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P L A T E CCCCLXXVII.
L I N U M VENUSTUM.
Graceful Linum.
CLASS V. ORDER V.
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Five Chives. Five Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-phyllus. Petala 5-phj-lla. Capsula
5-vaIvis, LO-locularis. Semina solitaria.
EMPALEMENT 5-leaved. Petals 5-leaved. Capsule
5-valved. 10 Locularaents. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
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LINUM foliis ovatis, acutis, 5—7-nen-osis, margine
pilosa : floribus in umbellis paniculalis
: ramis alternis : corollis magnis, patentibus,
incarnatis. Caulis erectuSj pedalis.
Nascens in Monte Caucaso.
LINUM -with ovate sharp-pointed leaves. Nerves
from 5 to 7J and hairy at the edges.
Flowers grow in paniculated umbels.
Branches alternate. Blossom large, spreading,
and flesh-coloured. Branches upright,
a foot high.
Native of Mount Caucasus,
THIS fine new Linum was raised from seed by Mr. J. Bell, in whose garden near Brentford it has
fiowered for the first time in England. It is nearest in affinity to the L. hirsutum of Jacquin, under
which specific title the seed was received by Mr. Bell. The flowers when dead or dried lose their fine
pinky tint, and acquire a blueish colour, the same as it first appears with in the bud state. It might
then compare with Jacquin's figure in point of colour, but would be too far removed in its appearance
for us to have adopted the specific of hirsutum with any propriety. We may therefore with justice
regard it as a beautiful nondescript species. It is a native of Mount Caucasus, flowers in June and
July, and seeds so freely that it will no doubt be soon abundantly cultivated.
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