PENTANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Linum. 119 



In Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire^ and Westmorciand. Ray. 

 At Marham, Norfolk. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root woody, much branched at the summit. Stems numerous, a 

 foot high, more or less ascending, round, smooth, leafy ; in /3 

 procumbent. Leaves smaller and narrower than the foregoing. 

 Branches of the 'panicle racemose. Fl. like the last in colour, 

 but smaller. Calyx-leaves elliptical, obtuse, naked at the edges, 

 each with ."3 ribs, of which the middle one is the largest. Sta- 

 mens variable in length. Stigmas bluntish, somewhat capitate. 



3. L. ang'itstifolimn. Narrow-leaved Pale Flax. 

 Calyx -leaves elliptical, three-ribbed, naked, }K)inted as well 



as the capsule. Leaves linear-lanceolate, with three ribs. 

 Stems numerous. 



L. angustlfolium. HudsA^A. fruh. e(L2. 320. Fl.Br.'SU. Engl. 

 Bot.v.6.t.3S\. 



L. narbonense. Allion. Pedem. v. 2. 108, from the author; but not 

 of LinnL\?us. 



L. tenuifolium. JVith. cd. 3. 322. Linn. Sp. PL 399, var. C. 



L. svlvestre angustifolium, floribus dilute purpurascentibus vc! car- 

 neis. Bauh.yin.2\4. Raii Syn.'3C)2. 



L. sylvestre tenuifolum. Ger. Em. SoS./. 



In sandy or chalky pastures, especially towards the sea. 



About St. Ives and Truro, Cornwall, plentifully. Ray. In Sussex 

 and Kent. Slierard. In several parts of Kent. Hudson. Near 

 W'alsingham, and in Gunton fields, Norfolk. Rev. IL Bryant. 

 At Darsham, Suffolk. Mr. Davy. \\\ a field by Allcrton'iiall, 

 near Liverpool. Mr. J. Shepherd. ^ tAJDf^O^Kj \^XS 



Perennial. July. 



Like the last in root and herbage, but the s'enis are fewer, and al- 

 ways nearly ui)right. Leaves with 3, sometimes ,">, ribs. Panicle 

 of (c\vcvjl(nvers, scarcely racemost.'. Calyr-lcavcs cllijjtical, vvitli 

 a sharp point ; their lateral ribs most evident after the flower is 

 faded. Petals pale purple, with a slight notch. Stamots short. 

 Siyhs swelling upwards. Capsule considerably pointed. 



The true Linn;ean L. tenuifolium, Haller's n. 838, often confounded 

 with this, has a taper-j)ointed long calyx, fringed with ghuuls. 

 Probablv several .synonyms of old authors might be referred to 

 our (ingusfifnliu)n, if we could see their original specimens. Hut 

 neither tiieir descriptions nor figures are sufficient to iuicerlain 

 the plants. 



* * Leaves opposilr. 



4. L. catliartivmn. Purging Fhix. Mill-inoiintaiii. 



Ivcavcs opposite, obovate-laiiceolalc. Panicle forked ; partly 

 droopiiiL'. Petals acute. 



