Tas. 5112. 
LINUM pvusescens; B. Sibthorpianum. 
Pubescent Flax ; Sibthorpe’s var. 
Nat. Ord, Linsra.—DeEcanpRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tan. 4956.) 
Linum (Dasylinum, P/.) pudescens; “ annuum, caulibus teretibus levibus superne 
corymboso-divisis inter folia densa patenti-pilosulis, foliis alternis intermediis 
ovato-oblongis basi obtusis apice acutiusculis 5-nerviis preter villos raros 
submarginales v. in disco sparsos glabrescentibus supremis glanduloso- 
ciliatis, cymze composite ramis apice confertifloris, sepalis e basi lanceolato- 
lineari in acumen lineare longum basi subcontinuum et multo longius her- 
baceum productis piloso-ciliatis subglandulosis, antheris ovato-oblongis basi 
_ profunde emarginatis, stylis ad medium connatis, ovario stipitato glabro.” 
Planch, 
Linum pubescens. Russ. Aleppo, ex Schiltz. Syst. Veget.v.6.p. 7158. De Cand. 
Prodr, 0. 1. p. 428, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. p. 519. 
Var. B. Sibthorpianum; humilius, foliis caulinis oblongis 8-nerviis, corymbi 
floriferi ramis laxioribus minus ramosis. Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 
Bot.v. 7. p.529. (Tas. Noster. 5112.) 
Linum piliferum. Presi, Fl. Sic. p. 171. 
Linum Sibthorpianum. Reuter in Mém. de Gen. v. 8. p. 283. t. 3, ex Walp. 
Repert. Bot. v. 1. p. 287, et in Herb. Nostr. 
Linum decoloratum. Griseb. Spicil. Fl. Rum. v. 1. p. 117. 
Linum hirsutum. Sidth. Fl. Greca, t. 302 (non Linn.) monente Reuter et Grise- 
bach. 
Our knowledge of the species of Linum has been considerably 
increased since the publication of the ‘ Prodromus’ of De Can- 
dolle, who enumerated forty-six, independent of “species non 
Satis note.” But the numerical amount in books must not be 
considered that of the really good and distinct kinds. The 
genus required weeding ; and our friend Dr. Planchon has done 
great service to the cause of botany in his’ excellent Revisio 
Ordinis Linearum,’ and this he has elaborated with great in- 
dustry and perseverance in the ‘ London Journal of Botany 
above quoted. I cannot do better than copy his character and 
* synonyms of the present species, the correct name of which he 
APRIL Ist, 1859. 
