1830 



LAVANGA 



LAVVSONIA 



sluniKl be intxii. into the V. S. for triiil iis stocks for 

 oitrv>us frs., :uid for us»' in lini'diiig ox]H^riim-nts. Thi- 

 naiiio is iMinmonly spclU'ii I,iivvin(;!i, l>vit iippoars as 

 Liiviuipn in the original publioation. 



sciodens, Buoli.-llani. (l.imMiia scdndcns, lloxbg.)- 

 (.'liinliinn slinil>s with frain-aiil whiti- fls. anil yellowish 

 rwiinous frs. the sizo of a pigeon's epg. Tliis strong- 

 RTowinp sojindont shrub occurs in India and the 

 M.ilayan peninsula. Walter T. Swingle. 



LAVATERA (one of the I.avater family of Zurich, 

 at the time of Tournefort). Malrdcca'. Flower-garden 

 annu:ds and biennials, and sonic ornaincntiil shrubs, 

 the tidier known ius tn.^; lujdlows. 



Herbs, shrubs and trees, tonientose or hairy: Ivs. 



rN' 



2117. Laratera insularis. ( X ^) 



anelci or lobed, sometimes maple-like: fls. sometimes 

 2 4 in. a<,T08S, variously colored, ran^ly yellow, solitary 

 in the axils or borne in t<^nnin.'d racemes; column of 

 stamens divided at the summit into an indefinite num- 

 N-r of filaments; jHitals 5; ovaries fr>w to many, unil<'d 

 aljout an axis which is conical or umbrella-shaped a1 

 top; fl -bractletfl ^i-fi or 0, joinwl into an involucre. - 

 Species about 2.5, mostly in the Medit. region, but 

 ext<'nding to the Canaries, Asia, Austral., anil the 

 iHlands off S, and I»wer f.'alif. 



TTiesf; |)Iants are of the eaKiest culture, the first 

 Bpecies being the commonest, anrl all propagated by 

 seerlg. There W!em to l>e no double forms. 



A. I'UiTit annwil, hirhacewM. 



trimestris, Linn. (L. Tbua, Medikusj. Fig. 2116. 



Height S-f) ft.: Ivs. nearly glabrous, upper ones angled: 



fi.s. rosy, 4 in. across: receptacle or axis of the fr. 



expandwi at the ai>ex into a disk, inclosing the ovary. 



Medit.region. H.M. 10!). (^n.24,p.89;.51,p.212;53:62; 

 151, p. lSO;l)r), p. a.^. (in.W. 2;5:;«i3. Var. filba, Hort., 

 h;is wliit(^ lis. Var. splendens, Hort., is an improved gar- 

 den strain, (in. 7;{, p. IS 14. (!. '.V,',: 1 U. — This species is an 

 excellent (lower-garden tiiibjcct, of the easiest cult., u.su- 

 ally glowing 2-15 ft. in height and blooming summer 

 and autumn, with attractive rose-pink or red fls. 



AA. Plant bicimial, woody at the base. 

 arbdrea, Linn. With annual flowering branches, 

 forming a shrub '^ 10 ft. high or less: Ivs. 5-9-lobed, 

 softly downy on both sid(-s, rarely nearly glabrous: fls. 

 pal(^ purple-red, about 2 in. acro.ss: receptacle small, 

 marked with little pits, not exserted. Ku. Cult, in the 

 form of var. variegata, which has mottled Ivs. Gn. 23, 

 p. 114. G.Z. 28, p. 49. V.8:99. 



AAA. Planl perennial, shrubby or even tree-like. 

 B. Fls. 1-4 in the axils, pedicelled. 

 assurgentiflSra, Kellogg. Shrubby, 6-15 ft. 

 high: Ivs. glabrous or sparingly stellate-pubes- 

 cent, .O-T-lolied, 3-ti in. wide: fls. purple; 

 petals 1-1} 2 in. long, with long, narrow, gla- 

 brous claws, and a ))air of dense, hairy tufts 

 at the base: axis of the fr. low-conical, about 

 as long as the carpels. S. Calif. Isls. — It 

 makes a strong, round-headed shrub, with 

 large red fls., and is one of the best plants 

 to staiul saline winds. Used extensively as a 

 windbreak for vegetable-gardens about San 

 Francisco, and is common in old yards 

 throughout Calif., anfl has been suggested for 

 forage; very resistant to drought. From seed 

 it will reach 6 ft. or more and will bloom 

 within a year. 



BB. Fls. solitary, sessile. 

 Olbia, Linn. Perennial, shrubby, about 6 

 ft. high: hairs of the st. pilose, somewhat clusticred, dis- 

 tant: Ivs. softly tomc^nto.se, lower ones 5-lobed, upper 

 3-lobed, highest oblong, scarcely divided: fls. reddish 

 puri>le. S. ICu. Ci. 36:733. — Cult, in England, where 

 it occasionally sows itself. 



BBB. Fls. solitary, stalked. 

 insularis, Wats. Fig. 2117. Low bush, cinerous- 

 imberulent, with 7-lob(?d obtusely dentate Ivs.: fls. on 

 jiedicels shorter than themselves, yellowish white 

 striped and tipped with purple, the petals long-spatu- 

 late and emarginate; bractlets spatulate, almost dis- 

 tinct: fr. of about 10 carpels, in an enlarged calyx. 

 Coronados Isls., near S. Calif. G.F. 9:165 (reduced in 

 Fig. 2117). — Probably not cult, outside amateurs' 

 collections in S. Calif. Wilhelm Miller. 



LAVENDER: LavanduUi. L. H. B.f 



LAVENDER COTTON: tiantolina Chamsecyparissue. 

 LAWN: l,,ni,hmpe (iilrilmnng, pp. 1816-1818. 



LAWSONIA (John Law.son, who published, in 1709, 

 an account of his travels in North Carolina; see page 

 1505). LythrAcea'. Henna. Shrubs, grown in Florida 

 and southern California for ornament. 



Sometimes becoming arborescent, 6-25 ft., glabrous, 

 the branches more or less spinescent: Ivs. opposite, 

 hinceolatc!, !itt-enu:ite into a i)etiole or a narrow base, 

 entire, acute: fls. 4-m(crous, rather .snuill, in terminal 

 I);inicled cymes; calyx-tube very short or none, the 

 lobes 4; petals 4, ovatic, wrinkled, on the top of the 

 calyx-tub(c; stamens usually 8, exserted, sometimes 

 only 4 and sometimes 12; ovary 4-celled, with a long 

 style and a capitate stigma: caps, globose, exserted 

 beyond c;alyx. — One variable sjjecies !is defined bv 

 Koehne (Fngler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 17, 1903). 



inermis, Linn. A handsome shrub with many very fra- 

 grant fls. Var. lilha, Hassk. {L. lUba, Lam.) hits white 



