OF ORNAMENTAL PERENNIALS. HI 
6.— LINUM ALPINUM, Willd. THE ALPINE FLAX. 
Synonyme. — L. peretme y alpinum, Schiede. 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 17 ; and our fig. 7 in 
Plate 27. 
Spfxific Character. — Plant glabrous, decumbent, many-stemmed. 
Leaves linear, awl-shaped, spreading, full of pellucid dots. Flowers 
few, rather corymbose. Fructiferous peduncles erect. Sepals oval, 
3-nerved at the base, with membranaceous margins ; outer ones 
acutish ; inner ones obtuse ; twice as largo as the ctlyx. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This very pretty little plant has flowers resembling those of the common perennial flax, 
on numerous very slender stems. It is a dwarf plant, seldom growing above six or eight inches high ; and it is 
admirably adapted for rockwork, as, unlike most of the other plants belonging to the genus, it likes a light sandy 
soil and a dry situation. It has also the great advantages, of not growing fast, and taking up very little 
room. It is a native of the South of France, the North of Italy and Germany, on high mountains. It was 
introduced in 1739. 
OTHER SPECIES OF LINUM. 
L. PERENNE, Smith ,- S^n. L. ANGLICA, Mill. 
The perennial flax, with pale blue flowers. A native of England ; found generally on chalky or sandy soils. 
L. MEXICANUM, H. B. et K.; Bot. Reg. t. 1326. 
A very pretty half-hardy species, with yellow flowers. A native of Mexico, introduced in 1828. 
L. MARITIMUM, iin.; Syn. L. HETEROPHYLLUM, HfocncA. 
A sea-side plant, a native of the South of Europe. Introduced in 1596. 
L. CAMPANULATUM, Lin. 
A native of the South of Europe, with corymbose flowers ; introduced in 1795. 
L, CAPITATUM, Kit. 
A native of the Croatian Alps. A dwarf plant, introduced in 1816. 
L. HIRSUTUM, Lin. 
Allied to L. oscyri/b/iMWj, but with rose-coloured flowers. Introduced from Italy in 1759. 
L. NERVOSUM, Waldst.et Kit. 
The flowers are large and blue. The species is a native of Hungary, whence it was introduced in 1822. 
L. NARBONENSE, Lin ; and omfig. 8 in Plate 27. 
This is one of the most beautiful of all the species of Linum. It is a native of Spain, the South of 
France, and Italy. The flowers are large, very beautiful, and generally of a most intense blue. It merely 
requires to be grown in the common garden soil ; but it should be placed in an open, airy, sunny situation. 
L. LEWISII, Purah. ; Syn. L. SIBIRICUM, «or. LEWISII; Bot. Reg. t. 1163. 
The flowers are very large and pale blue. The plant is glaucous. A native of North America. Introduced 
in 1826. It is very nearly allied to L. Sibiricum. 
L. GRANDIFLORUM, Desf. 
The flowers large and rose-coloured ; and the species is a native of the North of Africa, whence it was 
introduced in 1820. 
