LINUM MONOGYNUM. 
ONE-STYLED FLAX. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LINEAL. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
S. Europe. 
18 inches. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1831. 
No. 482. 
The Greek linon, is, most probably, the root of 
our word Linum. By some authors it has been re- 
ferred to the Celtic llinn, but with less appearance 
of truth. The word, monogynum, is applied to dis- 
tinguish this species, in consequence of its usual 
growth with one style in lieu of five, which it may 
naturally be expected to bear, agreeably to its Lin- 
nean order. 
This character, as far as we have observed, is con- 
stant, but Mr. Loudon, (Gard. Mag. v. 10, 356) says 
that in the London Horticultural Society’s Garden, 
he observed it with five styles, which fact teaches us, 
he justly observes, that the specific epithet is not 
well applied to this plant. 
This is a delightful species of Linum. It bears 
the character of luxuriance in its very habit, and 
its numerous delicately white flowers are particularly 
showy. We first met with it in the Birmingham 
Botanic Garden, where it proved to be quite hardy 
in a bed of sandy peat. It may be raised from 
seeds ; or by cuttings, which should be taken from the 
young stems, and struck under glass. It does not 
admit of frequent division. 
