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very long, stigmas thick oblong capsule 5 locu- 

 lar. — Another G. of the family Limdia besides 

 those of my fl. tellur. Habit similar, but the 

 inequality of calix is very striking and generic. 

 The name means not true Jfax, and several sp. 

 of it are perhaps blended in Linum. 



900. Nezera caknea Raf stem terete vir- 

 gate branched, leaves linear acut^ patent crow- 

 ded, margin smooth, upper subulate distant, 

 flowers racemose few, peduncles equal to flow-, 

 ers, calix segments ovate acute, 2 larger round 

 retuse, petals flabellate — in Florida, bipedal, 

 leaves semi uncial acute at both ends, some- 

 times imbricate on sterile branches; racemes 

 terminal simple sub-.5flore, flowers large of a 

 real flesh color or nankin, not incarnate. The 

 segments of calix are very singular, two are dif- 

 ferent larger rounded enerve retuse marginate 

 of white, the petals are truly flabellate shaped 

 like a fan. 



90 1 . Nkzera albiflora Raf. Linum striatum 

 Walter in Coll. herb, stem virgate simple, sub- 

 angular, leaves linear acuminate adpressed, 

 margin rough, upper subulate, flowers subco- 

 rymbose few, peduncles equal to calix, seg- 

 ments ovate acuminate uninerve, petals obo- 

 vate — Hills of Georgia and Carolina, pedal 

 slender, leaves smaller and not so crowded as 

 in the last, flowers with 3 corymbose branches 

 bearing 2 or 3 flowers, the lateral on short pe- 

 duncles, calix with unequal segments but of 

 uniform shape, petals white smaller than in last 

 and narrower obtuse not flabellate. Stem not 

 striate as it ought to be in L. striatum of Wal- 

 ter omitted by all our botanists. — I find in a col- 

 lection of plants made in Texas by Drummond, 

 (and sent me by Torrev without names, altho' 



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