LINE^E. I. LINUM. 



451 



Lob. icon. t. 411. f. 2. L. sessilifldrum, Lam. diet. 3. p. 523. 

 L. alternifldrum, Delile. 



Var.fi, alternum (Pers. ench. 1. p. 336.) stems evidently co- 

 rymbose at the apex. O- H. Native of Corsica. 



Var. y, npicatum (Lam. diet. 3. p. 523.) stem rather spiked 

 at the apex. Smith, fl. grsec. 304. Leaves not ciliated. 



Straight Flax. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1759. PI. ^ foot. 



1 1 L. RI'GIDUM (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 210.) leaves stiffly 

 erect, linear, short ; stem angular, furrowed ; sepals ovate, 

 acuminate, 3-nerved, glandularly-ciliated ; petals oblong, very 

 narrow; styles connate to the middle. Q. H. Native of 

 North America on the banks of the river Missouri. Flowers 

 sulphur-coloured. 



^J-leaved Flax. Fl. July. Clt. 1807. PL 1 foot. 



12 L. SELAGINOIDES (Lam. diet. 3. p. 525.) leaves filiform, 

 mucronate, alternate, crowded; stems suffruticose, branched at 

 the apex ; flowers terminal, almost sessile ; ovary 10-celled. 

 Tj . G. Native of Monte Video on rocks, also of Chili. Flowers 

 white or brownish. Petals shorter than the calyx. 



Selago-like Flax. Shrub procumbent or -j- foot erect. 



13 L. PROSTRA V TUM (Lam. diet. 3. p. 525.) plant glabrous; 

 leaves alternate, oval-oblong ; stems prostrate, very much 

 branched ; flowers lateral, solitary, on very short peduncles ; 

 sepals bluntish. If. ? Tj . G. Native of Peru on dry hills near 

 Lima. Leaves like those of Polygala vulgaris. Flowers like 

 those of L. Gdllicum. 



Prostrate Flax. PI. prostrate. 



14 L. VIRGINIA'NUM (Lin. spec. 398.) plant glabrous, erect; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, alternate, radical ones ovate ; panicle 

 loose, corymbose ; sepals acute ; styles connate at the base ; 

 capsules awnless. O- H. Native of North America on dry 

 sunny hills and in fields, from New York to Virginia. L. Virgi- 

 nicum, Ptirsh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 210. Flowers small, remote. 



Virginian Flax. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1807. PI. 1 foot. 



15 L. MLXICA'NUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. amer. 6. 

 p. 39.) plant glabrous, erect ; leaves alternate ; lower ones 

 somewhat opposite, oblong, or ovate-oblong, acute, rounded at 

 the base ; branches panicled ; sepals ovate ; stigmas globose, 

 acute, ciliated ; styles connate to the middle ; capsules acutely 

 mucronate. If. . F. Native of Mexico in woods near Santa 

 Rosa. Benth. hot. reg. 1326. 



Mexican Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1828. PI. 1 foot. 



16 L. MYSORE'NSE (Heyne, mss. ex Wall. cat. herb. ind. no. 

 1507. Benth. hot. reg. no. 1326.) glabrous, erect; leaves 

 alternate, oblong, obtuse, tapering to the base ; flowers pa- 

 niculately-corymbose ; sepals ovate, acutish, with rather ciliated 

 margins ; petals hardly exceeding the sepals ; styles connate at 

 the base ; stigmas globose ; capsule acutely-mucronate. Q.S. 

 Native of Mysore. Flowers about the size of those of L. Vir- 

 ginianum. 



Mysore Flax. PI. | foot. 



17 L. SCHIEDEA'NUM (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 

 234.) smooth, ascending, woody at the base, slender ; leaves in 

 something like whorls, 4 or nearly opposite, but mostly all alter- 

 nate, obovate-lanceolate and linear-lanceolate, tapering to the 

 base, sessile, rough on the margins ; flowers disposed in dicho- 

 tomous cymes ; the branches axillary and alternate ; bracteas 

 linear, glandular, and fringed ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 with glandular serratures or fringed ; fruit shorter than the 

 calyx. T; . G. Native of Mexico in woods near Jalapa. 

 Flowers small, yellow. 



Schiede's Flax. Shrub 1 foot. 



18 L. AQUILI'NUM (Mol. chil. ed germ. 126.) plant glabrous, 

 erect ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute ; peduncles bifid ; 

 pedicels longer than the calyx. %. F. Native of Chili on the 

 mountains. Feuill. Per. 3. p. 32. t. 22. f. 2. 



Eagle Flax. PI. 1 foot. 



19 L. TENE'LLUM (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 235.) 

 villous ; root woody, descending, branched, white ; stem densely 

 leafy ; peduncles twice or thrice dichotomous ; flowers pedicellate, 

 solitary, alternate ; floral leaves minute, almost opposite ; leaves 

 on the lower part of the stem almost in whorls, 4 or nearly oppo- 

 site, elliptic, and lanceolate, acute at the base, and acutish at the 

 top, rarely roundish and obtuse, villous or villously-ciliated, 

 with rough margins, with a few stipitate glands in front ; 

 sepals ovate, lanceolate, keeled, acute, mucronate, with glandular 

 fringed margins. 1.F. Native of Mexico near Jalapa. Flowers 

 yellow, larger than those of L. cathdrticum. 



Tender Flax. PI. J foot. 



20 L. CORYMBI'FERUM (Desf. atl. 1. p. 279. t. 80.) plant 

 glabrous, erect ; leaves lanceolate, erect, alternate, 3-nerved, 

 rough ; panicle loose, somewhat corymbose ; sepals awl-shaped, 

 mucronate at the apex ; petals four times longer than the calyx ; 

 styles distinct ; stigmas not capitate. O H. Native on Mount 

 Atlas near Mayane. Flowers the size of those of L. usitatissimum. 



Corymb-bearing Flax. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 to 1^- foot. 



21 L. DAHU'RICUM (Schult. syst. 6. p. 752.) plant glabrous, 

 erect ; lower leaves lanceolate-spatulate, crowded ; cauline ones 

 linear-lanceolate, remote, with rather roughish revolute margins ; 

 panicle lax, corymbose ; pedicels very short ; sepals ovate,' lan- 

 ceolate ; petals thrice as long as the calyx. "%. . H. Native of 

 Dahuria. 



Dahurian Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



22 L. MARI'TIMUM (Lin. spec. 400.) plant glabrous, erect ; 

 leaves lanceolate, 3-nerved, alternate, lower ones opposite, ob- 

 tuse ; panicle lax, rather corymbose ; sepals ovate, with short 

 points ; petals 3-times longer than the calyx ; styles distinct. 

 Ij. . H. Native of the south of Europe in grassy boggy places 

 by the sea-side. Jacq. hort. t. 154. L. heterophyllum, Mcench. 

 suppl. 99. Lob. icon. t. 412. f. 2. Tratt. tab. t. 579. 



Sea-side Flax. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1596. PI. 2 feet. 



23 L. MULLE'RI (Mor. elench. ex bull. phil. March, 1829. p. 

 428.) This species comes very near to L. maritimum, and 

 L. setaceum, Brot. but differs from both in the leaves being alter- 

 nate, elliptical, and ciliated, tj . H. Native of Sardinia on the 

 mountains. 



Mutter's Flax. PL 1 foot. 



24 L. ARBO'REUM (Lin. spec. 400.) shrubby, glabrous, glau- 

 cous ; leaves cuneiform, obtuse, alternate, recurved ; flowers 

 few, somewhat capitate ; sepals oval-lanceolate, acuminated ; 

 petals thrice as long as the calyx ; style free ; stigmas ob- 

 long. Jj . H. Native of Candia and Italy on the mountains. 

 Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 305. Curt. hot. mag. t. 234. L. 

 campanulatum, D. C. fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 797. Alp. exot. 

 p. 19. t. 13. 



Tree Flax. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1788. Shrub 1 foot. 



25 L. CAMPANULA'TUM (Lin. spec. 400.) plant scabrous at the 

 base, glaucous ; leaves alternate, lower ones rounded at the apex ; 

 middle ones furnished with a small point, upper ones obversely 

 lanceolate, acuminate, each furnished at the base with two 

 glands ; sepals linear-lanceolate ; petals 3-times longer than the 

 calyx ; flowers corymbose. It . H. Native of the south of 

 Europe, especially in arid places of France. Tab. icon. p. 

 414. There is a variety of this plant in Tauria, with the 

 leaves and branches pubescent. 



Campamilate-Aowered Flax. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1795. PL 1 ft. 



26 L. TAU'RICUM (Willd. enum. p. 339.) plant shrubby at the 

 base, greenish ; leaves alternate, glaucous, furnished with two 

 glands at the base of each, lower ones rather spatulate, upper 

 ones lanceolate ; panicle dichotomous ; sepals acuminated, serru- 

 lated ; petals 3-times longer than the calyx. fj . H. Native of 

 Tauria L. campanulatum, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 255. 



