LXXIX. 



LINUM USITATISSIMUM. 



Common Flax. 



Class V. Pentandkia. — Order V. Pentagynia. 



Nat. Ord. Line^. 



Gen. Chak. Calyx of five sepals, persistent. Petals five. 

 Capsule globose, mucronate, with ten valves and ten 

 cells. Seeds ovate, compressed. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves alternate, lanceolate. Sepals ovate, 

 acute, three-nerved. Petals crenate. Stem subsolitary. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek. Xivov. 



j^Linum sativum. Bauh. Pin. 214. Ger. Em. 550. Park 

 Theatr. 1335. 



Linum sylvestre sativum. Rail Syn. 3G2. 



Linum. Hall. Hist. v. 1, 373. Fnchs, Hist. 471, c. 179. 



Linum usitatissimum, Lin. Sp. PI. 397- Eng. Hot. t. 

 L 1357. 

 French. . . . Lin ; Lin commun. 

 Italian ^ 

 Spanish and > Lino. 

 Portuguese ) 

 German... Lein. 



Dutch Ulaszaadt ; Wild Vlas. 



Danish .... Hcere. 



Swedish... \An. 



Bohem. and \ ■. 



Polish . . . . } 



Persian. . . . Tokemkutan. 



Arabic .... Buzruk. ' 



Hindostanie Tisi. 



Sanscrit. . . . Atasi ; lima. 



Tamool...- Allevcrei. 



Latin J 



