Lonicera 



(32 ) 



Lophanthus 



succeed better in the more favoured parts of the 

 island than it gets credit for doing. 



Pliotu: Cassell <(; Company, Ltd. 



LOXICERA ETKVSCA. 



Principal Species, Hybrid, and Varieties : 



Alberti, 3', Je., ro. 



alpigeua, 6', Ap. , My., 

 yel. An upright bush 

 lor shrubberies (>//>/*. 

 Caprifolium alpigenum 

 and alpinuni). 



bella, 4', Je. , ro.; hybrid 

 (Morrowi X tatarica). 



cserulea, 4', My-., yel. 

 Blue - berried Honey- 

 suckle. 



glabriuscula, smooth- 

 leaved var. 



Caprifolium, 15' to 20', 

 My., Je., blush, berries 

 or. (ttynx. americana, 

 ciliosa, grata, pallida). 



major, flowers larger 

 (syn. magnevillea) . 



chrysantha, yel., wh., 

 fruits red. 



etrusca (see figure), 15', 

 My. or. (si/ns. atrosan- 

 guinea and gigantea). 



flava, 6' to 12', Je., Jy., 

 bright yel.; a very 

 handsome but neglected 

 species (syns. Capri- 

 folium flavum and C. 

 Fraseri). 



fragrautissima, 6' to 10', 

 Nov. to Feb., wh.; 

 f ragrapt, winter flower- 

 ing (syns. caprifolioides, 

 Niaguarilli, odoratis- 

 sima) . 



gigantea, yel., Ivs. bluish. 



hildebrandiana, Jy., Aug., 



Looking Glass Tree (see Heritiera). 

 Loosestrife (see Lysimaclria and Lythrum). 

 Lopculocalyx (see Olax). 



buff to red, 6" to 7" 



long, 

 involucrata, 3', Ap. to 



Je., yel., bracts red; 



very distinct species 



(syiis. bordwelliana, 



intermedium, and Lede- 



bourii). 

 japonica, C' to 15', Jy., 



rod. wh. (.\'/M. chinen- 



sis). 

 aureo-reticulata, Ivs. 



netted with gold. yel. 



(Jii. brachypoda rcti- 



culata) 1 . 



fiexuosa, 6' to 15', Jy., 

 red, wh. (i<y)i. brachy- 

 poda) . 



Periclymeuum, 15' to 30', 

 Ap. to Sep., red, yel. 

 (ayns. Caprifolium Peri- 

 clymenum and sylvat- 

 icum). The Woodbine 

 or Common Honey- 

 suckle. 



belgica, yel., red. 



quercifolia,Oak-leaved. 



serotina, late fiowci ing. 



Other Species, Hybrid, 



brachypoda (of De Can- 

 dolle, sec japonica flex- 

 uosa). 



rcticulata (see japonica 

 aureo-reticulata). 



ciliata, 4', Ap., wh., red 

 (syn. Xylosteum cilia- 

 turn). 



alba, wh. 

 confusa, 15', Je., red. 

 flavescens, 8', yel. (*//M. 



webbiana of gardens), 

 flexuosa (see japonica 



flexuosa). 

 floribunda. C', ro. 

 glnuca, 10' to 15', Je., 



Jy., yel. 



grata, 20', Jy., red. 

 hirsuta, 10, Je., yel. 



(xyns. pubescens and 



Caprifolium Douglasii) . 

 iberica, G', Ap., or. 

 impleza, 8', Jy., red, yel. 



balearica, 8', Je., cream. 

 Ledebourii (see involu- 

 crata). 



longiflora (see macrantha) . 



LOPEZIA. 



Slender-growing annuals (ord. Onagrariese), allied 

 to Fuchsia, with small purple, red, or pink flowers, 

 borne in the axils of the leaves. Propagation, by 

 seeds in the open border in April. Any good 

 garden soil, light rather than heavy, will suit. 



Principal Species : 



sempervirens, 8' to 20', 

 spr., sum., sc., yel. 

 (*//ws. Brownii, caro- 

 liniana, fuchsioides of 

 gardens, see p. 31). 

 Trumpet Honeysuckle. 



minor, flowers smaller. 

 Standishii, 2' to 10', Feb., 



Mch., wh.; best on a 

 wall for shelter when 

 flowering. 



tatarica, 4' to 10', Ap. to 

 Je., pk. (syiiK. caucasica 

 of gardens, not of Pall, 

 and speciosa of gardens). 



albiflora, wh. 



lutea, yel. 



nana, dwarf. 



puuicca, red. 

 Xylosteum, 5' to 8', Je. , 



yel.; upright bush with 

 grey bark. 



leucocarpum, fruit wh. 



melanocarpum, fruit 

 lilk. 



xanthocarpum, fiu t 

 yel. 



and Varieties' : 



Maackii, wh. ' 

 macrantha, 15', Jy., or. 



(*yns. longiflora and 



Caprifolium nepalense). 

 Maximowiczii, 10', red. 



vio. 

 micrantha, pk., yel. (ti/n. 



tatarica micrantha). 

 microphylla, 4'. 

 nigra, 4', Ap., j'el. 



campaninora, 4', My. . 

 yel. 



orientalis, 16', Je., yel. 



puuicea, My. , crim. 

 propinqua, hybrid (alpi- 



geua X involucrata). 

 pyrenaica, 4', wh. 

 pplendida, yel. to wh. 

 tangutica, yel. 

 tibetica, H , ro., sweet, 

 tomentella, 10', Jy., pk., 



wh. 



translucent, yel. 

 webbiana of Wallich (a 



form of alpigena) . 

 webbiana of gardens (see 



cordata, 1J', Aug., pur. 

 coronata, 1|', Aug., red 

 (syn. racemosa). 



Other Species : 



Galeottii, red. 

 hirsuta, H', Aug., red. 



grandiflora, 3', Jy., Aug., 



red. 

 pumila, 6", Aug., red. 



lineata, 3', Feb., ro. 



macrophylla, Mch., 



(syn. fuchsioides). 



red 



LOPHANTHUS. (GIANT HYSSOP.) 

 v Hardy and half-hardy herbs (ord. Labiatje), with 

 bine or purple blue flowers, and resembling in habit 

 the Nepetas or Cat Mints. All are perennials o 



