* Prate LVI. 
LINUM campanttatoum, Linn. 
Natural Order Linacre. 
Gey. Cuar.—See description of Plate V. Part I. 
Spec. Cuar.—F lowers yellow, dimorphic, in a loose corymb; pe- 
duncles very short. Sepals lanceolate-acuminate, the membranous edge 
ciliate, some of the cilia glandular. Petals obovate, on a long claw, 
mucronulate at apex. Capsule, valves acuminate, shorter than calyx. 
Leaves glabrous, lanceolate above, then cuneate-lanceolate, and finally 
spathulate below, having the transparent membranous edge finely den- 
ticulate or ciliate; there is a gland on either side at the base of the 
leaf. 
Linum campanulatum, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 400; Gren. et Godr. FI. 
de Fr. i. 280; Woods, Tour. FI. p. 61. 
Hasrrat. — River bed near Drap, north-east of Nice, where I 
gathered it on May 11, 1867. 
Remarxs.—Judging from dried specimens, it is rather difficult to 
separate as a distinct species Linum campanulatum, Linn., from L. 
flavum, Linn. Linum flavum, Linn., has a more compact inflorescence, 
and, according to Reichenbach (Ic. Fl. Germ. vi. tab. 340, 341, p. 835), 
is amply distinguished also by the petals, which are rounded, and not 
-mucronulate at apex, by the shorter sepals and less acuminate fruit.* 
There is, moreover, a peculiar aspect which would perhaps enable one 
always to distinguish typical specimens of either plant. I should not, 
however, be surprised to find that intermediate forms exist, for the two 
species are certainly most closely related. The geographical range of 
L. flavum, Linn., is more easterly than that of L. campanulatum, Linn., 
_ the latter being found in Spain, Southern France, Italy, and Dalmatia 
(Nyman), while L. flavum, Linn.,is found in Austria, Germany (Ulm), 
Lombardy, Croatia, Hungary, Transylvania, Turkey (Thrace), and on 
the Russian shores of the Black Sea. I have gathered L. campanula- 
tum, Linn., without flowers, at Pegli, near Genoa. I have complete 
specimens also from Varazze, Arenzana, and from Hyéres (Mont de 
Paradis, gathered by Dr. Shuttleworth). 
ExpPLANATION OF Pirate LVI.—Fig. 1, leaf and stem, cut about 
midway, showing the glands at the base of the leaf and the prominent 
ridges of the stem. Fig. 2, a sepal. Fig. 3, a petal of the natural 
size. Fig. 4,a capsule. All the Figures magnified, except Fig. 3. 
* Bertoloni points out that even the lower leaves are never spathulate, as they are 
in Linum campanulatum, but are all pointed and obversely-lanceolate. 
