1 82 Linaceae 



yellowish or creamy-white J-f of an inch 

 long, 5-10 on peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves. 



On shaded river banks and hillsides at 

 the lower altitudes throughout the Rockies ; 

 flowering during June. 



LINAGES 

 Flax Family 



Herbs with perfect regular nearly sym- 

 metrical flowers; sepals 5, persistent; petals 

 5 and alternate with the sepals; stamens 5 

 opposite the sepals. 



Perennial from a woody root, 



1-2 feet high, densely tufted, 

 Lewisii 



Pursh. smooth, glaucous. Leaves 



Lewis's crowded, oblong or linear, J-iJ 



Wild Flax. j nc hes long, acute or acutish, 

 3-5 nerved. Flowers bright blue, i-ij 

 inches broad; petals 5, soon falling; sepals 

 5, oval, mainly obtuse, | or \ the length 





