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LINNEARA 



LINUM 



LINNEARA uminod aiiparcntly for Liiiiuvus). 

 Orchitiiicf.r. Thi- Hulos of Horticultunil Xomciicliiturc 

 ailoptiHl by the suhsoction of Noinoni'laturi' nt the 

 IntornatioiiiU Horticultural t'on^ross at Hrussols, UHO, 

 proviilo that "multip'iu'ru- hyhrids receive a conveii- 

 tioiKil (teneric naiiie. preferably thai of a ilistintiuished 

 man. to which is added the teniiiiiation am. A dis- 

 tinct jti-neric name will be formed for each ililTerent 

 combination of p'uera. Thus all combinalions of the 

 genera Hrass;\vohi, Cattleya, La'lia and l';])ideiidrum, 

 no matter in what order they nia\- be intercrossed, 

 receive the same generic name whicli would be, for 

 ex:uiiple, Liniicani." The Royal Horticultural Society 

 ^L<)ndon) had proiKised to the Congress that "Future 

 multigeneric hybrids ^combining three or more genera) 

 should be given a conventional name consisting of the 

 n;une of some person eminent as a student or as a 

 grower of orchids, followed l)y the termination 'ara'." 

 "A si'inirate geiu'rie name shoukl be coined for each 

 distinct combinaticm of genera. Thus, Brassocattleya 

 X EpiUelia. and Bra.ssodendrum x Bra-ssocattleya, and 

 Bnussola-lia x Epicattleya, and Bnissohelia x Epiden- 

 drum. and all other possible combinations of those four 

 genera would be designated by one name, e.g., Adamnra, 

 wliile a second generic name, e. g., Linncnra, would 

 nee<l to be coined for Diala>lia x Br;i.ssocattleva, and 

 this would stami for all combination,s of the four 

 genera Diacrium, L;rlia. Bra.ssavola, and Cattleya." 



The Congres.s adopted Linneara for the hybrids of 

 the genera Brassavola, Cattleya, La'lia, |Epidendrum. 

 The name Adamara was not adopted. Neither name has 

 become current; see also Lowiara. L jj g 



LINOSPADIX (Greek, linear spadix). Palmacex. 

 Dwarf unarmed palms varying considerably in foliage. 



Flowers monoecious, spirally arranged on the erect 

 spatli.x which appears among the Ivs. : Ivs. terminal, 

 flabelliform, deejjly 2-cut, the apex of the lobes some- 

 times cut and thread-like. — Eight species all from New- 

 Guinea. The genus is allied to Bacularia, but Bacvilaria 

 has premor.se If.-segms. and erect anthers fastened at 

 the base, while Linospadix has acuminate If.-segms. and 

 versatile anthers fastened on the back. Linospadix 

 is distinguished from Howea (which see) by the sta- 

 mens 6-9; pistillate fls. with f>-9 staminodes: ovule 

 parietal. The best known species, L. Petrickiana, is of 

 uncertain botanical affinity. The name does not appear 

 in botanical literature. This is a handsome pinnate- 

 Ivd. palm of compact growth and well furnished with 

 foliage, at lejist while in a young state. In its juvenile 

 condition, the Ivs. of L. I'llrickiatM are simply 

 bifid, the pinnate form gradually appearing as the 

 plant attains age. It was intro. in 1899 by Sander 

 <t Co., who say: "The slender, alternate pinna' are 

 slightly arched. The base is netted with brown fiber, 

 .«mall, hair-hke glumes of the same color being apparent 

 on the younger fronds and leafstalks. The young fronds 

 are colored similarly to those of Arira Ilxituatinii, and 

 when developing have the luster and brilliancy of new 

 copper." Cultural conditions suited to the needs of 

 calamus and da-monorops will be most likely to suc- 

 ceed with linospa<lix, and include a temperature of 70°, 

 plenty of water, and .some shade throughout the year. 



Petrickiina, Hort. Sander. Pinna- once cut from the 

 ajXiX to a third or fourth the length of the pinna; 

 laterally cut about six-sevenths of the way from the 

 tips of the sf'gms. to the rachis: premature basal Ivs. 

 cut once from the apex to half their length, the 2 lobes 

 uncut. G.C. III. 24:2!)9. 



L. LenpMii, Ilort. San'Ipr. I'riM-rtain as to botanical alBnity. 

 p«frhap« tiif pr*!rwlinK. Narnc nr-vr-r puhliMhtd in botanical litera- 

 ture. Shown at Ghent in lOfCi. G.C. III. .j.i, suppl. to April 25. 

 — L. Mu-tuAUzii, C. H. WriKht. A low. Hteinle»8 palm, with a 

 dfmw:ly crowriwj clujiter of 2-cut. flabelliform, plicate Ivs.: Bpadix 

 Blender, nodding, about 1-2 ',i ft. long, bearing numerouH attrac- 

 tive, pale yellow &». New Guinea. H.W.HOM:,. Not in cult, in 

 AmcT., but an attractive little plant. ^ rr^ 



LINOSYRIS (Liiiiiiii and Osyri.-!, which genera it 

 resembles). Coiiipdsiln'. One species, L. vulgaris, 

 Ca.ss., CJoLDiLOCKs, of Eu., is a good hardy perennial, 

 growing '2-2 ft. high, aiul bearing numerous small pale 

 yellow usually rayless heads: sts. strict (from a hard 

 root), striate, glabrous, bearing many alternate, small, 

 linear, entire Ivs.: involucre ind)ricated, the numerous 

 narrow bracts shorter than the florets and pappus: 

 achene compressed and silky. The |)l:uit grows natively 

 in rocky and stony places and along gravelly banks of 

 rivers in England, Wales, and through Cent, and S. 

 Eu. to the Caucasus. It is an excellent late summer 

 and fall bloomer, thriving well in any good garden or 

 border. Proj). by division. 



The genus Lynosj'ris is referred to Aster by many 

 hotani.sts, the above species then becoming Aster Lino- 

 si/ria, Bernh. It is also known as Chrysoeoma vulgaris, 

 Linn. Horticulturally, it is distinct, with its yellow 

 heads and ])eeuliar habit. From Aster it differs techni- 

 cally in the absence of rays and in yellow flowers, 

 but rayed heads are sometimes foinid. In this work, 

 the yellow-flowered asters are kept distinct in this 

 genus and Calimeris. As u.sually separately defined, 

 Linosyris contains several species. l H. B. 



LINUM (classical name). Including CathartoVinniii. 

 Linace:e. Flax. Ornamental flowering plants, annual 

 and perennial; one is the fiber-yielding flax. 



Erect-growing i)lants, bearing tough cortex, with 

 narrow alternate (rarely opposite) and mostly entire 

 Ivs., and showy 5-petaled fls. which open in the sun- 

 shine: stamens 5 and alternate with the petals, usually 

 united at the base, staminodia sometimes present: 

 ovary single, 3-5-loculed, bearing as many styles as 

 locules, and ripening into a dry caps, which may or 

 may not be dehiscent: fls. red, blue, yellow, white, 

 borne in terminal racemes or cymes, and, although 

 each fl. may be short-lived, the continuity of bloom 

 makes the plant showy. — Species 90-100, in temperate 

 and warm regions about the globe, about one-fourth of 

 which are in the U. S.. There are two horticultural 

 sections, — the annuals and perennials. All are of easy 

 cult, in an open and warm jilace, fully exposed to the 

 sun. Seeds of the animals may be .sown where the 

 plants are to bloom or they may be started under glass. 

 The perennials often bloom the first year from seed, and 

 .seeds are often used to pro|). Iliem: hut the plants may 

 be divided. The species with capitate stigma and 

 glandular sepals, mostly yellow-fld., are by some authors 

 separated as Cathartolinum. 



INDEX. 



album, 8. 

 alpinum, 11. 

 angustifolium, 2. 

 arborcum, 5. 

 austriacum, 10. 

 coccineuni, 1. 

 flavum, 'S. 



1. 



grandiflorum, 

 humilc, 2. 

 keriiK'sinuni, 1. 

 Lewiaii. Vt. 

 monuKynuni. (i. 

 narbonnensp, 12. 



percnne, 8, 9, 10, 11. 

 rubruni, 1. 

 salsoloides, 7. 

 sibiriciim, 8. 

 "u.sitiitiysinium, 2. 

 viryinianum, 4. 



A. Plant annual: Jh. red or blue. 

 I!, lilooin of the red series. 

 1. grandiflorum, Desf. Flowering Flax. Fig. 

 2180. Erect, branchy, 1-2 ft., glabrous: Ivs. many, 

 alternate, broadly lanceolate to oblong, sessile or nearly 

 so: fls. terminating very slender pe<licels which .are l-:3 

 in. long, the obovate pet.als wide-.s]ireading (fl. 1-132 

 in. across, and something like a single-fid. pink) and 

 much exceeding the jjointed scarious-edged .sepals. 

 N. Afr. B.M. 49.56. R.H. 1S4S: 401. —Very serviceable 

 garden an.Mial, anfl popular for its glossy bright fls. 

 The color v. tries in the shades of red. Var. rflbrum has 

 bright red I's. Var. kermesinum is crim.son. \'ar. 

 coccineum, 1 ort., is a scarlet-fid. form. — In a warm, 

 sunny jjlace, 'he flowering flax makes a very satis- 

 factory i)lant ■)! long period of bloom. It is not 

 adapted to cnttrig, since th(^ fls. are not durable. W'ill 

 not stand frost. 



