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LIPPIA 



L, MmpanuhUum, Linn. Perennial vellow-fld. species from S. 

 Eu.. 1-1 ^7 fl.. Rlaucous: l\'S- on st. oblivnreohite. acuniiimte, alter- 

 nate. LB.<.\ 13; 1254. — L. Chamissdnis, Schicde (L. Macraoi, 

 B,M. 5474. noi Beuth.>. Perennial, woody at base, with searii-t 

 bu<is »iul yellow lis.: l\-s. sfciff. lanceolate, acuminate: sepals ovate, 

 acuminate: 1 ft. Chile. — L. ;»ii6<S(rnvS, Soland. Perennial, with 

 lafKC pink fls. shadeil with dark purple lines, the petals 3 times as 

 lanit as calyx: Ivs. oblong and obtuse t*> lanceolate and acute. Asia 

 Minor. — L. trti/t/num, Uoxbg.=^Heinwardtia trijo'na. 



L. H. 15. 



LIPARIS iGreok, fal, shining). Orchidctcese. Erect 

 little plants with stems in some species 1 foot hifih, 

 bo;u-in(; one or several leaves and a terminal raceme 

 of small, rarely meiiium-sizetl flowers. 



Herbs, tern'strial or epipliytie: sts. sometimes thi<'k- 

 eneti at the base into a small pseuiiobulb, sheatlie<l by 

 scales: Ivs. few, broad, contracted into sheathing 

 petioles: fls. whitish, greenish yellow or purplish; 

 sepals and jietals nearly equal, linear, sjjreading;; col- 

 umn long; lip nearly plane, often with 2 tubercles 

 above the base. — A large genus, containing over 100 

 species, distributed over the warm .nid temperate 

 regions of the entire earth. By some, the name Lei)tor- 

 chis is used for this genus, but Liparis is retained by 

 the "nomina conservantla'" of the Vienna Congress. 



L. lUiifolia should be planted in well-flrained soil; a 

 shady bank is preferable. L. Los.siiii delights in a wet 

 situation, just at the edge of the water. 



liliifdlia, Rich. Tw.wulade. Plants 4-10 in. high: 

 Ivs. oval or ovate, 5 in. long: raceme witli many purplish 

 fls.; labellum large, weilge-obovate. Succeeds in well- 

 drained soil on shadv banks; woods and thickets, E. 

 N. Amer. B.B. 1:471). A.ti. 12:1.5:3 and 13:.517.— 

 Procurable from Dutch bulb-dealers and dealers in 

 native plants. 



LcEselil, Rich. Plants 2-8 in. high: Ivs. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, 2-C in. long: raceme with few greenish fls.; 

 lip obovate pointed. In wet thickets, N. Amer. and Eu. 

 B.B. 1:477. G.C. II. 21 :144. 



L. atropurpurea, Liudl. Plants I ft. or more high: Ivs. 2—4, 

 nearly round, aruminate plicate, near together at the upper 

 part of the St.: raceme many-fid.; fls. chocolate-purple; lip oblong, 

 obtuse, recurved. June. Ceylon. B..M. 5529. — The most orna- 

 mental of the genus. — L. Caillei, Finet. Dwarf: racemes several- 

 fld. : scape 4-winged : Ivs. membranous, not plicate. French Guinea. 

 — /-. lacerata, Uidl. Kacemes about 8 in. long; sepals and petals 

 yellowish, oblonK, obtuse; lip orange-red. Borneo. — L. narta, Rolfe. 

 Plant ver>' small: fls. dark purple, remarkable in having a very 

 broad, nearly straight column. Annam. — />. rhotlochila, Rolfe. 

 Scape many-fld. ; sepals and petals light green; lip reddish crimson. 

 Java. — L. tahuUirit:, Rolfe. Raceme lax; fls. purple; dorsal sepal 

 oblong-lanceolate, the lateral oblong; petals filiform; lip reniform, 

 denticulate. Pcnang. U.M. 8U«. — /,. lrimlli<m, Iteichb. f. 

 Raceme loosely many-fld., the rachis red; sepals strap-shaped, 

 lemon-yellow; petals filiform, arched, red; lip nearly orbicular, 

 golden yellow, red-striped. Malay Penin. B.M. 7804.— Z,. WAryuH, 

 Rolfe. Only a few inches high; scape 1- or 2-fld. ; fls. light green, 

 with dark green disk. Madagascar. 



Heinkich Hasselbring. 

 George V. Nash.! 



LfPPIA (\>. Auguste Lippi, French traveler, 1678- 

 170:i,i. Including Aloijsia. V vrhe.niicew . Herbs and 

 shrubs, grown for the ornatnental bloom, and one as a 

 ground-cover; the lemon verbena of florists is one of 

 them. 



Mostly shrubby, with opposite or :j-whorled (rarely 

 alternate; Ivs., which arc entire, dentat(^ or lobed: fls. 

 small and often lantana-likc, in heads or spikes, mostly 

 white, rose or purpli.sh; corolla 4-lobed, oblique or 2- 

 lippcd, the tube cylindrical and straiglit or curved, the 

 lobcfs broa'l and usually retu.se; calyx 2-4-toothed or 

 -<'left, inclosing the drj' fr. which bec,om(!s 2 .s(;paratc 

 nutlets: stamens 4, didynamous, attached at the middle 

 of the corolla-tube, included or very nearly so; ovary 

 2-cellefI, eaf:h cell l-f>vuled.— Species about 12.'), nearly 

 all in Trop. .\mer., but 2 or 'i African and 1 or 2 widely 

 dispf^rsed in warm countries. The genus is botanically 

 nearer Lantana than Verbena, although the common 

 form.sof all three genera are very unlike horticultundly. 

 S<jme sp<;cies of Lippia have their spikes crowded into 

 den.sft hea/ls, like Lantana. The drupe in Lii)pia is 

 dry, but in Lantana it is oft<;n juicy, and in Lantana the 



calyx is more or less truncate and the corolla not 



bil;ibiate. 



The one well-known cultivated liiipia is lemon ver- 

 bena (L. cilriodora), an ()ld-f;ishioui'd favorite, with 

 delightfully fragnint foliage, a sjjrig of which was often 

 included in mixed bouquets. It is a low-growing tender 

 shrub, with long narrow i)ointed entire leaves, which 

 are usually borne iu threes. In summer, it bears minute 

 flowers in a |)yr;uni(lal panicle, composeil of many- 

 flowered spikes, wlii(^h appear in groups of three at 

 decreasing intervals along the main axis. In southern 

 California it attains a large size. — Culture by William 

 Scott: A florist should always have a few lemon ver- 

 ben;ts. Save a dozen plants in spring, shift them on as 

 re(|uired, and in the summer plunge the pots outside. 

 .\t the approach of frost bring them into tlie greenhouse, 

 stand them under the lightest and coolest bench, and 

 give them water enough merely to keep the wood from 

 shriveling. In early February shake the plants out of 

 the pots, shorten the unripened and weak wood, repot 

 in fresh soil, using 4-inch ijots, and start the plants 

 into fresh growth in a temperature of 55°. In a few 

 weeks they will be covered with new growths suitable 

 for cuttings. Cuttings root readily in about three 

 weeks. The sand of the cutting-bench should be a 

 little warmer than the air. Water the sand twice a 

 day, and keep it well soaked. Never allow the cuttings 

 to wilt from sunshine or dryness. Transfer the cuttings 

 when rooted to 2-inch pots, and in April shift to .3-inch 

 pots, plunging them in a mild hotbed, where by the 

 middle of May, with one [)inching, they will have 

 become fine, bushy i)lants. They need frequent syring- 

 ing to prevent attacks of red-spider. 



In California, Arizona, Mexico, Australia, the plant 

 known as L. repens (properly L. canescens) is now an 

 important ground-cover or lawn plant. The many 

 th(jusands of acres thus covered are said all to have come 

 from jjlants secured in a twelve-ounce box from the 

 Botanic Garden in Rome by F. Franceschi, of Santa 

 Barbara, in 1898. — Culture by Franceschi: It thrives in 

 any soil, no matter how poor, rapidly covering the ground 

 with a very dense matting. It will smother all weeds in 

 short time, and the more trodden upon the better it 

 grows. It requires much less water than other lawn 

 plants, and saves the trouble of mowing. It will stand 

 severe heat and many degrees of cold, and can easily be 

 established on sloping grounds. It will never become a 

 pest difficult to eradicate, having no underground run- 

 ners. Have the ground well worked and pulverized, 

 leveled and rolled, if possible. No manure is recom- 

 mended. It seeds very .sparingly or not at all. The 

 best and quickest way to propagate it is by planting 

 small sods (of 2 square inches) at a distance of 1, 2, or 

 more feet apart, as one may prefer. The clo.ser planted, 

 the sooner the ground will be carpeted. Each small 

 sod contains many joints, and from each joint runners 

 and roots soon appear that will branch in every direc- 

 tion and will anchor it in the ground, rooting again as 

 they nm. Press and firm the sods in the ground, and 

 give sufficient w:iter to start them to grow. Occasional 

 rolling will be of advantage. Frequent walking over it 

 will have the same cff'ect. If the tiny lilac flowers 

 (itmch .souglit by the b(^es) are not desired, they can 

 easily be remove<l with an ordinary lawn-mower. 

 During the dry .season, water must be given, with a lawn 

 sprinkler or otherwise, at intervals as the local contli- 

 tions suggest. 



A. Fls. in slender naked spikes. 



citrioddra, Kunth {Aloysia cilriodbra, Ort.). Lemon 

 VniinENA. Small shrub, glabrous, the branchlets stri- 

 .tte and tnore or less scabrous: Ivs. in whorls of ;i or 4, 

 lanceolate, short-stalked, glabrous, densely covered 

 beneath with glandular dots, entire or toothed at the 

 middle, lemon-scented: spikes whorled and axill.ary or 

 collected in terminal panicles, which may be '.i in. long 



