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395. Linum. 71. LINEdS. 
PL ex. thaL 
395. LINUM. Theophrastus. Flax. 
Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; styles 5. 
a. Flowers blue or reddish ; leaves alternate. 
1. Linum usitatissimum. 'Most-common flax . 
Stem mostly single ; leaves lanceolate, 3-ribbed ; sepales 
ovate, acute, 3-ribbed, pointed; petals crenate; capsule 
sharp at the tip. 
Linum sylvestre sativum plane referens, Raii Syn . 362, 2. 
Linum sylvestre vulgatius, Park. 1334. 
Linum, Rail Syn. 362, 1. 
Liuum sativum, Ger. em. 556; Park. 1335. 
Lint. Lyne. 
Corn-fields, also cultivated; annual; July. 
Root small ; stem 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, as also the 
ground cake left after pressure of the oil, which last is 
likewise used to feed broken-winded horses, to fatten cattle, 
and for manure. 
2. Linum perenne. Perennial flax . 
Stems many, ascending; leaves linear, lanceolate, 1 -ribbed; 
sepales reverse ovate, blunt, 5-ribbed, bald; capsules blunt 
at the tip. 
Linum sylvestre caeruleum perenne erectius, flore et capitulo majore, 
Raii Syn. 362, 3. 
Linum perenne, Lin. S. P. 39T. 
Chalky hills; perennial; June and July. 
Root woody ; stem ascending, rather branched at top ; 
leaves slightly recurved; petals notched, blue; stigmata 
capitate, blunt. 
procumbens . Stem trailing; flowers and capsules small. 
Linum sylvestre caeruleum perenne procumbens, flore et capitulo mi- 
nore, Raii Syn. 3 62, 4. 
3. Linum angustifolia . Narrow-leaved flax. 
Stems many, ascending; leaves linear, lanceolate, 3-rib- 
bed ; sepales elliptical, 3-ribbed, pointed ; capsides pointed. 
Linum sylvestre angustifolium, floribus dilute purpurascentibus vel car- 
neis, Raii Syn. 362, 5. 
Linum tenuifolium £, Lin. S. P. 399. 
Linum angustifolium, Hudson FI. Angl. 134. 
Linum tenuifolium, Withering Hot. Arr. 323. 
