Radiola Linoides
''Radiola linoides'' is the sole species in the ''Radiola'' genus, a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae. It has the common names of 'allseed' and 'flaxseed'. It has a very short stem which is repeatedly subdivided, with a pair of very small leaves and a single white flower at each fork and at the end of the branches. It has leaves which are opposite arranged, oval (in shape) and sessile. Description ''Radiola linoides'' is a small, Herbaceous plant, herbaceous, Annual plant, annual. It is commonly overlooked due to its size, and delicate form. It is between tall, and dichotomously branched, (meaning dividing at axils into 2 branches), repeatedly subdivided, or forked. The hairless, stems are very slender, threadlike, about 0.5 mm in diameter. They are often purple-flushed, or reddish. The leaves are arranged Phyllotaxis, opposite, and are obovate, or ovate to elliptic in form. They are very small, only long and dull green or slightly glau ...
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John Hill (botanist)
Sir John Hill was an English composer, actor, author and botanist. He contributed to contemporary periodicals and engaged in literary battles with poets, playwrights and scientists. He is remembered for his illustrated botanical compendium ''The Vegetable System'', one of the first works to use the nomenclature of Carl Linnaeus. In recognition of his efforts, he was created a knight of the Order of Vasa in 1774 by Gustav III of Sweden and thereafter called himself Sir John Hill. Biography He was the son of the Rev. Theophilus Hill and is said to have been born in Peterborough. He was apprenticed to an apothecary and on the completion of his apprenticeship he set up in a small shop in St Martin's Lane, Westminster. He also travelled over the country in search of rare herbs, with a view to publishing a '' hortus siccus'', but the plan failed. He obtained the degree of M.D. from the University of St. Andrews at a time when its fortunes were at a low ebb, and practised as a quac ...
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