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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Lindelofia continued. 



garden soil. Propagation may be effected either by 

 seeds or by division of the roots. The former method is 

 the most productive, but the plants thus raised will 

 not flower until the second season after sowing. 

 L. spectabilis (showy), fl. purple, red ; calyx segments twice 

 as short as the corolla tube; racemes ebracteate. May to 

 August. 1. oblong, acuminate ; upper ones cordate-amplexicaul at 

 base. A. 1ft. to lift. India, 1839. See Fig. 442. (B. R. 1840, 

 50, under name of Cynoglossum longijlorum.) 

 LINDENIA (named after J. Linden, a Belgian hor- 

 ticulturist). OBD. Rubiacece. A genus comprising three 

 species of glabrous or pubescent shrubs, of which two 

 are natives of Mexico and Central America, and the third 

 inhabits the islands of New Caledonia and Fiji. Flowers 

 white, showy, in short terminal cymes, pedicellate. 

 Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, linear-lanceolate ; 

 stipules intrapetiolar. L. rivalis, the only species yet in 

 cultivation, is a handsome stove evergreen shrub, remark- 

 able in having a corolla tube Sin. long. It thrives in 

 a loam and peat soil. Propagated by ripened cuttings, 

 inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in heat 

 L. rivalis (brook-loving).* /. white, with a red tube ; corolla of 

 five oblong lobes lin. long; corymbs small, few- flowered. 

 August. 1. lanceolate, 2n. to Sin. long, clustered towards the 

 ends of the shoots, h. 3ft. Mexico, Ac., 1856. (B. M. 5258; 

 G. C. n. s., xvi. 180.) 

 LINDEN-TREE. See Tilia. 



LINDERA (named after John Linder, a Swedish 

 botanist of the early part of the eighteenth century). 

 Including Benzoin. OBD. Laurineoe. A rather large 

 genus (about fifty species) of trees and shrubs, natives 

 of tropical and Eastern Asia (extending to Japan), and 

 North America. Flowers dioecious, umbellate or capitate ; 

 perianth segments six, petaloid and often small; tube 

 very short; involucre sessile or pedicellate. Berry 

 globose or ovoid. Leaves alternate or almost opposite, 

 penniveined or three to five-nerved, coriaceous and peren- 

 nial, or slender and annual. For culture of the under- 

 mentioned hardy species probably the only ones grown 

 in gardens see Lauras. 



L. Benzoin (Benzoin). Benjamin Bush ; Spice Bush. ft. honey- 

 yellow, in almost sessile, lateral, umbel-like clusters, appearing 

 before the leaves, the clusters composed of smaller clusters or 

 umbels, each of four to six flowers. March and April. I, oblong- 

 obovate, pale beneath. h. 6ft. to 15ft. North America, 1(83. 

 SYN. Lauras Benzoin. 



L. melisscefolia (Melissa-leaved). Jove's Fruit, fl. similar to 

 those of L. Benzoin umbels few. April. I. oblong, obtuse, or 

 cordate at base, downy beneath. Young branches and buds 

 pubescent, h. 6ft. North America, 1810. SYNS. Laurus Dios- 

 pyrus (B. M. 1470), Laurus mtlisscefolia. 



LINDHEIMEBA (named in honour of Ferdinand 

 Lindheimer, the discoverer of the plant). OBD. Com- 

 posites. A monotypic genus, the species being an erect, 

 scabrous-hirsute, branched, greenhouse or half-hardy an- 

 nual herb, requiring similar culture to Zinnia (which 

 see). 



L. texana (Texan).* fl.-heads yellow, disposed in an irregular 

 leafy corymb ; acheues scabrous-tuberculate or slightly hispid ; 

 involucral scales in two rows ; receptacle flat. August and 

 September. I. alternate, oblong, thickly toothed, h. 1ft. to 2ft. 

 Texas. 



LINDLEYA (named after John Lindley, 1799-1865, 

 a celebrated English botanist). ORD. Rosacece. A mono- 

 typic genus. The species is a half-hardy, evergreen, much- 

 branched, glabrous tree, with the habit of Pyrus Mains. 

 It has follicular or capsular fruits and winged seeds, and 

 has its five ovaries consolidated. It thrives in a well- 

 drained loam, and would probably do best in a chalky 

 soil. Propagated by ripened cuttings, placed under a 

 glass, in bottom heat ; or by grafting on the Hawthorn. 

 L. mespiloides (Mespilus-like).* fl. white, sweet-scented, her- 

 maphrodite, bracteate, axillary or at the tips of the branchlets, 

 solitary ; calyx persistent ; petals orbiculate, large ; peduncles 

 bibracteolate. July. I. coriaceous, scattered, simple, crenu- 

 lated, petiolate. h. 20ft. to 30ft. Mexico, 1843. (B. R. 1844, 27.) 

 IiINDLEYA (of Nees). A synonym of Laplacea 

 (\\hich see). 



LINDS2EA. A synonym of Lindsaya (which see). 

 LINDSAYA (named after Archibald Lindsay, an 

 English botanist of the last century). SYN. Lindscea. In- 

 cluding Diellia, Isoloma (of J. Smith), Schizoloma, Syna- 

 phlebium. OBD. Filices. A genus comprising about fifty 

 species of very handsome stove or greenhouse ferns, 

 mainly confined within the tropics. Sori marginal or 

 sub-marginal, placed at the apex of and uniting two or 

 more veins; involucre double, opening outwardly, the 

 inner valve membranaceous, the outer formed of the 

 more or less changed margin of the frond. The species 

 are, for the most part, extremely difficult to cultivate 

 for any length of time; and the best plan is to 

 grow them in well-drained pots of fibrous loam and 

 sand, under the same conditions, as regards atmospheric 

 moisture, &c., as those which are found most suitable 

 for Filmy Ferns. Except where otherwise indicated, the 

 species described below require stove treatment. See 

 also Ferns. 



L. adiantoldes (Adiantum-like).* sti. nearly tufted, black, 

 polished, wiry, lin. to 2in. long, fronds 4in. to 6in. long, about 

 lin. broad, simply pinnate ; pinnae 4in. long, about Jin. deep, the 

 upper imbricated, lower edge straight or slightly curved, upper 

 rounded and broadly lobed about one-third the way down, sori 

 marginal in the lobes. Malay Archipelago, &c., 1840. (H. S. F. L 

 61c.) 



It. concinna (neat), rhiz. short-creeping, sti. 2in. to 4in. long, 

 wiry, erect, fronds 6in. to 12in. long, |in. broad, simply pinnate ; 

 pinnae four lines long, two lines deep, very blunt on the outer 

 edge, the upper edge very slightly crenate, upper ones close 

 together but scarcely imbricated, sori in a continuous or slightly 

 interrupted line along the upper edge. Philippine Islands and 

 Borneo, 1842. This species is closely allied to L. cultrata. 

 (H. S. F. i. 61 B.) 



It. cultrata (knife-shaped).* sti. wiry, flexuose, Sin. to 6in. long. 

 fronds 6in. to 12in. long, about lin. broad, simply pinnate; 

 largest pinnae iin. to Jin. deep, not imbricated, the lower margin 

 straight or slightly curved, usually upwards, the upper edge 

 slightly lobed, so that the continuity of the line of fructification 

 is broken, sometimes nearly entire. North of India. An elegant 

 little species, yielding a fragrance similar to the Sweet-scented 

 Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). (H. S. F. i. 62c, under 

 name of L. Lobbiana). 



L. divergens (wide-spreading), rhiz. creeping, wiry, tibrillose. 

 sti. wiry, erect, 4in. to 6in. long, liin. to 2in. broad, simply pin- 

 nate ; pinnae fin. to lin. long, two to three lines broad, obliquely 

 truncate at the base below, auricled at the base above, margin 

 entire, point bluntish. sori in acontinuous line along both edges. 

 Malayan Peninsula. SYN. Isoloma divergens. 



L. dubia (doubtful), rhiz. short-creeping, sti. close together, 

 wiry, Sin. to 6in. long, fronds 4in. to 8in. long, liin. to 2in. 

 broad, simply pinnate ; pinnae lin. long, not more than sin. 

 broad ; upper edge crenated towards the gradually-narrowing 

 point, even the upper ones witli usually Jin. to iin. between 

 them, often not truly dimidiate, but with the costa becoming 

 central towards the point. Line of the sori not interrupted till it 

 reaches the crenations of the outer third of the upper margin. 

 Venezuela, Guiana, &c. (H. S. F. i. 64c.) 

 L. elegans (elegant). A synonym of L. stricta. 

 If. ensifolia (sword-fronded). rhiz. creeping, stout, paleaceous. 

 sti. 6in. to 9in. long, wiry, flexuose. fronds 6in. to 12iu. long, Sin. 

 to 4in. broad, with a linear-lanceolate, simple or pinnatind point, 

 simply pinnate below ; pinnae usually in numerous pairs, all 

 stalked, liin. to 6in. long, Jin. to lin. broad, linear-acuminate to 

 lanceolate, sterile ones a little toothed, sori in a continuous mar- 

 ginal line. Hong Kong, Himalayas, &c. SYN. Schizoloina 

 ensifolia. (H. G. F. 62.) 



L. falcata (sickle-shaped), sti. Sin. to 4in. long, strong, erect, 

 densely paleaceous, fronds 1ft. to l^ft. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, 

 lanceolate, simply pinnate ; pinnie lin. to 2in. long, Jin. to lin. 

 broad, linear-lanceolate, falcate, acuminate, slightly undulated at 

 the margin, the upper half rather broader and auricled at the 

 base, the lower ones very short and blunt, sori marginal, trans- 

 versely oblong. Sandwich Islands. SYN. Diellia falcata. 

 L. flabellnlata (fan-shaped), rhiz. short-creeping, sti. wiry, 

 erect, brownish-black, polished, fronds tin. to I2in. long, simple 

 or with one or several pairs of lateral branches ; pinnules Jin. to 

 iin. long, about Jin. deep, the lower line nearly straight or 

 decurved, the upper rounded, entire or lobed, point broadly 

 rounded ; venation flabellate. sori in a continous line, except 

 when interrupted by the lobes. India, China, to North Australia. 

 (H. S. F. i. 63.) L. tenera differs from this species only in its 

 thinner texture. 



L. gnianensis (Guiana).* rhiz. short-creeping. M. 6in. to 12in. 

 long, rigid, erect, .fronds 1ft, to 2ft. long, with an entire point 

 and one to six pairs of lateral erecto-patent branches, 6in. to 9in. 

 long, which are sometimes again branched ; pinnules iin. long, 

 Jin. broad, not lobed, and the outer edge bluntly rounded, closely 

 packed and sometimes imbricated, sori in a continuous line. 



