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very long, stigmas thick oblong capsule 5 locu* 

 lar. — Another G. of the family Linidia besides 

 those of my fl. tellur. Habit similar, but the 

 inequality of calix is very striking and generic. 

 The name means not true Jlax, and several sp. 

 of it are perhaps blended in Linum. 



900. Nezera caunea Raf. stem terete vir- 

 gate branched, leaves linear acute patent crow- 

 ded, margin smooth, upper subulate distant, 

 flowers racemose few, peduncles equal to flow- 

 ers, caHx segments ovate acute, 2 larger round 

 retuse, petals flabellate — in Florida, bipedal, 

 leaves semi uncial acute at both ends, some- 

 times imbricate on sterile branches; racemes 

 terminal simple sub-5flore, flowers large of a 

 real flesh color or nankin, not incarnate. The 

 segments of calix are very singular, two are dif- 

 ferent larger rounded enerve retuse marginate 

 of white, the petal<s are truly flabellate shaped 

 like a fan. 



901. Nezera ALBiFLORA Raf. Linum striatum 

 Walter in Coll. herb, stem virgate simple, sub- 

 angular, leaves linear acuminate adpressed, 

 marii;in rough, upper subulate, flowers subco- 

 rymbose few, peduncles equal to calix, seg- 

 ments ovate acuminate uninerve, petals obo- 

 vate — Hills of Georgia and Carolina, pedal 

 slender, leaves smaller and not so crowded as 

 in the last, flowers with 3 corymbose branches 

 bearing 2 or 3 flowers, the lateral on short pe- 

 duncles, calix with unequal segments but of 

 uniform shape, petals white smaller than in last 

 and narrower obtuse not flabellate. Stem not 

 striate as it ought to be in L. striatum of Wal- 

 ter omitted .by all our botanists. — I find in a col- 

 lection of plants made in Texas by Drununond, 

 (and sent me by Torrey without names, altho' 



