LICUALA 



AA. Lvs. cJigitately divided: lobes narrow. 

 B. Lobes less than 12. 

 Jean6iiceyi, Sander. A dwarf, rapidly growing palm: 

 lvs. deep shining green : lobes blunt, 5 to 8. New Guinea. 

 Gn. 55,p.71. F.E. 11:291. G.M. 41:341. 

 BB. Lobes 12 or more. 

 c. Petioles without spines in the tipper part. 

 glegans, Blume. Stems thick as a man's body, 4 ft. 

 high, prominently scarred.: petioles 3-4K ft. long, the 

 margins with brown hooked spines to just above the 

 middle; lvs. orbicular; lobes very graceful, the linear- 

 lanceolate lateral ones gradually decreasing to 11 in., 

 obliquely truncate, with acute teeth, the middle lobes 16 

 in. long, truncate, with broader obliquely ovate obtuse 

 teeth, lobes with only 2 or 3 folds. Sumatra. 



.IGUSTRUM 



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ilu.nujhou 



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orbicu- 



peltata Ro^b I 1^ IJ-l 

 lar; lobes \er\ \ariill. m kii^th and width many- 

 toothed at the apex the tttth ^i-i in petiole stout, 3-1 

 ft. long The lobes of the h s droop very gracefully. 

 G.C 1872 1657 Indii -Ad% 18% by Pitcher & Manda. 

 Fig 1271 is rediawn trom M irtius 



DD Li h II iiilalhi spieadiiig 



spindaa Wurmb |/ h 1 1 , 1 1 Blurae) Lvs 3 ft. or 

 more m diam orl.ic ul ir n iiit ■rm inner lobes 18-22 in. 

 long 4S-I m wide it the apex 10-11 toothed, outer 

 lobes 1> m long lW-2 m «ide 4-6 toothed teeth 

 rather large triangular ovate bihd petioles obtusely 

 3-ang]pd, i-^ ft long, with brownish hooked spines. 

 Java, Moluccas. Jared G. Smith. 



Licualas are very handsome warmhouse palms of mod- 

 erate growth, several species of which have been grown 

 to some extent commercially. They delight in a tropi- 

 cal temperature and abundant moisture, and should also 

 be shaded from strong sunshine in order to produce 

 foliage of the deep, rich shade of green that is common 



The most attractive species is L. grandis, which has 

 been until recent years a costly species owing to its 

 comparative rarity in cultivation. It is probably within 

 ten years that the" first consignment of seeds of this spe- 

 cies was received in America. 



The large fan-shaped leaves of the Licualas are some- 

 what tender and easily injured, which makes them of 

 less value for house decoration, but as exhibition plants 



there are few palms more strikingthan L. grandis^ and 

 L. eleguns. L. spinosa and L. peltuta are also well 

 worth cultivation, though objection is sometimes found 

 to the strong hooked spurs with which their leafstalks 

 are armed. w. h. Taplin. 



LIGULABIA. All referred to Senecio. 



LIGlJSTICUM (Latin, referring to the ancient prov- 

 ince of Liguria, where a plant was gathered which was 

 something like this and used in medicine.) rmheVifer(P. 



for natUraliziTiL' \\ilh ;i.i ii:il !.■- ;nMl li-'- I-I;i1l1^. Ii li:i- A 



bold habit, ;;rc _ 



pound foliaL;.'. i i: , , , : : , , . - . i i ,. 



genus has al."ii: -" -i"-!.- -.:iii.i.J m iIm ih. in 



inv 



^ "Kf 



i and white lis. 

 )ur manuals or 

 American Um- 



Coult,-l- Mll.l UN. 



bellilera;," IBSS. 



actaBiJolium, Michx. Stem stout, branched above: 

 lvs. 3-4-ternate; Ifts. 2-5 in. long, coarsely serrate, 

 lu-oadly oblong: umbel 10-20-raved: fruiting rays 1-2 

 ill. loui.'. .Tulv, Aug. Rich ground, S. Pa. to Gulf of 

 .Mex. B.B. 2:519. -Int. by H. P. Kelsey. w M 



LIGtrSTRUM (ancient Latii 



hardv North, 

 and Quihniii, 

 Longlshin.l. 



Olfttcen 



In- 



■ iiiense 

 .irth of 

 hardy 



of the best 

 in the very 

 lia Privet). 



creased by cuti 

 tings in suniii 

 grafted on ly. 



fr. 



1,'thod.- 

 11 fall or 

 isionally 



California Pkivet for He 

 Cuttings 8-14 inches of 1-year \ 

 winter, preferably the foriiier, 

 damaged by the winter, even a' 

 These are tied in bundles and 

 In the spring rhev are stuck in 

 feet, and kept cultivateil. Thev 

 1-2H feet high, or at 2 years, wt 

 sold at 2 years the plants are sometimes cut back to 3 

 inches to sprout again. They are dug by spade or tree- 

 digger. These closely grown plants will make a hedge. 



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