Loddigesia
(named after Conrad Loddiges, founder of a once celebrated nursery at Hackney). ORD. Leguminosae. A monotypic genus, the species being a greenhouse evergreen shrub, closely allied to Hypocalyptus. It requires sandy-peat soil, to which should be added a small quantity of loam. Propagated by cuttings, made in April, and inserted under a bell glass, in sandy soil. L. oxalidifolia (Oxalis-leaved). fl. pinkish; keel dark purple at the apex; umbels three to eight-flowered. June. l. trifoliolate; leaflets obcordate, mucronate; stipules subulate. h. 1ft. to 3ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1802. Plant much-branched, smooth. (B. M. 965.)