LACHENALIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



LAPETROUSIA 



L. glaudna, and very variable in 

 colour. Leaves deep green spotted, 

 and spikes of yellowisli or whitish 

 flowers more or less tinted with red 

 or blue. 



L. pallida. — ^A rare species with 

 long fleshy erect leaves, purple on 

 the under-surface. The small erect 

 flowers are borne in dense spikes and 

 are pure white tipped with green. 



L. pendula. — ^A fine species, remark- 

 able for its large bulbs, deep green 

 lance-shaped leaves sometimes faintly 

 mottled with brown. Flowers \\ to 

 2 ins. long, orange-red tipped with 

 emerald green and purple, and borne 

 on scapes 12 to 18 ins. high. {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 590.) The variety Aurdiana 

 has finer flowers, and somewhat 

 glaucous leaves. It is said to be 

 naturalised in Provence. {Bev. Hort. 

 1890, t. 396.) 



L. pustulata. — ^Leaves fleshy, lance- 

 shaped, 6 to 9 ins. long, wrinkled. 

 Flowers whitish. {Bot. Mag. t. 817.) 



L. racemosa. — ^Leaves lance-shaped, 

 much wrinkled. Flowers whitish 

 tinted with red. {Bot. Mag. t. 

 1517.) 



L. reflexa. — A species with pairs of 

 dark green, deeply-channelled and 

 recurved leaves thickened into a 

 homy tip. The long yellow flowers 

 are swollen in the middle and almost 

 closed at the mouth. 



L. Begeliana. — A hybrid between 

 L. reflexa and L. tricolor aurea, 

 having unspotted leaves and pure 

 yellow flowers. 



L. rosea. — A very rare species 

 distinguished by its unspotted leaves, 

 6 to 9 ins. long, and bright red 

 flowers. 



n. rubida. — ^Leaves slightly mottled 

 with brown. Flowers ruby-red, borne 

 on heavily spotted scapes. {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 993.) In the varieties tigrina 

 and jytmctata the flowers are heavily 

 spotted with deep red. 



L. tricolor. — A well-known species 

 with broad fleshy green leaves about 

 12 ins. long, mottled with dull purple. 

 From twelve to twenty tubular 

 flowers, red, yellow, and green, are 

 borne on scapes about 1 ft. high. 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 82.) There are many 

 varieties, the best-known being luteola, 

 with quite yellowish flowers ; aurea, 

 bright yellow ; quadricolm\ with 

 several shades ; superha, a fine form 

 with large flowers ; and Warei, bright 

 yellow tipped with green. 



L. unifolia is remarkable for having 

 only one narrow leaf with blood-red 

 blotches, and dense trusses of white 

 flowers. 



L. versicolor. — ^A variable species, 

 having blister-like blotches on the 

 leaves, and bearing small bell-shaped 

 flowers varying from green and yellow 

 to pink and purple. 



L. vlolacea. — A Strong-growing 

 species with spotted leaves and white 

 inflated flowers tinged with violet 

 and green. 



LAPEYKOUSIA (after P. Picot de 

 la Peyrouse, a Toulouse botanist, 

 1744-1818). Nat. Ord. Iridese.— This 

 genus contains over thirty species of 

 plants having corms with matted 

 tunics, roundish, linear, or narrow 

 sword-shaped leaves arranged dis- 

 tichously, and starry six-petalled 

 flowers. The best-known member 

 of the genus is still called Arumiatheca 

 cruenta — a name that has been re- 

 tained for the present in this work 

 (see p. 82). The plants which are 

 all natives of South and Tropical 

 Africa are generally confined to 

 botanical collections, and are of little 

 garden value. The following species 

 may be noted : — L. anceps, bluish- 

 purple ; L. corymlbosa, bright blue 

 with a white band at base {Bot. Mag. 

 t. 595); L. fissifolla, white or rose, 

 sweet-scented {Bot. Mag. t. 1246); 



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