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Stove Ferns, with brownish-yellow spores. 

 See FERNS. 



L. asplenioi'des (asplenium-like). June. Ja- 

 maica. 



gra'cile (slender). June. Brazil. 



polypodioi'des(polypQdium-\ike'). June. Brazil. 



villo'sa (shaggy). 2. July. Brazil. 1836. 



LEPTOME'RIA. (From leptos, slender, 

 and meris, a part; referring to the slender 

 and almost leafless shoots. Nat. ord., 

 Sandalworts [Santalaceae]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria l-Monoyynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, with white blossoms, 

 from New Holland. Cuttings of firm young shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass ; sandy peat and fibry 

 loam, with pieces of charcoal. Winter temp., 40 

 to 48. 

 . a'cida (acid). 1. 1823. 



Billardie'ri (Labillardi^re's). 1. 1823. 

 LEPTO'SIPHON. (From leptos, slender, 



and siphon, a tube ; alluding to the tube 

 of the flower. Nat. ord., Phloxworts 

 [Polemoniaceae]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 i-Jtfonogynim.} 



Hardy annuals, from California. Sown in the 

 borders at the end of March ; sandy loam suits 

 them ; but they will do better still if assisted with 

 leaf-mould or peat soil, 

 L. androsa' ceus (androsace-like). 1. Blue, white. 



August. 1833. 

 ' densiflo'rus (clustered-flowered). g. Purple. 



June. 1833. 

 coro'lla a'lha (white-corollaed). f . White. 



June. 1833. 



grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). l. Blue, 



yellow. September. 18:33. 



hi' tens (yellow), li. Deep yellow. Septem- 



ber. 1833. 



pa'llidus (pale). l. Pale yellow. Sep- 

 tember. 1833. 



parviflo'rus (small-flowered). l. Yellow. 



September. 1833. 



LEPTOSPE'EMUM. (From leptos, slen- 

 der, and sperma, a seed. Nat. ord., Myr- 

 tleUuoms [Myrtaceae]. Linn., 12-Icosan- 

 dria \-Monoyyniq. Allied to Metrosi- 

 deros.) 



New Holland, greenhouse, evergreen plants, 

 with white flowers. Seeds in a hotbed, in March ; 

 uttings of young shoots, getting firm, in May, in 

 well-drained pots, in sand, under a glass; loam 

 two parts, peat one part, sand and charcoal half a 

 part. Winter temp., 38 to 48. Some, such as 

 lani'gerum and grandiflo'rum, would do well on 

 conservative walls. 

 L. arachnoi'deum (cobwebbed). 3. June. 1/95. 



attenuu'tum (thin). 5. June. 1795. 



bacca'tum (berry-fruited). 3. June. 1790. 



emargina'tuTn (notch-leaved,). 5. June. 1818. 



ftave'scens (yellowish). 5. June. 1/87. 



flexuo'sum (zigzag). 10. June. 1823. 



~ grandiflo'rum (large-flowered). 5. June. 1810. 



juniperi'num (juniper-leaved). 2. June. 1790. 



lani'gerum (woolly). 5. June. 1774. 



multicau'le (many-stemmed). 4. June. 1S24. 



obli'quum (twatoA-leaved) . June. 1800. 



pe'ndulum (weeping). 4. July. 



seri'ceum (silky). S.June. N.S.Wales. 1818. 



squarru'sum (spreading). 4. July. 



tltymifo'lium (thyme-leaved). 5. June. 1824. 



trUocula're (three-relied). 2. June. 1800. 



LEPTOSTE'LMA. See ERI'GERON MA'XI- 

 MUM. 



LEPTO'TES. (From leptos, slender; re- 

 ferring to the leaves. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidaceae]. Linn., 2Q-Gynandria 1- 

 Monandria. Allied to Brassavola.) 



Stove orchids. Divisions in spring ; fibry peat, 

 potsherds, and old moss chopped, with the pot 

 nearly filled with drainage. Summer temp., 60 

 to 85; winter, 55 to 6u. 



L. bi'color (two-coloured). $. White, red. April. 

 Brazil. 1831. 



gtoco/;/iv7/tt(miIky-green-leaved). White, 



purple. February. Organ Mountains. 1838. 



co'ncoloi-' (one-coloured). White. February. 



Brazil. 1838. 



LESCHENAU'LTIA. (Named after M. 

 Leschenault, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Goodcniads [Goodeniacese]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria \-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from New Holland. 

 Cuttings of the points of young shoots in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and as soon as struck, potted 

 and grown in an open compost of turty peat, 

 fibry loam, silver sand, and pieces of broken pots 

 and charcoal, the pots being well drained. Winter 

 temp., 38 to 45, with plenty of air when possible. 

 A shady position in summer. 

 L. arcua^ta, (bowed-branched'). 1, Yellow. Au- 

 gust. 1844. 

 bilo'ba (two-lobed). 1. Blue. June. 1840. 



formo'sa (handsome). 1. Scarlet. June. 1824. 



oblu'ta (flattened -round -lobed). 1. Orange. 



June. 1824. 



sple'ndens (shining). l. Scarlet. June. 1844. 



LESPEDE'ZA. (Named after Lespedez, 

 once governor of Florida. Nat. ord., Le- 

 yuminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 17- 

 Diadelphia 4^-Decandria. Allied to Des- 

 ra odium.) 



North American plants, except where otherwise 

 specified. Annuals, by seed, in a sandy, peaty 

 border ; perennials, by the same means in spring, 

 and division of the roots ; shrubs, cuttings either 

 of young or ripened wood in sand, under a bell- 

 glass ; sandy, fibry peat. Eriocu'rpa requires the 

 greenhouse, and glamera'ta must be used as a 

 tender annual. 



ANNUALS. 



L. glomera'ta (crowded). 3. Purple. July. E. 

 Ind. 1819- Stove. 



SfM'ei(Stuve's). ). Purple. July. 1824. Hardy. 



SHRUBS. 

 L. eri oc a'rpa (woolly-fruited). 1. Violet. July. 



Nepaul. 1819. Greenhouse evergreen. 

 frute'scens (shrubby). 4. Purple. July. 1739. 



Deciduous shrub. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 L. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. Pale purple. 

 June. 1800. 



polysta'chya (many-spiked). 3. White. July. 



1789. 



prostra'ta (prostrate). $. Purple. July. 1810. 



Trailer. 



villo'sa. (shaggy). White. July. 1819- 



viola'cea (violet). 2. Violet. July. 1739- 

 dwe'rgens (diverging). 2. Violet. July. 



4800. 



