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LINACEÆ. 
LINUM, L. J. 
338. LINUM MONOGYNUM, Forster, Prodr., n. 145. 
L. caule basi suffruticoso ; foliis sparsis, lanceolatis, 
3-nerviis, integris., glabris ; ‘stylo simplici. Nob. 
Crescit in Novæ-Zeelandiæ loco dicto Advre de 
l'Astrolabe. Vulgè ab incolis Vao SHMREE 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauris basi suffruticosus , orgyalis, erectus , ra- 
mosus, teres. Rami virgati, foliosi, virescentes , Dar 
teretes, versüs apicem subtetragoni. 
FoLia sparsa sessilia , approximata, lineari-lanceo- 
lata , acuta , glabra, trinervia. 
FLonss albi, in paniculam paucifloram dispositi, pe- 
dunculati ; pedicelli tenues, uniflori , erecto-patentes. 
Cazyx 5-sepalus regularis; sepalis ovali-lanceola- 
tis, acutissimis, erectis, concavis , integris, margine 
nn 
CoroLLa 5-petala ; sal calyce triplè longioribus, 
obtusissimis, orbicularibus, basi in unguem linearem 
desinentibus. 
Sramina 5 , imâ basi monadepha her subli- 
nearibus, introrsis. 
Ovarium globosum : stylus simplex staminibus 
