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1. LINUM. 
Linum, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 389; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 242, 
About eighty herbaceous species, inhabiting both north and south temperate and 
subtropical regions ; a few occurring in Tropical South America. 
1. Linum aristatum, Engelm. in Bot. Wisliz. Rep. p. 101. 
Urtan, CotoraDa ; New Mexico.—Norta Mexico, between El Paso and Chihuahua 
(Wright). Hb. Kew. 
2. Linum berlandieri, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3480. 
Caroina, Georea, Texas, New Mexico.—Nortn Mexico, Chihuahua (Torrey). 
3. Linum cruciatum, Planch. in Hooker’s Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. p. 499. 
Linum schiedeanum, Hook. et Arn. nec Ch. et Schl. 
NortH Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann).—Sournh Mexico, Tepic (Barclay); Guat 
mata (Bernoulli). Hb. Kew. 
4. Linum greggii, Engelm. in A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 1. p. 26. 
Nortu Mexico, near Saltillo (Gregg). 
5. Linum guatemalense, Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. p. 67. 
Sour Mexico, Orizaba (Sallé), Vera Cruz (Linden, 821); Toluca (Andrieux, 524), 
Oaxaca (Galeotti, 4189); GuatemaLa, near Santa Maria, Volcan de Agua (Salvin & 
Godman), without locality (Skinner). Hb. Kew. 
6. Linum hypericifolium, Presl, Reliq. Henk. ii. p. 2; Planch. in Hooker's 
Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. p. 482. 
‘“‘ L. suffruticosum glabrum; caulibus erectis angulatis; foliis ovato-oblongis utringue acutis sparsis 
oppositis ternisve ; panicula ampla; sepalis ovatis acuminatis uninerviis ; capsulis mucronatis.” 
—Presl. 
Planchon states (loc. cit.) that L. guatemalense, Benth., may possibly be this species, 
though its leaves are rather different, and the pedicels are always shorter than the 
flowers. 
MExico (Hanke). 
7. Linum mexicanum, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 89; Bot. Reg. t. 1326. 
SoutH Mexico, in woods near Santa Rosa, 7800 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland), Zima- 
pan (Coulter, 759), Oaxaca (Galeotti, 4189), in woods near Jalapa (Schiede & Deppe), 
valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 692), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 641), Desierto (Bilimek, 61). 
Hb. Kew. 
8. Linum orizabee, Planch. in Hooker’s Lond. Journ. Bot. vii, p. 482, 
Souta Mexico, Orizaba, Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 821). Hb. Kew. 
