Lawsonia
(named after Dr. Isaac Lawson, a botanical traveller, who published an account of a voyage to Carolina in 1709). SYN. Alcanna. ORD. Lythrarieoe. A monotypic genus, the species being a stove tree. It thrives in a compost of sandy peat and turfy loam. Propagated by cuttings of ripened shoots, placed in sand, under a glass, in heat.
L. alba (white). Henna Plant. fl. white, small, sweet-smelling, disposed in panicles. l. opposite, lanceolate, quite entire. h. 6ft. to 10ft. Northern Africa, Arabia, Persia, and India, 1752. SYN. L. inermis. L. inermis (unarmed). A synonym of L. alba.