210 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



shaped, variegated within with purplish-rose and white. The 

 mature fruit I have not seen. Leaves deep-green above, pale 

 beneath, somewhat resembling those of small states of Veronica 

 officinalis. 



Two-Jloicered Linncca. 



French, Linnee du Nord. German, Nordische Linnde. 



The name of this lowly, fragrant northern flower was changed from Nummularia 

 to Linnam, at the request of the great Swedish botanist, who said that its lonely 

 depressed growth was a fitting emblem of his own early fate ; and when in later years 

 the Swedish government gave him a crest of this flower to add to his coat of arms, 

 Linnseus placed it on his seal with this motto, " Tantus amor florum," so great is the 

 love of flowers. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 

 LONICERA ALPIGENA. Linn. 



At the station for Geranium Phaeum in Collinton "Woods, 

 Edinburgh, certainly planted. 



DIERVILLA CANADENSIS. WMd 



Found by the late Mr. A. 0. Black about the Burn, Forfarshire, 

 but certainly planted. 



SYMPHORICAEPUS RACEMOSUS. M'u-h. 



Not unfrequently found on the outskirts of gardens, and as it 

 extends by its creeping roots, it will probably at length establish 

 itself as a naturalized plant. 



OBDEB XXXVIIL— RUBIACE^l. 



Herbs, trees, or shrubs, with opposite leaves furnished with 

 stipules, or verticillate leaves without stipules. Flowers regular, 

 variously disposed, but generally in cymes. Calyx-tube adhering 

 to the ovary (except in the sub-order Loganiea?) ; limb various, 

 frequently obsolete. Corolla monopetalous, on the summit of the 

 calyx-tube more or less deeply, 1- or 5- rarely 3- to 8-clel't or partite. 

 Stamens as many as the petals. Ovary generally 2-celled or many- 

 celled. Style single ; stigmas usually combined. Fruit dry or a 

 berry, or drupe, with as many cells as the ovary; the cells 1-, 2- or 



