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LONDON PKIDE. Saxi'fraga umbro'sa. 



LONI'CERA. (Named after Adam Loni- 

 fcr, a German botanist. Nat. ord., Capri- 

 coils [Caprifoliaeese]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 drla l-Monogynia. Allied to Caprifolium.) 



Hardy deciduous shrubs. By cuttings and 

 layers in the autumn ; with all the succulent, 

 pithy-stemmed kinds, the latter mode is the best, 

 as cuttings are apt to rot; when planted they 

 should have a shady, sheltered situation ; good, 

 loamy soil. 



L. alpi'gena (alpine). 6. Yellow. April. South 

 Europe. 1596. 



Sibi'rica (Siberian). 5. Yellow. April. 



Siberia. 1810. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 5. Pale yellow. 



April. North India. 184/. 



cxru'lea (blue-berried). 4. Yellow. May. 



Switzerland. 1629. 



Canade'nsis( Canadian). Yellow. May. Canada. 



1812. 



cane'scens (hoary). 10. April. Europe. 



cUia'ta (hair-fringed). 4. White, red. April. 



N. Amer. 1824. 



a'lba (white-berried). 4. White, red. 



April. N. Amer. 1824. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). 4. Yellow, crimson. 



June. E. lad. 1844. 



diversifo'lia (various-leaved). 4. Yellow. May. 



Himalaya. 1843. 



fiexuo'sa (zigzag). 15. Orange. July. Japan. 



1806. 



Ibe'rica (Iberian). 6. Orange. April. Iberia. 



1824. 



involucra'ta (involucred). 3. Yellow. April. 



Hudson's Bay. 1824. 



Ledebnu'rii (Ledebour's). 3. Yellow, red. 



June. California. 1833. 



microphy'tta (small-leaved). 4. Siberia. 1818, 



ni'gra (black). 4. Pale yellow. April. Switzer- 



land. 1597. 



campaniflo'ra (bell-flowered). 4. Yellow. 



May. N. Amer. 



oblongifo'lia (oblong-leaved). 3. White. April. 



N. Amer. 1823. 



orienta'lis (eastern). 16. Yellow. June. Iberia. 



1825. 



puni'ceus (crimson). Crimson. May. N. 



Amer. 1822. 



Pyrena'ica (Pyrenean). 4. White. Pyrenees. 



1739. 



Tata'rica (Tartarian). 10. Pink. April. 



Russia. 1752. 

 albiflo'ra (white-flowered). 10. White. 



May. Pyrenees. 1/39. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 10. Pink. April. 



lu'tea (yellow-flowered). 10. Yellow. 



April. 

 rubriflo'ra (red-flowered). 10. Red. April. 



Russia. 1752. 



villo'sa (shaggy). 4. Yellow. April. Canada. 



1820. 



scylo'steum (fly). 8. Yellow. June. England. 

 leucoca'rpiim (white-berried). 8. Yellow. 



June. Britain. 



melanoca'rpiim (black-berried). 8. Yellow. 



June. Britain. 



tttmthoca'rpum (yellow-berried). 8. Yel- 

 low. June. Britain. 

 LOOKING-GLASS PLANT. Heritie'ra. 

 LOOSESTRIFE. Lysima'chia. 

 LOPE'ZIA. (Named after J. Lopez, 

 a Spanish botanist. Nat. ord., Onagrads 



| ("Onagraeefle]. Linn., \-Monandria 1- 

 I Monoyyiiia. Allied to Cirecea.) 



Annuals, from Mexico, all of which thrive the 

 better it' sown on a light hotbed in the middle of 

 March, and are transplanted in the middle of 

 ' May ; light soil. 



L. cordu'ta (heart-teawed). li. Purple. August. 

 1821. 



corona' ta (coroneted). l. Red. August. 1805. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). l. Red. August. 1796. 



liuea'ta (streaked-/eaued). 3. Iv/se. February. 



183Q. 



pu'mila (dwarf). $. Red. August. 1824. 



racemo'sa (racemed). l. Red. August. 1792. 



LOPHA'NTHUS. (From lophos, a crest, 

 and anthos, a flower; referring to the 

 middle lobe of the flower. Nat. ord., La- 

 biates, or Lipworts [Lamiaceae]. Linn., 

 14^-Didynamia 1-Gymnospermia. Allied to 

 Mentha.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials, from North Ame- 

 rica. Seeds sown in April ; cuttings of the young 

 shoots at the same time, in a shady place, in 'sandy 

 soil, under a hand-light ; division of the plant in 

 spring ; good garden-soil. 

 L. anisa'tus (anise-scented). 3. Blue. July. J828. 



Nepetoi'des (Nepeta-like;. 5. Yellow, white. 



July. 1692. 



scrophularioi'des(Rgvroit-like). 5. Pink. July. 



1800. 



urticcefu'lius (nettle-leaved).2.Blue. July.l82fi. 

 LOPHI'OLA. (A diminutive of lophos, a 



crest; referring to the crested sepals, or 

 flower-leaves. Nat. ord., Lilyworts [Lili- 

 acese]. Linn., Q-ffexandna I-Monoyynia. 

 Allied to Wachendorfia.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division of the 

 roots in autumn or spring ; peaty soil, in a damp, 

 shady situation. 



L. au'rea (golden-flowered). l. Yellow. June. 

 N. Amer. 1811. 



LOPHI'RA. (From lophos, & crest; re- 

 ferring to two of the sepals finally ex- 

 panding into crested wings. Nat. ord., 

 Lophirada [Lophiracese]. Linn., 12-Ico- 

 sandria 1-Monoyynia.} 



This is the Scrubby Oak of Sierra Leone, a 

 handsome tree, with panicled yellow flowers. End- 

 licher founded the order on it because it is " allied 

 to nothing yet known." A tropical evergreen 

 shrub ; cuttings of firm young wood in sand, under 

 a bell-glass, and in a sweet bottom-heat ; sandy 

 loam and fibry peat. Summer temp., 60 to 90; 

 winter, 50 to 60. 



L. Africti'na (African). 10. Yellow. June. Sierm 

 Leone. 1822. 



LOPHOSPE'RMUM. (From laphos, a crest, 

 and spcrma, a seed; the seeds are fur- 

 nished with a crested wing. Nat. ord., 

 Fiijworts [Scrophulariacese]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia 1-Gymnospermia.) 



Beautiful evergreen climbers, requiring the 

 greenhouse or cold frame in winter, growing 

 against poles, fences, &c., during summer ; pro- 

 pagated by preserving the fleshy roots in dry 



