LXXIX. 
LINUM HYPERICIFOLIUM. 
Hypericum-leaved Linum. ‘ 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Caryophyllee. Juss. Gen. p. 299. 
Sect. 7. Genera Caryophylileis affinia. “ 
Calyx igtuahes persistens. Petala 4-5, supra ungues — breviter coherentia, und decidua. hdl 
menta 4-5, inferne dilatata et confluentia rudimento sterilis interjecto, quedam dorso basis { 
dulam melliferam gerentia, persistentia. Pericarpium 3-5- loculare ; Septis 6-10, alternis i ‘ito. 
pletis et nunc vibrissis axi connexis, 6-10-valve. Styli 3-5, longi . Stigmata oblo _ vel subrotunda, 
Semina 2 in singulis loculis, juxta apicem axis funiculo as inserta, Herbe, ulie an 
t Suffrutices. Folia alterna, rarius opposita verticillatave, margine sepe mem a ranacea, in qui : 
busdam Callis 2 stipulata. Flores colore varii ; paniculis cymosis, ; terminalibus, ante og x 
cernuis. Pedicelli apice articulati. Bractea foliacee, inter pedicellos sparse. ‘ 
* Folia alterna. 
L. foliis ovato-cuneatis, pubescentibus: paniculd dens4: bracteis longe ciliatis preter slandulas 
margine sessiles: corolla 1% pollicem diametro; petalis apice abicensint crenatis : peri 
superne pubescente, 
Sponte nascitur in regionibus Montis Caucast. 
Floret apud nos Junio, 
generic chara cters 7 E 
In defending that remark of the prance’ ie ‘this work, which relates to th haracters: 
other periodical wr writers, against the accusation of Dr. J. ee ope me shewn how little affinity ‘ 
_ Linum 
has to Geranium ; and amore careful 
placing it, with ADanson, near the Cary - 
Seti Frecines ee ol 
lines Thee spt aged Frene bist waren 4 
by Cuvier, and now that he is dead, I 
fie abosi ing his labours, which he has. 
-yophyllee, appears not quite satisfied respect- 
tha be removed. by observing, Ist, the similitude in 
ya Taek 5: 2dly, its inflorescence: Sdly, the close ana- 
logy of its scarious persistent F Rlammentar? 
at their base, like those in Stellaria : ‘Athly, 
‘Understood ; for it is only 
cn, and its cotyledons not corru 
_ Zenus differs materially from the Ca 
. » SPecies is distinct, and not not conte 
utiful species was commun 
be ineheased by dividing the hr 5 
_ Stems thickerthan a crow’s quill, 
ing to glaucous green, closely sc: 
| ge-shape: 
et ee 
H r 18 inch 
