LOPEZIA 



EVENING PBIMBOSE OBDEB 



GAUEA 457 



Leaves shortly stalked, 3 in a whorl, 

 ovate acute, finely toothed. Flowers 

 Irom July to October, axillary, nodding; 

 calyx scarlet, with oblong-acute lobes, 

 longer than the obovate, spreading petals. 

 F. conica, glohosa, gracilis, and discolor 

 are probably only botanical varieties of 

 this species, but from a garden point of 

 view they are distinct enough. 

 Culture Sc. as above. 



F. Riccartoni. — This is one of the 

 most graceful and hardy of Fuchsias. 

 It is a garden hybrid from F. glohosa, and 

 was raised at Riccarton, near Edinburgh, 

 about 1830. Its compact, twiggy branches 

 are laden with bright red flowers during 

 the summer and autumn. It stands 

 severe winters well in many northern 

 parts. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



LOPEZIA. — A genus with about 6 

 species of smooth or downy branching 

 erect herbs, with alternate leaves (or 

 lower ones opposite), stalked and toothed. 

 Flowers at the tips of the branches in 

 racemes or corymbs. Calyx-tube with 4 

 linear lobes. Petals 4. Stamens 2, 

 epigynous, one fertile, one sterile and 

 petaloid. This is the chief peculiarity of 

 the genus. 



L. coronata. — An interesting Mexican 

 annual 1^-2 ft. high, with ovate serrate 

 leaves, and rose-purple flowers from July 

 to September. L. grandiflora is a larger 

 plant but not quite so hardy. It has 

 orange-red flowers. The cut flower-spikes 

 last a long time in water, and are thus 

 valuable for bouquets &c. 



Culture and Propagation. — Lopezias 

 grow well in light sofl and are increased 

 by seeds sown in heat in March, and 

 the seedlings planted out in May or the 



beginning of June. They are not very 

 effective if planted singly, but grown in 

 masses in the border they make a very 

 good display. They require abundance of 

 water during the season. 



GAURA. — This genus contains about 

 20 species of smooth, downy, or hairy 

 annual or perennial herbs, rarely bushes, 

 all natives of the Southern United States 

 and Mexico. Leaves alternate, sessile or 

 stalked, entire, toothed or sinuate. 

 Flowers sessile or stalked in racemose 

 spikes. Calyx tube more or less obconi- 

 cal, 3-4-angled, 3-4-lobed. Petals 3-4. 

 Stamens 6-8, deelinate ; filaments slender, 

 with a scale-Uke appendage at the base. 

 Fruit indehiscent, 3-4-angled, leathery or 

 woody. 



Culture and Propagation. — Gammas 

 grow best on a light well-drained soil in 

 sunny positions. They are most readily 

 increased from seeds sown in spring in- 

 doors or out, and transferred to flowering 

 positions when large enough. They like 

 plenty of water during the season and 

 look well grown in bold masses. 



G. Lindheimeri. — An elegant plant 

 3-45- ft. high, with ovate-lance-shaped 

 toothed leaves, often spotted with reddish- 

 .purple, and becoming linear lance-shaped 

 upwards on the branching stems. Flowers 

 from June to October, pure white and 

 rose, in numerous long, slender spikes. 



Culture dc. as above. Although 

 really a perennial it is best to raise this 

 species from seeds every year and treat it 

 as an annual. 



G. biennis, with white flowers chan- 

 ging to red, and G. parviflora, with yellow 

 flowers, are other species not so well 

 known. 



XLIX. LOASEiE 



An order of erect or twining herbs, rarely shrubs, with forked branches, 

 without tendrils and often clothed with stinging hairs. Leaves opposite or 

 alternate, entire, lobed, pinnatifid, or pinnate ; stipules none. Flowers 

 ijj^ular, hermaphrodite, sohtary, racemose, or cymose, or capitate ; peduncles 

 twisted "riSil® ^^^ leaves. Calyx tube adnate to the ovary, often with spirally 

 inserted on the thfosd o/ ^' ioabricate or twisted, persistent. Petals 4-5, 

 times with petaloid scales altemte/.^'^s^i^®°^°l^'^®'^' ^^^ °^ hooded; some- 

 numerous, often in clusters opposite the^|ll°?.^®'^ P®*^^^ ^ stamens usually 



'^vary usually inferior ; 



