campechianum. — , BASTARD. Acacia 

 Berteriana. — , WEST INDIAN. Ceano- 

 tkus Chloroxylon. 



LOISELEURIA. A genus of Ericaceae, 

 the only species of which, L. procumbens, 

 is sometimes called Azalea procumbens. 

 It is a low trailing evergreen shrub, with 

 small opposite ovate or oblong leaves, 

 and small rose-coloured flowers ia terminal 

 clusters, these having a calyx of fire sepals, 

 a campanulate ftve-lobed corolla, and a 

 capsule with two or three cells containing 

 sevei-al seeds. It is found on mountain 

 moors in the northern parts of Europe, 

 Asia, and America, and in our own country 

 on the Scottish Highlands. [T. MJ 



LOLIUM. A genus of grasses belonging 

 to the tribe Hordece, distinguished chiefly 

 by the inflorescence being in close spikes, 

 with the solitary spikelets placed edge- 

 ways along the rachis ; glumes solitary, or 

 with that next the rachis very minute, hav- 

 ing three or more flowers. The Ray or Rye 

 Grasses are among the most valuable spe- 

 cies cultivated in Britain, alike useful as 

 parts of a mixture of grass seeds for sowing 

 on land intended for permanent pasture, 

 and for growing singly as crops in alter- 

 nate husbandry cultivation. L. perenne and 

 the variety called L. italicum are the best 

 kinds, especially the latter, which is now 

 extensively grown in all districts where 

 good farming is carried on. By proper 

 management the first crop may be ready 

 for cutting in April, and three more cut- 

 tings of after-grass during the season. 

 One of the few deleterious grasses is L. 

 temulentum, or Darnel, which sometimes 



LOLO. The name in some parts of the 

 Pacih'c for cocoa-nut oil. 



I LOMAGRAMMA. A genus of ferns of 

 the section Tcenitidecc, found in the Philip- 

 pine Islands. They have pinnate fronds, 

 with the pinna? articulated, and the fertile 

 ones contracted, the venation uniformly 

 reticulated, and the fructification forming 

 non-indusiate linear continuous marginal 

 lines of spore-cases. There is only one 

 species described. [T M.] 



LOMANDRA. 



temulentum. 



prevails to a dangerous extent among 

 white crops, particularly wheat. When 

 ground up with the corn and made into 

 oread, it is said to produce poisonous 

 effects on the system, such as headache, 

 drowsiness, vertigo, &c. [D. M.] 



LOMARIA. An extensive genus of po- 

 lypodiaceous ferns typical of the section 

 Lomariece. They are various in size and 

 character, but agree in having free veins, 

 with linear continuous sori, on a broadish 

 linear receptacle occupying nearly the 

 whole under surface of the contracted 

 fertile fronds. The indusium is marginal, 

 opening on the inner side, while from 

 the contraction of the parts the sorus 

 is costal, that is, close to the midrib. 

 They are closely allied to Blechnum, with 

 which indeed some botanists propose to 

 unite them, the most marked distinction 

 being the marginal sori of Lomaria as 

 opposed to the evidently intramarginal 

 sori of Blechnum. Lomaria always has 

 contracted fertile fronds, while those of 

 Blechnum are generally not at all contract- 

 ed, but this is not an absolute distinction. 

 The species occur in most parts of the 

 world, and comprise examples with sim- 

 ple pinnatifid and pinnate fronds, while, 

 one species, L. Fraseri, has a slender tree- 

 like caudex and bipinnatifid fronds, but 

 it is quite exceptional in the genus. The 

 close affinity between Lomaria and Blech- 

 num is indicated by the fact that our native 

 Blechnum Spicant is frequently included in 

 the former genus. [T. M.] 



LOMARIOPSIS. A genus of acrostich- 

 oid ferns having altogether the aspect of 

 Lomaria, that is to say, bearing coarse pin- 

 nate fronds, the fertile ones contracted ; 

 but differing in the spore-cases occupying 

 the whole under surface of the fronds in- 

 stead of being confined to the margin, and 

 in the absence of a true indusium. They 

 are mostly scandent ferns, climbing up the 

 trees of tropical forests, both in the Old 

 and New World. [T. M.] 



LOMATIA. A genus of Proteacem, con- 

 sisting of shrubs or small trees, natives 

 of extra-tropical Australia, Tasmania, and 

 South-west America. They have simple 

 pinnate or bipinnate leaves, generally 

 toothed, and of a leathery texture ) and 

 flowers of a brownish-yellow colour, occa- 

 sionally red, and having an irregular spread- 

 ing calyx of four sepals, four sessile an- 

 thers, and a filiform style with an oblique 

 dilated stigma. The seed-vessel is an ovate 

 two-valved leathery follicle, containing 

 several partially winged seeds. [R. H.] 



LOMATOPHTLLTJM. A genus of Lilia- 

 cem from the Isle of Bourbon, allied to Aloe 

 and Yucca, having a tubular corolla like 

 the former, but differing in the fruit.which 



