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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



XXXVIl. LINACEiE. 



1. FLAX SERIES. 



The Flaxes ^ (fig. G9- 7G) liave regular liermaplirodite flowers, with 



Liiiiim usitatissimum. 



Fig. 69. Ilubit (|). 



1 Xi«Kw DiLi.EN. ex L. Goi. n. 389.— Adans. Fruet. n. U^, i- 112.— Lamk. B!ct. iii. 518 

 Fam. dcs. PI. ii. 260.— J. Gcii. 303.— G.HRTN. Suppl. iii. 441 ; III. t. 219.— DC. Frodr. i. 423. 



