928 



corolla roso-colorc'd or white, about % in. lonR, 

 :. Jiine-Aug. In N. Anicr. sout 

 tbeMts. B. 3.3:235. Gn. 24, p. 



1298. Linnxa borealis ( 



new copper." 



about 4 species of dwarf, un 



New Ouiiii'ii, var-yiiif,' consider 



inniilc I'lirin f,'i'iiilu,ill . 1 1 .| i m mil' :is Ihi' phint attains 

 Iff. Cnliiiiiil lull, III hill iiiii-il to till) needs of (,'nlainus 

 II. I ji.i iii-ii.iiii|i v.iW III iiiDst likely to succeed with 

 ,in.i.|i.,ili\.;iii.| iiM liiil. ;i 1. iii|ienitur6 of 70°, plenty of 



,-Rtcr, .■Mill - ^hinii- ihiiiuKliout the year. 



VV. H. Taplin and W. M. 

 LIN08'?EI8 (Linum and 0»)/W.s, which genera it re- 

 cMihics). Vompdailai. One species, L. vttlgAris,Caaa., 

 f Kuin|,r, is a K.M'd luudy pennmiid, Krowiiiw lK-2 ft. 

 i;;-h. :iiiil iii.iiiir' 1 1 n ii ii 1 1 ii I . mill |i,il.- niIIhw beads: 

 Inn : I I' ' ■ ■ • ■•! .1 I II il I I'l , -li . '• jiuliiiscent, 



.'111' I II I' i . : . I, I I -11 Us. It is 



n I ■ • . I . ■I ! .1, I ,11 .j , , i. ...ii , . '11 n'ing well 



'I'l 1 .• ■ ■■ 'I : I I !" \ ■- I- hy many 



riilijaris, 

 ils yellow 

 Vrs techni- 

 L. H. B. 



the absence of rays andinyello 



LtNUM (classical name). LinAcem. Pl-AX. Temper- 

 ate-region plants of both heniispheres, of 80 or 90 spe- 

 cies, lierbs or sometimes subslirubs. They are erect- 

 growing plants, with narrow alternate (rarely opposite) 



LINUM 



and mostly entire Ivs., and showy 5-petaled fls. which 

 open in the sunshine. Stamens 5 and alternate with the 

 petals, usually united at the base: ovary 1, 3-.")-loculcd, 

 bearing as many styles as locules, and ripening into a 

 dry capsule which may or may not be dehiscent. The 

 fls. are borne in terminal racemes orcymes, and, although 

 each llowi-r niiiy be shdrl-livcd. tin- continiiily nf bloora 

 makes III. |.l,iiii li.iiM, Till I. m. i-,m, Inn i imltural 



culture ■•! ! ■ II III |. I. . , ; , I i ill. tbo 



sun. S.'i ■! - -i I 'II .11.11,1,11 iii.n. I.I ,.•■. II ..-. 1,1 .•., tbo 



seeds are often us... I i,, |.i,,|,n^',i(,, i li,in ; l,iii lli.|ilMnts 

 may be divided. TIi.t,, ai., ^. v . ral iiali\ . I.iniiiiis, some 

 of which are small 11.1,, w.,.,,ly pl.^uils. 



A. Plant annual: fls. red or blue. 



B. Bloom red. 



grandiilorum, D.'sf. |,'i,c.\vFuiN(i ],"i,ax. Figs. 1299, 



i:;nii. I :. , , I , III iMii li\ . I • n.. iliilniu, - : Us. many, alter- 



IN. 1^ . ':' •■ i.n. ■ li are 1-3 "in! 



I"ii^', II ■•■''■ I' ■' -■ ■'■ I ■ "-' 111. 1-lK in. 



across, anil siiiiii 1 1 I, n,, i : i ,i nk) and much 

 e-tceeding the |i,,M I, ,! i, ,, i,' , pals. N. Afr. 

 B.M. 4955. R.I I, I I i I \ .Lie garden an- 

 nual, and populai i.r i; _ i,iij;,i lis. The color 



varies in the slia.l.. ui i. .1. \ai. ruUrum has bright 

 red fls. Var. kermeaiuum is crimson. L. cocctnetim, 

 Hort., is a scarlet-fld. form. In a warm, sunny place, the 

 Flowering Flax makes a very satisfactory plant. It is 

 not adapted to cutting, since the Hs. are not durable. 

 Will not stand frost. 



ntural size. 



1 wild, is lower and has a dehiscent capsule; 

 it is probably only a form of the above. — Flax has been 

 cult, from time immemorial, and it is unknown in an 

 originally wild state. Some authorities consider it to bo 

 a modified form of L. j>eren)ie. 



