TETRANDRIA— TETRAGYNIA. Radiola. 243 



Small, herbaceous. Stem repeatedly forked. Leaves oppo- 

 site, entire. Fl. from the forks and summits of the stem, 

 stalked. We know but one species, referred by Linnaeus 

 to Liiium, from which it differs in structure, as well as in 

 number and habit. 



1. R. millegrana. Thyme-leaved Flax-seed. 



R. millegrana. FL Br. 202. Engl. hot. v. 13. t. 893. Hook. Scot. 60. 



R. linoides. GmeL Syst. v. 2. 289. 



R. vulgaris serpyllifolia. Dill, in Raii Syn. 345. t. 15./. 3. Jacob 



Faversh. 92. 

 Linum Radiola. Linn. Sp. PL 402. Syst. NaL ed. 12. v. 2. 225. 



Willd. V. 1. 1542. Huds. 134. Dicks. H. Sice. fasc. 10. 7. Fl. 



Dan. t.l7S. 

 L. n. 840. Hall. Hist v. 1.374. 

 Linocarpum serpylli folio/ multicaule et multiflorum. " Mich. Gen. 



23. ^.21. 

 Millegrana minima. Raii Syn. ed. 2. 207. Ger. Em. 569. f. 

 Chamselinum vulgare, Faill. Par. 33, t. 4./. 6. 



In wet sandy ground. 



Annual. July, August. 



Root fibrous, small. Herbsmooth. Stem 1 — 2 inches high, erect, 

 repeatedly forked, leafy, many-flowered, moderately spreading, 

 and somewhat corymbose. Leaves sessile, small, ovate, 3 -ribbed. 

 Fl. stalked, solitaiy, from the forks of the stem, as well as its 

 ultimate branches, white, very minute. Caps, light brown, ra- 

 ther depressed. 



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