Lirntm. LINAtK.K. 345 



•i— Annual: 8ti;^mas eloiij^tcil : HpocieH iiitnMlucod thMU(;li rultivati»n. 

 L. L-siTAifssiMt M, L. C(»nnil«)Sfl_v lirumlifd iil»<)VL<. luxN-ly loafv li-av. M^-rv 



acute, 3-nervf(l, llie lar^^cr an inrli or two lonj?: wpalit l»r<Hull\ cnat<',niiii . rioV 



srarions iiuirginiMl and filiate, ]ir<Jininently .'J-niTved, ilie lHt«Ti»l m-rvt-i. • . •. j • lab 



about 5 lines lon^: f<ti]u;nnm sulRlavale. alM.ut an lonj; w the ntylfn : ca|»uli) l>n«iliy uvuid* 

 conical, about :i lines lonf,', a little suriiiL>*«injj iho calyx, marly indehwfonl, ilw iJ-pu not 

 ciliate. — Spec. i. 277; Torn. & Gray, Kl. i. I'm ; Heichenb. Ic. Fl. (ierui. \i. t. 329. f il55; 

 rianch. 1. c. vii. 1G5; Hoiss. Fl. Or. i. 800; Treleajic, 1. c. 12. — AIomr niilpjadx, aI-miI flax- 

 mills, in fieliis, etc., at various jMjints throughout the country. (IntnMl. from <»1<| World.) 



L. iii^TMiLK, Mill. Similar to and commonly confounded with the loMt, but mootlv luwer: 

 capsule 3 to 4 lines long, nearly twice as long as tlie calyx, more deeply dehii«ci-nt, with cili- 

 ate septa. — Diet. ed. 8, no. 2 ; I'lanch. 1. c. ; Hoi.ss. F"l. < »r. i. H(i\ ; Trele^we, 1. c. /,. uMita- 

 tissiinuin, /3 rn/iit(ins, Schiib. & Martens, Fl. Wnrlcinb. 211. — lu similar liiluatioDS to tho 

 last, cast of tiie Mississippi River. (IntnMl. from Old World.) 



•*— -h- I'ereunial but often llowering llie first year: stigmas little longer tlian br<iad : 

 Western. 

 L. Lewisii, Pvrsh. Mostly ce.«pitose : leaves oval to linear, sometimej" rather obtune, 3-5- 

 nerved, tiie larger over an inch long : Howers somewhat corymbed : sepals liroadly ovaU-, the 

 inner margins scarious, .sometimes crose but not ciliate, more or le.<s3-5-ke<led liolow : jM-taU 

 7 to 10 lines lung : cajisule ovoid, fri(|uently acute, 3 to 4 lines l<jng, once or twice exree<ling 

 tlie calyx, incompletely 10-celled and lO-vahed, with ciliate septa, the valves dehisi-ing widely 

 above and separating through the mealy partitions nearly to the centre liclow. — FL i. 210; 

 Barton, Fl. N. Am. i. 30, t. 8; Alefeld, Bot. Zeit. xxv 250; Trelejiw, 1. c. L. jterrnne, 

 L. Spec. i. 277, in part; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 204; Gray, Gen. III. ii. 108. t. 143, f. 9. 10; 

 Meehau, Native Fhnvers, .sor. 1, i. 117, t. 30. L. Sibirlnim, var. I^wisii, Lindl. Bot. Heg. 

 t. 1163. L. perrnne, var. Lririsii, Fat. & Wr. X. A. Bot. 302. L. flecurnns, Kellogg. I'n»c. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci. iii. 44, f. 11. L. Li/alliniiim, Alefeld. 1. c. 251. — From the Hudson Ilay n-gion 

 to Brit. Columbia, south through W^ashington and the Dakotas to California and 'i'exna. 

 # * Exstipulate or with stipular glands: })edicels mostly short : flowers small or me<lium- 

 sized, yellow : at least some of tlie sepals glandiilar-ciliate or serrulate : jKtals not npiM*n- 

 daged : fib-xmeuts without intervening .ippeiidagcs : car|>els 5; stigmas capitate: capsule 

 small (less than 3 lines long), with firm septa, the fal.<e septa sometimes membranous 

 toward the inner margin or incomplete; seeds flattened, small. — § Linnstrum. 

 •»— Sepals jiersi.-Jtent : capsule small (scarcely 2 lines l<mg), 10-valved: carin-U without car- 

 tilaginous insertions at base : more or less corymbosely or panicuhit«ly branched slender 

 glabrous plants about a foot high. 



++ Leaves and bracts entire : no stipular glands : styles distinct to base. 



= False septa nearly or quite complete, not ciliate : F^a«tern. 



a. Stem terete below, only the lowest leaves opixisite. 



L. Floridanum, Trei,e.\se. Perennial: stems several from the same n>ot, erect, simple 

 bcluw, terete and striate or tlie liranches .^lightly angled : leaves oblong or oldong lanct-olato, 

 mostly acute, 1 -nerved, the larger 10 lines long, mostly suberect : flowering bran.b.-s few. 

 ascending or recurving, sparingly leafy, with few sometimes se<'und flowers : ix>|ia1s ovato, 

 taper-pointed, keeled, the covered margins glanduliferons : petals alniut 3 linos long: cap- 

 sule ovoid, a line and a half long, eipial to or exceeding tho calyx. — Treloa<«o, 1. c. 13. L. 

 Virgininnnm, var.? Fluridnnuin, i'laiicli. 1. c. vii. 480. — S. Candiua, Santoc Caual, liartntl, 

 to Florida and Louisiana, Covington, Ihumuwntl, 96. 



Li. Virginidnum, L. Similar to the last, annual, or snckoring fr<»m tho hn^e, Icsyi cloa- 

 tered, more loosely branched, the flowering branches rocurved-spreading or corymUwc : 

 leaves sometimes bluish, often spreading: ca|»snle depres.sodglol)oso, very olttuso, a line 

 long, mo.stly shorter than the calyx. — Sj>oc. i. 279; Hill. Veg. Syst. xiv t 43, f. I ; Wah. 

 Car. 117; Kll. Sk. i. 375; Torr. &"(;ray. Fl. i. 204 ; I'bnrh. 1. c. ; Gr.iy. G.-n. Ill ii. IOH. t. 

 143, f. 1-8; Trelease, 1. c. — Canada to N. Carolina and Alabama, westwanl to Tcxa* and 

 Missouri. 



