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demand. The leaves are small, of a deep-green colour, 

 and remain throughout the year. Flowers produced in 

 great ahundance at the branch tips, usually in dense 

 clusters, and individually small and pure white. 



L. eecubva {syn Andromeda recwva). — North America. 

 A very distinct plant on account of the branch tips being 

 almost of a scarlet tint, and thus affording a striking con- 

 trast to the greyish-green of the older bark. The flowers 

 are pinky-white and produced in curving racemes abun- 

 dantly over the shrub. Like other members of the family 

 it delights to grow in cool sandy peat. L. acuminata 

 (North America, 1765) has white flowers in great pro- 

 fusion, and L. racemosa bears spikes of white flowers, 

 mostly solitary. 



Leycesteria (Caprifoliaceae). 



Leycesteeia foemosa, from Nepaul (1824), is an erect- 

 growing, deciduous shrub, with green, hollow stems, and 

 large ovate, pointed leaves of a very deep-green colour. 

 The flowers are small, white or purplish, and produced in 

 long, pendulous, bracteate racemes from the axils of the 

 upper leaves. It is one of the most distinct and interesting 

 of hardy shrubs, the deep olive-green of both stem and 

 leaves, and abundantly-produced and curiously-shaped 

 racemes, rendering it a conspicuous object wherever 

 planted. Perfectly hardy, and of free, almost rampant 

 growth in any but the stiffest soils. Cuttings root freely 

 and grow rapidly. There is a variegated variety named 

 L. formosa variegata. 



Ligustrina. See Syringa. 



Ligustrum (Oleaceae). 



Ligustetjm Ibota (syn L. amurense). — Japan, 1861. A 

 compact growing species, about 3 feet in height, with small 



