LINUM alpinum.
Alpine Flax.
Natural Order. LinezE. D C . theor. ed. 1. p . 214.
LINUM. Calyx 5-sepalus. Pétala 5 unguiculata. Stamy
num filamenta 10, basi in annulum connata, alterna fertilia
antheris sagittatis, alterna breviora sterilia. S i / t 5 ; stigmata ö.
Capsula 5-valvis, 10-locularis. Semina solitaria.
Herbse aut suffrutices ; fo lia plurimorum alterna, pauciorum
opposita; flores solitarii axillares aut rarius oppositifolu, apice
corymbosi aut spicati aut sparsi, in L. radiola, (Radiola mille
grana,) tUandri d s ty li. Genus a Caryopliylleis distinctum
staminibus basi monadelphis, nullo nec receptáculo fructus centrali
nec seminis perispermo, foliis sape alternis. Juss.
gen. 303.
L. alpinum, calycibus rotundatis obtusis. foliis hnearibus
acutiusculis subreflexis, canlibus declinatis. Jacq. aust. 4.
Linuï^alpinum. Willden. sp. p i. 1. p. 1538. Pers. syn. 1.
p. 335. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p . 107.
Perennial. Stems several, declining, smooth at the
noints and rough at the b a se ; slightly branched from
r i o 9 inches in length. Leaves alternate linear,
smooth and glaucous, spreading or reflexed; lowei
ones much the shortest, and bluntish; upper ones
longer, taper-pointed. Corymbus terminal, P.endX"«
b e f L the flowers expand, afterwards becoming erect.
Peduncles alternating with *he leaves, slender, cylindrical.
Sepals 5, lanceolate, concave, bluntly mounded,
but ending in a small point. Petals 5, unguiculate,
obovate, of a light bine, tinged with purple, and darker
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