452 
Taurian Flax. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 4 foot. 
27 L. Cuamissonis (Schiede in Schlecht, Linnea. 1. p. 68.) 
stems ascending, woody at the base; branches alternate ; leaves 
lanceolate, glandless at the base, lower ones opposite, upper 
ones alternate ; flowers opposite the leaves and terminal; petals 
yellow; styles free to the base ; stigmas capitate ; capsules acu- 
tish, with the valves flat on the back. h.G. Native of Chili. 
Chamisso’s Flax. Shrub 1 foot. ` 
28 L. carıra'ru{ (Kit. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 751.) 
stem shrubby at the base ; leaves furnished with a gland on each 
side at the base, alternate, lower ones spatulate, with smooth 
margins, upper ones lanceolate, acute, acuminated, with scabrous 
margins ; flowers capitate, sessile ; sepals acuminated, subser- 
rated? %.H. Native on the Alps of Croatia. 
Capitate-flowered Flax. FI. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. 
- to ł foot. 
29 L. ria‘vum (Lin. spec. 399.) plant woody at the base, 
greenish; leaves furnished with two glands at the base of each, 
alternate, narrow, lanceolate, acute, sessile, with smooth margins ; 
branches of panicle dichotomous; sepals acuminated, serru- 
lated ; petals very blunt, 3-times longer than the calyx. 2/.H. 
Native of Austria, Hungary, Carniola, and Caucasus, in dry 
meadows. Jacq. aust. t. 214, Curt. bot. mag. t. 312. L. cam- 
panulatum f, D, C. fl. fr. 4. p. 797. L. monopétalum, Steph. 
enum. mosq. no. 214. Corolla monopetalous, 5-cleft. Steph. I. c. 
Yellow Flax. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1793. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
30 L. tetra’cynum (Colebr. mss. ex Wall. cat. herb. ined. 
no. 1506. ex Benth. bot. reg. no. 1326.) glabrous, shrubby, 
branched ; leaves elliptical, oblong, acuminated, serrated, taper- 
ing to the base, stalked ; flowers in capitate-corymbs ; peduncles 
bracteate ; sepals ovate, with short points and sub-ciliated mar- 
gins; petals twice the length of the calyx; styles 4, free; 
stigmas globose ; capsule obtuse. h.G. Native of Nipaul and 
Silhet. Flowers smaller than those of L. trigynum. 
Four-styled Flax. Shrub 2 feet? 
81 L. cæsrrròsu{ (Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 805. prod. p. 
216.) plant glabrous, glaucous, tufted, shrubby at the base ; 
leaves obovate, acute; sepals ovate, obtuse. h.H. Native of 
Crete on the higher mountains. L. globularizfdlium, Poir. 
suppl. 3. p. 445. A small much-branched shrub. Capsules 
globose. Flowers cymose. Styles distinct. 
Tufted Flax. Shrub § foot. 
32 L. Tri'Gynum (Roxb. ex asiat. resear. 6. p. 357.) shrubby, 
glabrous; leaves alternate, elliptical, entire, pointed at both 
ends, feather-nerved ; flowers large, bracteate ; styles 3, distinct ; 
capsule obtuse; sepals lanceolate; petals obovate, emarginate. 
h. G. Native of the East Indies at Sirinagur. Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 1100. Andr. bot. rep. t. 449. Delaun. herb. amat. t. 
290. Capsules 6-celled. Stigmas not capitate. 
Three- styled Flax. Fl. Jan. Oct. Clt. 1799. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 
33 L. Cicaxosum (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 217.) shrubby, 
glabrous; leaves alternate, membranaceous, elliptical-oblong, 
acuminated, stalked, and acute at the base, serrate? flowers in 
terminal umbels ; styles 3, connected to the middle ; sepals ob- 
long, acute; capsule obtuse. k. G. Native of Nipaul at 
Narainhetty. L. Cicanobu, Hamilt. mss. Leaves 6 inches long. 
Flowers large. In the language of the Nawaris, this plant is called 
Cicanobu Swa. Mr. Bentham is disposed to consider this a 
mere variety of L, repens. 
Cicanobu Flax. Fi. Decem. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
34 L. repens (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 217.) stem 
shrubby; leaves alternate, ovate-cuneated, mucronulate, gla- 
brous, crenulated, feather-nerved ; flowers solitary, stalked; 
sepals lanceolate, mucronate, with denticulated margins ; capsule 
obtuse ; styles 3, connate to about the middle. h.G. Native 
of Nipaul at Narainhetty. L. répens and semitrigynum, Hamilt, 
PI. 3 
LINE. 
I. Linum. 
mss. L. trigynum, Smith, exot. bot. t. 17. 
campanulate. Root creeping. 
Creeping Flax. Fl. Nov. Shrub 3 foot. 
35 L. Macræi (Benth. in bot. reg. no. 1326.) glabrous; 
stems shrubby at the base; branches erect ; leaves opposite or 
alternate, lanceolate, acuminated, stiff; sepals ovate, acumi- 
nated; petals twice the length of the calyx; style equal to the 
corolla, slightly quinquefid at the apex ; stigmas globose ; cap- 
sules acutely mucronate. h. G. Native of Chili at Valpa- 
raiso. Flowers about the size of those of L. maritimum. 
Mac Rae’s Flax. Shrub.1 foot. 
36 L. mono’cynum (Forst. prod. no. 145.) stem suffruticose ; 
leaves alternate, lanceolate, 3-nerved. h. G. Native of New 
Zealand. Flowers yellow. Styles connate at the base. Ac- 
cording to Mr. Bentham this is the same as Z. Africanum. 
One-styled Flax. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 
87 L. Arrica'num (Lin. mant. p. 360.) plant glabrous, erect, 
shrubby at the base; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, alternate, or 
irregularly opposite, or in whorls; panicle corymbose, erect ; 
flowers disposed along the branches, almost sessile ; sepals rather 
serrately ciliated; styles connate at the base. kh. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. coll. 3. p. 218. t. 353. 
Curt. bot. mag. 403. 
African Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt.1771. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. 
38 L. Aruidpicum (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 143.) plant gla- 
brous, shrubby at the base, erectly-spreading ; leaves ovate, mu 
cronate, opposite; flowers terminal, rather umbellate ; styles 
connate at the base. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. L. Africanum, Rchb. icon. exot. t. 46. 
Ethiopian Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1771. Shrub 1 foot. 
39 L. QUADRIFÒLIUM (Lin. spec. 402.) plant glabrous, erect 5 
leaves ovate, somewhat mucronate, 4 in a whorl, upper ones 
sometimes opposite; styles distinct.. 4%. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. t. 431. Houtt. pfl. syst. 
4. p. 263. t. 46. f. 1. Perhaps L. quadrif dlium of Thunb. fl. 
cap. 2. p. 244. and L. tetraphyllum of Habenstr. in herb. Panzer, 
are different from this. 
Four-leaved Flax, Fl. May, June. Clt. 1787. Pl. 1 to 13 ft. 
Flowers large, 
§ 2. Flowers blue or rose-coloured, rarely varying to white. 
40 L. verticinza tum (Lin. spec. 402.) leaves in whorls, 
linear-lanceolate, upper ones as well as calyxes villous. ©. 
Native of Italy about Rome. Petals grey. 
Whorled-\eaved Flax. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. , 
41 L. stria'rum (Walt. fl. carol. p. 118.) leaves opposite, 
ovate, or oblong, with the margins and nerves somewhat decur- 
rent ; flowers panicled, terminal ©.H. Native of Carolina. 
Habit of Campdnulata hybrida. Stems somewhat tetragonal, 
simple. Sepals ovate, acute, a little smaller than the petals. 
Flowers blue and striated. 
Striated Flax. FI. June, July. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1 to 12 foot. 
42 L. viscdsum (Lin. spec. 398.) leaves lanceolate, 3-5- 
nerved, alternate, and somewhat opposite, and are as well as 
stems hairy, middle and upper ones, as well as sepals, bearing 
glandular hairs; styles shorter than the stamens or nearly equa 
with them. 2.H. Native of the southern parts of Germany 
and Italy in sunny places. Flowers pale wine-coloured, rarely 
blue. Capsules of 10 cells.—Bertol. am. itin. p. 139. n. 
Var. B, sylvéstre (Scop. carn. no. 383. t. 11.) leaves all ciliar 
ed with glandular hairs, and as if they were serrated. %- 
Native of Carniola. 
Var. y, Nestléri (D.C. prod. 1. p. 246.) lower leaves smooth- 
ish, somewhat ovate. X4. H. Native of Austria in gravelly oF 
sandy fields. 
Var. 6, hypericif dlium (Sal. parad. t. 79.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
distinctly 5-nerved.- Sims, bot. mag. t. 1048.—L. venustum, 
