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FLOKA OF JAMAH 'A 



Oxalis 



petiole. Scapes longer than the leaves, many-flowered. Pedicels -5-2 

 cm. 1. Bracteoles at base of pedicels. Sepah with 2 elongated glands at 

 the apex, 4-5 mm. 1. Corolla pink, turning violet in decay and in drying, 

 1-1-5 cm. 1. Stamens: the longer pubescent. Styles densely hairy. 

 Capsule (not seen) " oblong, many-seeded, downy " (Baker). 



Averrhoa Carambola L. & A. bilimbi L., natives of tropical Asia, are 

 sometimes cultivated. 



FAMILY XLII. LINAGES. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, usually entire. 

 Flowers perfect, regular, in racemes or in panicled or corymbose 

 cymes. Parts of the flower in 5's. Sepals imbricate. Petals 

 imbricate, generally twisted in bud, fugacious. Stamens 

 generally 5, united below, hypogynous. Staminodal glands 5, 

 on the staminal column. Ovary free, entire, 3-5-celled. Ovules 

 1 or 2 in the angle of each cell. Styles 3-5. Fruit capsular. 

 Embryo generally straight and as long as the endosperm. 



Species about 150; the herbaceous species natives chiefly of 

 the temperate regions ; the shrubby species principally in the 

 tropics ; very few in Australia. 



Fig. 50. Linum jamaicense Fawe. & Eendle. 



A , Upper portion of stem X . 



B, Diagram of flower. 



C, Bud X 7. 



D, Bud opened, with part of calyx and 



corolla removed, x 5. 



E, Capsule enlarged. 



F, Ditto cut across. 



G, Seed of L. usitatissimum L. 



(G, after Baillon.) 



