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rOl'ULAK FLORA. 



1. A>iEiucAX LixnEN or Bassavood. Leaves green, smooth, or in some varieties downy underneath; 



a uetal-like body iu the middle of each of the 5 clusters of stamens. T. Aiiu-rkuna. 



2. European Linden. Leaves smooth or nearly so; stamens hardly in clusters, no petal-like bodies 



with them. Cultivated iu cities, &c. as a shade-tree. T. Euro2Ma. 



19. CAMELLIA FAMILY. Order CAMELLIACEiE. 



Shrubs or small trees, ■\vitli alternate and simple leaves, not dotted ; large and showy 

 flowers, with a persistent calyx of 5 overlapping sepals, and very many stamens, their fila- 

 ments united at the bottom with each other and with the base of the petals. Anthers 

 2-celled. Fruit a woody pod of 3 to G cells, containing few large seeds. To this belongs 

 the grateful Tea-plant of China, and the 



Oi mcll'ia .In I ion ! en. 

 Gordinda Lusiunlhus. 



Camellia, of our green-houses, 



Loblolly-Bay, of swamps in the Southern States, 



20. ORANGE FAMILY. Order AURANTIACE^. 



Like the last, this family hardly claims a place here, being only house-plants, except far 

 south. Known by having 20 or more stamens in one row around a single pistil, and the leaves 

 having a joint between the blade and the winged or margined footstalk : they (and the fra- 

 grant petals) are i)unctate with transparent dots, looking like holes when held between the 

 eye and the light, which are little reservoii-s of fragrant oil. Fruit a berry with a thick rind. 

 Orange Citrus Aurdntium. 



Lemon Citrus Limbnium. 



21. FLAX FAMILY. Order LINAGES. 



Herbs with tough fibres in the inner bark, simple leaves, and oily seeds with a mucilagi- 

 nous coat ; consisting only of the Flax genus, which is known by the following marks : — 



328. Common Flax. 



329. Half of a flower, enlarged. 



330. Pod, cut across. 



Flax. L'lnum. 

 Sepals 5, overlapping, persistent. Petals 5, on the receptacle. Stamens 5, united with each other 

 at the bottom. Styles 5. Pod 10-ceIled and splitting when ripe into 10 pieces with one seed in each. 

 Flowers opening only for one day. 



