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LINUM VENUSTUM 
Graceful Linum. | 
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CLASS V. ORDER V. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Five Chives. Five Pointals. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx 5-phyllus, Petala 5-phylla. Capsula } EmpaemMent 5-leaved, Petals 5-leaved. Capsule 
5-valvis, 10-locularis. Semina solitaria. | 5-valved. 10 Loculaments. Seeds solitary. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, j 
Linum foliis ovatis, acutis, 5—7-nervosis, mar- Linum with ovate sharp-pointed leaves. Nerves 
gine pilosa: floribus in umbellis panicula- _}} from § to 7, and hairy at the edge, 
tis : ramis alternis : corollis magnis, paten- Flowers grow in paniculated umbels, 
Branches alternate. Blossom large, spread ‘ 
tibus, incarnatis. Caulis erectus, pedalis. ; 
ing, and flesh-coloured. Branches 
a foot high. 
_Nascens in Monte Caucaso, Native of Mount Caucasus. 
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Tus fine new Linum was raised from seed by Mr. J. Bell, in whose garden near Brentford it bas 
flowered for the first time in England. It is nearest in affinity to the L. hirsutum of Jacquin, under 
. which specific title the seed was received by Mr. Bell. The flowers when dead ot dried lose their fine 
pinky tint, and acquire a blueish colour, the same as it first appears with in the bud state. Jt might 
then compare with Jacquin’s figure in point of colour, but would. be too far removed in its IRR 
for us to have adopted the specific of hirsutum with any propriety. We may therefore with P 
regard it as a beautiful nondescript species. It is a native of Mount Caucasus, flowers in June - 
Jaly, and seeds so freely that it will no doubt be soon abundantly cultivated. ¥: 
