LINARIA 



LINN^EA 



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AA. Plant erect or nearly so: Ivs. long. 

 B. Flowers yellow. 



vulgaris, Mill. TOAD-FLAX. BUTTER-AND-EGGS. Fig. 

 1296. Vigorous perennial, spreading freely by under- 

 ground stems and in time forming large and persistent 

 ^patches: stems strict, nearly or quite simple, slightly 

 glaucous, 1-3 ft. high : Ivs. many, scattered, linear, 

 somewhat narrowed below: fls. in a terminal spicate 

 raceme, erect-spreading, with hanging nectary spur, 

 sulfur-yellow, but orange on the bearded palate. Eu. 

 A.G. 13: 469. Extensively naturalized, and commonly 

 regarded as a bad weed; but it infests chiefly waste 

 iplaces, and although difficult to eradicate it 

 does not spread very rapidly. Now and then 

 :it appears as an ornamental plant. It is more 

 interesting to the general plant-lover than to 

 the gardener. A double-fld. form is figured in 

 G.C. III. 18:554. The Peloria forms may have 

 5 spurs, or no spurs at all (R.H. 1851: 433). 



Maced6nica, Griseb. Robust perennial, 2-3 

 ft. high, branching: Ivs. narrow-ovate or the 

 upper ones lanceolate, somewhat cordate at 

 the base, nearly or quite sessile, entire: fls. 

 bright yellow, with deeper color on the palate, 

 in long wand-like terminal racemes. Mace- 

 donia. Gn. 45:948. J.H. III. 30:469.-A showy 

 plant, hardy, bearing its snapdragon-like fls. 

 most of the season. Perhaps a wide-leaved 

 form of L. Dalmatica, Mill. 



BB. Flowers blue or purple. 

 c. Perennial border plants. 



alpiua, Mill. Compact-tufted plants, 6 in. or 

 less high, with weak and spreading flower 

 stems : Ivs. linear or lanceolate, mostly in 

 4's: fls. in short racemes or heads, blue with 

 an orange-colored palate, the straight or 

 slightly curved, sharp spur as long as the 

 corolla. Alps. F.S. 20:2128. G.C. II. 14:105. 

 A pretty little alpine, blooming in July 



land Aug. 



triornithdpliora, Willd. Glaucous, 2-3 ft. 

 tall : Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, in 3's or 4's: fls. 

 about 3 in a whorl (hence the name, bearing 



1 three birds), rather large, slender-stalked, 



'violet- and purple-striped, with orange pal- 

 ate, about 1 in. long, the spur inflated above 



,and exceeding the lobes. Spain, Portu- 

 gal. F.S. 22:2297. A handsome and 



. interesting plant, rarely seen in Ameri- 



. can gardens. 



cc. Annual plants of the flower garden 



(See R.H. 1896, pp. 371-374). 

 bipartita, Willd. A foot high, erect, 



; branching, with scattered or verticillate 

 linear Ivs. : fls. large, in a long racemose 

 spike, violet- purple, with the palate 

 orange-colored above and whitish to- 

 wards the base, the spur curved, about 

 as long as the corolla, standing oblique 

 or horizontal; upper lip parted. Portu- 

 gal, N. Afr. Old-time annual, but it has never been 



' popular in N. Amer. Var. alba, Hort., has yellowish 

 white fls. Var. splendida, Hort., has handsome deep pur- 

 pie fls. There is also a var. striata, Hort. 



Maroccana, Hook, f . Fig. 1297. Spike much shorter 

 and denser: fls. bright violet or rose, with a whitish 

 palate, the spur long, pointed, as long as the pedicel and 

 sometimes hanging nearly parallel with the axis of the 

 spike: Ivs. many, linear, scattered or whorled, hairy. 

 Morocco. B.M. 5983. 



reticulata, Desf. Fls. pubescent, purple, reticulated 

 rith purple, the palate yellower copper-yellow, the spur 

 pointed and shorter than the corolla and pointing down- 

 ward: spike short: Ivs. linear, scattered or verticillate. 

 Portugal. An old garden plant, but little known in 

 America. Runs into two or three forms. 



L.aparinoldes, Dietr. See L. heterophylla. L. Broussonnet- 



Chav. (L. multipunctata, Hoffmg.). Low annual, with yel- 



ow, black-spotted fls., orange on the palate, and lanceolate or 



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linear Ivs.: 5-8 in. high, mostly upright. Spain. L. Canaden- 

 8is, Dum., is a weedy native plant, of no value to the garden. 

 It is annual or biennial, strict, 1-2 ft., with very small blue fls. 

 L. Dalmatica, Mill., is a yellow-fld. perennial: see L. Mace- 

 dpnica, in the main list. L. hepaticoefblia, Steud. A good al- 

 pine, making a very low mat: fls. purple: Ivs. cordate or reni- 

 form, lobed. Corsica, Sardinia. L. heterophylla, Desf. (L. apa- 

 rinoides, Dietr.). Annual, erect, with scattered linear frs.: fls. 

 straw-colored, with a yellow palate, in spicate racemes. Mo- 

 rocco. B.M. 6041. L. multipunctata, Hoffmg.=L. Brousson- 

 nettii. L. purpUrea, Mill. Erect perennial, with long racemes 

 of purple-bearded fls. and linear whorled Ivs. Eu. Of little 

 value. i. saxdtilis, Hoffmg. & Link. Rockwork perennial, 

 trailing, with thickish lanceolate Ivs., and yellow fls. in short 

 clusters Spain. L. H. B 



LINDELOFIA (Friedrich von Lindelof, of 

 Darmstadt, a patron of botany). Borragin- 

 acece. Two species of hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennials from the Himalayas, one of which is 

 cult. It grows 1-1)^ ft. high, and in June 

 and July bears racemes of drooping, odd- 

 colored fls. about three-fourths of an inch 

 long, with a pale blue tube and 5 deep rose 

 or purplish lobes. The racemes are about 6 

 in. long, and have 8-12 fls. The plant is likely 

 to be winter-killed unless given a sheltered 

 place, good drainage and winter covering. It 

 is not fastidious as to soil. Easily prop, by 

 division. It seeds freely and flowers the sec- 

 ond year from seed. 



Like Solenanthus, this genus has the habit 

 and nutlets of Cynoglossum, but the stamens 

 of Cynoglossum are included, while those of 

 the other two genera are exserted. Solenan- 

 thus differs from Lindelofia in having a more 

 tubular flower, the lobes being relatively 

 shorter and erect or slightly spreading. 



spectabilis, Lehm. Pilose : Ivs. oblong- 

 acuminate, the upper ones heart-shaped or 

 clasping at the base: racemes bractless. B. 

 R. 26:50 (Cynoglossum longiflorum) . J.H- 

 III. 31:235. j. B. KELLER and W. M. 



LINDEN. Tilia. 

 LINDEEA. See Benzoin. 



LINDSJEA, or Lindsaya, is a genus of about 

 50 species of tropical ferns, none of which are 

 advertised in America. Schnei- 

 der, in his Book of Choice Ferns, 

 says they usually die soon after 

 importation, even if apparently 

 in good condition on arrival. 

 In their native habitat, he says, 

 these ferns usually creep about 

 in poor, stony soil, which is fre- 

 quently drenched and washed 

 away by rain. They need a high 

 temperature and humid atmos- 

 phere. Lately some success has 

 been attained by placing Lind- 

 saeas in pots nearly filled with 

 crocks, in which they are firmly 

 held by 2 or 3 pieces of turfy loam, and by imitating in 

 other ways the natural conditions described above. 



LINNJEA (named after Linnaeus, at his own request; it 

 was his favorite flower). Capri foliacece. Hardy ever- 

 green trailing subshrub with opposite, small Ivs. and light 

 pink, campanulate, nodding fls. in pairs on slender up- 

 right stalks. A graceful, dainty plant for rockeries, pre- 

 ferring a shaded position and porous, peaty soil. Prop, 

 usually by division or cuttings of soft or half -ripened 

 wood under glass. Only one species in the colder re- 

 gions of the northern hemisphere. Calyx 5-parted ; co- 

 rolla campanulate, 5-lobed; stamens 4: ovary 3-celled: 

 fr. dry, indehiscent, 1-seeded. By some botanists Abelia 

 is united with this genus. 



borealis, Linn. TWIN FLOWER. Fig. 1298. Stems 

 slender, slightly pubescent: Ivs. short-petioled, roundish 

 or obovate, with few crenate teeth, %-% in. long: fls. 

 pedicelled in 2's at the top of slender, upright pedun- 



1297. Linaria Maroccana. 

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