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Linaria continued. 



posed in loose elongated racemes ; spur arched, length of corolla. 

 July to September. I. linear or linear-lanceolate ; lower ones four 

 to nine in a whorl, upper ones three in a whorl, h. 1ft. to 3ft. 

 South Europe, 1648 (naturalised in Britain). Plant glabrous, 

 branched, erect. A good perennial for growing on old walls, 

 &c. (B. M. 99 ; Sy. En. B. 960.) 



FIG. 440. PORTION OF INFLORESCENCE, DETACHED FLOWER AND 

 LEAF, OF LINARIA TRIORNITHOPHORA. 



li. reticnlata (reticulated).* fl. deep purple, reticulately veined ; 

 palate copper-coloured or yellow, marked with deep purple lines ; 

 spur shorter than the corolla ; raceme crowded, snort, downy, 

 tapering upwards. May to July. I. 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 

 purple and orange flowers. 





FIG. 441. LINARIA VULGARIS PELORIA, showing Habit and 

 detached Single Flower. 



L sagittata (arrow-shape-leaved), fl. yellow, axillary, solitary, 

 on capillary pedicels often exceeding the leaves ; sepals lanceo- 



Linai'ia contin ued. 



late, acute ; corolla IJin. long, lips very broad. June. I. scattered, 

 distant, petioled, lin. to liin. long, lanceolate-oblong or linear, 

 with a hastate base, quite entire. Stems very slender, 6ft. to 

 10ft. long. Marocco, 1871. Perennial. (B. M. 6060.) 



L. saxatilis (rock), fl. yellow, palate usually marked with two 

 fulvous spots or lines, disposed in sub-capitate heads ; spur short, 

 acute. August. 1. 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 ; 

 spur straight ; raceme few-flowered, glabrous, or clothed with 

 short clammy down. Summer and autumn. I. linear-lanceolate, 

 erect ; lower ones often three in a whorl, upper ones alternate. 

 Spain, &c., 1772. A pretty, upright, branched annual. 



L. triornithophora (three-binls-bearing).* fl. purple, with a 

 yellow palate, lin. long, usually three or four in a whorl ; tube 

 inflated and striated. June to September. I. lanceolate, acute, 

 quite glabrous. Branches erect, decumbent at top. Portugal 

 and Spain, 1710. A desirable and pretty perennial. See Fig. 440. 

 (F. d. S. 2297.) 



L. tristis (sad), fl. yellow, with a dark purple or brown mouth, 

 approximate, sometimes nearly opposite ; spur thick, striated, 

 arched at the base, about equal in length to the corolla. July and 

 August. I. linear or linear-oblong ; lower ones three or four in a 

 whorl, upper ones opposite or alternate. Portugal and Spain, 

 1722. A very pretty decumbent annual. (B. M. 5827.) 



L. vulgaris (common). Common Toadflax, fl. pale yellow or 

 citron, disposed in dense spicate racemes ; palate copper-coloured ; 

 spur curved, about equal in length to the corolla. Spring to 

 autumn. I. linear o_r linear-lanceolate, h. 2ft. to 3ft. Europe 

 (Britain), North Asia. A handsome and erect native perennial. 

 (Sy. En. B. 962.) The variety Pelaria, instead of having one spur, 

 has five; the corolla has become regular through excess of 

 irregularity a condition more frequently met with in L. 

 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. 

 Bruniacece. 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), fl. white or flesh-coloured, a 



little longer than the leaves. May. I. spreading a little, linear, 



acute, almost sessile, h. 2ft. 1816. 

 L. cuspidata (cuspidate-leaved), fl. white; bracts equal in 



length to the calyx, with fringed pilose edges. May and June. 



I. spreading a little, oblong, obtuse, ustulate at the apex, keeled. 



h. 2ft. 1825. 

 L. thymifolia (Thyme-leaved), fl. white. May and June. 



L ovate-oblong, obtuse, keeled, tipped with black, h. 2ft. 1825. 



LINDELOFIA (named in honour of Friedrich von 

 Lindelof, of Darmstadt, a patron of botany). SYN. An- 

 chusopsis. OKD. Boraginece. A monotypic genus, the 



FIG. 442. LINDELOFIA SPECTABILIS, showing Habit and 

 detached Flowers. 



species being an erect, scabrous-pubescent or slightly 

 villous, hardy perennial herb. It thrives in any good 



