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31. LINN^E'A. LINNJEA. 



Calyx double ; that of the fruit inferior, four-leaved ; the in- 

 ner leaves minute, acute, smooth, the two outer much larger, 

 elliptical, glandular ; that of the flower superior, of one leaf, 

 deeply divided into five erect, lance-shaped, acute, equal seg- 

 .ments. Corolla of one petal, bell-shaped, with the tube cylin- 

 drical, dilated upwards, about twice as long as the upper calyx, 

 the limb divided into five nearly equal, spreading segments. 

 Filaments awl-shaped, arising from the base of the corolla, 

 shorter than its limb ; anthers oblong, compressed. Germen 

 globular, three-celled. Style cylindrical, as long as the co- 

 rolla, declining ; stigma obtuse. Berry dry, oblong, one- 

 celled, invested by the lower calyx, and crowned by the upper. 

 Seed solitary, oblong. So named by Pronovius, in honour of 

 Carl von Linne, the greatest naturalist. 310. 



1. L. boredlis. Two-flowered Linncea. Root fibrous : stems 



prostrate and creeping, forming large patches : leaves opposite, 

 stalked, egg-shaped, slightly hairy : flowering branches axillar, 

 erect, bearing two pendulous whitish flowers. Perennial : flowers 

 in May and June : grows in dry fir woods, in various parts of 

 Scotland. First found by Professor James Beattie, junior, at In- 

 glesmaldie, in Mearns-shire ; Hill of Kinnoul, near Perth ; Ken- 

 may, near Aberdeen ; in a 4 wood near Fintray-house, on the river 

 Don ; many other woods in Aberdeenshire ; Knock of Alves, near 

 Elgin ; Drummond Wood, near Inverness, and many other places 

 in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 433. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 190. 



919. 



32. SIBTHO'RPIA. SIBTHORPIA. 



Calyx top-shaped, with five deep, egg-shaped, nearly equal, 

 spreading segments. Corolla irregularly wheel-shaped, as long 

 as the calyx, with a very short tube, its limb divided into five 

 deep egg-shaped spreading segments, the two lower smallest. 

 Filaments shorter than the corolla, almost equal, awl-shaped, 

 spreading laterally, and coming together in parts ; anthers ob- 

 long, two-lobed. Germen rounded, compressed. Style cylin- 

 drical, as long as the filaments; stigma knobbed, flattened. 

 Capsule inversely heart-shaped, compressed, two -celled, two- 

 valved, each valve with a narrow transverse partition. Seeds 

 few, egg-shaped, attached to a central globular receptacle. 

 Named after Dr. H. Sibthorp, an Oxford professor of botany. 



311. 



1. S. Europee'a. Cornish Money-wort. Stems numerous, a 



foot long, thread-like, prostrate : leaves stalked, kidney-shaped, 

 bluntly crenate : flowers on short axillar, simple stalks : corolla 

 small, whitish. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows 

 in moist shady places in the south- west of England, and the Chan- 

 nel Islands. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 649. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 143. 920. 



33. LIMOSE'LLA. MUDWORT. 



Calyx of one leaf, with five shallow, acute, erect, lance-shaped 

 segments. Corolla bell-shaped, erect, equal, with a cylindrical 



