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f2. O. cemiciddta (L.) ; s. diffuse ivith procumbent branches 

 pubescent, 1. ternate, leaflets obcordate, stipules oblong united to 

 the base of the petioles, peduncles about 2-flowered shorter than 

 the leaves, partial fruitstalks reflexed, caps, narrowly oblong-, 

 seeds transversely ribbed, root fibrous. E. B. 1726. R. v. 199. 

 Fl. yellow. L. mostly in pairs. Waste ground in Devon 

 and Cornwall. A. VI.-IX. E. 



*3. O. stric'ta (L.) ; st. erect, stipules 0, ped. 2 8-fl. longer 

 than the L, fl. cymose, fruitstalks erect, stoloniferous. Sy. E. B. 

 312. R. v. 199. Cymes close, terminal \ fl. yellow. L. in im- 

 perfect whorls. Naturalized in Cornwall, Devon. Glamorgan, 

 c. B. VII. VIII. E. 



Order XXII. LINAGES. 



Sep. 4 5 persistent, imbricate. Pet. 4 o, twisted m the 

 bud, clawed, deciduous. Stain, as many as the pet., connected 

 into an hypogynous ring with intermediate teeth (abortive 

 stamens). Ovary with about as many cells and styles as the 

 sepals, stigmas capitate. Caps, generally tipped with the 

 hardened base of the styles, with 3 5 complete and 4 5 in- 

 complete dissepiments, and no central axis. Seeds 1 in each 

 spurious cell, pendulous, with albumen, L. without stipules, 

 alternate. 



1. LINTJM. Sep. 5, entire. Pet. 5. Stam. 5. Styles 5. 

 Caps, with 10 cells and 10 valves. 



2. RADIOLA. Sep. 4, connected below, deeply trifid. Pet. 4. 

 Stam. 4. Styles 4. Caps, with 8 cells and 8 valves. 



1. LI'JSUM Linn. Flax. 

 * Leaves scattered. 



1. L. angustifolium (Huds.) ; caps, downy within, sep. elliptic 

 pointed ciliate, 1. linear-lanceolate, st. many. E. B. 381. FL 

 pale blue. St. 1 2 feet long, lax, diff use, branching irregularly. 

 Sandy and chalky places in the South. P. VII. E. I. 



[L. usitatis' simum (L.) ; caps, glabrous within, sep. ovate 

 pointed ciliate, 1. lanceolate, st. solitary. E. B. 1357. St. 26. 

 12. Fl. blue. St. 1 1 foot high. Sep. 3-veined. /3. crepi- 

 tans (Boenn.); smaller and more branched, caps, opening with 

 elasticity, seeds paler. Escaped from cultivation. A. VII. 

 Common Fiax.~\ 



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