934 



LIVISTOXA 



Pos 



if iit;tjmnnts droopinrf. 

 o. IViimber of segments 10-12. 

 Hodgendorpii, Hort. Stem tall, cylindrical, with tri- 

 angular Ifaf-scars: petiole rounded on the back, 3-5 ft. 

 long, red-brown at the base, olive-green above: sjiineM 

 stout, recurved, V/i-i}/, in. apart, 'i-il'.j in. |..ng: Ir.if 

 suborbicular, 4K-G ft. in dianu; s.^'iii. itt^ |ilir;iii . ,nii. ■ 

 nate, pendulou.s at the apex an. I .'-7 l..i.f ,1. i1m \.,\„-< 

 acute. Java. I. H. 21:174. F.U. I : 1J7. i in. l'.k |.. :;'.ij. 

 GO. Numhi-rnf s,;,„i. 



than 12 



jr., 



• wanting 

 or very minute or i in. long; petiole much flattened, 

 with acute edges bordered with small prickles inter- 

 mixed with larger ones, often J^in. long. N. Australia. 

 — Fig. 1305 is redrawn from Martins. 



BUbglobdsa, Mart. A medium-sized palm : Ivs. gla- 

 brous, the rays 10-12 in. long, 2-parted nearly to the 

 base, the lobes linear, very acuminate, pendulous : fr. 

 subglobose. Java.— Known in Java as "Sedangan." 

 Jared G. Smith. 



This is the most extensively grown genus of fan- 

 leaved palms in commerciiil linrtimltnre of the present 

 day, its coramone.st re|iir.i m.ii i , r i,. mt; the well-known 

 "Chinese Fan Palm,-/,. . lurli is also known 



to the trade, and inipr"!. / ' 'i Borbonica. In 



general, the members ,,( ih,- . , ,,,i- jre by no means 

 difficult to grow, though it is will to make some distinc- 

 tions in culture between such strong-growing and com- 

 paratively hardy palms asZ. Cfiiiiensis and Zi.australis, 

 and the mure tender spi-cies from Java and northern 

 Austr:i:':i. Ill, i.j vl'i.li f . 1,1,111'dis, L. olivmformis and 



L. )■".' ■ ■'.:■• - .: ■• : I, 



K"i I !■ I'll :i strong loamy soil well 



enri.lii i .,,■':, , i,..i ...i^i.; .lyed stable manure, good 



draiuii^r, :iii :i .lunl.un r ui. w:iter and a night tempera- 

 ture of 00" will provide satisfactory conditions for 

 sturdy growth. 



The more tropical species, of which L. rotundifolia is 

 a good ex-:iiiiple. make better progress in a somewhat 

 light. 1 ..il Mil .1 hi^'her temperature, C5° to 70° being 

 more i ! .i "lu than the cool treatment accorded 



their- I . :i..s. More shade is also required for 



the \v.;i inl, ill . ji III s, in order to retain the rich green 



L. (iHslmlls is a more stubby-growing plant tha 

 Chineiisis, the fan-like leaves are stiffer and less g 

 ful, and tlio footstalks are more thoroughly armed 

 stout spines, while tin- le.ives ;ire .-ilso snniller in ftrt 



tion to the pl;ini ili.ui i In i-. ..i' /,, r ;,,„.,,,, ., /, , //,„ 



dorpii and L. ■'■' < ,i ■ , , . mi v 



plants, but Him ■ : . i ■ . r ^i 



on the footst:,]! ., ,. ;,, .■ ,; . ,,; / /, , ,, , .•,,,^,, 



generally Immmm i . 1 1,, i,.,i, ,., ,,i ii,,! h i,,.,ii^- Ii .li\ 



somewhat undulated, as IIh.iii^Ii iIhv wi le rri.wded on 

 the stalk. In fact, sni.Tll |. hints ,,| '/,, r.,l,i„,lif„lia are 

 usually more symmetri.Ml. ;nid also liavr lMii"i.r foot- 

 ^'^"'^- W. H. Taplin. 



LL6YDIA (after Edward Lloyd, who found the plant 

 in Wales). LiUilieir. About 4 species of bulbous plants, 

 of which L. Ill 111 II, I was sai.l liv Baker to have the widest 

 distribution ol imy plint in the lily family. Dwarf 

 plants, with lianl. -ras.v h s. and small, whitish, long- 

 lasting fls. : perianili (I parted; segments withering and 



alplna, Salisb. (i. seriiina. Sweet). Distinguished 

 from the other species by having an oblique, somewhat 

 rhizomatous rootstock and glands on the claws of the 

 perianth se;rnients. Radical Ivs. 2^, linear, convolute: 

 sieni ii-u.illy l-(l,I.,3-9 in. long: Ivs. 3^, small, linear: 

 iN. whiti-li. v.llowish purple at its base. Mts. of Wales 

 Im .sjjriiy. liinialayas, Colorado. -Adv. 1889 by. P. H. 



LOASA (South American name). Zoasdcea. ' 

 plants are too much like nettles to deserve cultiv 

 though their fls. are odd and interesting. The 

 from their pricks lasts several days. ICa.li of i 

 hooded petals contains a bunch ot' siann n-. ii,, 

 treated as half-hardy annuals. (See ,l„„,i,,/,. ) 

 nus of about 50 tropical American Im ihs, ere.-t or 

 ing: Ivs. alternate or opposite, entire, lolied or d 

 pound : capsule 3-5-valvecl from the apex, rarely tw 

 ovary 1-celled; ovules numerous. The allied i 

 Blumenbachia differs in having capsules whic 

 longitudinallv 5-10-valved and most frequently sp 

 twisted. 



1306. Loasa tricolor (X %). 



A. Sepals as long as petals. 



tricolor, Lindl. Fig. 1306. Annual, 2 ft. high: Ivs. 



opposite, bipinnatifld, very prickly: sepals as long as 



the petals; petals yellow: crown red: filaments white. 



Chile. B.R. 8:6B7. 



AA. Sepals shorter than petals . 

 B. Petals yellou-. 

 hispida, Linn. Annual, IK ft. high: Ivs. alternate, 

 5 in. long, 3H in. wide, pinnatifid; segments lobed : se- 

 ))als much shorter than the petals: petals yellow, over 

 1 in. long. June-Aug. Peru. B.M. .30.57. G.C. III. 

 22:291. Gn. 25, p. 451. -Cult, in pots abroad. 



BB. Petals white. 

 vulcAnica, Andre (i- Wdllisii.'RoTt.). Erect, bushy 

 annual, 'J-:; It.hi-li: Ivs. .'l-G in. broad, 3-parted; seg- 

 ments sen.ii. . I :m1i Willi a long stalklet, the lateral 

 ones often .li\iii..l intM :! ifts. : sepals .shorter than the 

 petals; jutaN while: eve of fl. of 2 concentric red 



