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are produced in spikes, and have a pretty- 
appearance ; height six feet. Flowers in 
September. 
Liatris Pumila, (Dwarf Liatris.) — This 
is by some considered to be a variety of the 
last, with a more dense, and shorter spike of 
flowers ; height one foot. Flowers in Sep- 
tember. 
*Linaria dalmatica, (Dalmatian Toad- 
flax.) — An erect plant, with numerous oblong 
lanceolate leaves ; the flowers yellow, gaping, 
in loose, few-flowered terminal racemes ; 
height three feet. Flowers in June. 
Linaria genist./EFOLIA, (Broom-leaved 
Toad-flax ) — The stem branched, with lanceo- 
late acute leaves ; the flowers gaping, pale 
yellow, in loose racemes ; height three feet. 
Flowers in July. 
Linaria Purpurea, (Purple-flowered Toad- 
flax.)— The stem erect, branched ; the leaves 
linear, the flowers gaping, purplish blue, in 
loose racemes ; height three feet. Flowers 
in July. 
*Linum montanum, (Mountain Flax.) — 
• A pretty plant; the leaves linear ; the flowers 
composed of five obtuse petals, blue, in a 
corymbose, or branching panicle, on erect 
stems ; height one foot and a half. Flowers 
in June. 
*|Linum monogynum, (One-styled Flax.) 
— The stem is erect ; the leaves lanceolate ; 
the flowers in corymbs, large, white ; height 
two feet. Flowers in June. 
Lithospermum purpureo-cozruleum, (Pur- 
plish blue-flowered Gromwell.) — The flower- 
stems erect, with lanceolate acute leaves; the 
flowers funnel-shaped, in short twin racemes, 
at first red, afterwards purple ; height, one 
foot. Flowers in May. There is a white 
variety. 
Lobelia syphilitica, (Blue Cardinal 
Lobelia.) — An erect plant, with ovate leaves, 
and terminal racemose spikes of gaping blue 
flowers; height, two feet. Flowers in Sep- 
tember. 
*Lobelia splendens. (Splendid Lobelia.) 
— An upright grower, with lanceolate denti- 
culate leaves, and terminal racemose spikes of 
gaping scarlet flowers, with a three-lobed 
lower lip; height, three feet. Flowers in 
July. 
*Lobelia fulgens, (Fulgent Lobelia.) — 
The leaves of this are lanceolate acuminate; 
the flowers gaping, with a three-lobed lower 
lip, brilliant scarlet ; height, three feet. 
Flowers in July. 
Lobelia cardinalis, has scarlet flowers. 
*Lobelia Millerii. — A variety of car- 
dinalis, has violet purple flowers ; besides 
these, there are numerous hybrids of various 
tints of colour, all very showy. 
Lupinus perennis, (Perennial Lupine.) — 
A diffuse-branching plant, with digitate leaves, 
the leaflets of which are oblong; the flowers 
are in small spikes, pea-shaped, bluish-purple; 
height, two feet. Flowers in June. 
*Lupinus polypiiyllus, (Many leafletted 
Lupine.) — This plant has an erect, unbranchcd 
stem, with a tapering spike of flowers, from 
six inches to a foot long, densely bloomed ; 
the leaves are digitate, with many oblong 
leaflets; the flowers blue, pea-shaped ; height, 
two feet. Flowers in June. There is a very 
distinct and desirable variety with white 
flowers, called alba. 
*Lupinus grandifolius, (Large-leaved 
Lupine.) — A good deal like L. polypiiyllus, but 
with larger brownish-looking leaves, and 
darker purple flowers; in other respects simi- 
lar : both are very showy. 
Lupinus littoralis (Sea-shore Lupine.) — 
A dwarf decumbent, or trailing species, with 
digitate leaves, and short spikes of blue and 
pink pea-shaped flowers; height, nine inches 
to one foot. Flowers in July. 
*Lupinus rivularis, (Water-side Lupine.) 
— A species with decumbent or trailing 
stems ; the leaves digitate ; the flowers white 
and pink, pea-shaped, in short spikes; height, 
one foot. Flowers in May and June. 
*Lythruji salicaria, (Common Lyfhrurs.) 
— A tall upright plant, frequent by the river 
sides of this country, but scarcely yielding to 
any in beauty. The leaves are long, narrow- 
ish, or willow-like; and the flowers are pro- 
duced in a dense long spike at the top of the 
stems, rosy purple; height, three feet. Flowers 
in July and August. 
*Lychnis Chalcedonica, (Scarlet Lych- 
nis.) — The leaves of this plant are lanceolate 
cordate, and both them and the stem are 
hairy; the flowers are large, round, composed 
of five flat petals, scarlet, produced in an 
aggregated bunch at the top of the upright 
stems ; height, two feet. Flowers in June. 
There is a white variety, and a double white, 
and double scarlet ; the latter is very orna- 
mental. 
*Lychnis fulgens, (Splendid Lychnis.',— 
The foliage of this species is ovate and hairy; 
the stem erect and hairy; the flowers large, 
brilliant scarlet, in bunches of two or three 
together, at the top of the stem ; height, one 
foot and a half. Flowers- in June* 
Malva moschatus, (Musk-scented Mallow.) 
— The lower leaves kidney-shaped, incised ; 
the upper ones more deeply cut into many 
linear segments ; the flowers large, flesh- 
coloured ; height, two feet. Flowers in June 
and July. There is a white variety. 
*Melissa graxdiflora, (Large-flowered 
Balm.) — The branches are somewhat erect; 
the leaves ovate, acute ; the flowers large, 
purplish, in loose, pea-flowered, sub-secund, 
