LINNiEA BOREALIS. TWIN-FLOWERED LINNJE/Y
L IN N jEA borealis. Linn. Sp. P l.p . 890. FI. Lapp. (ed.Smith.) p .2 \4 . t. IS. ƒ 4. F l .S u e c .p .2 \9 .t.\. With.
Bot. Arr. ed. 4. vol. 3. p. 546. FI. Dan. t. 3. Hoffm.Germ. ed .S .vo lA . P . l l . p.29. Willi. Sp.
P l.m l.S .p .SAO . Smith Ft. Brit, p.666: Engl. Bot. t. 433. Decahd. FI. Fr. e'd. 3. vol. 3. p. 269.
FI. Gall. Syn. p. 302. Pers. Syn. PI. ml. I. p. 136. - Alton Hart. Kern. ed. 2. ml. 4. p. 5 \r.f. Hook.
FI. Scot. P . l . p. 190. Pursh.N. Am. FI. vol. 2. p. 415. -
LINNiEA floribus geminis. Hall. Helv.. n. 299.
Dan. Marislegras. Norw. Norislegras. Linnceiurt. Swed. Vmdgras. Upland. Benxsarksgras. Dal. Jordki'oner.
Class a n d O r d e r . DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.
[N a tu r a l O r d e r . CAPRIFOLIACEiE, Juss., Decand,, Hook.]
Ge n . C har. Calyx quinquepartitus, superus. Corolla campanulata, quinquefida, tequalis. Bacca sicca trilocularis, loculo
unico solummodo seminifero. Semen unjcum. Involucrum subtetraphyllum ad basin germims.
G en . C har. Calyx five-partite, superior. Corolla campanulate, qujnquefid, equal. Fruit a dry three-celled Berry,
with one cell only bearing a seed. Seed solitary. Involucre of about four leaves at the base of the germen.
Ra d ix perennis, e fibris paucis simplicibus ex inferiore parte
caulis hie illic prpvenientibus.
Ca u l is longus, gracilis, .filiformis, repens, sublignosus, vix
pubescens, hie illic innovationibus ramosis, non raro
ad extremitatem prolifer.
Fo lia opposita, ovato-rotundata, breviter petiolata, glabra,
recurva, antice crenata, basi subcuneata integerrima,
supra laste viridia, subtus pallidiora.
Pedunculus digitalis et ultra, ex axillis foliorum vel ex apice
ramulorum ortus, erectus, gracilis, pubescens, biflorus.
Pedicelli vix unciam longi, ad basin atque sub apicem
bibracteati; bracteis parvis glanduloso-pilosis.
F lores elegantes, fragrantes, cernui. __ _ , ■ . I
Ca l y x superus, quinquepartitus, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis,
basi corollas appressis, dorso margineque glanduloso-
pilosis, lacinia altera quandoque spathulata, ut in
figura.
Corolla campanulata, quinquefida, lobis subinasqualibus,
paululum patentibus, obtusis; rosea, intus albo-pilosa,
versus basin tubi flava.
St a m in a quatuor, didynama, corolla breviora. Filamenta
glabra, alba. Anther* oblong*, flavae.
PlSTlLLUM: Germen inferum,subrotundatum, piloso-glandulo-
sum, triloculare (loculo singulo ovulis tribus ad quinque,
ad angulum interiorum insertis); involucro tetraphyllo,
foliolis ovatis, duobus oppositis minutis, duobus ma-
joribus demum grossescunt, fructumque tegunt. Stylus
coroll* paululum brevior. Stigma capitatum.
« Pericarpium : Bacca sicca, membranacea, oblongo-ovata,
primiim trilocularis, denique loculi duo semper oblite-
rantur una cum primitiis seminum, ut bacca matura
semper monosperma reperitur et obliqua.
ReceptaCULUM nullum; Semina apice suo axi fructus ter-
minali adfixa.
Semen unum, parvum, oblongum,acutiusculum, in latere ven-
trali linea fusca ad insertionem funiculi decurrente.
I n t eg um e n t um simplex, tenue, membranaceum.
Al bum e n semini conforme, carnosum, submolle, album.
E mbryo dicotyledoneus, inversus, in suprema parte albuminis
hterens,linearis,albumine dimidium brevior. Cotyledo-
nes oblong*. Radicula cylindracea, supera.”—Wahl.
Root perennial, consisting o f a few simple fibres, which spring
Fig. 1 2- Flower. Fig. 3. Bud. Fig. 4. Corolla cut open
vanced germen; the corolla having fallen away. Fig
Whether we consider the rare occurrence of this plant, its j
by the recollection of the immortal Swede whose name it bea
which for a long time it was considered to be exclusively a na
more acceptable subject to the attention of the lovers of Briti.
“ Linnaa,” says Sir James Edward Smith, (in an account <
precedes.an admirable life, from the same pen, of the eminent
Linnteus; and appears, by the journal of his Tour to Laplan
name, when he gathered it at Lyksele, May 29, 1732. For
Campanula serpyllifolia; but Lum*us, prosecuting the stud]
■ here and there from the lower part o f the stem.
St em long, slender, filiform, creeping, twiggy, slightly pubescent,
not unfrequently producing at intervals innova-
,tions„which are proliferous at the extremity.
L eaves opposite, between ovate and round, upon short: footstalks,
glabrous, recurved, crenated towards the extremities,
somewhat cuneate and entire at their bases ;
above bright green, beneath paler.
P e d u n c le s exceeding a finger’s length, springing from the
axils of the leaves or points of the branches, erect,
slender, downv, two-flowered. Pedicels scarcely an
inch long, furnished at the base and just beneath the
extremity with two small glanduloso-pilose bracteas.
Flowers graceful, fragrant, drooping.
Caly x superior, of five divisions, the segments linear-lanceolate,
appressed to the base of the corolla, hairy, with
glands at the back and margin,, one of the segments
sometimes spathulate, as represented in the figure.
Corolla campanulate, quinquefid, its lobes rather unequal,
slightly spreading and blunt, rose-coloured, having
within white hairs, towards the base of the tube yellow.
St am e n s four, didynanious, shorter than the corolla. Filaments
glabrous, white. Anthers oblong, yellow.
P is t il : Germen inferior, rather rounded, rough with glands
(three-celled, each cell containing three to five ovules,
inserted in the interior angle) ; with a four-leaved involucre,"
the leaflets ovate, two opposite ones minute,
the two larger ones afterwards increase in size and
cover the fruit. Style rather shorter than the corolla.
Stigma capitate.
“ P e r ic a r p : a dry, membranaceous, oblong-ovate Berry, at
first three-celled, afterwards two cells become always
abortive, together with the rudiments of their seeds,
so that the ripe berry is always found one-seeded and
oblique.
Recepta cle none; Seeds fixed by their extremity to the
terminal axis of the fruit.
S e e d single, small, oblong, rather acute, having a brown line
on one side which reaches to the insertion o f the seed-
stalk.
I n t eg um e n t simple, thin, membranaceous.
A l bum e n o f the same shape as the seed, fleshy, rather soft,
white.
E mbryo dicotyledonous, inverted, inserted in the upper part
of the albumen, linear, half the length of the albumen.
Cotyledons oblong. Radicle cylindrical, superior.”
to show the stamens. Fig. 5. Single stamen. Fig. 6. Ad-
, 7. Section of the germen :—all more or less magnified.
gracefulness and fragrance, or the classical interest that is excited
‘s, and who so often gathered it in that country (Lapland) of
tive, we believe that it will hardly be in our power to offer a
ih botany. .
>f the aenus in Rees’s Cyclop*dia, which almost immediately
Swedet) “ is so called in honour of the great Swedish naturalist
d, to have been chosen by himself to commemorate his own
ner botanists had called this elegant and singular little plant
r of vegetables on the only certain principles, the structure of