LEUC^XA 



Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and Pacific; islands, but L. 

 glaitca is found in tlie tropios of l.otU \v..i-lds. It -rows 

 Wildinthf W.-t T'.^ii. ■ ;il,.| 'n n. ... ,■!: T. ■,,,-. T:,. !r....x 

 and shrill. < ..I' li' .- ■ ^ '•■•■■ ■' ' ■ '<■ - \' ■'■ . l.ni 

 belong t.. th.. M.. ■ . .1 i.y 



tate : stamens 10, 11..1 tikunlLuur: pwl 1.,lx.m',[\ iiiiciir, 

 stalked, flat-compressed, chartacoous, 2-valved : seeds 

 compressed. Acacia trichodes is i. trichodes, Benth., 

 but it is not in the trade. 



glailca, Benth. (AcAcia fronddsa,Wm(l. A.glauca. 

 Moench). Spineless: branches and petioles powdery: 

 pinnae 4-8-paired; Ifts. 10-20-paired, oblong linear, glau- 

 cous below: pod 5-G in. long. 



LEUCHTENBfiEGIA ( ifter Prince Leuchtenberg) 

 Cactdri r \ \\i( \ n Stems in age forming a trunk 

 2 in 01111 1 11 li 1 I \ tin shedding of the lower tuber 

 cles tul 1 I tri iij.,ulir acuminate, spreading, 2-4 in 



LEUCOPHYLLUM 



907 



long, K-% in. wide, with twisted papery spines : fls. fun- 

 nelform, widely expanded, borne near the apex of young 

 tubercles: fr. gray, ovate-elliptical, 1 in. long, covered 

 with scales and crowned by the persistent flower: seeds 

 dark brown, minutely tuberculate. Only 1 species, 

 closely related to Echinocactus, but of remarkably differ- 

 ent form. The plant is readily grown in the manner of 

 Echinocactus and Mamillaria. 



principis, Hook. & Fisch. Fig. 1269. Radial spines 

 6-8, the central one usually solitary, longer, sometimes 

 8 in. long: fls. yellow. B.M.439H. A. G. 11:404. 



Kathakixe Bran'degee. 



LEUCOCRtNTIM (Greek, H.;i//r?,7//). LUidcew. Sand 

 Lily of r'^l-i .1 . A I :r.]\ ' .;''.. msplant growing a few 

 inches liij' ' ■ ', . and clusters of pure 



white, fr.i- I ' . . . • .. .i\e the ground in early 



spring. 111. :N I l--li,i|..'d. having a slender 



tube 2-4 in. lou^'. t!i, ^i.juui (...itiou of which is below 

 the surface of the soil, and ti lobes, each %-lH in. Jong. 

 They are borne in clusters of 4-many fls., and maintain a 

 succession for several weeks. They should be desirable 



for edging walks and bulb beds. They have a deep-seated 



s. not 2-ranked, and an in- 

 each locule. Perianth seg- 

 .ersistent: stamens 6: style 



pedicels K-IM in. long. 



montanum, Xutt. Sand Lilt of Colorado. Lvs.8-12or 

 more, flat, rather thick, 4-8 in. long, 1-3 lines wide: 

 J. H. COWEN. 



LEUCdJUM (name explained below). Also written 

 Leticoium. AmaryUidAcew. Snowflake. The Snow- 

 flakes are hardy bulbous plants growing a foot or less 

 high and bearing dainty, nodding, 6-parted fls., which 

 are white, tipped with green, yellow, or a tinge of red. 

 They are less popular than Snowdrops (Galanthus), to 

 which they are closely related, and have larger fls., with 

 all the segments of equal size. There are 8 species, na- 

 tives of Europe and the Mediterranean region, 4 of which 

 are cult. Perianth-tube none; segments ovate or oblong. 

 Baker, Handbook of the Amaryllideae, 1888. The name 

 Leucojum was given by Linnaeus, but he did not explain 

 the application. The old Greek naiup, Leriminn .w&s given 

 by Theophrastus to a plant now suppLsi-.l t.. lie a cruci- 

 fer, like some stock or wallrt'.wiT. L^ ifi-'^itm is from 

 leukos, shining, white, and ioii. vi,.l..t. Sncwtlukes ap- 

 pear about the same time as whir.- vi.iK-ts. and some- 

 times have a delicate odor, resembling that of the violet, 

 but the form of the fls. is very different. For culture, 

 see Bulhs. 



A. Blooming In March. 



v6mum, Linn. Spring Snowflake. Bulb globose, 

 %-l in. in diameter: Ivs. strap-shaped, finally 6-9 in. 

 long, 4-6 lines wide: scape }^-l ft. long, usually 1-fld.: 

 perianth segments white, tipped green : seeds with a 

 ].;.]., iM. inliranous coat and conspicuous strophiole. 

 (ill I 11, France to Bosnia and Tyrol. B.M.46. G.C. 

 II II: ■•;:^1: 341; 23:341. P.G.5:47. Gn. 25, p. 335, and 

 L '. : . '7. V. 8:69. Var. Carp&thicum, Herb., has 

 |.,iiaii;h segments tipped yellow. B. M. 1993. J. H. 

 111.32:169. G.M. 39:105. A choice form, usually bear- 

 ing 2^ fls. 



aa. Blooming in April and May. 



aestlvum, Linn. Summer Snowflake. Bulb ovoid, 

 1-1^ in. in diameter: Ivs. strap-shaped, 1-1'% ft. long: 

 scape 1 ft. long, 4-8fld.: perianth segments white, 

 tipped green: seeds with a black, hard-shelled coat and 

 no strophiole. Blooms end of April and beginning of 

 May. Central and S. Eu. Mn.9:45. P.G. 1:7. V. 3:342 

 and 8:70. 



pulchillum, Salisb., differs from B. cestivum by its 

 smaller fls. and capsule, narrower Ivs. and fls. afortnight 

 earlier. Sardinia and Balearic Isles. 



Bin 



,ng i 



rdseum, Martin. Bulb globose, K-K in. in diam.: 

 peduncle shorter and usually 1-fld. : perianth segments 

 %m. long, rose-red, oblanceolate: stamens J^ In. long. 

 Corsica. -Usually difScult to grow, and little known 

 horticulturally. j. n. Gerard and W. M. 



LEUCOPHtLLUM (Greek, white leaf). ScroplmlariA- 

 cece. This includes a rare shrub from southern Texas, 

 the leaves of which are covered beneath with silvery 

 white wool. It has showy violet-purple, bell-shaped fls, 

 an inch across, borne in spring. In cultivation it flowered 

 for til., first timr. in 1890, at Augusta, Ga., with P. J. 

 Ber.'kiiiaii^ Ir i- niiw cult, in S. Fla.,and deserves cul- 

 tivati.iii .■\.'i. wli.ii- in the South. According to C. S. 

 Sari;. Ill, " I'h. i. 1- no shrub of the desert portions of 



