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PENTAKDRIA PENTAGTNIA. 



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LINUM. 





P, 



'tala 



Capsula 5-val 



Calyx 5 leaved 



Pe 



tals 



locular 



Sem 



Capsule a valve d 



r 



litaria. 



1. VfRGINIANUM. 



L. foliolis calycinii 

 cutis ; panicula term 



celled. Seeds solita 



X 



a 



Leaves of the calv 



nis ; 



latis. 



emote alter- 



cute ; p 



foliis 

 spar 



fl 



terminal 

 i remote- 



j 



3 



radicalihus 



ovatis. Pursh, l. p 



alternate ; leaves li- 

 near lanceolate, those 



the root 



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Walt. p. 117. Mich. 2. p. 36. 



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Annual. Stem 2—3 feet high, simple near tlie base, much divided at 



the suniinit, Leav 



Flowers form- 



ang racemes along tl^e branches. Corolla yellow, small. Capsule 



pearly globose. 



Grows in light soils. 

 Flowers May — June. 



DROSERA. 



Calyx S'fidas. Petala 

 Capsula l-locularis, 



B, 



apice ^-valvis. !Semina 

 I)luiima. 



1. RuTUNDIFOLlA. 



D. scapis simpiicibus ; 

 foliis orbiculatis, basi at- 

 tenuatis ,• petiolis elonga- 

 tis, pilosis. Pursh, i. p. 

 SIO. 



Calyx 5 cleft. Petals 

 5. Capsule 1 celled, at 

 the summit 5 valved. 

 ^^^^5 numerous. 



Scapes simple ; leaves 

 orbicular, taperuig 



at 



base 



hairy. 



J 



petioles 



lono- 



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Sp. pi. 1. p. 1543. Walt. p. lis. Mich. 1. p. I86. 



Annual. Stem 0. Leaves all radical, Ijing flat on the ground 

 and fornung a circle about an inch and an hall in diameter, obovate, 

 wedge shaped, rounded at the summit, tinged with a rufous colour, 

 covered with stiff rufous hairs, each of which exudes from its point a 

 drop of iluid, which bjits viscidity detains and destroys small insects. 



This fluid never appears to fall fro» the hairs, but is secreted Bearl/ 



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