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LINARIA LINUM. 



Flowers, in summer ; in long loose 

 racemes, purplish - blue ; mouth of 

 corolla bearded with white hairs ; 

 tube striped with purple ; spurarched, 

 ao long as the corolla. Leaves, slightly 

 glaucous, 1 to 1^ in. long, linear; 

 lower ones in whorls of from 4 to 9 ; 

 upper ones 3 in a whorl ; stems pur- 

 plish-green. Southern Europe. 



Ruins, walls, or stony places. Seed. 



Linariavulgaris (Common Toadflax}. 

 A handsome native herb, with 

 smooth glaucous stems, 1 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer and autumn ; 

 pale yellow; large, in a handsome 

 terminal panicle ; mouth of corolla 

 bright orange or copper-coloured ; spur 

 long and pointed. Leaves, crowded, 

 narrow, lance - shaped, 1 to 1^ in. 

 long. L. vulgaris Peloria is a singular 

 variety, with a 5 - spurred corolla. 

 Found throughout Europe, and plen- 

 tiful in Britain. The variety 



Peloria is the only one generally 

 worthy of garden culture, in conse- 

 quence of the prevalence of the com- 

 mon form, which thrives in any soil. 

 Division or seed. 



Lindelofia spectabilis (Long-flowered 

 L.} Cynoylossum lonyiflorum. A 

 rather showy perennial, 1^ ft. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; sky-blue, 

 with obtuse petals, and a purplish 

 tube, nearly 4 in. long, without bracts, 

 in racemes ; lobes of calyx oval-ob- 

 tuse. Leaves, oblong, pointed; the 

 radical ones narrowed into a footstalk, 

 those on the middle of the stem ses- 

 sile, and those on the upper part 



clasping. Northern India. Borders, 



in sandy loam. Division. 



Linnsea borealis (Twinflower). A 

 very graceful and interesting native 

 trailing evergreen, with opposite, 

 roundish leaves. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; pale pink, gracefully drooping, 

 fragrant, bell-shaped, 5-parted, about 

 4 in. long, borne in pairs. Leaves, 

 small, round- oval, tapering into the 



stalks, slightly toothf d at the top ; 

 the plant more or Iws clothed with 

 a minute down, sometimes smooth. 

 Europe and America, and also in Scot- 

 land and the north of England. 



Shady moist parts of the rock-garden 

 and hardy fernery, and in the artificial 

 bog, or in pans or pots of moist peat. 

 Division. 



Linosyris vulgaris (Goldilocks). 

 Chrysocoma Linosyris. A showy 

 native herb, with smooth, erect, stiff 

 stems, 1 to 2 ft. high, densely clothed 

 with long, narrow, pale green leaves. 

 Flowers, in late summer and autumn ; 

 bright yellow, in a compact terminal 

 head ; florets tubular, 5-cleft. Leaves, 

 linear, entire, dotted, smooth. Native 

 of Europe and the Caucasus, and of 

 the western and southern coasts of 



England. Rough places or borders, 



in any soil. Division. 



Linum alpinum (Alpine Flax). A 

 handsome dwarf blue flax, 3 to 8 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; dark 

 blue, large, slightly corymbose; sepals 

 oval, outer ones acutish ; inner ones 

 blunt. Leaves, awl-shaped, entire, 

 stalkless, the upper ones nearly up- 

 right. Alps, Pyrenees, and hilly parts 

 of Europe. Borders, and the rock- 

 garden, in sandy loam. It is also de- 

 sirable for naturalization among small 

 plants, on sandy banks, slopes, or rather 

 bare grassy places. Seed and division. 



Linum arboreum (Evergreen Flax). 

 A handsome, low- spread ing, ever- 

 green shrubby species, with smooth, 

 grey-green leaves ; I ft. high. Flowers, 

 in early summer ; clear yellow, large, 

 14 in. across ; sepals oval or lance- 

 shaped, finely pointed. Leaves, wedge- 

 shaped, obtuse, alternate, recurved. 

 A native of hilly parts of South-east 

 Europe, Asia Minor, and South Africa. 



The rock-garden, borders, and 



fringes of beds of dwarf shrubs, in any 

 lightish soil. Cuttings. 



Linum flavum (Yellow herbaceous 



