1(^1 LINACK^. (l-I.AX FAMILY.) 



1. STUARTIA, Cntcshy. SxrAKTTA. 



Sepals 5, rarely 6, ovate or laiKeolate. I'etals ."), rari-ly G, obovate, cronulntc. 

 Stamens nioiiadelphous below. I'oU S-ccllcd. Seeds 1 or 2 in caeh cell, crus- 

 taceous, anatropoiis, ascending. Embryo straight, nearly as long as the albu- 

 men : radicle longer than the cotyledons. — Shrubs with nieml)ranaceoiis dccid- 

 xious oblong-ovate serrulate leaves, soft-downy beneath, and large short-pedun- 

 cled lluwers solitary in their axils. (Named for John Stuart, Lord Bute.) 



1. S. Virginica, Cav. Petals 5 white (I'long); sepals ovate; .style 1; 

 stigma 5-tootlied ; pod globular, blunt ; seeds not margined. (S. Malachode'n- 

 dron, L.) — Woods, Virginia and southward. 



S. i'ENTi.GY\.\, L'ller., with cream-colored (lowers, .5 styles, and an angled 

 and pointed jwd, may be found in tiie Allegluinics of Southern Virginia. 



2. GORDONIA, Ellis. LonLOi,LY Bay. 



Sepals 5, rounded, concave. Petals .t, obovate. Stamens 5-a(lclphous, one 

 cluster adhering to the base of each petal. Style 1. Pod ovoid, 5-valved ; the 

 valves separating from the persistent axis ; cells 2 - 8-sceded. Seeds pendulous. 

 Embryo straightish, with a short radicle, and thin longitudinally plaited cotyle- 

 dons. — Shrubs or small trees, with large and showy white flowers on axillary 

 peduncles. (Dedicated by Dr. Garden to his "old master. Dr. James Gordon of 

 Aberdeen," and by Ellis to a London nurseryman of the same name.) 



1. G. Lasianthus, L. (Loblolly Bay.) Leaves coriaceous and per- 

 sistent, lanceolate-oblong, narrowed at the base, minutely serrate, smooth and 

 shining ; pod pointed ; seeds winged above. Swamps near the coast. Virginia 

 and southward. May -July. — Petals U' long. 



Ordfr 2.3. lilNACEiE. (Flax Family.) 



Herhx {rarely shruhs) icith the regular and symmetrical hyporjyrtous ^flow- 

 ers 4-6-merous throughout, strongly imbricated calyx and convolute petals, 

 the 5 stamens monadelphous at the base, and an 8-10-seeded pod, haring 

 twice as many cells as there are styles. Represented by the genus, 



1. LINUM, L. Flax. 



Sepals (persistent), petals, stamens, and styles 5, regularly alternate with each 

 other. Pod of 5 united carpels (into which it sjilits in dehiscence) and 5-cclled, 

 with 2 seeds hanging from the summit of each ; but each cell is partly or com- 

 pletely divided into two by a false partition which jjrojects from the back of the 

 carpel, thus becoming 10-celled. Seeds anatropous, mucilaginous, flattened, 

 containing a large embryo with plano-convex cotyledons. — Herbs, with a tough 

 fibrous bark, simple and sessile entire leaves (alternate or often ojipositc), with- 

 out stipules, but often with glands in their place, and with corymbose or pani- 

 cled flowers. Corolla usually ephemeral. (The classical name of the Flax.) 

 * I ndlqemns species, fjlabrotis, l°-3° high, with yellow Jloirt-rs, in .itmimer. 



1. L. Virgini^num, L. Stem erect from the base and with the corym- 

 bose sprearling or recurving branches terete and even ; leaves oblong or lanceolate. 



