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5—10 ong, pale- or light-yellow: capsule 7-12 mm. long.—Woods, fields, 
and hill. nes Coastal Plain and rarely adj. provinces, Fla. to Mo. and N. Y.— 
pr.-sum. 
8. X. macrantha eee Small. Plant bright-green: stem usually solitary 
at the nodes of t 1 Y rootstock: leaves scarcely clustered: blades of the 
leaflets mostly 7— pes wide, pubescent: sepals broadly d od iar a 
lanceolate: pa 10-20 i mm. long, deep-yellow: capsule stout, 10—1 . long. 
—Open woods and banks, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss., Tenn., "i Ga. Spr 
fall. 
. X. colorea Small. Plant brown or reddish-brown: stem 1-2 dm. tall: 
leaflets 4-11 mm. wide: cymes umbel-like, the Le scarcely oo the 
leaves: sepals 3-4 mm. long, ciliate mainly a t the apex: petals 8-11 mm. long, 
light-yellow: capsule 9-12 mm. long.—Woods, Coastal Plain, Ga. to Miss. and 
N. C.—Spr.-sum. 
10. X. recurva (Ell.) Smal. Plant deep-green: stem 1-3.5 dm. tall, villous: 
leaf-blades 6-11 mm. wide: cymes umbel-like, the peduncles much S 
the leaves: sepals 4-5.5 mm pe ciliate all around: petals 11-15 mm. lon 
golden-yellow: capsule 11- 13 long.—Dry sd. and rocky soil, "Coastal 
Plain and rarely adj. provinces, "Fla. to Miss., Mo., and N. C.— 
11. X. Priceae Small Plant deep-green: stem slender, 1-2 dm. tall, loosely 
s sparingly m escent: leaflets 8-13 mm. wide: cymes umbel- like: sepals 
t 7 m ong: petals pubescent: e Ue. 14—17 mm. long.—Woods and 
Ade Interior low Plateaus, Ala. to Ky.—Sum.—fall. 
X. hirsuticaulis ue Ee d -green: stem stout, 1—2 rud bar vil- 
us hirsute: leaflets 8—17 wide: cymes umbel-like: sepals ng: 
petals glabrous: apna 10- “12 n mm a 6-39 oods, Piedmont to ecu s 
Plateaus, Ga. and Tenn.—Spr.-s 
13. X. cymosa Small Plant mud green: stem 2-11 dm. tall, loosely pubes- 
cent: der. 10-27 mm. wide: s dichotomous: sepals 3-4 mm. long: petals 
7—10 long, deep yellow: flam ents glabrous: MUN slender —Thickets, 
cult. grounds, and waste-places, various provinces; Fla. to Tex., Nebr., and Ont. 
—Sum 
14. X. grandis Small. Plant deep-green: stem 3-12 dm. a sparingly 
loosely pubescent: leaflets 25-40 mm. wide: cymes dichotomous: sepals 4.5—-6 
mm. long: petals 13-18 mm. long, deep -yellow: longer filaments ciliate: capsule 
stout.—Shaded banks, various provinces N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Ala., Ind., 
and Pa.—Sum.-fall. 
FawrLY 3. LINACEAE—Ftax FAMILY | 
Herbs or woody plants, the sap bland. Leaves alternate or opposite: 
blades simple. Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx of 4-6 deciduous or per- 
sistent sepals. Corolla of 4—6 ephemeral petals. Receptacle glandular. 
Androecium of 4-6 stamens, often with staminodia: filaments united at the 
base. Gynoecium of 2-5 partially united carpels, the styles wholly or p 
tially distinct. Fruit eapsular.—About 14 genera and 160 species, widely 
distributed. 
Stigmas introrse and more or less elongate; sepals glandless. 1. LINUM. 
Stigmas terminal and capitate: sepals, at least the inner ones, 
with marginal glands. 2. CATHARTOLINUM. 
