134 LINEA. e Linum. 
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ORDER XLIL—LINE/E. DC. 
Sepals 4—5, persistent: sstivation imbricated. Petals hypogynous, 
4—5, unguiculate, caducous : ewstivation twisted. Stamens hypogynous, 
distinet, as many as the petals, and alternate with them (with interme- 
diate teeth or abortive stamens), arising from an annular torus : anthers 
ovate, erect. Ovarium with as many (rarely fewer) cells as stamens: 
styles 3—5, distinct or more or less combined : stigmas capitate or sim- 
ple. Capsule generally pointed with the hardened base of the styles, 
plurilocular; each cell spuriously bilocular, and opening by two valves 
at the apex. Seeds solitary in each spurious cell, compressed, pendu- 
lous. Albumen thin, fleshy. Embryo straight : radicle next the hilum : 
cotyledons flat.—Leaves entire, alternate, without stipules, sometimes 
with two glands at the base. Flowers terminal. 
I. LINUM. Linn. ; Gertn. fr. t. 1025 Lam, ill. t. 219. 
b ow 5, distinct, entire, quite entire or serrated. Petals 5. Stamens 5- 
Styles 3—5, distinct from the base, or combined to the middle or apex. 
439. (1) L. Mysorense (Heyne :) glabrous, erect: leaves alternate, oblong; 
bluntish, tapering to the base : flowers panieulately corymbose : sepals ovate, 
somewhat acute, with rather ciliated margins : petals (yellow) scarcely longer 
than the calyx: styles connate at the base : stigmas globose: capsule acutely 
mucronate.— Benth. in Bot. Reg. under t. 1326; G. Don in Mill. dict. l.. 
p. 451 ; Wall.! L. n. 1507 ; Wight ! cat. n. 164.—— Mysore. Neelgherries. 
440. (2) L. trigynum (Roxb. :) shrubby, glabrous: leaves alternate, ellipti- 
cal, pointed at both ends, feather-nerved, minutely serrulated : flowers ( 
and yellow) solitary, peduncled, the peduncles bracteated at the base: sep 
lanceolate: petals obovate, emarginate, with two small toothlets at the 
of the claws: styles 3, distinct: capsule globular, obtuse —Rowb.! ft. I 
2. p. 110; in E. L C. mus. t. 1048 ; Sim's Bot. Mag. t.1100; DC. prod. 1, 
p. 425 (partly) ; Spr. syst. 1. p. 965 ; G. Don in Mill. dict. 1. p. 452; Wall. 
L. n. 1505, e-g ; Wight! cat. n. 974. ` 
_ We believe that this is only known in a state of cultivation ; but we think 
it probable that it is a native of the mountains of the Peninsula only, and 
e a aoe and Nepal plant is L. repens, Don (L. trigynum, Sm. Exot. 
bs be fs 
441. (3) L. usitatissimum (Linn. :) annual, erect, glabrous: leaves lanceo- . 
late or linear, acute: panicle corymbose : sepals ovate, acute or mucronate, 
with scarious or membranaceous margins, 3-nerved: petals (blue) slightly 
erenated, three times larger than the ealyx.— DC. prod. 1. p. 426 ; Spr. syst. l- 
p. 961 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 110; Wall.! L. n. 1504 ; Wight ! cat. n. 164, bis 
Neelgherries. 
ORDER XLIIL—BALSAMINE/E. Rich. 
Sepals 5, deciduous, the two inner (or upper) usually connate, the 
lowest spurred or gibbous: æstivation imbricative. Petals hypogynous 
usually 4 (5, but the fifth or posterior one abortive), and united by 
pairs; rarely 5 andi distinct. Stamens 5, hypogynous : filaments subu- 
