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merits awl-shaped, white, united at the base into a membranous
cup, and having 5 short subulate teeth (sterile stamens)
alternating with them. Anthers linear, obtuse, cream-
coloured, of two parallel connate cells. Styles 5, connate,
longer than the ovarium. Stigmas 5, spreading, filiform,’
obtuse, minutely papillose. Ovarium globose, pointed, somewhat
conical, smooth, 10-celled. Ovules solitary, elliptical,
compressed, emarginate.
A very pretty perennial species, native of New Zealand,
and apparently almost hardy, flowering and perfecting its
seeds freely in the open border. We have compared the
cultivated plant with native specimens in Forster’s Herbarium,
and we find them to agree in every respect. The styles
are united together along their whole length.
The plant should be protected in a pit or frame during
winter. A mixture of peat and loam will be found to suit it
best, and it may be increased either by slips or by seeds.
Our drawing was taken from a plant which flowered in
Mr. Knight’s collection, King’s Road, Chelsea, in June last.
The generic name Linum is the same with the Greek
X lvov, and both derived from llin, a thread, in Celtic.
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