LAYIA (Thn 

 age). ('"iH/i'l' 



turalist in the Beechey voy- 

 l.i species of California an- 



n spring or early sum- 

 . :ill entire or some, partieu- 

 'S pairs of linear side lobes 

 f. For general culture they 

 lilt (>?pf/<nis,whichhasasimi- 

 L-d by the blood-colored spot 

 i lis. in Layia are about i-lH 

 e distinctly 3-toothed. The 

 ) diffuse, much-branched and 

 It IS probable that for best results 

 rted early indoors, and transplanted 

 outdoors in May. Easy to grow. 



A. Bays entirely tehite. 



glanduldsa, Hook. Hispid, sometimes glandular: Ivs. 



1-1 V^ in. long, 2-3 lines broad, linear, the upper ones all 



entire: rays 8-13. B.M. 6856.-Not cult., but desirable. 



AA. Bays yellow, sometimes tipped white 



B. Plants hairy. 



ilBgans, Terr. & Gray. All the upper Ivs. entire: rays 



10-12, yellow, rarely white- tipped : pappus white or whit- 



LEATHEK FLOWER. Clematis llonia. L. Jacket. 

 Eucalyptus punctata. L. Leaf. C'hamisdaphne. L. 

 Wood. Dirca palustris; also Cyrilla. 



larly tli.' 1 ■ 



are probably iiiffri<ir to . 

 lar habit and is distingu 

 at the base of the rays. 

 in. across, and the rays 

 species describeil liplow 

 about a foot liigh. It u 

 they shoul 



1251. Air-Layerine. 



ish, its copious villous hairs much shorter than the awn 

 shaped bristles, which are long plumose below the mid 

 die. This and the next have a few small, scattered 

 stalked glands which are wanting from the last 

 two. Gn. 31, p. 465. — Procurable from western 

 collectors. Perhaps the best ot the genus 



platygUssa, Gray. Some of the upper h s pin 

 natitid : rays light yellow, commonly white 

 tipped : pappus of stout, awn like bristles which 

 are upwardly scabrous. B.M 3719 —Cult in Eu „ • 



BB. Plants not hairy or at molt minutely 

 pubescent 



CalUgldssa, Gray. Akenes villous pubescent or 

 partly glabrate: pappus of 10-18 very unequal 

 and rigid awl-shaped awns. B R 22 IS'iO (er 

 roneously as Oxyura chrysanfhemnides) 



chrysanthemoidea. Gray (Oxyuta chrinantht 

 moldes, DC.). Akenes wholly glabrous, broader: 

 pappus none. Not B.R. 22:1850, which is the 

 above. According to Thorbum this is a hardy 

 annual trailer with white fls., blooming in sum- 

 mer and autumn. 



LEAD PLANT is Amorpha canescens. 



LEADWOET. Plumbago. 



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horizontal multiple layer 



LEBIDIEROPSIS (Greek; resembling Lebidiera, a 

 genus now included in Cleistanthus). Euphorbidcea'. 

 This genus includes a small tree with very hard wood, 

 and of unknown yrihic, introduced from a botanical gar- 

 den of northern India l.y Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fla. 

 Lebidieropsis \\;is i-..lur.d l.y Henthani and Hooker to 

 the r,auk of a miI.l'.hus of t'leistanthus, but in the 

 Flora of British ItmIki 1 looker says that Lebidieropsis 

 should probably h,- n st(.re(l, the seeds being globose, 

 while in Cleistanthus they are always oblong. The seeds 

 also differ in structure. Generic characters of Cleistan- 

 thus are: trees or shrubs: Ivs. alternate, 2-ranked, en- 

 tire: fls. smr.U or minute, in axillary clusters and spikes, 

 monoecious; calyx 5-cleft or 4-G-cleft; petals as many, 

 minute; stamens 5; filaments united in a column in the 

 center of the disk : ovary 3-celled. 



orbicuia.ris, Muell., Arg. Lvs. IJ^-t in. long, lH-3 in. 

 wide, leathery, broadly obovate or elliptic, tip rounded 

 or refuse, glaucous beneath, nerves 5-8 pairs: fls. silky, 

 3-6 in a cluster; petals fleshy, narrow: seeds 2 lines 

 thick, chestnut-browu, with scanty albumen. Hooker 

 does not recognize the 3 varieties distinguished by 

 Mueller on the shape and hairiness of the lvs. 



LfiDUM (ledon, ancient Greek name of Cjstus). 

 Ericacecv. Labrador Tea. Ornamental low evergreen 

 shrubs with alternate, entire, short-petioled lvs., slightly 

 fragrant when bruised, and with handsome white fls. in 

 terminal umbels, appearing in early summer. They are 

 all hardy North, and well adapted for borders of ever- 

 green shrubberies or for planting in swampy situations. 

 They thrive as well in sunny as in partly shaded situa- 

 tions, and prefer a moist, sandy and peaty soil. Trans- 

 planting is easy, if the plants are moved with a sufficient 

 ball ot eirth Prop by seeds sown in spring in sandy 



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peat and treated like those of Azalea and Rhododen- 

 dron, the young plants growing but slowly; increased 

 also by layers and division. Three species in the arctic 

 and cold regions of the northern hemisphere, all found 



