or four inches wide : the flovvers terminating,' 

 on long slender peduncles, often bifid and 

 trifid, of a white purple colour, and odorous. 

 Thev have two glands on each side between the 

 longer stamens and the style, and one between 

 the style and each shorter stamen, which ac- 

 counts for the ba<rging of tlie perianthium. It 

 is a sative of the South of France, Sec. 



The second species has a biennial, knobbed 

 root: the stem smaller than the first; upright, 

 branched, hirsute, round, lialfayard high : the 

 leaves are rough haired, the floral ones almost 

 ahvavs opposite, sessile : stem-leaves petioled, 

 much smalkr than tho^e of the first sort, cordate, 

 dull green, and serrate : the flowers are of a pur- 

 plish viokt or blue-purple colour, and inodorous. 



It is a native of Germany. Both these species 

 flower in May and June. 



The seed-vessels, when fully ripe, become 

 transparent, and of a clear shining white like 

 satin ; whence the name of Satin-flower. 



The third is an annual plant, with a smooth 

 branching stalk little more than a foot high : 

 the leaves are unequally pinnate : leaflets differ- 

 ing in size and form ; some almost entire, 

 others cut at their extremities into three parts; 

 they are smooth, and of a lucid greet* : the 

 flowers stand each upon pretty long slender pe- 

 duncles, which come out from the side, and 

 also at the end of the branches, in loose small 

 clusters ; they are of a purple colour, and arc 

 succeeded by oblong compressed pods, which 

 hang downward, and when ripe are of a feuille- 

 niort colour. It is a native of Egypt, flower- 

 ing here, in June and July. 



Culture. — These plants may be raised by 

 sowing the seed in a shady border, or, which is 

 better, in patches jn the situations where ihey 

 are to remain, in the autunm, keeping the planti 

 afterwards properly thinned out and free from 

 weeds. They may likewise be sown in tho 

 early spring ; but the former is the better sea- 

 son, as the plants rise stronger. The last sort 

 should have an open situation. When sown in 

 beds, the perennial sort should be set out whero 

 they are to remain, in the following autumn 

 after being sown. 



They all aflx)rd ornament and variety in the 

 borders and clumps of pleasure-grounds, in 

 which the first sort should be placed more 

 backward. 



LUPINUS, a genus containing plants of the 

 hardy herbaceous annual and perennial flowery 

 kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order D/adi/p/im 

 Decandiia, and ranks in the natural ordir of 

 FapU'wnacece or Legum/rw-d'. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium, bifid : the corolla papilio- 

 naceous : banner cordate-roundish, emarginate, 

 bent back at the side?, compressed : wing 

 subovate, almost the length of the banner, 

 not fastened to the keel, converging below : 

 keel two-parted at the base, sickle-shaped up^ 

 wards, acuminate, entire, the leno-ih of the 

 wings, narrower : the stamina have ten fila- 

 ments, united, somewhat ascendino, distinct 

 above: anthers tive, roundish, and as many 

 oblong: the pistillum is an awl-shupid germ, 

 compressed, villose : style awl-sh;)ped, ascend- 

 ing : stigma terminating, blunt : the peri- 

 carpium is a large legume, oUlono:, coriaceous, 

 compressed, acuminate, one-celled ; the seeds 

 sevcial, roundish and compressed. 

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