LINDERA LINN^EA 31 



mostly broadly ovate, sometimes entire, but usually more or less conspicuously 

 three-lobed towards the apex, the lobes pointing forward ; base heart-shaped, 

 rounded or wedge-shaped ; 2^ to 5 ins. long, i to 4 ins. wide ; dark shining 

 green and smooth above ; pale and downy on the veins beneath ; prominently 

 triple-nerved ; stalk ^ to I in. long, downy. Flowers yellowish, produced in 

 March and April from the joints of the leafless wood in small dense clusters ; 

 each flower is about in. across, borne on a stalk in. long, clothed thickly 

 with silky hairs. Fruits not seen in this country, but described by Sargent as 

 shining black, globose, in. across, and as forming a very handsome contrast 

 to the yello.w autumn foliage. 



Native of Japan and Corea ; introduced by Maries in 1880, and grown and 

 flowered in the Coombe Wood nursery. It is a very handsome-leaved shrub, 

 but is hardier and succeeds better in France than with us. Mr de Vilmorin 

 has it very vigorous at Les Barres. 



L. PRAECOX, Blume. 



(Benzoin 'praecox, Siebold.} 



A deciduous shrub or bushy tree, 15 to 25 ft. high, young shoots shining 

 dark brown, not downy, but prominently warted. Leaves thin, ovate or oval, 

 occasionally rotund ; i to 3^ ins. long, to i^ ins. wide ; taper-pointed or 

 blunt at the apex, dark green above, pale and glaucous beneath, usually 

 smooth ; stalk | to | in. long. Flowers small, greenish yellow, produced in 

 March and April 'in small short-stalked umbels about ^ in. diameter. Fruit 

 | in. diameter, reddish brown, marked with numerous pale dots. 



Native of Japan and Corea. This Lindera is fairly hardy at Kew, but only 

 flowers well on a wall. It forms its umbels usually in pairs or threes during 

 the summer ; in the leaf-axils they remain through autumn and winter as little 

 round knobs, bursting in the first warm days of spring. I have not seen it in 

 fruit in this country. The leaves die off yellow. 



LINN^EA BOREALIS, Gronovzus. TWIN-FLOWER. 

 CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



A creeping evergreen plant, a few inches high, with a woody base; 

 branches long, slender, wire-like, hairy when young. Leaves opposite, 

 obovate, oval or ovate ; J to f in. long, -J to ^ in. wide ; rounded or 

 broadly tapered and coarsely toothed at the apex, wedge-shaped and entire 

 at the base; with scattered hairs on the margin, upper surface, and on 

 the midrib below ; stalk % to J in. long. Flowers produced in summer, 

 in a pair at the top of an erect, thread-like stalk, i| to 3 ins. high, 

 terminating short, erect, lateral twigs ; each flower has its own secondary 

 stalk J to f in. long. Corolla pink or white, J in. long, nodding, funnel- 

 shaped, with five rounded lobes, hairy inside ; calyx with five linear lobes ; 

 stamens four ; ovary hairy. Fruit dry, one-seeded, downy. 



This little plant, named after the great Linnaeus, is found in the high 

 latitudes of the northern hemisphere, including a few places in the north- 

 east of Britain. It is a dainty plant, with pretty, fragrant flowers, best 

 adapted for some shady moist spot in the rock garden in rather sandy 

 soil. Allied to Abelia and the honeysuckles. 



