LINDSAYA 



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LINUM 



LINDSA'YA. (Named after M. Lindsay, an English 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Ferns [Filices]. Linn. z^-Crypto- 

 gamia, i-Filices.) 



Ferns, with brown spores. For culture, see FERNS. 



STOVE. 

 L. adianioi'des (maiden-hair-like). July. Isle of Luzon. 



1840. 



conci'nna (neat). July. Isle of Luzon. 1842. 

 ,, crena'ta (crenate). British Guiana. 1863. 

 cultra'ta (knife-shaped). July. Isle of Luzon. 1840. 

 ,, decompo' sita (decomposed). July. Malacca. 

 dive'rgens (diverging). Brown, yellow. July. Malaya ; 



Borneo. 



e'legans (elegant). See L. STRICTA ELEGANS. 

 ,, ensifo'lia (sword- leaved). 1-2. Trop. Asia and 



Africa. 



falca'ta (sickle-shaped). . May. Trinidad. 1819. 

 guiane'nsis (Guianan). May. Guiana. 1845. 

 heterophy'lla (various- leaved), f-ii- India ; Malaya. 

 ,, lanugino'sa (woolly). Brown. July. Malaya ; Trop. 



Australia, &c. 

 ni'tens (shining). iJ-2. May. Neilgherries to 



Polynesia. 



oblongifo'lia (oblong-leaved). See L. PECTINATA. 

 pectina'ta (comb-like). May to July. Assam ; Malaya. 

 renifo'rmis (kidney-shaped-leaved). July. Trinidad. 



1826. 



,, retu'sa (blunt- ended). June. Philippine Islands, &c. 

 ,, ri'gida (stiff), i. July. Malacca. 1839. 

 stri'cta (upright). July. Malacca. 1839. 

 ,, ,, e'legans (elegant). An unbranched form. 

 te'nera( tender). Malacca. 

 ,, trapezifo'rmis (diamond-shaped), i. May. S. Amer. 



1819. 



GREENHOUSE. 



L. linea'ris (narrow-leaved). $. May. N. Holland. 1820. 

 ,, me'dia (intermediate), i. May. N. Holland. 1823. 

 microphy'lla (smaU-leaved). f. May. N. HoUand. 

 1820. 



LING, or LING-HEATHER. Callu'na vulga'ris. 



LININGS, or, as they might be more properly called, 

 Coatings, are applications of fermenting dung to renew 

 the heat in hotbeds made of dung. See HOTBED. 



LINN^A. (Named after Linnaus. Nat. ord. Capri- 

 foils [Caprifoliaceae]. Linn. \\-Didynamia, 2-Angio- 

 spermia. Allied to Abelia.) 



Hardy trailer. Plants are easily obtained from its 

 trailing-rooted stems. It should, whether in the front 

 of a border or in a good-sized pot, be grown solely in 

 peat or heath-soil, kept shady and moist. 



L. borea'lis (northern). J. Flesh. June. Scotland. 

 america'na (American.) 



LINO'SPADIX. (From lino, to anoint, and spadix, the 

 axis bearing the flowers. Nat. ord. Palmaceas.) 

 Stove Palms. Seeds. Loam, peat, sand. 



L. Leopo'ldii (Leopold's). Pacific Islands. 1903. 

 Micholi'tzii (Micholitz's). 4. Stemless. Malaya. 



1895. 

 petrickia'na (Petrickian). New Guinea. 1898. 



LINO'SYRIS VULGA'RIS. See ASTER LINOSYRIS. 



LINUM. Flax. (From linon, flax. Nat. ord. Flax- 

 worts [Linaceae]. Linn. $-Pentandria, $-Pentagynia.) 



Annuals and biennials, by seed in the open border, in 

 April ; perennials, by seed, but principally by divisions 

 in spring, and cuttings of young shoots under a hand- 

 light ; hardy shrubs, by cuttings in sandy soil, under a 

 hand-light, in summer ; greenhouse shrubs, cuttings in 

 sand, under a bell-glass ; for the latter, peat and loam. 

 Winter temp., 38 to 45. Many, however, such as 

 arbo'reum, salsoloi'des, tau'ricum, &c., will thrive in the 

 border, in the climate of London, with but little pro- 

 tection. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



cethio'picum (Ethiopian). See L. AFRICAN UM. 

 africa'num (African), i. Yellow. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1771. 



Chamisso'nis (Chamisso's). i. White. Chili. 1830. 

 Cumi'ngi (Cuming's). See L. MACR^EI. 

 Macra'i (Macrae's), f. Orange. July. Chili. 1864. 

 quadrifo'lium (four-leaved). 2. Yellow. May. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1787. 

 Si'msii (Sim's). See L. ARBOREUM. 

 suffrutico' sum (sub-shrubby), i. Pink. August. 



Spain. 1759- 

 letra'gynum (four-styled). See REINWARDTIA TETRA- 



GYNA. 



tri'gynum (three-styled). See REINWARDTIA TRIGYNA. 



HARDY ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 



att'reum (golden). See L. GALLICUM. 



Berendie'ri (Berendier's). See L. BERLANDIERI. 



Berlandie'ri (Berlandier's). 2. Yellow, orange. Sep- 

 tember. Texas. 1835. Half-hardy. 



bi'color (two-coloured), ij. Yellow, blue. June. 

 Morocco. 1820. 



ga'llicum (French). . Yellow. June. Mediter- 

 ranean region. 1820. 



grandifto'rum (large-flowered), i. Red. June, July. 

 Algeria. 1820. Annual. 

 ,, ru'brum (red). Colour brighter. 



ri'gidum (stiff -leaved). i. Pale yellow. July. 

 Missouri. 1807. 



stri'ctum (erect), i. Yellow. June. S. Europe. 

 1759. Biennial. 



usitati' ssimum (most-common), ij. Blue. June. 

 Europe (Britain). " Common Flax." 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 



arbo'reum (tree), i. Yellow. May. Crete. 1788. 

 sa/so/ot'<fc:s(Salsola-like). i. White, pink eye. June. 



S. Europe. 1810. 

 tau'ricum (Taurian). i*. Yellow. June. Tauria. 



1818. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 L. agre'ste (field). See L. ANGUSTIFOLIUM. 



alpi'num (alpine). . Blue. July. Austria. 1739. 



album (white). White. July. Gardens. 



alta'icum (Altaic), i. Blue. July. Altai. 1829. 



a'nglicum (English). See L. PERENNE. 



,, angustifo' Hum (narrow-leaved), i. Purple. July. 

 England. 



ascyrifo'lium (Ascyrum-leaved). See L. HIRSUTUM. 



austri'acum (Austrian), i. Blue. June. Austria. 

 1775- 



Babingto'nii (Babington's). See L. SELAGINOIDES. 



campanula! turn, (bell-shaped). \-\. Yellow. July. 

 Europe. 1795. 



capita'tum (round-headed). i. Yellow. June. 

 Austria. 1816. 



davu'ricum (Dahurian). i. Yellow. June. Dahuria. 

 1816. 



decu'mbens( lying-down), i. Red. June. N.Africa. 

 1817. 



,, diffu'sum (spreading). . Blue. June. 1823. 



,, extraaxilla're (extra-axillary), i. Blue. Hungary. 



,, fla'vum (yellow), f. Yellow. July. Austria. 1793. 



,, glandulo'sum (glandular). See L. CAMPANULATUM. 



,, hirsu'tum (hairy), i. Blue. July. S. Europe ; 

 Asia Minor. 1759. 



,, hypericifo'lium (St. John's- wort-leaved). See L. HIR- 

 SUTUM. 



Lewi'sii (Lewis's). See L. PERE.VNE. 



,, margina'tum (white-margined). See L. AUSTRIACUM. 



,, mari'timum (sea). 2. Yellow. July. S. Europe. 

 1596. 



,, mexica'num (Mexican). June. Mexico. 1838. Half- 

 hardy. 



mono'gynum (united-styled). 2. White. July. New 

 Zealand. 1822. 



,, monta'num (mountain). See L. ALPINUM. 



narbone'nse (Narbonne). 2. Blue. May. S. France. 

 1759- 



