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Linum ArFricaNumM. AFRICAN Fax. 
SHES Hui iene 
= Clafs and Order. 
‘Pentanpria Penracynta. 
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Cake poelios ‘Petala 5 - Capy. s-valvis, to-locularis, Sen. 
folitaria. ; 
suck rae, and Springs. ae 
LINUM ere foliis Lacan: Knell nceoieite floribus 
terminalibus pedunculatis. Sp, P/. 401. Ait. Se 
388. L’Herit. Kee nov. tom. 2.tab.3. 
LINUM africanum foliis opbabes: lineari-lanceolatis, caule 
. i —— oT bund. ee . (ve Se ee: 
The Lins africawaiet is a very neat and pretty. green 
plant, arifing to the height of two or three feet, and pr 
ducing during the months of June and July abundance 
yellow flowers, the buds of which in particular: are ve ; 
beautiful. : ee. ee 
It is a native of Africa, and. was ‘nie pew to. she roy 
garden at Kew, in 1771, by Monf. RicuHarD. 
It isufually raifed from cuttings, which are ftruck 
difficulty. ree se ies 
