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lilac - flowers ; these flowers are composed 
individually of a short tube, and six long nar- 
row, equal, spreading, and reflexed, coloured 
segments ; the stamens project a short dis- 
tance beyond the tube. The stem is furnished 
with a bract-like leaf, where the branches of 
the flower spike are produced. The bulbs 
resemble large nuts, with a dark chocolate 
coloured smooth covering. The leaves, which 
are produced in autumn, remain uninjured 
during the winter, and are succeeded in the 
spring by the flower stem — the flowers being 
in perfection during May and June, and the 
seed ripened by July. It is a native of the hills 
in the neighbourhood of Teheran. Figured 
in the Botanical Register, 1814, t. 66. 
Natural order, Amaryllidacea?. 
Ixoka odorata, Hooker. (The fragrant 
Ixora). — A handsome stove shrub, with large 
broadly ovate leaves, and bearing numerous 
panicles of whitish hypoerateriform fragrant 
flowers in July and August. It was imported 
from the continent by Messrs. Lucombe and 
Co., of Exeter, under the incorrect name of 
I. Srunonis. It is ascertained to be a native 
of Mada'gasear. Figured in the Botanical 
Magazine, t. 4191. Natural order, Rubiacese. 
Jasminum affine, Roijle. (The kindred 
Jasmine). — This is thought to be the common 
officinal Jasmine, varying slightly, with pink- 
tubed flowers, rather larger than usual. It is 
a wild plant from the North of India, raised 
from seeds in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society. The native country of the common 
Jasmine is said to be the foot of Caucasus, 
whence it is supposed to have spread eastward ; 
but the latter point is conjectural, unless this 
plant should establish its truth. It is, at any 
rate, quite hardy. Figured in the Botanical 
Register, 1844, t. 26. Natural order, Jas- 
minacesB. 
Laisisia i-otiioina, IAndley. (The pothos- 
like Spoon-flower). — A curious stove-plant, 
witli a stem rooting at the base, oval pointed 
leaves, and spikes of small white flowers. It 
was introduced from Penang, and supposed to 
be a Pothos till it bloomed, when it was found 
to have no allinity with that genus, but to 
belong to a totally different section of the 
vegetable kingdom. It requires a humid 
atmosphere, and seems naturally to occupy 
very damp, shady situations. Figured in the 
Botanial Register, 1845, t. 48. Natural 
order, Myrsinaceas. 
Lankesteiua par.viit.ora, IAndley. (The 
small-flowered Lankesteria). — A curious ever- 
green stove plant, from Sierra Leone, whence 
it was brought by Mr. Whitfield, and has 
since been flowered by Mr. Glendinning, of 
the Chiswick nursery. The leaves arc 
obovate, the flowers are. in short axillary 
spikes, tube-shaped, slender, with the border 
all on one side ; they are yellow, changing to 
white. Natural order, Acanthaceaj. 
Laplacea semiserrata, St. Hilaire. (The 
half-serrated-leaved Laplacea). — This is 
a neat branching stove shrub ; the leaves 
are oblong, and the flowers look something 
like a small single white Camellia. The 
foliage is good, and from the flowers being 
produced plentifully, and on small plants, 
it is likely fo^Jbe. a useful and ornamental 
stove plant. Natural order, Ternstromi- 
aceas. 
LiLimi ATROSANGUiNEmvar.N'. — Mr.Groom, 
of Clapham, has a great many of these? which 
have been fertilized by L. bulbiferum. The 
plants are of a peculiarly dwarf character, 
growing from six inches to a foot high, and 
producing clusters of large fiery-coloured 
blossom, fleckered with dark blotches. They 
are extremely handsome. Natural order, 
Liliacea;. 
Liliuji TnoMSONiAXuir, Lindley. (Dr. 
Thomson's Lily). — A half-hardy, or perhaps 
hardy species, native of Mussoree, one of the 
northern provinces of British India. It is of 
upright habit, with long narrow leaves, and 
bell-shaped, pale rose-coloured flowers, which 
are sweet scented. In the green-house of 
Messrs. Loddiges it produced its flowers in 
April. The treatment usually given to 
Tigridias, would probably suit it. Figured in 
the Botanical Register, 1845, t. 1. 
Lobelia tiiapsoidea, Schott. (The mullein- 
like Lobelia). — The family of Lobelia is a very 
extensive one, and contains not only plants of 
great diversity of character, but also of great 
beauty ; the present is a stove plant, but one 
of the handsomest ; its character is so stately 
and majestic as to have induced De Candolle 
to speak of it as " Lobeliarum princeps." It 
is an upright-growing perennial herbaceous 
plant, from six to eight feet high, with a sim- 
ple (unbranched) leafy stem, and a habit and 
foliage resembling that of the great Mullein 
(Verbascum Thapsus), from whence the 
specilic name has been derived ; the leaves 
arc broadly lanceolate, the lower ones often a 
foot and a half long ; and the flowers (which 
are rose-purple, and hairy or silky) are pro- 
duced in a long dense raceme, so closely 
aggregated as to assume a spike-like form 
above the leaves. It has been found both 
about Rio, on the Organ Mountains, and at 
Goynz, in Brazil ; and has been flowered by 
Mr. Mackay, at the College Botanic Garden, 
in Dublin ; it is also in the collections at the 
Kewand Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Figured 
in the Botanical Magazine, t. 4150. Natural 
order, Lobeliact :r. 
I.oi'.i'UA mmoi.oi;. — Under this name, at 
Mr. G room's nursery, is a small-growing 
plant, with leaves beautifully variegated with 
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