282 XXIII. TILIACE.E. [Elaocarjius. 



brous, except the young shoots, slightly silky-hairy. Leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or scarcely acuminate, 4 to 6 in. long, 

 crenulate, narrowed at the base, scarcely coriaceous, the smaller veins not 

 prominent. Flowers large, in short dense racemes. Sepals fully \ in,, in- 

 cluding their long subulate points. Petals longer, divided into about 5 

 deeply fringed lobes, silky-pubescent on the margin towards the base. Sta- 

 mens very numerous ; anthers linear, the upper valve pointed and ending m 

 1 or 2. short, fine setae. Ovary silky-tomentose (5-celled?), with about 4 

 ovules in each cell. Drupe (which I have not seen) globular,'} in. dia^ 

 meter. 



Queensland. Pine river, Herb. F, Mueller, The large flowers, puLescent petals, and 

 pointed anthcrSj refer this species to the section Monocera, usually considered as a distinct 

 geuuSj but the group is neither natural nor accurately defined. 



Ordeu XXTV. LINE^. 



"Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, rarely 4, free or united at the 

 base, imbricate or rarely almost valvate. Petals as many, hypogynous or 

 rarely slightly perigynous, imbricate, usually contorted. Stamens as many as 

 petals or twice or rarely thrice as many, united into a ring or short tube at 

 the base ; anthers 2-celled, with parallel cells opening longitudinally. Glands 

 5, adnate to or embedded in the outside of the staminal tube or rarely w\anting. 

 Disk none (besides the .staminal tube). Ovary free, entire, 3- to 5-celled. 

 Ovules 2 or rarely 1 in each cell, pendulous 



Styles 3 to 5, distinct or more or less united 



s, anatropous, with a ventral raphe, 

 ited, with terminal usually capitate 



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stigmas. Pruit either a capsule, separating into cocci, usually dehiscent, or a 

 drupe, with as many pyrenes as carpels, or more frecjuently reduced by abor- 



tion to 1. Seeds 1 or 2 in each 

 most coriaceous ; albumen 



:!ach coccus or pyrene ; testa membranous or^ al- 



fleshy, abundant or thin or entirely wantnig. 



Embryo usually straight, with flat, ovate cotyledons; radicle superior. 

 Herbs, shrubs, or rarely trees, glabrous or rarely hirsute or tomentose. 

 Leaves alternate or very rarely opposite, simple and entire or slightly serrate. 

 Stipules lateral or within the petiole, sometimes minute or wanting. 



An Order, formerly almost limited to the genus Linum, tut lately extended to include 

 several small Orders or genera, cliiefly tropical, from both the New and the Old World. 

 The two AtLstralian genera are the only two large ones, both of them widely dispersed, one 

 cliiefly in temperate regions, the other wltliiii the tropics. 



Herbs. Petals without appendages. Capsule apparently 10-cclled, 



with 1 seed in each cell 1. LiNUM. 



Slirubs or trees. Petals with an appendage at the base of the lamina' 



Drupe 1-sceded 2. Erythroxi'LON. 



LINUM 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, contorted, without appendages. Stamens 5, perfect; 

 staminoclia as many, alternating with the stamens, minute, tooth-like or hair- 

 like, or sometimes scarcely conspicuous. Glands 5, small, scareel}' prominent 

 on the staminal tuhe, oppo:5ite the petals. Ovary 5-celled, with 2 collateral 

 ovules in each cell. Capsule dividing into 5 cocci, with 2 seeds in each 



