640 395. Linum. 71. LINE^. PL ex. thai. 



S95. LINUM. Theophrastus. Fla^f. 



Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; styles 5. 



a. Flowers blue or reddish ; leaves alternate. 



1. hinum usitatiss'imum. Most-common Jlax. 

 Stem mostly single ; leaves lanceolate, 3-ribbed ; sepales 



ovate, acute, S-ribbed, pointed; petals crenate; capsule 

 sharp at the tip. 



Linum sylvestre sativum plane vefeiens, Raii Syn. 362, 2. 



Liuiitn sylveslre vulgatius, Park. 1334. 



Linuni, Ra'd Syn. 362, 1. 



Liuum sativum, Ger. em. 556; Park. 1335. 



Lint. Lyne. 



Corn-fields, also cultivated; annual; July. 



Root small ; ste7n upright^ simple at bottom, panicled at 

 top; petals reverse ovate, light blue, streaked; stigmata 

 clubshaped, obtuse. — Fibres of the stem used for thread 

 and cloth ; seeds yield oil, and furnish a pectoral infusion ; 

 the farina of the seeds emollient in poultices, a^ also the 

 ground cake left after pressure of the oil, which last is 

 likewise used to feed broken-winded horses, to fatten cattlcj 

 and for manure. 



2. Linum perenne. Perennial Jlax. 

 Stems many, ascending; leaves linear, lanceolate, 1 -ribbed; 



sepales reverse ovate, blunt, 5-ribbed, bald; capsules blunt 



at the tip. 



Linum sylvestre raeruleum perenne erectius, flora et capitnlo majorc, 

 Rail Syn. 362, 3. 



Linum perenne, Lin. S. P. S9T. 



Chalky hills ; perennial ; June and July. 



jRoo^ woody; stem ascending, rather branched at top; 

 leaves slightly recurved; petals notched, blue; stigmata 

 capitate, bkmt. 



0. procumhens. Stem trailing ; j^ott^er^ and capsules small. 



Linum sylvestre cajruleum perenne procumbeiis, flore et capitulo mi- 

 nore, Raii Syn. 362, 4, 



3. Linum angustifolia. Narrow-leaved Jlax. 

 Stems many, ascending; leaves linear, lanceolate, 3-rib- 

 bed ; sepales elliptical, 3-ribbed, pointed ; capsules pointed. 



Linum sylvestre angustifolium, floribus dilute purpurascentibns vel car- 

 neif, Ruii Syn. 3G2, 5. 



Linum feniiif(.!ium ?, Lin. S. P. 309. 

 Linuni anp;us(if()liuin, lludion Fl. Angl. LS4. 

 Linum teuuifolium, fVilhering Rot. Arr. H'i'i, 



