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Linum BerenpieEri. BERENDIER’S Y ELLOW- 
FLOWERED F Lax. 
Class and Order. 
PenTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Linez. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Flores proportione partium quinaria. Sepala integra. 
Styli rarissime 3, cum petalis staminibus sepalisque 5. . — 
‘Specific Character and Synonym. 
Linum Berendieri; annuum monogynum multicaule ra- — 
mosum, caule angulato, foliis alternis linearibus rigi- 
diusculis glabris mucronato-acuminatis: marginibus 
levibus, floribus subcorymbosis, fructibus racemosis, 
sepalis bracteisque lanceolato-acuminatis marginibus 
serrulato-scabris, capsulis globosis acutis. 
Linum Plotzii. Hook. MSS. in Herb. Tex. 
An exceedingly beautiful and new species of Linum, 
first known to me by means of specimens in a small 
collection of plants gathered by M. Berenpier, (at first 
erroneously supposed to be by M. Puorz,) in Texas. 
These specimens were from “ Bejar,” where they were 
found blossoming in March, 1828. By Mr. Drummonp it 
was afterwards detected at Rio Brazos and San Felipe, in 
the same country, and introduced to our gardens in 1835, 
With us it has been kept in a cool frame, where it flowered 
in August ; but there is reason to think it will prove a 
hardy annual, and a most valuable acquisition to our 
gardens. : 
Descr. Root annual, sending up from its summit many 
stems, which are more or less branched, especially pe 
wards ; 
