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shining piwn. I'j-- f'- loiip; scgnis. free oin'-thiid of 

 tho way ilowii, bitiil at the apex; petioles 2-0 fl., the 

 basse iuclosiHl in a n-dilisli brown network of w-oody 

 fibcis; spinosstout, bhu-k, reeurveil. Java. A.F.2():654. 



CO. Scgms. free nearly to the base. 

 u. Posilion of segms. rigid, not drooping. 



7. austriUis, Mart, {('onjpha auslrdli.t, R.Ht.). Sts. 

 4()-S0 ft. high, .-ileniler. and marked with eireular .scars: 

 Ivs. in a dense erown, orbicular, 3-4 ft. diain., divided 

 to or below the middle into 4t)-,")() narrow, plicate, acumi- 

 nate segms., either entire or 2-elefl at the apex. ,\ustral. 

 B.M.6274. Gn. 2ti, p. 337. V. 9:32cS. G.t'. III. 

 30:2S7. — A form in which the young petioles and Ivs. 

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

 been grown under the name. L. Maria', Muell. 



DD. Position of segms. drooping. 

 E. Xuinhcr of .scgm.s. 10-1 ii. 



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

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

 ft. long, red-brown at the b:use, olive-groen above: spines 

 stout, recurved, l}r-'~} 2 i'l- apart, ?4'-2}2 in. long: If. 

 suborbicular, 4}-i-C ft. diam.; scgms. plicate, cuneate, 

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

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



EE. Number of segms. more than 12. 



9. hilmilis, R. Br. Fig. 21S() (redrawn from Mar- 

 tius). Sts. 4-10 ft. high: Ivs. at length orbicular-<;or- 

 datc, 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 J^2iu- long- 

 s'. Austral. G.W. 12, p. 208. 



10. decipiens, Bece. .\ medium-sized palm with a 

 trunk diam. of about l.*! 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, hut interesting on 

 account of its "weeping" Ivs. It is perhai)s the Coper- 

 nicia cerifera of some dealers. 



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

 glabrous, the segms. 10-12 in. long, 2-j)arted nearly to 

 the ba.se, the lobes linear, very acuminate, pendulous: 

 fr. subglobose, borne on a paniculate spadix about a 

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



L. DoumowiAnn . Hort.. is "a new palm witli lv8. rcHomblirig 

 those of I^ntania borbornica." which is Livistona chinonsis, Hab. 

 (?). — /-. MuiUa-i, Bailey. .\ wtout ruKgcd palm about, 20 ft.: IvB. 

 densely crowded, the petiole about 3!-j ft. long and covereti with 

 hhort cur\'ed prickles: fr. oval, nearly 6 in. l<^n^^ Cjnecriwland. 

 G.C. III. .32:4.31. Not in cult, in Amer. xr t^ . y, - ., + 



LLAVEA fM. la Llavc, who discoveretl the plant). 

 Potypoiliace^. One species, L. cordifotia, Lag., related 

 to Cryptogramma, native to the highlands of Mex., 

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

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

 under the reflexed c<lges of the segms. It require.s 

 wartnhouse treatment. 



LLOYDIA (after Edward Lloyd, who foimd one of 

 the plants in Wales). Litincca'. Small bulbous plants 

 relate*! 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 

 <>-parte<l; segms. withering and persistent; stamens (i, 

 hjT"K>'n"U''. shorter than the perianth : caps, obovoid or 

 fiuliglobose; .seeds flatfish. — Species 5 or 0, mountains 

 in N. Arner., Eu., A.sia. 



serotina, Sweet (L. aljAna, Salisb. Anth&ricum 

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

 matous rootstock, and glands on the claws of the 



l)enantli-s<'gms.: radical Ivs. 2-4, linear: st. usually 

 1-fld., .') (i in. long: Ivs. ;5-4, small, linear: fls. whiti.sh, 

 yellowish |nirplc 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). Loasctcex. Com- 



])rises a few flower-garden annuals of minor value. 



.\iinuals ami perennials, herbs or subshrubs, of Trop. 

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

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

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

 numerous. The allied genus Blinncnbachia differs in 

 having caps, longitudinally 5-10-valved and most 

 freqviently spirally twisted. — Species 80-100. These 

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

 although their fls. are odd and interesting. The pain 

 from their pricrks may last several days. Each of the 

 5-hoodcd i)etals ccmtains a bunch of stamens. They 

 are treated as half-hardy annuals. L. laleritia. Hook. 

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

 bachia laleritia {Cajophora laterilia, 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: ()-20 ft. 



A. Petals white. 



vulcdnica, AndriS (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; jjctals white; eye of fl. of 2 concentric 

 red bands, with 5 yellow spots outside. Colombia. 

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



AA. Petals yellow. 



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

 high: Ivs. alternate, 5 in. long, 33^ 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. 111.22:291. Gn. 25, p. 451. 



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

 bi[)innatifid, very [irickly: sepals as long as the petals; 

 petals yellow; crown red; filaments white. Chile. 

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



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

 a Flemish botanist and author; Latinized Lobelius). 

 Including Tiipa. Campanulacex. 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. stantls) somewhat united 

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

 cleft or split) erect or turned back; cal3rx short-tubular 





2187. Lobelia Erinus, 



