nerved, .and not unlike thofe of the Afcyron’ (Hypericum: 
quadrangulare.)’ From the time of Ciusius we find no men- 
tion made of this plant, except what has been’ copied from | 
him, unlefs the flight. mention of a fpecies of Linum, in the 
Hiftoire Générale des Plantes, publifhed at Lyons, above 
quoted, be, as is confidered by Bauutin, a fynonym of this, 
The above defcription we apprehend is fully competent to fhow 
that the plant here figured is the fame with that of Crusius. | 
The Linum agrefe of Brotero, being, as he fays, very nearly 
allied to the common Flax, can have nothing to do with the © 
one Ciustus found; which, as this author has himfelf re- 
marked, is very nearly allied to Linum hirfutum ; of which, 
perhaps, both this and Linum hypericifolium (No. 1048) may 
be only varieties, 
Our plant was feveral years fince in the Botanic Garden at 
Brompton, where our drawing was taken; but from whence 
it came, or by what means it was loft, we are ignorant. 
_ Flowers in July and Auguft; is a very beautiful {pecies, and 
its reftoration to our gardens is very defirable, 
