1 88 Linacece. \Linum. 



long somewhat recurved bristle; ov. 2- or 3-celled, silky; 

 fr. A-|in., ovoid, smooth, glaucous ; stone thick, i -seeded. 



Montane zone from about 3000-6000 ft. ; common. Haputale ; Amba- 

 gamuwa ; Ramboda ; Hantane ; Maturata ; Atampitiya ; Hakgala, &c. 

 Fl. J an. -March and Sept.; white. 



Endemic. 



There are specimens in Mus. Brit, collected by Moon in 1819. 



The glandular pits in the leaf-axils are often very large, and even 

 perforate the leaves, but do not differ in character from the smaller ones 

 in other species. 



XXV.— LINAGES. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees ; 1. alternate, simple, with or without 

 stip. ; fl. regular, bisexual ; sep. 5, distinct or connate ; pet. 5, 

 distinct, contorted or imbricate ; stam, 5 or 10, fil. more or 

 less connate ; ov. 3- or 5-celled, with i or 2 ovules in each 

 cell, styles distinct or slightly connate; fruit a few- or i -seeded 

 capsule or drupe ; seed with a flat embryo and scanty endo- 

 sperm. 



Annual herb. Pet. contorted . . . .1. LiNUM. 



Climbing shrubs. Pet. contorted . . . .2. HUGONIA. 

 Shrubs or trees. Pet. imbricate {Eryihroxylea;) . 3. Erythroxylon. 



Linuni is a montane plant, and Erythroxylon obtusifoliuDi and E. 

 lanceolatum also occur in the lower hills ; the rest are low-country plants. 



I. Z.ZNUOI, L. 



Herbs ; sep. 5, distinct ; pet. 5, distinct, contorted ; stam. 5, 

 connate below ; ov. 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, 

 styles 5 ; fruit a 5-celled capsule, splitting septicidally and 

 again loculicidally ; seeds with a straight, flat embryo, in 

 scanty endosperm. — Sp. 80 ; 4 in Fl. B. Iiid. 



Ii. mysorense, Hcync in Wall. Cat. n. 1507 (1S2S). 

 Thw. Enum. 25. C. P. 3127. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 411. 



An annual herb, 1-2 ft., stem slender, erect, glabrous, 

 striate, much branched corymbosely above ; 1. 'I in., becoming 

 smaller upward, sessile, linear-strap-shaped, tapering to base, 

 acute, glabrous, 3-veined ; fl. ^ in. diam., numerous, on short 

 curved ped., solitary, leaf- opposed, collectively forming a 

 corymbose, terminal panicle made up of unilateral cymes ; 



