8 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Lindelofia—continued. | LINDSÆA. A synonym of Lindsaya (which see). 
garden soil. Propagation may be effected either by | LINDSAYA (named after Archibald Lindsay, an 
seeds or by division of the roots, The former method is | English botanist of the last century). Syn. Lindsea. In- 
the most productive, but the plants thus raised will | cluding Diellia, Isoloma (of J. Smith), Schizoloma, Syna- 
not flower until the second season after sowing. phlebium. Onn. Filices. A genus comprising about fifty 
(showy). jl. purple, red; calyx segments twice species of very handsome stove or greenhouse ~ ferns, 
as short as the corolla tube; racemes Lire deena 1 To mainly confined within the tropics. Sori marginal or 
August. Z. oblong, acuminate ; upper ones cordate-amplexical™ at | <ub-marginal, placed at the apex of and uniting two or 
i S ‘ig. 4 Gag h 0, Å 222 - 
ae i Dag O e no nay veel co ET more veins; involucre double, opening outwardly, the 
i (named after J. Linden, a Belgian hor- | inner valve membranaceous, the outer formed of the 
ticulturist). ORD. Rubiaceæ. A genus comprising three more or less changed margin of the frond. The species 
species of glabrous or pubescent shrubs, of which two are, for the most - part, a oe 4 3 
are natives of Mexico and Central America, and the third | for any length of time; and the best plan is 
inhabits the islands of New Caledonia and Fiji. Flowers | grow. them in well-drained pots of fibrous loam and 
white, showy, in short terminal cymes, pedicellate. sand, under the same conditions, as regards atmospheric 
Lawes opposite shortly petiolate, linde tanceolito ; moisture, K., as those which are found most suitable 
stipules intrapetiolar. L. rivalis, the only species yet in ] for Filmy Ferns, Except where otherwise indicated, the 
cultivation, is a handsome stove evergreen shrub, remark- species described below require stove treatment. See 
able in having a corolla tube Bin. long. It thrives in | also Ferns. ; : 
a loam and peat soil. Propagated by ripened cuttings, | L. adiantoides (Adiantum-like).* sti. nearly tufted, black, 
inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in heat —— pinnate | ME jin Unk IRTE Tales a 
L. rivalis (brook-loving).* fl, white, with a red tube; corolla of upper imbricated, lower edge straight or slightly curved, upper 
tive oblong lobes lin. long; corymbs small, few- flowered. rounded and broadly lobed about one-third the way down, sort 
. Anput, AA varon Se. i Fat ey s Nag gg K M. 82583 N in the lobes. Malay Archipelago, &c., 1840. (H. S. F. i. 
: 0 00 . oft, exico, &., f ; 
G. C. n. a., Xvi. 180.) L. concinna Sets rhiz. ghort areepliig. sti. 2in. to din. long, 
LINDEN-TREE Tilia. wiry, erec ronds bin. in. long, łin. broad, simply pinnate ; 
; hes x ; Sna four lines long, two lines deep, very blunt on the outer 
LINDERA (named after John Linder, a Swedish edge, the upper edge very slightly crenate, upper ones close 
botanist of the early part of the eighteenth century). together but scarcely imbricated. sori in a continuous or slightly 
Including Benzoin. Orv. Laurinew. A rather large interrupted line along the upper edge. Philippine Islands and 
Gar 7 „ 1842. Thi ies is closely allied to L. rata. 
genus (about fifty species) of trees and shrubs, natives Gf. S. V. 1.618 VVT Jar ; 
of tropical and Eastern Asia (extending to Japan), and L. cultrata (knife-shaped).* sti. wiry, flexuose, 3in. to 6in. 1 
North America. Flowers dicecious, umbellate or capitate ; fronds bin. to 12in, l lin. broad, simply pinna 
perianth segments six, petaloid and often small; tube bene me Ae my „ * 
very short; involucre sessile or pedicellate. Berry slightly lobed, 1 hg the continuity athe line at 
or ovoid. Leaves alternate or almost opposite, is broken, Le a Sata North N n elegant 
penniveined or three to five-nerved, coriaceous and peren- little species, yielding ce similar to the Sweet-scented 
nial, or slender und annual. For culture of the under- Vernal-arase pena ati odoratum). (H. S. F. i. 62c, under 
mentioned hardy species probably the only ones grown | L, di 
vergens (wide-spreading). rhiz. creeping, wiry, fibrillose. 
in e Laurus. sti. wiry, erect, din. to Hin. long, 13in. to An. broad, simply pin- 
te jin. to lin. 1 t th 1 broad, obl 1 
ee 2 nate; pinn zin. in. long, two to three lines broad, obliquely 
re the leaves, the clusters com of smaller clusters or entire, point bluntish. sori in a continuous line along both edges. 
umbels, each of four to six flowers, March and April. f. oblong- Malayan Peninsula. SYN. Isoloma divergens. 
obovate, pale beneath. A. 6ft. to 16ft. North America, 1688 L. dubia (doubtful). rhiz, 3 sti, close together, 
Syn. Laurus Benzoin. wiry, Sin. to 6in. long. fronds din. to Bin. long, l4in. to 2in. 
melisszefolia (Melissa-leaved), Jove’s Fruit. fl. similar to broad, ‘simply pinnate; pinnæ lin. long, not more than gin. 
those of L. Benzoin; umbels few. April. . oblong, obtuse, or broad; upper edge crenated towards the gradually-narrowing — 
cordate at base, downy beneath. Young branches and buds point, even the upper ones with usually Ain. to zin. between 
pubescent. A. 6ft. North America, 1810. SYNS. Laurus Dios- them, often not truly dimidiate, but with the costa hecoming 
: pyrus (B. M. 1470), Laurus melissæjolia. central towards the point. Line of the sori not interrupted till it 
A reaches the crenations of the outer third of the upper margin. 
‘(named in honour of Ferdinand Venezuela, Guiana, &c. (H. S. F. i. 64C.) 
LINDHEIMERA 
Lindheimer, the discoverer of the plant). Orp. Com- L. elegans (elegant). A synonym of L. stricta. 
posite. A monotypic genus, the species being an erect, | L. ensifolia (sword-fronded). rhiz. creeping, pal 
scabrous-hirsute, branched, greenhouse or half-hardy an- sti. 6in. to din. long, wiry, flexuose. fronds bin. to 12in. long, Sin. 
2 pe ; es to din. broad, with a linear-lanceolate, simple or pinnatifid point, 
5 Yj q — od, aal . to 6in. 3 — We broad, linear-acuminate to 
. texana (Texan).* /.-heads yellow, disposed in an irregular ceolate, sterile ones a little t - sori in a continuous mar- 
i b ; achenes scabrous-tuberculate or slightly hispid ; ginal line. Hong Kong, Himalayas, &c. SYN. Schizoloma 
involnoral scales in two rows; receptacle flat. August and ensifolia. (H. G. F. 62.) 
September. . alternate, oblong, thickly toothed. R. 1ft. to 2ft. L. falcata (sickle-shaped). sti. Sin. to 4in. long, strong, erect, | 
exse ahi if . Jronds lft. oe 8 , 2in. to Ain. heirs 
LINDLEY. A i 186 ite, simply pinnate; pinnæ lin. 1. long, jin. in. 
: eg . (named after John Lindley, 1799-1865, broad, linear-lanceolate, faleate, acuminate, slightly e at 
a celebrated Engli botanist). Orp. Rosacew. A mono- the margin, the upper half rather broader and auricled at the 
The species is a half-hardy, evergreen, much- base, the lower ones very short and blunt. sori marginal, trans- 
rous tree, with the habit of Pyrus Malus. 133 ar wc Islands. SYN. Diellia falcata. 
+ or capsular fruits and winged seeds, and ore z pow ae rhiz, short-creeping. sti. wiry, 
ovaries consolidated. It thrives in a well- — — fronds bin. ³ Jong, “imple 
í or with one or several pairs of lateral branches; pinnules gin. to 
loam, and would probably do best in a chalky | iin. Jong, about jin. deep, the lower line nearly straight or 
by ripened cuttings, placed under a decurved, the upper 8 ta ed, entire or lohed, point broadly 
2 bottom heat; or by grafting on the Hawthorn. beng . — — India, China, to North a 8 
mespiloides (Mespilus-like).* ft. white, sweet-scented, her- (H. S. F. i. 63.) T. tenera differs from species only in its 
E odite, bracteate, axillary or ky the tips of the branchlets, thinner texture, : = oe 
r Staph crane eee aoe cen, ae Sn, to tte 
hracteolate ly. I. coria „ Ses l, s s nu- ong, rigid, erect. fronds lft. b. , with an entire point 
lated, petiolate. a 3 Mexico, 1843. (B. R. 1844, 27.) = one to six pairs of lateral 5 in ea 2 : 
LINDLEYA Nees). onym of ong, which are sometimes again branched; pinnules jin. long, 
ee . . A synony Laplacea jin. broad, not lobed, and the outer edge I d 
; * í sometimes imbricated. sori in a continuous line. 
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