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L. amplericau'lis (stem-clasping). 3. 1815. 



colli'nus (hill). 3. May. 1824. 



ericoi'des (heath-like). 6. 1815. 



juniper oi'des (juniper-like). 3. May. 1804. 



lanceola'tus (spear-head-teawed). 12. May. 1790. 



obova'tus (reverse-egg-/eawed). 1, June. 1824. 



polystn'chys (many-spiked). 2. June. 1826. 



Ri'chei (Riche's). 6. June. 1822. 



seti'gera (bristly). 2. 1824. 



stria' tus (channelled). 3. June. 1823. 



verticilla'tus (whorled). 1 837. 



virga'tus (twiggy). 2. June. 1824. 



LEUCOSPE'RMUM. (From leukos, white, 

 and sperma, a seed. Nat. ord., Proteads 

 [Proteacee]. Linn., 4-Tetrandria \-Mo- 

 nogynia. Allied to Protea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with yellow flow- 

 ers, from the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of 

 ripe young shoots, with the leaves left on, except 

 those close to the base of the cutting, firmly in 

 sand, and covered with a bell-glass, kept cool, and 

 care taken to prevent damping ; light, sandy, fibry 

 loam, with a little peat, nodules of charcoal, free- 

 stone, and brick. Winter temp., 35 to 45. 

 L. attenua'tum (thin). 3. June. 1820. 



ca'ndicans (whitish). 2. August. 17QO. 



furmo'sum (handsome). 4. July. 1784. 



grandifto'rum (large-flowered) 4. June. 1800. 



linea're (narrow-feauerf). 4. July. 1774. 



me'dium (middle-sized). 3. July. 17Q4. 



pa'rile (matched). 2. August. 178Q. 



pa'tulum (spreading). 2.. August. 1823. 



spathula'tum (spatulate) 2. June. 1825. 



tomento'sum (.cottony}. 2. June. 178Q. 



LEUCOSTE'MMA. Synonyme of Elichry- 

 sum. 



LEUCO'THOE. Synonyme of Andromeda. 



LEU'ZEA. ( Named tfterDe Leuze. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [ Asteraceas] . Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia 3-Frustranea. Allied to Ser- 

 ramla.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials, wkh purple 

 flowers. Seeds, and divisions of the plant in 

 spring ; common garden-soil. 

 L. Altn'lca (Altaian). $. August. Siberia. 1822. 



austr/i'lis (southern). 1. August. N.Hol- 



land. 1821. 



carthumoi'des (carthamus-like). 2, August. 



Siberia. 1816. 



fonif/era (cone-bearing), f. July. South 



Europe. 1683. 



tali' no, (salt). 1. June. Siberia. 1817. 

 LEVI'STICUM. (From levo, to assuage; 



said to relieve flatulency. Nat. ord., 

 Umbellifers [Apiacem]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandrial-Monoyynia. Allied to Angelica.) 

 Hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds, and divi- 

 sions of the plant in spring ; common soil. 

 L. officinafle (shop). 6. Pale yellow. June. 

 Italy. 15Q6. 



LEWI'SIA. (Named after Captain Lewis, 

 the traveller. Nat. ord., Ficoids [Mesem- 

 bryacese]. Linn., IS.Polyandria \-Mono- 

 gynia,) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds, and di- 

 Yidmg the roots in spring; light, sandy loam, 

 with brick-rubbish. 

 L. redivi'va (revived). J. Rose. N. Amer. 1826. 



LEYSSE'EA. (Named after T. W. Leys- 

 ser, a German botanist. Nat. ord., Com- 

 posites [Asteracese]. Linn., 19-Synge* 

 nesia 2-Superflua.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, orange-flowered, and 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, except cupillifo'lia. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened shoots in sand, over 

 sandy peat, in summer; peat and loam, both 

 rough and sandy. 



L. capillifo'lia (hair-leaved). . Yellow. June* 

 Barbary. 1822. 



cilia'ta (hair-fringed). Ij. August. 1816. 



gnaphalni' des (gnaphalium-like). 2. August. 



1774. 



pnlifo'lia (polium-leaved). 1$. August. 1820. 



squarro'sa (spreading). 2. August. 1815. 



LEYCESTE'EIA. (Named after W.Leys- 

 ser, once chief justice at Bengal. Nat, 

 ord., Caprifoils [Caprifoliacese]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Symphoricarpus.) 



Half-hardy evergreen shrub. Seeds in spring; 

 cuttings of young, short shoots in spring, under 8 

 glass, and older shoots in autumn, under a hand- 

 light ; light, sandy soil ; will require a few ever- 

 green boughs over it in a very hard winter. 

 L.formo'sa (handsome). 4. White, purple. 

 August. Nepaul. 1824. 



LHO'TSKYA. (Named after Dr. John 

 Lhotsky, a German botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Fringe-myrtles [Cbamselauciaceffi]. Linn., 

 12-Icosandria I-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Calytrix.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from Swan River. Cut- 

 tings of young shoots, when the base is a little 

 firm, in sand, and under a glass; loam, and a 

 little peat and sand. Winter temp., 38 to 45. 

 L. acutifo'lia (sharp-leaved). Pale yellow. June. 



viola' cea (violet-coloured). Violet. June. 1843. 



LI'ABUM. (Derivation not explained. 

 Nat. ord., Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 

 W-Syngenesia 2-Superflua. Allied to 

 Andromachia.) 



Stove herbaceous perennial. Division in spring ; 

 sandy loam, leaf-mould, and a little peat. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80"; winter, 48 to 55. 

 L. Bro'wnei (Brown's). Yellow. June. Jamaica. 

 1768. 



LIA'TEIS. (Derivation not known. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 

 19-Syngencsia 1-JEqualis.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials, from North 

 America. Division in spring ; sandy loam and 

 peat; those from Carolina require protection iu 

 winter. 

 L. bellidifo'lia (daisy-leaved). 2. Pink. August. 



borea'lis (northern). 1$. Pink. August. 



corymbo'sa (corymbed). 3. Purple. Sep- 



tember. Carolina. 1825. 



cyli'ndrica (cylindric-/?ow)crcd). 4. Pink. 



September. 1811. 



e'legans (elegant). 4. Purple. September; 



1787. 



gra'cilis (slender). 1$. Purple. September. 



Carolina. 1818. 



graminifo'lin (grass-leaved). 3. Pink. August* 



