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yield cordage, and from O. oppositifolia a paper is made. ED.] The bitter and resinous bark of 

 Ekcocarpus is renowned as a tonic. Their acidulous sugary fruit is eatable, and a stomachic. The kernels 

 of several species, which are elegantly marked, are made by the Indians into necklaces and bracelets. 

 \_E. 'Hindu, of New Zealand, yields an excellent dye. ED.] 



XXXIX. LINE^E. 

 3, D.C. LINAGES, Lindl.} 



Flax. 



Transverse section of 

 ovary (mag.). 



Flax. 

 Exalbuminous seed, 



entire and 

 cut vertically (mag.). 



Flax. 

 (Linum usitatissimum.) 



Flax. 

 Andrcecium and pistil (mag.). 



CALYX 5 4-raeroits, imbricate. PETALS 5-4, hypogynous, contorted. STAMENS 

 fertile, as many as the petals, with usually as many staminodes. OVARY of 54 2-ovuled 

 cells. OVULES pendulous, anatropous. STYLES 3-5, free. CAPSULE globose, septicidal. 

 SEEDS more or less albuminous, rarely exalbuminous. EMBRYO straight. 



STEM sometimes herbaceous, annual or perennial; sometimes sub- woody or 

 woody. LEAVES alternate or opposite, rarely whorled, simple, sessile, entire, 1-3 

 nerved, sometimes biglandular at the base, exstipulate (Linum, Radiola} or with 2 

 minute lateral stipules, caducous (Reinwardtia) or intra- axillary (Anisadenia). 

 FLOWERS g > regular, usually terminal, in racemes, panicles, corymbs, heads, fascicles 

 or spikes. CALYX persistent, imbricate in aestivation, of 5 entire sepals, or rarely 

 4-partite with 3-fid lobes (Radiola}. PETALS clawed, usually 5, rarely 4 (Radiola), 

 claw naked, or furnished with a sort of crest (Anisadenia, Reinwardtia), inserted on 

 the torus, contorted in sestivation, caducous. STAMENS equal and alternate with the 

 petals, sometimes accompanied by as many toothed staminodes opposite to the petals ; 

 filaments flattened-subulate, usually connate into a short cup furnished on the out- 



