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CENTURIA VI. 



501. LINIDIA Raf, 1815. Cal. persistent 

 3 5partitus,Petalis 3-5isarinis, stam. hypog. de- 

 finita basi sepe coalitis. stylis 1-5, stigma 3-5, ' 

 capsula multicoca multiloc. multiv. loculis val- 

 vatis monospermis — These characters of my 

 new nat. family of 1815 ought to have been the 

 characters of the G. Linum of L, instead of 

 the false ones usually given. This family is in- 

 termediate between Alsinidia and Tainarixia, 

 It contains the G. Litium, Rndiola, Schejlera, 

 Cometes, Gloc7iidio?i, and my Numisaureum, 

 Meiapinon, Mesynium. 



502. NuMisAUREUM (gold coin) cal. Spart. 

 petalis 5, stam. 5. stylis 3-41ongis, stig. capit. 

 capsula depressa 6-81oc. nonpartibilis evalvis^ 

 Frutic. foL alt* fl. auratis — Indian Genus, 3 

 types N. repens, petiolatum, acuminatum^ 



503. Numisaureum petiolatum Raf. Li- 

 num trigynum Sm. ex, hot. t. 17 Lod, 1193, 

 Curtis 1100, Ramis teretis erectis, fol, petiol, 

 ellipt. acutis serratis- fl. corymb, petalis flabell- 

 atis, stylis 3. — A fine shrub of the mts of Ceylon 

 and India, called Gul asliafi or the flower of 

 golden coin, whence my generic name. 



504. Nutnisaureum aciim,inatum, Raf. Lin 

 um 4gynum Colebrook, Fol. ellipt. obi. acum. 

 serrat. brevi petiol. fl. capit. corymb, sepalis 

 ovat. acum. stylis 4 — Shrub of Nipal. 



505. Meiapinon (least flax) Raf. Cal. 3part# 



