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LOWBERRY 



LUCUMA 



LOWBERRY. A kind of bramble berry lately 

 oripiMattxi bv Stuart Ixiw & Co.. Bush Hill Park, 

 Enfield. F.npland. In HH)S. the Uoyal lloiliciillural 

 S.>eiety gave it wi award of merit :is "a reputed cross 

 bt'twwn the hlaekberry and the loganberry, with the 

 eolor of the fonuer and the size of the latter. The fruits 

 had biHMi ripeniHi under ghus-s." It is hardy in lOngland, 

 making an annual gn.iwtli of 12 to IS feet; it is reeom- 

 mend(^l !us an ornamental plant for arbors ;us well lus 

 for fruit. Ap|)arently it has not been thoroughly testtnl 

 in North America. 



The fruit is describeil a.s very large and long, jet-black 

 when ripe. The flavor resembles that of the blackberrj- 

 and is sweeter than the loganberry. The berries nuiko 

 excellent jimi, with fewer .seeds and less cores than that 

 made from blackberries. The cultural treatment should 

 be that given the logimberrj-. 



LOWIARA. A generic name for a garden hybrid 

 (tituart 1>.)W & Co., Englanil) between Saphnmitis 

 grandiflora and Bra^soUilia "Helen." The name fol- 

 lows the form of Linneara and Adamara (which see). 

 The hybrid is Lowiara itmgnif, Kolfe. "The fls. show 

 much of the Sophronitis character, but the sepals arc 

 not widely spreading; the sepids and jietals are 2' 2 iu- 

 long, the latter nearly 1 H in. broad, and the color dark 

 rosy siilmon; the hp is 2 in. long and entire, with an 

 undulate crenulate margin, and the color rose-purple 

 with a yellowish white throat; the column is broad, 

 whitish and over J^in. long." O.R. Dec, 1912. 



LOXOSCAPHE (Greek, an oblique boat). Pohjpodior 

 cia. A small group of low southern hemisphere fem.s 

 of doubtful relationship; by sonic botanists referred to 

 Asplenium, by others to Davallia. Indusium forming 

 a compressed, suborbicular or cup-shaped sac, open 

 only at the top: Ivs. with linear segms. For cult., con- 

 sult Davallia. 



theciferum, Moore {Davdllia condnrm, Schrad.). Lf.- 

 stalks 3-4 in. long; If.-blades (5-9 in. long, bipinnate; 

 segms. 2-3 hnes long, J 2 line wide. S. Amer. and Afr. 



foenicul&ceum, Moore {Davdllia foeniculacea, Hook.). 

 Lf. -stalks t)-8 in. long; If.-blades 9-18 in. long, quad- 

 ripinnate; segms. less than yi line wide. Fiji IsLs. 



L. M. Underwood. 



R. C. BENEDICT.f 



LUCULIA (probably adapted from a native name). 

 Rubiacof. Glasshouse plants grown for the flowers. 



Two species of tender shrubs from the Himalaya and 

 Kha.sia Mts., bearing in winter terminal corymbs 

 sometimes a foot across, composed of 20-40 pink or 

 white, fragrant, salver-shaped fls. with 5 rounded lobes, 

 each fl. being lH-2 in. across. A plant of L. graliasiwui 

 is on record which attained 6J/2 ft-i bearing 24 bunches 

 of fls. each 2 ft. in circumference, beside 30 smaller 

 bunches. Calyx-tube tof>-shaped; lobes unequal, decid- 

 uous; stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the corolla; 

 filaments very short; disk annular; ovary 2-eelled; 

 style 2-branched: caps, almost woody, 2-valved, many- 

 seeded. 



For hou.se decoration, L. gratissiina is one of the most 

 beautiful winter-flowering shrubs, and deserves to 

 become more popular with florists for Christmas sales. 

 The wood ripened after flowering furnishes the best 

 cuttings. Newly rootefl plants n^quin^ a night temperar 

 ture 0160'' at first, but the temperaturi^ should be gr.ad- 

 uaily re<luced and the plants hardened off b(-forc they 

 are plante<l outdoors for the summer. Young plants 

 should never be allowed to get dry from the time of first 

 potting until they are taken outdoors. For jiottingj a 

 light soil is desirable. When the pots are well filled with 

 roots, apply liquid manure two or three times a week 

 until the buds a\>}>ca.T. During the summer the plants 

 should be syringed daily, as they are subject to red- 

 spider. The plants should be lifted, fwtted and brought 



indoors the bust week of August. If left out later they 

 do not set flower-buds so well. As soon as the buds 

 appear (he (ilaiits should be moved to a warmer house, 

 with a night temperature of .V)". After flowering, the 

 planis .should be t rimmed somewhat, given less water, 

 kept in a night (emijcratiire of 45° and syringed daily. 

 They start slowly, Imt make hardy growths for plant- 

 ing out. (George IMcW'illiam.) 



gratissima. Sweet. In the wild a tree or sjireading 

 shrul) 10-1() f(.: Ivs. ojjposite, ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 acu(e at the base, 4-t) in. long: panicl<> decussately 

 branched; fls. pink or rose, forming a gorgeous rounded 

 mass; corolla-lobes 1 ' ■> in. across, imbricated in the bud; 

 stamens inserted in the tube, slightly exserted. Tem- 

 perate Himalaya, 4,()()()-(),0(M) ft. aKitude. H.M. 3940. 

 G.C. 111.21:81; 43:12. R.H. 1843:385; 1890:180. 

 Gn. 35, p. 58; 41, p. 4(59; 55, pp. 42, 107; 59, p. 49; 78, 

 p. 623. J.H. III. 48:457; 54:459. G. 1:581; 29:(371. 

 H.F.4:120. H.U. 4, p. 3.53. A.F. 7:443; 10:679.-;L. 

 spccibfia, Ilort., is apparently a fonn of this sjiecies with 

 large and deep-colored fls., and strong growth. 



L. Piticectna, Hook. Bush. 4-G ft.; Ivs. smaller than in above, 

 cUiptic-lancoolate and acuminalc; fls. in a compound cyme, the 

 lobes pure white above, ohanfiinK to a cream, with a rosy tinge, out- 

 Bido rosy and the tube red. Di.stinKuished by the presence of 5 pairs 

 of tubercles at the base of each sinus. Khasia Mts., etc., 3,000-.'>,00l) 

 ft. B. iM. 4132. Gn. 35, p. 5U, and 41, p. 409. 



WiLHELM Miller. 



LUCtfMA (Peruvian name of one species). Sapota- 

 cex. A group of tropical trees and shrubs, several of 

 which are cultivated, principally in America, for their 

 edible fruits. Other well-known trees which belong to 

 the same family are the sapodilla (Achras Sapota) and 

 the star-apple {Clirysophijllum Cainito), both of which 

 resemble the lucumas in having fruits with soft, melt- 

 ing flesh of very sweet flavor. 



The genus is characterized by Ivs. more or less 

 elongate, usually broadened upward; by the imbricate 

 calyx, with lobes in 1 or 2 series; and by the tubidar 

 corolla, with stamens opposite the lobes, alternating 



2213. The mamey sapote. — Lucuma mammosa. fSpray X Vs) 



