. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. LITHR^A LIVISTONA 933 petiole narrow-winged ; Ifts. 2-3 in. long, glabrous, with small panicles of greenish yellow fls. and almost white drupes 1-2 lines in diam. Brazil. J. B. S. Norton. LITTONIA (Dr. Sainuel Litton, professor of botany in Royal Dublin Society). Liliacem. Littonia and Gloriosa are called Climb
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. LITHR^A LIVISTONA 933 petiole narrow-winged ; Ifts. 2-3 in. long, glabrous, with small panicles of greenish yellow fls. and almost white drupes 1-2 lines in diam. Brazil. J. B. S. Norton. LITTONIA (Dr. Sainuel Litton, professor of botany in Royal Dublin Society). Liliacem. Littonia and Gloriosa are called Climbing Lilies. Thej' are tender, tuberous plants, with glossy, lanceolate Ivs. which curl at the tips into tendrils, enabling the plants to reach C-8 ft. The fls. are 6-parted, but in Littonia the seg- ments are not reflexed like a Cyclamen, as in Gloriosa. Fls. nodding, bell-shaped, orange, 1 in. or more across; segments oblong, acuminate, IK in. long: capsule long, 3-celled; seeds scarlet, about the size of a sweet pea, round, arranged in 2 series. The odd-shaped tubers are about 13^ in. across and may be planted outdoors in May. There are i species, 1 from Arabia, 1 from S. Africa and 2 from tropical Africa. mod^sta. Hook. Lower Ivs. in 3's, upper ones alter- nate: perianth segments provided with a small oblong nectarv, partiallv closed by a ciliated scale on each side: style S'-cut. 4723. Var. Keitii, Hort., is an improved form, with larger and more abundant fls. John Endicott and W. M. LIVE - FOEEVEK. Sedum Telephium and other Seduvts. LIVEKLEAF. Rejiatica. LIVEEWOET. A general name for a group of cryp- togamia (flowerless plants), somewhat allied to mosses and known as Hepaticfe. Conocephalus and Marchantia have been offered by dealers in native plants as suitable for rockwork and bog gardens. Lunularia is a common weed in greenhouses. LIVING EOCK. Consult Anhalonium. LIVISTdNA (Patrick Murray, Baron of Livlstone). Palmdcece. About 14 species of fan palms from
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