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LANTANA 



Var. mutabilis {L. niven, var. mutnlnlin. Hook.). 

 Remarkable for the change of color in the nearly globu- 

 lar heads: in little more than a day the fis. may change 

 from white through yellowi.sh, lilac, rose and blue. The 

 outer tls. open white and run through yellowish, rose 

 and lilac; the inner ones open yellowish. B.M. 3110. 

 B.H. 1852:401. 



misla. Linn. Not spelled mixta by 

 :li it is so spelled by later authors). 

 ,' y.llciwish and becoming saffron and 

 lis. yellow, changing to orange. 

 Var. crdcea ( /-. c-M-en, Jacq.). Fls. opening sulfur- 

 yellow aud changing to saffron. E.H. 1852:461. 



Var. sanguinea (i. sangiiinen. Medic). Fl.s. opening 

 saffron-yellow, changing to bright red. 



purpdrea, Hornem. Erect : branches 4-angled and 

 somewhat hairy, with few recurved spines : Ivs. ovate, 

 narrowed into a petiole, acuminate, serrate-erenate, ru- 

 gose: fls. purple, very pretty, in hemispherical-umbel- 

 late heads, the bracts short and lance-subulate. S. Amer. 

 — Int. by Franceschi, 1900. A form of i. Camara ? 



AA. Plant never spiny: fruit thin-fleshed, usually not 

 juicy. 



trifilia, Linn. (L. dnnna, Linn.). Half-shrubby, 

 hairy: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, pointed, 

 crenate-dentate, in3'sor4's: heads becoming ovoid or 

 oblong, the involucre not conspicuous: fls. rose-lilac 

 varying to white, with yellow throat : fr. rather pulpy, 

 showing well amongst the bracts. Trop. Amer. B.M. 

 1449. — The name L. annua seems to have been applied 

 to young plants, on the impression that they were 

 annuals. The picture of L. annua In B.M. 1022 is quite 

 as likely to be a form of L. Camara. Little known in 

 cult. 



Sellowi&na, Link and Otto (i. delicatissima, Hort.T). 

 Weepinq or Trailing Lantana. Twiggy, slender plant 

 with lopping or trailing ptibescent branches: Ivs. small, 

 ovate, tapering below, close-toothed: fls. small, in long- 

 stalked small heads, rosy lilac, the outer bracts or scales 

 of the iBvolucre broad-ovate and hairy and half or less 

 as long as the slender pubescent corolla tube. S. Amer. 

 B.M. 2981. B. 3:115. R.H. 1852:461? -A very profuse 

 bloomer in both winter and summer, and most desirable 

 for pot or basket culture. Should be better known. 

 Verbena-like. The plant seems to be an escape in Fla. 



involucrita, Linn. l...u, inuch-branched bush, with 

 obscurely 4-an^'l.a -.mv l.ianrhes, and blunt, ovate, 

 small, crenate-deutiLte Ivs.: lis. small, nearly or quite 

 equalled by the ovate involucre bracts. Tro'p. Amer., 

 reaching N. to S. Fla. and S. Tex. -Said to be occasion- 

 ally cult, indoors for the light lilac or white fls. 



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LAPAGERIA 



LAPAGfiEIA the Empress Jos p 

 La Pagerie). LUuicea. Ciiii i I 

 gle species of noble, halt li m 

 lied to the smilaies. Lvs ,1 

 date-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved in 

 showy, bell-shajied, hanging sjii:;l\ tn.lji the upper axils 

 or sjmewhat racemose at the end ot the Miie. about 

 3 in. long; stamens 0, borne on the torus or slightly at- 

 tached to the base ot the inner segments, shorter than 

 the periauth: ovary sessile aud 1 loculed, with 3 parietal 

 placentae, ripening into a 3-angled, oblong, fleshy, inde- 

 hiscent, berry-like beaked fruit, and bearing nearly 

 globular seeds imbedded in the pulp. L. rdsea, Ruiz & 

 Pavon, is the only species. Fig. 1240. It has rose-col- 

 ored or rose-crimson fls., with lighter spots. Chile. 

 B.M. 4447. F.S. 5:491; 20:2059-60. R.H. 1850:101. Gt. 

 46:1445; 47, p. 101. G.C. HI. 20:057 (fruits); 25:45. 

 Gn. 34, p. 321; 48, p. 475; 49:1056; 55, p. 57. Gng. 5:356. 

 Mn. 7:191. Var. albiildra, Hook. (var. alba, Hort.), has 

 white or whitish fls. B.M. 4892. R.H. 1852:441 F.S. 

 20:2059-60. Gn. 41,p. 53; 49:1056 and p. 175; 54, p. 277. 

 A. G. 13:745 (poor). Gng. 2.187; 5:356. A double-Hd. 

 form of the white variety is shown in G.C. II. 17:777. 

 The species is variable in vigor, floriferousness, size, 

 color aud substance of bloom, and there are a number 

 of named horticultural subvarieties. Lapagerias are 

 tall-twining plants, suitable for rafters or walls in cool- 

 houses, or for culture in the open in the milder parts of 

 the country. They are usually propagated from layers, 

 but stronger plants usually are obtained from seeds, al- 

 though varieties may not come true. The first live 

 plants were introduced into England in 1847. Lapage- 

 rias should be seen more frequently in America. Fran- 

 ceschi says that in California the plant prefers shady 

 jilaces "where the atmosphere will never become too 



/ > ■" and Philesia buxifoUa have been 



li\i I \ iiih, producing a plant known as /"/!((- 



-, 1 , Mast. (G.C. 1872:358). Philesia af- 



(miI ill ilii iiiilli 11. It is not in the American trade, but 

 is a most interesting plant hybrid. For an anatomical 

 study of it, bearing on problems of hybridity, see 

 J. M. Macfarlane, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 37, pt. 

 1, p. 207(1892). L. H. B. 



It is by no means an easy task to grow Lapagerias. 

 They do best planted out into a cool greenhouse, where 

 only the morning sun strikes them. If the border or bed 

 in the greenhouse is on a naturally sandy or gravelly 

 subsoil, so that the natural drainage is perfect, it is an 

 ideal place for these plants. They like a deep bed of 

 sand or gravel underneath their roots, where abundance 





1240. Lapageria rosea ( 



of water can be applied during the spring £ 

 months and where the drainage is perfect. Light peaty 

 loam is best, and after plants are fully established they 

 like plenty of liquid fertilizing. The soil, in all cases, 



