Lardizabala
(named after M. Lardizalay of Uribe, a Spanish naturalist). ORD. Berberideae. A small genus (two species have been described) of hardy, or nearly hardy, climbing shrubs. Flowers purple or livid, dioecious; peduncles axillary. Leaves two or three-ternate; leaflets entire or sinuate-dentate, feather-nerved and subtriplinerved. The only species as yet introduced is a very handsome tall-growing climber. It thrives in a well-drained compost of sandy loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, made of half-ripened shoots, and inserted in sandy soil, under a glass.
L. biternata (biternate). fl. purple, in drooping racemes, axillary. December. l. dark green, glossy, twice-ternate; leaflets oblong, acute, unequal at the base. Chili, 1848. This desirable plant reaches perfection only when grown in a conservatory. (B. M. 4501.)