PENTANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Linum. 119 



In Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire^ and Westmoreland. Ray, 

 At Marham, Norfolk. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root woody, much branched at the summit. Stems numerous, a 

 foot high, more or less ascending, round, smooth, leafy ; in 3 

 procumbent. Leaves smaller and narrower than the foregoing. 

 Branches of the panicle racemose. Fl. like the last in colour, 

 but smaller. Calyx-leaves elliptical, obtuse, naked at the edges, 

 each with 5 ribs, of which the middle one is the largest. Sta- 

 mens variable in length. Stigmas bluntish, somewhat capitate. 



3. L. angustifolium. Narrow-leaved Pale Flax. 



Calyx -leaves elliptical, three-ribbed, naked, pointed as well 

 as the capsule. Leaves lineax'-lanceolate, with three ribs. 

 Stems numerous. 



L. angustifolium. Uuds.\2,A. fVith. ed. 2. 329. Fl. Br. 344. Engl. 

 Bot.v.6.t.38\. 



L. narbonense. Allion. Pedem.v. 2. 108, from the author; but not 

 of Linnaeus. 



L. tenuifolium. With. ed. 3 . 322 . Linn. Sp. PI. 399, var.^. 



L. sylvestre angustifolium, floribus dilute purpurascentibusvel car- 

 neis. Bauh. Pin. 2\4. RaiiSyn. 362. 



L. sylvestre tenuifolum. Ger. Em. 558./. 



In sandy or chalky pastures, especially towards the sea. 



About St. Ives and Truro, Cornwall, plentifully. Ray. In Sussex 

 and Kent. Sherard. In several parts of Kent. Hudscm. Near 

 Walsingham, and in Gunton fields, Norfolk. Rev. H. Bryant. 

 At Darsham, Suftblk. Mr. Davy. In a field by AUerton h^Il, 

 near Liverpool. Mr. J. Shepherd. 



Perennial. July. 



Like the last in root and herbage, but the sterns are fewer, and al- 

 ways nearly upright. Leaves with 3, sometimes 5, ribs. Panicle 

 of iewerjlowers, scarcely racemose. Calyx-leaves elliptical, with 

 a sharp point ; their lateral ribs most evident after the flower is 

 faded. Petals pale purple, with a slight notch. Stamens short. 

 Styles swelling upwards. Capsule considerably pointed. 



The true Linnaean L. tenuifolium, Haller's n. 838, often confounded 

 with this, has a taper-pointed long calyx, fringed with glands. 

 Probably several synonyms of old authors might be referred to 

 our angustifolium, if we could see their original specimens. But 

 neither their descriptions nor figures are sufficient to ascertain 

 the plants. 



* * Leaves opposite. 



4. L. catharticiwi. Purging Flax. Mill-mountain, 



Leaves opposite, obovate-lanceolate. Panicle forked ; partly 

 drooping. Petals acute. 



