52 TILIACE.E. [Radiola. 



3. L. angustifolium, Huds. Narrow-leaved pale Flax. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved ; calycine leaves elliptical, 

 3-ribbed mucronate as well as the capsule. Br. Fl. 1. p. 147. 

 E. Fl. v. W.p. 119. E. Bot. t. 381. 



Sandy fields and gravelly places. Fields above Dundrum, on Kil- 

 liney Hill, and in the Phcenix Park, near Chapelizod, &c. Fl. July. 

 71. — All the three species of this division have a great similarity in 

 their habit. The best characters, as Sir James E. Smith remarks, are 

 taken from the calyx. In the present the petals are of a paler blue 

 than in the preceding species, and smaller in proportion to the size of 

 the calyx. 



* sjt Leaves opposite. 



4. L. catharticum, Linn. Purging Flax. Leaves opposite, 

 oblong; stem dichotomous above; petals acute. Br. Fl. I. p. 

 148. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 119. E. Bot. t. 382. 



Dry pastures, common. Fl. June, July. Q.—Stem slender, upright, 

 two to six inches high. Flowers gracefully drooping before expansion, 

 white, small. 



2. Radiola. Gmel. Flax-seed. 



Calyx of 4 sepals, united to their middle, and mostly 3-cleft. 

 Petals 4. Capsules of eight cells and eight valves. — " Name 

 from radius, a ray, I presume in consequence of the ray-like 

 segments of the calyx." Hook. Tetrandria. Tetragynia. 



1. R. millegrana, Sm. Thyme-leaved Flax-seed. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 79. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 243. E. Bot. t. 890.— R. linoides, Gmel. 

 — De Cand. — Linum Radiola, Linn. 



Moist, gravelly, and boggy soils. Plentiful about Ballylickey, near 

 Bautry, and near Bandon. It has also been observed to grow in the 

 Rosses, small islands on the coast on Donegal ; Mr. E. Murphy. 

 County of Clare ; Mr. Andrews. County of Derry ; Mr. D. 

 Moore. Fl. July, Aug. ©. 



Ord. 15. TILIACE/E. Juss. Linden Family. 



Sepals 4 — 5, with a valvate ssstivation, without bracteas. 

 Petals 4 — 5, alternate with the sepals, entire, with a little hol- 

 low at the base. Stamens distinct, generally indefinite : anthers 

 oval or roundish, 2-celled, opening longitudinally. Glands on 

 the stalk of the ovary, as many as there are petals, and opposite 

 to them. Ovary 1, composed of 4 — 10 combined carpels: 

 styles as many, united into one : stigmas often free. Capsule 

 of several cells. Seeds numerous. Albumen fleshy. Embryo 



