110 MALV ACE.E. 



2. E ADI OLA (Flax- seed). 



1. E. mittegrdna (Thyme-leaved Flax-seed). The only 

 species. One of the most minute of British flowering 

 plants, never exceeding three inches in height, but 



MILLEGRANA (Thyme-leaved Flax-seed}. 



repeatedly forked, and bearing a large number of small 

 white flowers, which, as the plants generally grow many 

 together, often prevent its being overlooked. Damp 

 heaths ; not uncommon. Fl. July, August. Annual. 



ORD. XVI. MALVACEAE. THE MALLOW TRIBE. 



Sepals 5, more or less united at the base, valvate 

 in bud, often enclosed in an outer calyx; petals 

 equalling the sepals in number, twisted when in bud ; 

 stamens numerous, united by their filaments into 

 a tube ; ovary formed of several carpels united in a 

 radiate manner ; styles equal in number to the carpels, 

 either distinct or united ; capsules (in all the British 

 species) 1 -seeded, arranged in a whorl round the styles. 

 , A large and important family of herbaceous plants, 

 shrubs, and trees, with divided alternate leaves, which 



