Cla/s and Order. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA, 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petalag. Capf. 5-valvis, 10-locularis, Sem. 
folitaria. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
LINUM arboreum foliis cuneiformibus, caulibus arborefcenti- E 
bus. Linn. Syft.. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 303+ 
Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 388.  . 
LINUM arboreum. Alp. Exot. 1g. t. 13. 
Contrary to what we obferve in moft of the plants of this — 
genus, the prefent very rare and no lefs beautiful fpecies of — 
Flax forms (if not a tree, as its name imports) a fhrub of the — 
height of feveral feet, which begins to flower in the green- — 
houfe in March, and continues to be more or lefs covered with 
bloffoms to the clofe of the fummer. a 
It is a native of the Levant, from whence it was intro- | 
- duced to this country in the year 1788, with a profufion of — 
other vegetables, by Jue Sintuorp, M.D. the prefent — 
celebrated Profeffor of Botany in the Univerfity of Oxford; — 
who, for the laudable purpofe of promoting the fcience in — 
which he is fo eminent, and of enriching the Oxford collec- — 
tion, already rendered moft refpe€table by his unwearied la- — 
bours, meditates, as we are informed, a fecond journey mto — 
Greece. Z 
Hitherto this plant has produced no feeds in this country, — 
and it is with difficulty increafed by cuttings. : oe 
Our figure was drawn from a plant which flowered in the 
fpring with Meffrs. Grimwoop and Co. Kenfington, _ 
