452 



LINE^E. I. LINUM. 



Taurian Flax. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub foot. 



27 L. CHAMISSONIS (Schiede in Schlecht, Linnaea. I. p. 68.) 

 steins ascending, woody at the base ; branches alternate ; leaves 

 lanceolate, glandless at the base, lower ones opposite, upper 

 ones alternate ; flowers opposite the leaves and terminal ; petals 

 yellow; styles free to the base ; stigmas capitate ; capsules acu- 

 tish, with the valves flat on the back. >j . G. Native of Chili. 



Chamisso's Flax. Shrub 1 foot. 



28 L. CAPITA' TUM (Kit. in Rcem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 751.) 

 stem shrubby at the base ; leaves furnished with a gland on each 

 side at the base, alternate, lower ones spatulate, with smooth 

 margins, upper ones lanceolate, acute, acuminated, with scabrous 

 margins ; flowers capitate, sessile ; sepals acuminated, subser- 

 rated ? If . H. Native on the Alps of Croatia. 



Capitate- flowered Flax. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. -| 

 to | foot. 



29 L. FIA'VUM (Lin. spec. 399.) plant woody at the base, 

 greenish ; leaves furnished with two glands at the base of each, 

 alternate, narrow, lanceolate, acute, sessile, with smooth margins ; 

 branches of panicle dichotomous ; sepals acuminated, serru- 

 lated ; petals very blunt, 3-times longer than the calyx. I/ . H. 

 Native of Austria, Hungary, Carniola, and Caucasus, in dry 

 meadows. Jacq. aust. t. 214. Curt. bot. mag. t. 312. L. cam- 

 panulatum /G, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 797. L. monopetalum, Steph. 

 enum. mosq. no. 214. Corolla monopetalous, 5-cleft. Steph. 1. c. 



Yellow Flax. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1793. PI. 1 to 1J foot. 



30 L. TETRA'GYNUM (Colebr. rnss. ex Wall. cat. herb. ined. 

 no. 1506. ex Benth. bot. reg. no. 1326.) glabrous, shrubby, 

 branched ; leaves elliptical, oblong, acuminated, serrated, taper- 

 ing to the base, stalked ; flowers in capitate-corymbs ; peduncles 

 bracteate ; sepals ovate, with short points and sub-ciliated mar- 

 gins ; petals twice the length of the calyx ; styles 4, free ; 

 stigmas globose ; capsule obtuse. Jj . G. Native of Nipaul and 

 Silhet. Flowers smaller than those of L. trigynum. 



Four-styled Flax. Shrub 2 feet? 



31 L. C.ESPITOSUM (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 305. prod. p. 

 216.) plant glabrous, glaucous, tufted, shrubby at the base; 

 leaves obovate, acute ; sepals ovate, obtuse. ^7 . H. Native of 

 Crete on the higher mountains. L. globulariaefolium, Poir. 

 suppl. 3. p. 445. A small much-branched shrub. Capsules 

 globose. Flowers cymose. Styles distinct. 



Tufted Flax. Shrub i foot. 



32 L. TRI'GYNUM (Roxb. ex asiat. resear. 6. p. 357.) shrubby, 

 glabrous ; leaves alternate, elliptical, entire, pointed at both 

 ends, feather-nerved ; flowers large, bracteate ; styles 3, distinct; 

 capsule obtuse ; sepals lanceolate ; petals obovate, emarginate. 



J? . G. Native of the East Indies at Sirinagur. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 1100. Andr. bot. rep. t. 449. Delaun. herb. amat. t. 

 290. Capsules 6-celled. Stigmas not capitate. 



Three- styled Flax. Fl. Jan. Oct. Clt. 1799. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



33 L. CICANOBUM (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 217.) shrubby, 

 glabrous ; leaves alternate, membranaceous, elliptical-oblong, 

 acuminated, stalked, and acute at the base, serrate ? flowers in 

 terminal umbels ; styles 3, connected to the middle ; sepals ob- 

 long, acute ; capsule obtuse. \ . G. Native of Nipaul at 

 Narainhetty. L. Cicanobu, Hamilt. mss. Leaves 6 inches long. 

 Flowers large. In the language of the Nawaris, this plant is called 

 Cicanobu Sna. Mr. Bentham is disposed to consider this a 

 mere variety of L. repens. 



Cicanobu Flax. Fl. Decem. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



34 L. RE'PENS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 217.) stem 

 shrubby; leaves alternate, ovate-cuneated, mucronulate, gla- 

 brous, crenulated, feather-nerved ; flowers solitary, stalked ; 

 sepals lanceolate, mucronate, with denticulated margins ; capsule 

 obtuse ; styles 3, connate to about the middle. Tj . G. Native 

 of Nipaul at Narainhetty. L. repens and semitrigynum, Hamilt. 



mss. L. trigynum, Smith, exot. bot. t. 17. Flowers large, 

 campanulate. Root creeping. 



Creeping Flax. Fl. Nov. Shrub 3 foot. 



35 L. MACR^I (Benth. in bot. reg. no. 1326.) glabrous; 

 stems shrubby at the base ; branches erect ; leaves opposite or 

 alternate, lanceolate, acuminated, stiff; sepals ovate, acumi- 

 nated ; petals twice the length of the calyx ; style equal to the 

 corolla, slightly quinquefid at the apex ; stigmas globose ; cap- 

 sules acutely mucronate. Tj . G. Native of Chili at Valpa- 

 raiso. Flowers about the .size of those of L. maritimum. 



Mac Rae's Flax. Shrub 1 foot. 



36 L. MONO'GYNUM (Forst. prod. no. 145.) stem suffruticose ; 

 leaves alternate, lanceolate, 3-nerved. Jj . G. Native of New 

 Zealand. Flowers yellow. Styles connate at the base. Ac- 

 cording to Mr. Bentham this is the same as L. Africanum. 



One-styled Flax. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 



37 L. AFRICA' NUM (Lin. mant. p. 360.) plant glabrous, erect, 

 shrubby at the base ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, alternate, or 

 irregularly opposite, or in whorls ; panicle corymbose, erect ; 

 flowers disposed along the branches, almost sessile ; sepals rather 

 serrately ciliated ; styles connate at the base. Jj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. coll. 3. p. 218. t. 353. 

 Curt. bot. mag. 403. 



African Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1771. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. 



38 L. ^ETHi6picuM (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 143.) plant gla- 

 brous, shrubby at the base, erectly-spreading ; leaves ovate, mu- 

 cronate, opposite; flowers terminal, rather umbellate; styles 

 connate at the base. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. L. Africanum, Rchb. icon. exot. t. 46. 



^Ethiopian Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1771. Shrub 1 foot. 



39 L. O.UADRIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 402.) plant glabrous, erect ; 

 leaves ovate, somewhat mucronate, 4 in a whorl, upper ones 

 sometimes opposite ; styles distinct, y. . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. t. 431. Houtt. pfl. syst. 

 4. p. 263. t. 46. f. 1. Perhaps L. quadrif olium of Thunb. fl. 

 cap. 2. p. 244. and L. tetraphyllum of Habenstr. in herb. Panzer, 

 are different from this. 



Four-leaved Flax. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1787. PI. 1 to Ijft. 



2. Flowers blue or rose-coloured, rarely varying to white. 



40 L. VERTICILLA'TUM (Lin. spec. 402.) leaves in whorls, 

 linear-lanceolate, upper ones as well as calyxes villous. O- H. 

 Native of Italy about Rome. Petals grey. 



lhorled-\e&ved Flax. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



41 L. STRIA' TUM (Walt. fl. carol, p. 118.) leaves opposite, 

 ovate, or oblong, with the margins and nerves somewhat decur- 

 rent ; flowers panicled, terminal. O- H. Native of Carolina. 

 Habit of Campanulata hybrida. Stems somewhat tetragonal, 

 simple. Sepals ovate, acute, a little smaller than the petals. 

 Flowers blue and striated. 



Striated Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 to 1J foot. 



42 L. VISCOSUM (Lin. spec. 398.) leaves lanceolate, 3-5- 

 nerved, alternate, and somewhat opposite, and are as well as 

 stems hairy, middle and upper ones, as well as sepals, bearing 

 glandular hairs ; styles shorter than the stamens or nearly equal 

 with them. "If.. H. Native of the southern parts of Germany 

 and Italy in sunny places. Flowers pale wine-coloured, rarely 

 blue. Capsules of 10 cells. Bertol. am. itin. p. 139. 



Var. j3, sylvestre (Scop. earn. no. 383. t. 11.) leaves all ciliat- 

 ed with glandular hairs, and as if they were serrated. % . H. 

 Native of Carniola. 



Var. /, Nestleri (D. C. prod. 1. p. 246.) lower leaves smooth- 

 ish, somewhat ovate. I/ . H. Native of Austria in gravelly or 

 sandy fields. 



Var. S, hypericif olium (Sal. parad. t. 79.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 distinctly 5-nerved. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1018. L. venustum, 



