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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



open, look like little balls of crimson silk. Soil, loam, peat, 

 and sand. 



LOASACEM 



Exogens, with, the flowers single and axillary. Calyx adherent, 

 four or five-parted, not falling off, imbricated and spreading in 

 bud. Petals five or ten, in two rows, often hooded. Stamens 

 many, in several rows, arising from within the petals ; filaments 

 unequal, the outer ones often without anthers. Ovary inferior, 

 one-celled. Leaves opposite or alternate, without stipules, usually 

 more or less divided. — Natives of America. 



LOASA. 



Gen. Char. (PolyadelpJiia Polyandria) Calyx five-leaved ; pe- 

 tals five ; nectary five-leaved ; capsule partly inferior, one-celled, 

 generally three-valved, many-seeded. 



The meaning of the name is unknown. A genus of 

 Chilian and Peruvian plants, some of which are hardy an- 

 nuals; others may be introduced, for their beauty and 

 climbing character, into the greenhouse, as L. Herbert ii, 

 Pentlandica, lateritia, etc. ; these have orange flowers, and 

 are often known under the generic title of Caiophora. L. 

 picta has lately been introduced from the Andes, and is one 



