AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
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OF HORTICULTURE. 
Linaria—continued. 
posed in loose elongated racemes; spur arched, length of corolla. 
July to September. (. linear or linear-lanceolate ; lower ones four 
to nine in a whorl, upper ones three ina whorl. A. 1ft. to 3ft. 
South Europe, 1648 (naturalised in Britain), Plant glabrous, 
branched, erect. A good 5 for growing on old walls, 
Kc. (B. M. 99; Sy. En. B. 960.) a 
FId. 440. PORTION OF INFLORESCENCE, DETACHED FLOWER AND 
LEAF, OF LINARIA TRIORNITHOPHORA, 
L. reticulata (reticulated).* f. deep purple, reticulately veined ; 
palate copper-coloured or yellow, marked with deep purple lines ; 
spur shorter than the corolla; raceme crowded, short, downy, 
tapering upwards. May to July. J. linear, channelled ; lower 
ones verticillate; upper ones scattered, h. 2ft. to 4ft. Portugal, 
1788. Annual. (B. H. ii. 48.) The variety known as aurea 
purpurea is a very distinct and pretty novelty, with deep rich 
purpleand orange flowers. 2 
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Fig. 441. LINARIA VULGARIS PETOERIA, showing Habit and 
detached Single Flower. 
L sagittata (arrow-shape-leaved). f. yellow, axillary, solita: A 
on capillary pedicels often exceeding the leaves ; aeai $ — 
Linaria — continued. 
late, acute; corolla 1 gin. long, lips very broad. June. L. scattered, 
distant, petioled, lin, to 1sin. long, lanceolate-oblong or linear, 
with a hastate base, quite entire. Stems very slender, 6ft. to 
10ft. long. Marocco, 1871. Perennial. (B. M. . 
L. saxatilis (rock). A. yellow, palate usually marked with two 
fulvous spots or lines, disposed in sub-capitate heads; spurshort, 
acute. August. (. thickish ; lower ones four in a whorl, almost 
lanceolate ; upper ones alternate, linear-lanceolate. Spain, 1819. 
Plant clothed with clammy down, procumbent. A pretty trailing 
perennial. 
L. spartea (Spartium-like).* fl. deep yellow, on long pedicels; 
spar straight ; raceme few-flowered, glabrous, or clothed with 
short clammy down. Summer and autumn. J. linear-lanceolate, 
erect ; lower ones often three in a whorl, upper ones alternate. 
Spain, &c., 1772. A pretty, upright, branched annual. 
L. triornithophora (three-birds-bearing).* „. purple, with a 
yellow palate, lin. long, usually three or four in a whorl; tube 
inflated and striated. June to September. l. lanceolate, acute. 
quite glabrous, Branches erect, decumbent at = Portugal 
and Spain, 1710. A desirable and pretty perennial. See Fig. 
(F. d. S. 2297.) 
L. tristis (sad). fl. yellow, with a dark purple or brown mouth, 
approximate, sometimes nearly o te; spur thick, striated, 
arched at the base, about equal in length to the corolla. July and 
August. J. linear or linear-oblong ; lower ones three or four in a 
whorl, upper ones opposite or alternate, Portugal and Spain, 
1 A very pretty decumbent annual. (B. M. 5827.) 
fi. pale yellow or 
icate radna ropan ee 
in length to the coro! Spring to 
N. 2ft. to 3f 
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(Sy. En. B. 902.) The variety Peloria, instead of having one spur, 
has five; the corolla me regular through excess of 
irregularity —a condition more frequently met with in D. 
vulgare than in any other species; it is constant under cul- 
tivation, but is rare in the wild state. See Fig. 441. 
LINCONIA (said to be a South African name). ORD. 
Bruniacee. A genus comprising three species of orna- 
mental, Epacris-like, greenhouse evergreen sub-shrubs, 
natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white, soli- 
tary, in the axils of the upper leaves; calyx adnate to 
the ovary; petals lanceolate, not clawed, coriaceous, con- 
volute. Leaves spirally arranged. Branches numerous, 
erect. For culture, see Diosma. 
L. alopecuroides (fox-tail-like). AH. white or flesh-coloured, a 
little longer than the leaves. May. l spreading a little, linear, 
acute, almost sessile. A. 2ft. 1816. 
L. ct data (cuspidate-leaved), white; bracts equal in 
3 the calyx, with fringed dea edges. May June. 
2 omda a little, oblong, obtuse, ustulate at the apex, keeled. 
thymifolia -leaved . white. May and J 
~ ovate-oblong, Spann kona, ened with black. „ ott. 1825. 
- BLINDELOFPIA (named in honour of Friedrich von 
Lindelof, of Darmstadt, a patron of botany). Syn. An- 
chusopsis. ORD. Boraginew. A monotypic genus, the 
Fic. 442. LINDELOFIA SPECTABILIS, showing Habit and 
detac Flowers. 
species being an erect, scabrous-pubescent or slightly 
villous, hardy perennial herb. It thrives in any good 
