Was cultivated by Mr. Miller in 1758. _Ait. Kew._
_Cal._ 5-phyllus. _Petala_ 5. _Caps._ 5-valvis 10 locularis. _Sem._ solitaria.
LINUM _flavum_ calycibus subserrato-scabris lanceolatis subsessilibus, panicula ramis dichotomis. _Linn. Sp. Pl. v. 1. ed. 3. p. 399._ _Mant. p. 360._ _Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 303._ _Jacq. Fl. Austr. v. 3. t. 214._
LINUM sylvestre latifolium luteum. _Bauh. pin. 214._
LINUM sylvestre III. latifolium. _Clus. hist. 1. p. 317._
There is a considerable similarity betwixt the representation of the present plant and that of the _Linum arboreum_ figured on the 234th plate of this work, they are nevertheless two species widely differing, the _flavum_ being a hardy herbaceous perennial, a native of Germany, the _arboreum_ a greenhouse shrub from the Levant, both possessing considerable beauty, and highly worthy a place in all collections of ornamental plants.
The _Linum flavum_ is not mentioned either in the Dictionary of Mr. Miller, or the Hortus Kewensis of Mr. Aiton, and as far as our knowledge extends was a stranger in this country, till we raised it the year before last from seeds sent us by Mr. Daval, of Orbe in Switzerland; Clusius gives us a representation of it in flower, and Prof. Jacquin another much superior; according to the latter, it grows by the sides of hedges and among shrubs in mountainous situations, and rarely exceeds a foot in height.
From the little experience we have had of this plant, it appears to be easy of culture, and to succeed best in a soil moderately stiff and moist; the flowers expand most in a morning when the sun shines, and continue in succession during June, July, and part of August; it appears as if it would ripen its seeds in my garden; these vegetate freely: the plant may also be increased by parting its roots in autumn, or by cuttings of the young shoots.
_Cal._ 0. _Cor._ 4-fida corallacea marcescens stamina includens, _Bacca_ 1-sperma.
DAPHNE _Cneorum_ floribus congestis terminalibus sessilibus, foliis lanceolatis nudis mucronatis. _Linn. Syst. Veget. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 371._ _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 26._
THYMELEÆ affinis facie externa. _Bauh. pin. 463._
CNEORUM. _Matth. hist. 46._ _Clus. hist. 89, 90. f. 1._