CHRYSOCO'MA LINOSY'RIS. 
FLAX-LEAVED GOLDYLOCKS. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. POLYGAMIA «QDALIS. 
Natural Order. 
composite;. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Europe. 
2 feet. 
July, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1596. 
No. 358. 
From the Greek words, krusos, gold; and 
ROME, a head of hair, our present generic name has 
been compounded, in accordance with the appear- 
ance of the flower. The word, Linosyris, was the 
principal name used by Lobel, and some of his suc- 
cessors ; the derivation of which may be given in the 
words of Johnson, who edited a new edition of 
Gerard’s Herbal, in 1633. He says “ Forasmuch as 
this plant is stalked and leaved like common flax, 
(Linum) and thought, by some, to be osyris, the 
new writers have called it Linosyris.” 
The Chrysocoma linosyris ranks in the Flora of 
Britain as a native inhabitant, but of rare occur- 
rence. We find its only acknowledged habitat to be 
the rocky cliffs of Berryhead, Devonshire; but as it 
has not come under the notice of the authors of the 
Floi’a Devoniensis, we conclude that it has now no 
resting place in England, but by sufferance. Ger- 
many,and the more southern districts of Europe, are 
the parts where it is most extensively indigenous. 
Its growth is neat and upright; but its terminating 
yellow blossoms are only showy through their num- 
bers. Its roots may be divided for increase. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 4, 514. 
