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Duowo 



than thet 



Annual or perennial ) 

 • '" "herb, apple, entire, without 



verj fugitive, white, yellow, red, or blue, 

 with on imbri 

 «itli the |m luncle, persist- nt ual in nui 



'" fi bypogyn liculate, with a tv 



J in nun 

 and alternate with ! at the base in a I 



from which proe< i .1 little v i th op] 

 the petals, indicating abortive stamens; anthi 

 . innate. Ovary with about as many 



m fewer ; Btyles equal in number to tl 

 - capital : 

 Capsule generally pointed with the indurated l,a 

 the styles, many-celled ; each w 11 comj 

 tialh divided in two by an imperfect spurii i 

 "" " from the dorsal Butur 



two 



l '" ln : : albumen 0, or in very - 



!it . v : cti . with tl 



ting towards the hilum ; flat. 



It is remarked by De Candolle that this Order is 

 mtcrmediate, as it were, between Cloveworts, Mi 

 worts,an 1 Cranesbilla \ . . St Hilaire considi 

 • mere section of the 1. a which however it is i 



|>ulatc leaves, and unbeak. .1 fruit li^ i. ait) is with « I 



is little to divide it except the peculiai • its carpels, « 



[.iinoiits are however? rdinal importance, its ami 



wrj small quantity of albumen found in the Itisnol without i 



rappers, ol which 1 fonnerly - - that Flaxworte might !■ an 



ndrous form. 



Europe and the North of Africa an the principal stationsof tl 



nowcvc r, scatt. red moi-e or I ver most parts of the globe. - 



go™ ud South America, 2 onlj are found in India, 1 in New /. 



Holland ; for the L. angustifolium mention d i j De Candi 

 tan from that country, had probably, ash. 

 it is stated by Kichard-ou that the most northern limit 

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oacityof their fibre, and the mucilage of their diup 

 • •I H.ixworts, which are also usually ten 

 -■ Hie leaves oi I. catharticum are purgative. Limn 

 '» Peru bitter and aperient The meal of ti 



["he infusion is demulcent and emoUi< 



urite application to burns. The b 

 BMled 1 lax is obtained from that plant, and forms the most beautiful 



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I.imiin, I. inn. 



trtolimtm, Reich. 



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