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very well ; and thofe plants which grow in rubbllh 

 and are Hinted, will endure much more cold than the 



others. 



The fourteenth fort grows naturally in Siberia \ this 

 is a biennial plant, which riles with an upright branch- 

 inor ftalk from three to four feet high, garnifhcd with 

 fpear-fhaped leaves, ending in acute points, of agray- 

 ilh colour •, thefe are placed alternate. The flowers 

 are produced at the end of the branches, in loofe 

 panicles ; they are of a bright yellow colour, and 

 Ihaped like thofe of the other forts. This flowers in 

 June and July, and the feeds ripen in the autumn, 

 which, if permitted to fcatter, the plants will come 

 up the following fpring, and. require no other care 

 but to thin them where they are too clofe, and keep 

 them clear from weeds. The plants always decay 

 after they have ripened their feeds, therefore there 

 Ihould be a fupply of young ones annually raifed. 

 The fifteenth fort grows naturally amonglt Wheat 

 and Rye, in feyeral parts of England. It is an annual 

 plant with weak trailing ftalks, which fpread on the 

 o^round, and are a foot and a half long ; they are 

 ' hairy, and garnifhed with oval leaves, placed alter- 

 nately ; from the fettino; on of the foot-ftalks of the 

 leaves ; at each joint comes out one flower, fliaped 

 like thofe of the other Ipecies. The upper lip is yel- 

 low, and the under is purple ; thefe appear in June 

 and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn, which 

 Ihould be then fown, or permitted to fcatter j for if it 

 is fown in the fpring, it feldom grows the fame year, 

 for it is rarely feen among fpring-fowh Corn, in thofe 

 lands where it commonly grovvs.^.;: i-bn./r:. ./. * 

 This plant is ufed in medicine, and is efteemed vul- 

 -. nerary, and good for old cancerous fores and ulcers j 

 it Is accounted good for haemorrhages of all forts.. 

 The fixteenth fort differs from the fifteenth, in no- 

 .,v, thing but the fhaj^e of the leaves, which in this are 

 ;-:^. ihaped like the point of an arrow, and thofe of the 

 Va other are oval ; this is more commonly found in Eng- 

 ^^i land than the other. 



' :' Thefeventeenth fort was brought from Italy to Eng- 



■ .land, where it now grows in as great plenty in the 



neighbourhood of London, as if it was in its native 



country, growing from the joints of walls, where- 



'^ ever the feeds happen to fcatter. It is a perenial plant, 



which will thrive in any foil or fituation, fo that where 



, it is once eftablifhed, it will be difficult to root out, for 



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which contaiMs thofe plants whofe flowers have five 

 fl:amina and five ilyles, ' ' 



The Species are, ' ■ • . 



I. LiNUM {Ufttatijp.mu7n) calycibus capfulifque mucro- 

 natis petalis crenatis, foliis lanccolatis akcrnis caule 

 fubfolitario. Lin. Sp. Plant, 277. Flax with empale- 

 ments^ and capfuks ending vi act'Je poinls^ crenated petals 

 to thejlozverj fpear-Jhaped alurnatc leaves, and ihefialks 

 comrnonly fingle, Linun^. fativum. C. B, P. 214. Ma- 

 nured flax. 



2. LiNuM {Hipnile) calycibus capfulifque mucronatis, 

 petalir, emarginaris, foliis lanceolatis alternis, caule 

 ranlofo. Flax "with Jharp-pointed empale'inents and cap- 

 fulesy the petals of tke flo-wer indented^ fpear-fiaped alter- 

 nate leaves, and a h' an chinz ftalk. Liiium fativum hu- 

 milius iiore n^aiore. Bobarc. Boerh. Ind. ait. i. p. 284. 

 Low 7nanured Flax with a Larger flower. 



3. LiNUM {Narbonenfe) calycibus acumlnatis, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis fparfis ftriftis fcabris acuminatis, caule tereti 

 bafi ramofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 278. Flax with acute- 

 pointed empalements^ rough fpear-flmped leaves placed 

 without order^ ending in acute point s^ an3 a iaper fialk 

 branching at the bafe. Linum fylveftre, cseruleilm, 

 folio acuto. C. B. P. 107. IVild blue Flax with an 

 acute Leaj. , ■ . . 



4. LiJsruM {Tenuifoliuni) calycibus acuminatis, foliis {par- 

 , fis linearibusfetaceisretrorfum fcabris. Lin. Sp! Plant, 



ijS, Flax with acute-pcinted empalements. and narrow 

 briftly leaves placed without order^ which are rough on 

 their outftie. .^ Xiniim fylveftre anguftifolium, floribus 

 dilute purpurafceritlbus vel carneis. C. B. P. 214. 

 Narrow-leaved' wild Flax\ with a pale purplijh or flejlo- 

 coloured Jlqwer,.^ . - - ,^, ,. 1. " 



5. Linum (Anghcum) calycibus capluliique acummatis, 

 cauTe fubnudo fcabro,' foliis "acummatis/-^ i^*;?;? 'with 



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acute-pointed empalemenis', an dhnpj^ j^ahd roug^^^ftalky 

 andacute-ppinteii^kaves,^^^^)J\^^ ^^]^% cse- 



ruleum, capitulo majore. MoK li\(t. 2, ^y '^["Greater 



blue perennial Flax with larger heads. \ . • 



6. Linum (Perenne) calycibus capfulifque cbtufis, fo- 

 liis alternis lanceolatis acucis, caulibus ramofifllmis. 

 Plat. 1 66, Flax with obtnfe empalermnts and capfuks^ 

 alternate^ fpear-Jhaped.^ acute leaves^ and very branching 



' JtalkSj commonly called Siberian perennial Flax. 



7. LiNuM^ (Hifpanicum) c^lycihus acutis, foliis lineari- 

 lanceolatis Iparfis, caule 



^j tHe feeds will get into any joints of walls', or tRe de- 



iniculato procumbente. 

 Flax with acute empalements^ linear fpear-fi:aped leaves 

 placed without order .^ and a paniculated flalE^ "V-" V > 



.: cayed parts of pales, as alfo in the hollow of trees, I 8. Linum (5/^«;;(^) calycit)vis patylis acpmii^atl.% foliis 

 r where they o-row and propaeate plentifully ; for the 1 7 linearibus alternis, caule ramofo. Flax with fpreading: 

 - Italks put out roots at their loints, fo Ipread them- \ . acute-pointed empalements^ linear alternate teaveSy and a 



felves to a great diftance. It flowers all the fummer. 



...and the feeds ripen in fuccefllon.V Tt'is rieverVulti- 



,;^. .vated in gardens, but is fuppofed to be an excellent 



wound herb., ^ • --^fl) ^^^^ -i.^^fj-x-^,,,. , •. ^ 



LINGUA CERVINA; Hart's Tonguel^^r-^t 

 -i tThefe plants commonly grow out from the joints of 

 •>; old walls and buildings, wHefe they are moift and 



i .ibady, and alfo upon fhady mg^ft^Jbanks, but.are fel- 

 . : dom cultivated in gardens; .-^There is a very great 



. ' variety of thefe plants, both in the Eafi: and Wefl:- 

 ■ ;: Indies, but there are very few fpecies of tfierfTiri Eu- 



7w rope; all the Iiardy forts may be propagated by part- 



.'r'ing their roots, 'and Ihould have amfliftfoilandlhady 



.lituation. 



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^-^ branching flalk.^. '-;:^^'^^f^. 



gr'fciNUM (///>y«/St calycibus hirfutis' acuminatis M-- 



^ filibus altern^s^, caule corymboip^. L^^^ ^p. Plant, 277- 

 Flax with hairy acute-pointed empalments, placed alter- 

 nate clofe to tbejtalksy whofe jlowers are jormed in a co- 



] rymhusc\jinn latifoliiimVhiffu^iirn*'cSfu- 



leiitii.'C. B. P. q^g. Broad- leaved^ hairy ^^ 'wild Flax, 

 wttb a blue flower. \ ^. ' ,r ' ,;^'/ ^'r.'.^- "/ </ - 









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LINUM. Tourn. inft. R. H. 339. tab. 170. ; Lin. 

 :} Gen. Plant. 349. Flax-, in French, Lin. .-,.; . .::j r 



^;;;. 1 he Characters are, ^., c:v--^a;-) ')::.i^^"-ri a ' • % 



wttb ^ , ,....,,, w , ^ 



10. Linum (StriSlum) calycitius foliifque 'lanceolatis 



ftriftis mucronatis, margine fcabris. Lin. bp. Plant. 

 y lyg.-Flax with fpear-fhaped leaves'^ and empaTements 

 \ which end in aciit'e points^ and have rough ^^^j.* Pafie- 

 M rina Lobelii. J. B. 3. p. 454'. ; ' ^ ' '■^ > ''^f ■ ,::; 

 ij^.. Linum {Fruttcofum) calycibus acutis, petalis inte- 

 ■ ^ "gris, foliis inferioribus linearibus fafciculatis, fuperio- 

 • ribusalternisV "caule fuffruticofo. Fla:ic with'^^ciife em- 



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r: The flower bath a permanent (impalements compofed of 

 five fmally fpear-fhaped^ acute leaves.^ I^^.ilJ^J^P^fid 

 ■..^f five targe oblong petals-^ which are narrow at their 



'- liifey tut broader upward^ and fpread open, ft hath five . . . , „ . -. 



,.(ewl-fl3apedere'5!ftamina, terminated by arrow-fhapedfum-\ 11. Linum (Nodifloru?7i) foYns lanceolatis alternis, flo- 



''yalements^ mttfe petals to the flower^ linear under leaves 



1 gro'ibingin cluflers, the upper ones alternate, aniaflorubby 



.ftalk, Linum fylveftre^ acutis^ foliis fruticans. Barrel. 



\ Icon.' looi. Wild Flax ^joitb^aprubby fialk dnl acute 



leaves. 



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mtts. In the center isfttuated an ovalgcrmen^ fupporting 

 five flender fly lesy crowned by reflexedfligmas. Thegermen 

 \ afterward turns to a globular cap fule with ten cells, open- 

 rJngwith five valves i in each cell is lodged one oval, plain, j 

 ^xfmootbfeedy'withan^aaitepom^^^^^ >.- 



.-This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fedtion of 



Linnseus's fifth claft, imitled Pentandria Pentagynia, | ^"^ ;,jrv ^A W'^'-' -'- 



. 'ribus alternis feffilibus caule fimplici. H^x with fpear- 

 : fhaped leaves ^placed alternate,^ flowers growing alter- 

 ^ nate ^ and clofe to the ftalks,' which are ftngle. Li- 

 "' num luteum ad fihguTa' genicula fioridum. C. B. P. 

 ^,'..214. Tellow Flax '^'itbfingle flowers growing from the 



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