LINE.E. I. LINUM. 



457 



y. . H. Native of? Flowers pale blue. L. Austriacum, Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 521. Branches spreading horizontally. 



Diffuse Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PL | to 1 foot. 



56 L. ANGUSTIFOLIUM (Huds. angl. 134.) plant glabrous, 

 many-stemmed, rather erect ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 3- 

 nerved ; sepals elliptical, 3-nerved, acutish ; petals hardly twice 

 the size of the calyx. 7/ . H. Native of France, and Italy, 

 also of Asia and New Holland. In England in sandy or chalky 

 pastures, especially towards the sea. About St. Ives and Truro, 

 Cornwall, plentifully ; in Sussex and Kent ; near Walsingham, 

 and in Gunton fields, Norfolk ; at Darsham, Suffolk ; in a field 

 by Allerton Hall, near Liverpool. Smith, engl. bot. t. 381. 

 Petals pale-purple, with a slight notch. 



Narrow-leaved Flax. Fl. July. England. PL 1 foot. 



57 L. SI'CULUM (Presl. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 127.) stem 

 simple ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved ; flowers in 

 corymbose panicles ; sepals acuminated, 3-nerved, with glan- 

 dular margins ; petals emarginate. Tf. ? H. Native of Sicily. 



Sicilian Flax. PL 1 foot. 



58 L. AGRE'STE (Brot. fl. lus. 481.) stems rather tufted> ob- 

 lique, and are as well as lanceolate, 3-nerved ; acuminated leaves 

 glabrous ; sepals lanceolate, 3-nerved, acuminated ; petals cu- 

 neated ; capsules mucronate, woolly at the dissepiments. 0. H. 

 Native of Portugal. Petals white, with purple lines and 5 blue 

 nerves at the claws, or from purplish-white to ash-coloured. 



Wild Flax. Fl. June, July. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



59 L. SIBI'RICUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 427.) plant glabrous, 

 erect, tall ; leaves linear, acute, spreading, without dots ; sepals 

 oval, 5-nerved at the base, outer ones acutish, inner ones very 

 blunt, all with membranaceous margins ; petals entire, three or 

 four times larger than the calyx. I/ . H. Native of Siberia. 

 L. perenne, var. Sibirica, Lin. spec. 379. Mill. fig. t. 166. 

 f. 2. good. L. Austriacum, Sims. bot. mag. t. 1086. Flowers 

 large, beautiful blue. 



Siberian Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1775. PL 3 to 4 feet. 



60 L. LEWI'SH (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 210.) stems tall, 

 numerous, glabrous ; leaves scattered, lanceolate-linear, mucro- 

 nate, glabrous ; sepals ovate, acuminated, 3-nerved ; petals 

 rounded at the apex. 1. H. Native of North America in the 

 valleys of the Rocky Mountains, and on the banks of the 

 Missouri. L. Sibiricum, var. Lewisii, Lindl. bot. reg. 1163. 

 Flowers large, pale blue. Plant glaucous. 



Lewis's flax. Fl. July. Clt. 1826. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



61 L. A'NGLICUM (Mill. diet. no. 5.) plant glabrous, ascending ; 

 leaves linear, acute, erect ; sepals obovate, obscurely 5-nerved, 

 outer ones hardly mucronate, inner ones obtuse, with membrana- 

 ceous margins ; petals emarginate, two or three times longer 

 than the calyx. If. . H. Native of England on chalky hills in 

 Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, and Westmoreland, and at 

 Marsham, Norfolk. L. perenne, var. A'nglica, Lin. L. perenne, 

 Smith, fl. brit. 343. engl. bot. 1. t. 40. Mart. fl. rust. t. 134. 

 Roots woody. Flowers pale-blue. 



Far. ft, procumbens (Rai. angl. 3. p. 362.) stems procumbent. 

 Jt.EL 

 English Flax. Fl. June, July. England, PL 1 to 1| foot. 



62 L. AUSTRIACUM (Lin. mant. 359.) plant glabrous, erect; 

 leaves linear or rather lanceolate, acute, erectish, full of pellucid 

 dots ; branches racemose ; fructiferous pedicels deflexed ; sepals 

 oval, obtuse, 3 or 5-nerved at the base ; petals retuse, three or 

 four times longer than the calyx. I/ . H. Native of Austria 

 on hills. Jacq. fl. austr. t. '418. Petals pale, blueish-purple. 



Austrian Flax. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1775. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



63 L. MONTA'NUM (Schleich. cat. pi. helv. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 427.) plant glabrous, erectish, many-stemmed; leaves linear 

 or lanceolate, acute, erectish ; flowers in panicled corymbs ; 



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fructiferous pedicels erect ; sepals oval, 3-nerved at the base, 

 with membranaceous margins, outer ones acute, inner ones 

 obtuse, thrice as large as the calyx. Ij. . H. Native of France, 

 Switzerland, Italy, and Hungary, on grassy mountains. L. 

 Austriacum, D. C. suppl. 615. L. alpinum, D. C. fl. fr. 4. 

 p. 615. L. perenne, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 66. Bert, amcen. it. 

 352. L. Ise ve, Scop. earn. ed. 2. no. 387. t. 11. L. Narbo- 

 nense, Sut. helv. 184. L. alpinum /3, elktius, Wahl. carp. 299. 

 Flowers blue. 



Mountain Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PL 1 foot. 



64 L. ALPI'NUM (Lin. spec. 1672.) plant glabrous, decum- 

 bent, many-stemmed ; leaves linear, awl-shaped, spreading, full of 

 pellucid dots ; flowers few, rather corymbose ; fructiferous pe- 

 dicels erect ; sepals oval, 3-nerved at the base, with membran- 

 aceous margins, outer ones acutish, inner ones obtuse, thrice 

 as large as the calyx. I/ . H. Native of the south of France, 

 north of Italy, and Austria, on dry mountains. Jacq. aust. t. 

 321. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 17. Linum perenne y, alpinum Schiede 

 in Schlecht. Linngga. 1. p. 70. Flowers large, blue. 



Alpine Flax. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1739. PL ^ foot. 



65 L. DECU'MBENS (Desf. all. 1. p. 278. t. 79.) plant glabrous, 

 many-stemmed, decumbent ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, acute, 

 erect ; flowers few, somewhat corymbose ; fructiferous pedicels 

 erect ; sepals ovate, membranaceous, pointed at the apex ; petals 

 retuse, twice as long as the calyx. I/ . H. Native of the north of 

 Africa in fields, in the kingdom of Tunis. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Decumbent Flax. FL June, July. Clt. 1817. PL i foot. 



66 L. GRANDIFLORUM (Desf. ad. 1. p. 277. t. 78.) plant 

 glabrous, erectish, branched at the base ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute, erectish ; flowers loosely panicled ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, ciliary-serrated, rather longer than the capsules. Tf.. F. 

 Native of the north of Africa in fields near Mascar. Flowers 

 large, rose-coloured. Leaves rough on the margins. 



Great-flowered Flax. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1 820. PL to 1 ft. 



67 L. TENUIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 398.) stems branching from 

 the base, erect, glabrous ; leaves linear-setaceous, smoothish ; 

 sepals lanceolate, acuminated, fringed with glandular hairs in the 

 middle, exceeding the capsule in length ; petals three times longer 

 than the calyx. I/ . H. Native of many parts of Europe on 

 arid hills, particularly in France, Switzerland, and Germany. 

 Jacq. fl. austr. t. 215. Clus. hist. 1. p. 318. f. 2. Flowers of 

 a dirty whitish flesh-colour. Leaves spinulose on the margins. 



Slender-leaved Flax. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. PL l^ft. 



68 L. SALSOLOI'DES (Lam. diet. 3. p. 521.) stems shrubby at 

 the base, branched and a little twisted ; branches ascending, 

 sterile ones short ; leaves linear-setaceous, smoothish ;' sepals 

 ovate, acuminated, fringed with glandular hairs in the middle, 

 rather shorter than the capsules ; petals 3-times longer than 

 the calyx. T? . H. Native of France, Provence, and Vascony, 

 in arid places. L. suffruticosum, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 616. but not 

 of Cav. Barrel, icon. t. 795. Flowers small, of a dirty whitish 

 flesh-colour. 



Salsola-likeTlax. FL June, July. Clt. 1810. PL 1 foot. 



69 L. suFFRUTic6suM (Lin. spec. 400.) stems shrubby at the 

 base, branched, and are as well as linear, acute leaves, scabrous 

 in all parts ; sepals acuminated, fringed with glandular hairs in 

 the middle ; petals 5-times longer than the calyx. Jj . F. 

 Native of Spain in arid fields. Cav. icon. 2. t. 108. L. tenui- 

 folium, Asso. syn. arr. 41. Linum, Bory. ann. gen. 3. p, 10. 

 Barrel, icon. t. 1231. Differing from L. salsoloides in being 

 canescent and having oblong petals. Flowers large, pale-flesh- 

 coloured, or white with purple claws. 



Suffrulicose Flax. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1759. Shrub 1| foot. 



70 L. CA'RNEUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 132.) leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, very acute, glaucescent, lower ones opposite, upper 



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