drooping  highly  fragrant  belHIke  flowers
of  a  pale  pink  colour  or  nearly  white,  anc
almost  half  an  inch  fn  length.  Tliese  ver]
beautiful  little  flowers  have  a  calyx  with  t
border  of  Ave  teeth ;  a  bell-shaped  corolln
narrow  at  its  base  but  spreading  upwards
and  dividing  Into  flve  n^rly  equal  lobes
four  stamens,  two  of  which  are  shortei
than  the  other  two;  and  a  globular  hairj
three-celled  ovary,  which  ripens  into  a  drj
one-seeded  fruit.  It  grows  almost  exclu-
sively in  woods,  and  is  widely  dispersed
over  Northern  Europe  and  Asia,  and  Nortli
America,  occurring  also  in  the  mountain:
of  Central  Europe.  In  Britain  it  is  found
only  in  the  east  of  Scotland,  and  In  on<
place  In  Northumberland.  According  tc
Dr.  Clarke,  its  scent  is  so  powerful,  espe
daily  at  night,  that  it  maybe  discovered  al
a  considerable  distance.  The  Laplanders
use  a  decoction  of  its  flowers  as  a  remed]
In  rheumatic  complaints,  and  the  Norwe
giaiis  consider  a  decoction  of  the  entire
plant  good  against  the  itch.  It  belongs  tc
the  Caprifolwceee,  [A  8.]

LINOSTIGMA  A  genus  proposed  bj
Klotzsch  for  a  species  of  Ftvtonia,  in  whict
the  parts  of  the  flower  are  reduced  to  four
those  of  the  pistil  to  two,  and  the  stylei
are  united  nearly  to  the  middle.  Like  th(
other  species  of  Viviania,  it  Is  a  native  oJ
extra- tropical  South  America.
