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LTNBF.RKRErZ, in Geography, a town of Saxorty, 

 in the circle of Koulbdt ; 8 miles NAV'. of Weyila. 



LINDERXIA, \n Botany, fo called by Allioni, in ho- 

 noiir of Francis Balthazar voii Lindcrn, a phyfician at 

 Stralljurg, who lived in the early part of the lall century, 

 and appears to have graduated at Jena, where his inaugural 

 differtation, " de Vcrmibus ," was puhlillicd in 1707. — As 

 a botanill he is known from the following works, lountefor- 

 tins ^ilfalk-us, publilhed in Svo. at Strafburg, in 1728, - 

 and Hortiis ^Ufaticu!., in 1747. The latter contains an ac- 

 couat of the plants growing in the province of Alfatia, and 

 elpecially about Siraiburg. Both the works are accom- 

 panied by a few plates. — Allien. Ped. v. i. J7. Linn. 

 Mant. 1^4. Schreb. 4i(). Willd. Sp. PI. v, 3. 32J. 

 Mart. Mill. Diol. v. 3. .lulT. 122. Brown. Prodr. Nov. 

 Holl. 440. Lamarck lUuitr. t. 522. — Clafs and order, 

 Didjuamia yingiofpcrmia. Nat. Ord. Pcrfonatx, Linn. 

 Scrciphuluridc, JufT. 



Gen. Ch. Cat. Perianth of five, deep linear, acute, 

 equal, permanent divifions. Cor. of one petal, gaping, 

 two-hpped ; upper lip very (hort, concave, emarginate ; 

 lower ere<ft, trifid, the middle fegment rather larger. Stam. 

 Filaments four, in pairs, the two upper ones fim'ple, the 

 two lower afccnding, with a terminal, llraight tooth ; an- 

 thers twin, the lower ones as it were lateral. P'tjl. Germen 

 fuperior, ovate ; ftyle thread-fhaped ; ftigma emarginate. 

 Peru-. Capfule oval, of one cell and two valves. SaJs nu- 

 merous. Recept. cylindrical. 



Eil. Ch. Calyx deeply tive-cleft. Corolla ringent, the 

 upper hp very fhort. The two inferior ilamens having a 

 terminating tooth and a fublateral anther. Capfule of one 

 cell. 



1. L. Pyxidaria. Linn. Mant. 252. Allion. Mifc. 

 Taur. V. 3. 178. t. 5. Icon. Taur v. 16. t. S4. (Capraria 

 gratioloides ; Linn. Sp PI. 876. Pyxidaria repens annua ; 

 Liudern. Tourncf. Alfat. 156. t. y. Hort. Alfat. 269. 

 Gratiola floribus pedunculatis ; Gron. Virg. 3.) — Leaves 

 oval, entire, feflile. Peduncles folitary. — Originally a native 

 of Virgmia, in fpongy, inundated marrtics, whence it was 

 brought into Europe, and may at prcfent be found in fimilar 

 fituations, in Alface and Piedmont, flowering in .July and 

 Augutl. — Root annual. Stem fmooth, fquare, brittle, oc- 

 ealionally branched and creeping. Leaves oppofite, fmall, 

 (lightly notched, like thofe of Anagallis. Flowers axillary, 

 folitary, of a pale blue colour. 



2. L. d'w.r.th.ra. Swartz. Prod. 92. lud. Occ. lOjS. 

 (Erinus procumbens ; Mill. Dift. n. 6 ) — Leaves on foot- 

 ftalks, ovate or roundith, llightly ferraied. Stem creeping. 

 — A native of moift fand or clay in Hifpaniola. — Root 

 thread-fhaped, with fliort fibres. Stem herbaceous, loolely 

 fpreading. Branches afccnding, fquare, fmooth. Leaves 

 oppofite, ribbed, fcarcely veined. Flowers fmall. 



3. ]^. japomca. Linn. Syll. Veg. ed. 14. 567. Thunb. 

 Japon. 2^3. — Leaves obovate, toothed, the lower ones on 

 footflalks. A native of Japan, where it flowers through 

 flie fpring. Root annual. Stem herbaceous, branched, 

 weak. Branches alternate, from an inch to a fpan in length. 

 Radical leaves numerous ; Jlem-leaves few, feflile, all obovate, 

 obtufe, toothed, very ilightly hairy. Floiuers in chillers at 

 tlie extremities of the branches. 



Thefe two fpecies lad defcribed are faid by the ingenious 

 Mr. Brown, in his Prodromus to the Flora of New Hol- 

 land, to be certainly different in gt'nus from L Pyxidaria. 

 The fame author defcribes the three following ne.w fpecies 

 of Lindirnia, all natives of the tropical part of New Hol- 

 land, though he remarks that they do not altogether ajCOrd 

 witli (he original charaftcr of iliis genus. 



L. alfmoidts. Leaves ovate, entire or (lightly toothed r 

 ftein-leavcs dillant : floral-ones fmall. Tube of the coroSa 

 a little longer than the calyx. Stem ered.' 



L.. fciipi:;era. Leaves broad-ovate, nearly entire: lower 

 ones cro^vded together: thofe of the item few and fmall: 

 floral leaves minute. Tube of the corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx. 



L. fubnlata. Leaves linear-awl-fhaped, entire. Found 

 by the Rt. Hon. fir .(ofeph Banks only. 



LINDERUPOE, in Geography, a fmall ifland of Den- 

 mark, in the Little Belt, near the coall of Slefwick ; 8 

 miles W.S.W. of Aflens in the ifland of Funen. 



LINUESNESS, or the Naxe, a cape on the S. coaft 

 of Norway, in the North fea, conneftcd with the land by a 

 very narrow iflhmus. The cape projefts into the fea about 

 a Norway mile towards the S.W., and is about half a mile 

 broad. The promontory is high, rocky, and barren, and 

 has upon it twelve houfes of peafants. N. lat. 58 l'. E. 

 long. 7' 12'. 



I^INDEWEISE, a town of Silefia, in the principality 

 of Neiffe ; 11 miles S.E. of Ncifle. 



LINDISFARNE, or Holy IJland, an ifland fituatcd 

 in the North fea, oppofite to the toaft of that portion of 

 Durham which lies between the river Tweed and the county 

 of Northumberland, England. It was named by the Bri- 

 tons Inis-Mendicante. The appellation Holy Ifland was 

 given to it by the Englifh from being the refidence of feve- 

 ral of the primitive fathers of the Saxon church. The dif- 

 tance of this ifland from the Mainland is about two miles. 

 It is eafily acccflible at low water to all kinds of conveyance, 

 but the lands are dangerous to fuch perfons as are unac- 

 quainted with them. The circumference of this ifland is 

 about nine miles, and the number of acres contained in it 

 1020, nearly one-half of which are mere fand-banks. The 

 other grounds are rather of a rich foil ; but previous to the 

 )'ear 1792, when the common was inclofed, only 40 acres 

 were in tillage. The rental increaftd between the years 

 1790 and 1797, from 320/. to 396/. The town is fituated 

 on the wefl corner, and in 1 798 was inhabited by 379 perfons, 

 whiTwere chiefly employed in fifhlng. From the names and 

 ruins of feveral ilrcets it is con'iectured to have been at one 

 period much more i^onfiderable than it now is. In the year 

 635 this place was made a bifhop's fee by king Ofwald. 

 Its firft prelate was a Scotchman of the name of Aiden. 

 The church, or monaftery, originally confifled of timber 

 and thatch. St. Cuthbert, the faint to whom it was de- 

 dicated, was buried here ; but after the Danes began their 

 depredations, the monks removed to Cheller-le-flreet, and 

 carried the faint's body along with them. After their flight 

 the invaders dcilroyed the building, which however feems 

 to have been fubfequently rebuilt, at leail in part. Various 

 detached portions of this edifice are ftill (landing. Portions 

 of the church conltitute the principal ruins. The north and 

 fouth walls of it are ftill almoll entire, though mucli,out of 

 the perpendicular. So likewife is a part of the well wail, 

 but that on the eaft is nearly level with the ground. All 

 the arches of this church are circular, except two in the 

 chancel and one in the north aifle, but thefe, as well as a 

 pointed arch over the north aifle, feem to be of later date 

 than the reft of the building. The columns of the nave 

 are of four kinds, very maffy, and varioully ornamented. 

 The bafes and capitals are plain. Over each arch are large 

 windows in pairs, and over them again are fmallcr arches. 

 One of the ribs of the arch, which fupported the tower, is 

 ftill (landing. It is richly ornamented with Saxon zigzag, 

 as is alfo the wellcrn door and fome other arches. The 

 itones of which thia church is conftruded are of a deep red 



colour. 



