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LANTANA 



LAPAGERIA 



Var. mutibilis (L. niven, var. midfibilis, Hook,). 

 Remarkable for the change of color in the nearly globu- 

 lar heads: in little more than a day the fls. may change 

 from white through yellowish, lilac, rose and blue. The 

 outer fls. open white and run through yellowish, rose 

 and lilac; the inner ones open yellowish. B.M. 3110. 

 R.H. 1852:161. 



1239. Lantana Camara (X Va). 



Var. mlsta {L. misfa, Linn. Not spelled mixta by 

 Linua?us, although it is so spelled hy later autliors). 

 Outer fls. opening yellowish and l:)ecoming saffron and 

 brick-red; inner fls. yellow, changing to orange. 



Var. crdcea {L. crocea, Jacq.). Fls. opening sulfur- 

 yellow and changing to saffron. R.H. 1852:461. 



Var. sangruinea (L. .■irnufninea, j\Iedic.). Fls. opening 

 saffron-yellow, changing to bright red. 



ptirpdrea, Hornem. Erect : branches 4-angled and 

 somewhat hairy, with few recurved spines: Ivs. ovate, 

 narrowed into a petiole, acuminate, serrate-crenate, ru- 

 gose: fls. purple, very pretty, in hemispherical-umbel- 

 late heads, the bracts short and lance-subulate. S. Amer. 

 — Int. by Francesehi, 1900. A form of L. Camara I 



AA. Plant never spin]]: fruit Ihin-fteahed , usually not 

 juicy. 

 trifdlla, Linn. {L. annua, Linn.). Half-shrubby, 

 hairy: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-obloug, pointed, 

 crenate-dentate, in 8's or 4's; heads becoming ovoid or 

 oblong, the involucre not conspicuous: fls. rose-lilac 

 varying to white, with yellow throat: fr. rather pulpy, 

 showing well amongst the bracts. Trop. Amer. B.M. 

 1449. — The name L. annua seems to have been applied 

 to young plants, on the impression that they were 

 annuals. The picture of L. annua in B.M. 1022 is quite 

 as likely to be a form of L. Camara. Little known in 

 cult. 



Sellowiina, Link and Otto (L. deliratissima, Hort.?). 

 Weeping or Trailinp. Lantana. Twiggy, slender plant 

 with lopping or trailing pubescent branches : Ivs. small, 

 ovate, tapering lielow, close-toothed: fls. small, in long- 

 stalked small heads, rosy lilac, the outer bracts or scales 

 of the involucre broad-ovate and hairy and half or less 

 as long as the slender pubescent corolla tube. S. Amer. 

 B.M. 2981. B. :t:115. R.H. 18.')2:461?-A very profuse 

 bloomer in both winter and summer, and most desirable 

 for pot or basket culture. Should be better known. 

 Verbena-like. The plant seems to be an escape in Fla. 



involucrita, Linn. Low, much-branched bush, with 

 obscurely 4-angled gray branches, and blunt, ovate, 

 small, crenate-dentate Ivs.: fls. small, nearly or quilo 

 equalled by the ovate involucre bracts. Trop. Amer., 

 reaching N. to ,S. Fla. and S. Tex. -Said to be occasion- 

 ally cult, indoors for the light lilac or wdiite Ms. 



L. H. B. 



LAPAGfiRIA (the Empress Josephine, nee Tascher de 

 LaPagerie). Litiaeew. Chilean Bellflowek. A sin- 

 gle species of not>le, half-hardy evergreen climber, al- 

 lied to the smilaxes. Lvs. alternate, lance-ovate or cor- 

 date-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, acuminate: fls. large and 

 showy, bell-shaped, hanging singly from the upper axils 

 or somewhat racemose at the end of the vine, about 

 3 in. long; stamens 0, borne on the torus or slightly at- 

 tached to the base of the inner segments, shorter than 

 the perianth: ovary sessile and 1-loculed, with 3 parietal 

 placentae, ripening into a 3-angled, oblong, fleshy, inde- 

 hiscent, berry-like beaked fruit, and bearing nearly 

 globular seeds imbedded in the pulp. L. rdsea, Ruiz & 

 Pavon, is the only species. Fig. 1240. It has rose-col- 

 ored or rose-crimson fls., with lighter spots. Chile. 

 B.M. 4447. F.S. 5:491; 20:2059-60. R.H. 1850:101. Gt. 

 46:1445; 47, p. 101. G.O. III. 20:057 (fruits); 25:45. 

 Gn. 34, p. 321 ; 48, p. 475; 49:10.56; 55, p. 57. Gng. 5:356. 

 Mn. 7:191. Var. albifldra, Hook. (var. lilba, Hort.), has 

 white or whitish fls. B.M. 4892. R.H. 1852:441. F.S. 

 20:2059-60. Gn. 41, p. 53; 49:1056 and p. 175; 54, p. 277. 

 A.G. 13:745 (poor). Gng. 2.187; 5:356. A double-fld. 

 form of the white variety is shown in G.C. II. 17:777. 

 The species is variable in vigor, floriferousness, size, 

 color and substance of bloom, and there are a number 

 of named horticultural subvarieties. Lapagerias are 

 tall-twining plants, suitable for rafters or walls in cool- 

 houses, or for culture in the open in the milder parts of 

 the country. They are usually propagated from layers, 

 but stronger plants usually are obtained from seeds, al- 

 though varieties may not come true. The first live 

 plants were introduced into England in 1847. Lapage- 

 rias should be seen more frequently in America. Fran- 

 cesehi says that in California the plant prefers shady 

 places "where the atmosphere will never become too 

 dry." 



Lapageria rosea and PhiJesia buxifoUa have been 

 hybridized by Veitch, producing a plant known as Phil- 

 u'ljeria ]-eitc'jiii, Mast. (G.C. 1872:358). Philesia af- 

 forded the pollen. It is not in the American trade, but 

 is a most interesting plant hybrid. For an anatomical 

 study of it, bearing on problems of hybridity, see 

 •T. M. Macfarlane, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 37, pt. 

 1, p. 207(1892). L. H. B. 



It is by no means an easy task to grow Lapagerias. 

 They do best planted out into a cool greenhouse, where 

 only the morning sun strikes them. If the border or bed 

 in the greenhouse is on a naturally sandy or gravelly 

 subsoil, so that the natural drainage is perfect, it is an 

 ideal place for these plants. They like a deep berl of 

 sand or gravel underneath their roots, where abundance 



1240. Lapaecria rosea (X H). 



of water can be applied during the spring and sunmier 

 months and where the drainage is perfect. Light peaty 

 loam is best, and after plants are fully established they 

 like plenty of liquid fertilizing. The soil, in all cases, 



