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Greenhouse evergreen twiner. Cuttings of 

 the young shoots, in sand, under a glass, and 

 in a close frame, in April, sandy peat, with a 

 little fibry loam. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



L, strami'nea (straw-coloured). 6. Striped. 

 June. New Holland. 1820. 



LYPE'RIA. (From lyperos, sad ; from 

 the dullness of some of the flowers. 

 Nat. ord., Fiyu-orts [Scrophulariacea?]. 

 Linn., I-L-Didynamia 2-Angiospermia. 

 Allied to Manulea.) 



Greenhouse evergreens from Cape of Good 

 Hope. By seed in a slight hotbed in March 

 and April, and cuttings of young shoots in 

 spring and autumn, in sandy soil, under a 

 hand-glass ; sandy loam ; the protection of a 

 cold pit, or greenhouse in winter. Erinus 

 Lychnidea and tristis should be added to this 

 genus. 



L. arge'ntea (silvery). l. White. August. 



1801. Annual. 

 fra'grans (fragant). . White, purple. 



June. 17/6. 



peduncula'ta (long - flower - stalked). 1 . 



White. August. 1790. 



pinnati'fida (leaflet-like-teawed). . Purple. 



July. 1840. 



viola'cca, (violet). 2. Violet. July. 1816. 



LYSIMA'CHIA. Loose-strife. (From 

 lysis concluding, and machc, strife ; sup- 

 posed soothing (Dualities. Nat. ord., 

 Primeworts [PrimulaceiE]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria \-Monoyynia.} 



All yellow-flowered, except where otherwise 

 mentioned. Division, in spring, and cuttings 

 of the young shoots, under a hand-light, in 

 sandy loam, in a shady corner. There are a 

 few annuals and biennials not worth culture. 



GREENHOUSE. 



L.atropurpu'rea (dark - purple). 1. Dark 

 purple. August. Levant. 1820. Her- 

 baceous. 



~ ca'ndida (white). 1. White. June. China. 

 1846. Herbaceous. 



macula'ta (spotted). 3. June. New Hol- 



land. 1822. Evergreen trailer. 



HARDY HEBBACEOUS. 



L. affi'nis (related). 2. July. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 1^. July. 



North America. 1803. 



Aso'rica (Azorean). &. June. Azores. 1831. 



capita'ta (headed). 1. June. North America. 



1813. 



cilia 1 ta (hair-fringed). 2. July. North 



America. 1732. 



Ephe'merum (transient). 2. White. Au- 



gust. Spain. 1730. 



hy'brida (hybrid). l. July. North Ame- 



rica. 1806. 



lobelioi'des (Lobelia-like). 1. White. July. 



North of India. 1840. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 2. July. North 



America. 1798. 



L. nummula'ria (Moneywort-like). ^. June. 

 Britain. Evergreen. 



puncta'ia (dotted). 14. July. New Hol- 



land. 1658. 



quadrifo'lia (four-leaved). 2. July. North 



America. 1/94. 



stri'cta (erect). 1$. July. North America. 



1781. 



thyrsiflo'ra (thyrse-flowered). l. June. 



England. Aquatic. 



verticilla'ta (whorled). 1. July. Crimea. 



1820. 



LYSINE'MA. (From lysis, freeing, and 

 nema, a filament. The stamens not 

 adhering to the sides of the corolla, as 

 is usual in this Nat. ord., Epacrids 

 [Epacridaceas] . Linn., 5 - Pentandria 

 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Epacris.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs from New Hol- 

 land. Cuttings of the young shoots, getting 

 firm at the base ; short shoots, a couple of 

 inches in length, are the best ; in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, in the beginning of summer; rough 

 sandy peat, with pieces of charcoal, broken 

 bricks, and freestone, and well-drained. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 45. 



L. attenua' turn (thin). 2. White. February. 

 1812. 



cons/; i'cuum (conspicuous). 3. March. 1824. 



lasia'nthum (hairy -flowered). 2. Pink. 



March. 1820. 



pentape'talum (five- petaled). 2. Pink. 



March. 1823. 



plt'ngens (pungent). 2. White. March. 



1804. 



rubrum (red). 2. Red. March. 



1804. 



LYSIONO'TUS. (From lysis, freeing, 

 and notos, the hack; seed-vessel open- 

 ing from the back. Nat. ord., Gesiier- 

 worts [Gesneracea?]. Linn., 14-Z>if///- 

 namia I - Gi/rnnospcrmia. Allied to 

 Agalmyla. ) 



Stove herbaceous. Seeds, in light sandy soil, 

 in a hotbed, in spring ; division of the plant, at 

 the same time ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 60 to 75 : winter, 45 to 50. 



L, longiflo'rus (long-flowered). Crimson. No- 

 vember. Java. 



LY 'THRUM. (From lylhron^ black- 

 hlood ; the prevailing purple colour of 

 the flowers. Nat. ord., Loosestrifes 

 [ Ly thracea? ] . Linn . , 1 1 - Dmicca n dria 

 \-Monogynia. ) 



All purple-flowered, except lineare. Seeds 

 of annuals, in the common border, in spring ; 

 perennials, by division, at the same time ; 

 ulatum is an old resident of the greenhouse, 

 propagated by division, and cuttings of the 

 young shoots, or the points of old ones, and 

 forms a fair bed of purple for the flower-garden 

 in summer, requiring the greenhouse or cold 

 frame in winter, The following are all hardy 



