1. A flower complete. 2. A flower spread open, without the empalement. 3. One of the five bundles of chives. 4. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal, summit magnified. 5. A ripe seed-vessel. This perfectly new species of Melaleuca was sent to us by Mr. J. Milne, botanic gardener at Fonthill, who is very successful in the cultivation of new plants. The punctured or dotted character on the under side of the leaves gives it an affinity to the Diosma tribe, as does also its scented foliage, which when rubbed emits a grateful aromatic odour; and which the leaves retain in some degree when dried. The flowers, although not splendid, are perhaps equally estimable from the rarity of their colour, which is a bright green when in perfection; but in retiring they acquire a yellower tint. It is a native of New Holland, and requires the careful treatment of the green-house. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCLXXVII. LINUM VENUSTUM. _Graceful Linum._ CLASS V. ORDER V. _PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Five Chives. Five Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX 5-phyllus. Petala 5-phylla. Capsule 5-valvis, 10-locularis. Semina solitaria. EMPALEMENT 5-leaved. Petals 5-leaved. Capsule 5-valved. 10 Loculaments. Seeds solitary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. LINUM foliis ovatis, acutis, 5-7-nervosis, margine pilosa: floribus in umbellis paniculatis: ramis alternis: corollis magnis, patentibus, incarnatis. Caulis erectus, pedalis. Nascens in Monte Caucaso. LINUM with ovate sharp-pointed leaves. Nerves from 5 to 7, 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 flowered 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. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCLXXVIII. CRINUM LATIFOLIUM. _Broad-leaved Crinum._ CLASS VI. ORDER I. _HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. COROLLA supra, infundibuliformis, sex-partita, æqualis: filamenta fauci tubi inserta: semina ad basin corollarum, vivipara.