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grant, clustered flowers and fruit a woody, 

 grayish berry. 

 Til/ IA. Trees with a toug-h, fibrous, inner bark and 



soft white wood. 



T. America na. L/eaves larg-e, cordate, acuminate, 

 serrate, green, smooth, branches coarse, often 

 zig^zag-; flowers Y., small. 



T. Europae. European Ivinden, sometimes culti- 

 vated . 



Order 22. LINACEAE, Flaxes. 

 LJNUM. Flax. Slender herbs with a toug-h bark, 

 oblong-, sessile, entire, alternate or opposite 

 leaves without stipules. 



Iv, Virg-inianum. Erect, branching-; branches nearly 

 erect, recurved; flowers Y, bell-shaped, lasting- 

 but a short time; I to 3 ft. Dr}% open woods. 

 Deer Park Tp. Along- Vermillion bluffs. 



L. usitatis simum. Flowers blue, along- railways; 

 Ju. J. \% to 2^2 ft. The bark forms the flax 

 of commerce. 



Order 23. GERANIACEAE. GERANIUMS. 

 GERA NIUM. P. Plants with 10 or 5 stamens- 

 roundish, more or less lobed, hairy, leaves; fork- 

 ing- stems, showy flowers and a long-, slender, 

 pointed seed pod. 



G. macula turn. Cranesbill. Erect, leaves about 5 

 parted, the parts lobed; petals entire, Rs. ^ in. 

 long 1 . M. Ju.; 1 to 2 feet. Woods. 



G, Carolinian um, Some hairy, spreading-, leaves 

 cut into narrow seg-ments; flowers small, Rs. 

 Scattered; 6 to 12 in., M. Aug-. Dry and waste 

 lands. 



Jh. FLOERKIA. A. False Mermaid. Small plants 

 with small solitary flowers. 



F. proserpinacoides. A small plant with leaves of 



