acutangula, Koxbg. (L. fwtida, Cav.)- Sing-kwa of 

 Chinese. Fig. 1323. Lvs. rounded, scarcely lobed, very 

 iely toothed : ovary lO-ribbed, ripening into a 



civ rihhpH frnit Trr»Tiir»«_ Hf _ 4S. Tl_ l.^fi_ T tt T» 



L.I 



coarsely uoomeu ; ovary ru-iiuucvi, iipcui 

 Strongly ribbed fruit. Tropics. Gt. 48, p. 136. 



LDISIA (after Don Luis de Torres, of 

 whose personality little is known). Or- 

 cliiilAceie. Curious epiphytic herbs, with 

 simple or branched erect stems, bearing 

 alternate, elongated, fleshy-terete lvs. : fls. 

 sessile, on short lateral spikes; sepals and 

 petioles sub-similar, connivent or half- 

 spreading; labelhim adnate to the column, 

 somewhat concave, with small lateral 

 lobes and a large, spreading, entire or l)i- 

 fld middle lobe; column short; pollinia 2, 

 on a broad, short pedicel. About 10 spe- 

 cies. These plants are rarely cult. They 

 grow well in any warm or intermediate 

 house. 



Wres, Blume. Spike few-fld.: lateral 

 sepals narrower than dorsal, which is 

 similar to the petals: labellum bi-auriculate, oblong 

 sulcate, apex bifid. 



L. tires, Liiidl.=Sarcanthus teretifolius. 



Heinrich HaSSELBRINIt 



LUNARIA {Luna, Latin for moon; name referring to 

 the silvery white partition of the large pods) Crucif 

 era'. JIooNwoRT. Honesty. Two herbs of Europe and 

 W. Asia, both cult, in old gardens. Lvs. rather large, 

 simple, broad or more or less cordate: fls. purple, in 

 terminal racemes or panRles rather laige and showy 

 fr stalked m the calyx becoming a \ ery large, flat disk 

 shaped silicle with dfidunus v-ilves ind a thin per 

 sistent "i I turn 1 w m 1 ^ tinoi 1 c niiiartment 



The plii.t t . t 1 nvoidiniiy 



garden ill i i their showy 



fls ,but 11 1 1 1 I t ] ds which 



are used iu\ i il U[i l 11 i II 1 Honest j 



LUPINUS 94y 



because the seeds can be seen through the pods. Prop, 

 by seeds; or the second species rarely by division. The 

 species sometimes escape from gardens. 

 Annua, Linn. (i. 6iV)!«is,Moench). Fig. 1324. Loose- 



LUNGWORT Merfensia. 



LUPlNUS (from the Latin lupus, a wolf ; hpca.isp a 

 crop of Lupines wms mip|m,s,',1 

 to destroy fertilii\i. L<:nniii- 

 nisce. Lupine. A -nnip .if 

 about 80 species iiM'sth cuuiiiied 

 to western N. America, a few 

 growing in eastern N. America 

 and in the Mediterranean region. 

 Most are annuals or herbaceous 

 perennials, one species in cult, 

 being shrubby. All are showy 

 plants with conspicuous flowers 

 in terminal racemes, those of 



blue, white or yello 

 of these, papili 

 free-blooming. All are of easy 

 cult, in any garden soil, except 

 that they are said not to suc- 

 ceed in soil containing lime. 

 They are adapted to borders 

 in masses, and to all places 

 in which low - growing showy 

 herbs would be found. Some 

 make good bedding plants, 

 others cut-flowers. They are 

 propagated by seed, the peren- 

 nials also by division. They do 

 not bear transplanting when 

 once established hence it is 

 recommended to sow seed where 

 the plants are finally desiied 

 A few species are of value eto 

 iioiiiK ilh fi I soiling or plowing 



t ,,, 1 11, |inl torolliwith 

 viuil It-t-if 1 1 ioadlj ovate Stan 

 dird, ha\ing strongly reflexed 

 sides wings united at the apex 

 and enclosing the keel ; 



