68 LINACEAE. 



lower lip, the 2 lobes broadly rounded, the lower lip with 3 small lobes. 

 Corolla variously colored or white, often conspicuous: blades of the wings and 

 keel-petals narrow, those of the latter with a prominent upcurved auricle at 

 the base. Pod broad. 



1. C. lineata (Thunb.) DC. Leaflets 4-10 cm. long; blades leathery, sub- 

 orbicular to oval or obovate: calyx sparingly pubescent; lower lobes obtuse: 

 corolla pink or rose-purple: pods 10-12 cm. long. [C. obtusifolia (Lam.) 

 DC] — Coastal sand-dunes and sandy shores, U. S. keys, U. keys, L. keys, L. S. 

 keys.— [E. K.] — {Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



22. VICLA. [Tourn.] L. Trailing or climbing herbs. Leaflets few or 

 many: blades entire, or toothed at the apex. Racemes few-many-flowered, 

 usually 1-sided. Calyx more or less 2-lipped: lobes of the lower lip usually 

 longer than those of the upper. Corolla variously colored or white: blades of 

 the wings more prominenty auricled than those of the keel-petals. Filaments 

 united to near the tips. Style with a tuft of hairs at the apex, or pubescent 

 on the side opposite the keel. Pods relatively flat. 



1. V. acutifolia Ell. Leaflets 2-6, usually 4; blades linear to linear-oblong, 

 acute or mueronate: calyx-lobes triangular, the lower one longer than the 

 lateral ones: standard 8-9 mm. long: keel about 6 mm. long: pods 2.8-3 cm. 

 long. — Lime-sinks, L. keys. — [E. K.] — Vetch. 



Order GERANIALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate or opposite : blades simple 

 or compound. Flowers perfect, monoecious, or dioecious, mostly regular. 

 Calyx of distinct sepals. Corolla of distinct or nearly distinct petals, or 

 rarely wanting. Androecium of as many stamens as there are sepals or 

 twice as many, or rarely more. Gynoecium of 2 or several united carpels. 

 Ovary superior. Fruit various. 



Plants destitute of secreting glands or cells in the tissues. 

 Sepals without dorsal glands. 



Styles distinct, or partly united, the tips and the stigmas distinct. 



Leaves simple : stamens 5. Fam. 1. Likaceae. 



Leaves compound : stamens 10-15. Fam. 2. Oxalidaceae. 



Styles and stigmas permanently united. Fam. 3. Zygopiiyllaceae. 



Sepals bearing 1 or 2 dorsal glands. Fam. 4. MALriGHiACEAE. 



Plants with secreting glands, these often in the leaves, or 

 only in the bark. 

 Filaments distinct, nearly or quite to the base. 



Leaf-blades punctate by oil-glands. Fam. 5. Kutai'eae. 



Leaf-bladea not punctate. * 



Gynoecium of distinct carpels. Fam. G. Sorianaceae. 



Gynoecium of more or less united carpels. 



I'>itler-l)urked shrubs or trees with oil-sacs 



in the b.irk. Fam. 7. Simaroi'baceae. 



Reslniferoua shrubs or trees. Fam. 8. Biisseuaceae. 



Filaments united into a cup or tube, wholly or in 



part. Fam. 9. Meliaceae. 



Family 1. LINACEAE. Flax Family. 



Herbs or woody plants. Leaves alternate or opposite: blades simple. 

 Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx of 4^G deciduous or persistent sepals. 

 Corolla of 4—6 ephemeral petals. Receptacle glandular. Androecium of 4-6 

 stamens, often with staminodia : lilaments united at the base. Gynoecium 



