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DICOTYLEDONS 



patre: Mai Kuvalam; Tmn. Vilvam), the tree Zanthoxylum 

 Rhetsa {Kan. Jimmi, Kavate; Mai Cuvitti), and Murraya K(euiyii 

 (Kan. Karibevu). 



Allied Families. 



There are various plants belonging to allied famiUes which cannot 

 be fully described here, but deserve a passing notice. 



To the Lineoi belongs the common Flax Plant [Linum usitatissi- 

 mum; Kan. Atasi; Tarn. Aliviral; Sail. Atasi). This is cultivated 



Fijr. 18.— Common Flax {Linum nsitalissiiuntn). 

 a. Flower-bud. b. Flower, c. Stamens and pistil. (/. Ril)e capsulo. 



throughout India for the oil contained in its seeds (Linseed oil), and 

 also for tlie fibres of its stem. The slender stems bear alternate, small 

 leaves and pretty blue flowers, collected at the ends of the branches 

 <fig. 18). The flowers are composed of each five sepals, petals, stamens 



