roi'CLAU FI.oKA. 



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I. Common Fr.AX. Hoot annual; leaves lance-shnped ; flower bluo. Cultivute<l. L. mitntiMtmum. 



a. VlR(SlN'lA Flax. Root perennial ; leaves oblong or laiicc-Hhiipeil ; flowers very uninll, yt-llow. 

 Dry woods. L, Viryiniitnum. 



22. WOOD-SORREL FAMILY. Onlor oXALlDACK.i:. 



Stiifill hi'rl).s witli SDiir juici-, cDmitoiuul U'.ive.s of tliive k'liflcts, iMul tldwcrs iiciirly 

 ns ill tlu' Klax faiiiily, but with lo ^^^aIllells, a 5-celleil pod, aiul 2 or more rtceii.s iii eaili 

 cell. One genus, viz., 



Wood-Sorrel, ".ml in. 



Sepals, petals, iinil styles 5. Stamens 10; filanicnts united (nionadelphous) at the base. Pod tiiin, 

 5-lobed. LeatU'ts obcordate. Flowering in summer. 



1. Common W. One flowered scape and li-aves rising; from a scaly rootstook, hairy ; jietals larj^e, 



white with reddish veins. X. in C(dd and moist woods. O. AfctuMlla, 



2. Violet W. Several-flowered scape and leaves, from a scaly bulb ; petals vicdet. (>. riolocea, 



3. Ykli.ow W. Stems ascending, leafy ; flowers 2 to 6 on one peduncle, small, yellow, O. alricla. 





23. GERANIUM FAMILY. OnKr (iKRANTACK.K. 



Herbs or siuail sliiub.s, with scented leaves, liaving stipuU-.s, the lower ones opposite, 

 Rootsastriiij^ent. Sepals 

 5, ovcrlat)piii},'. Petal.s 

 5. Stamens 10, but part 

 of them in .some ca.ses 

 without antlier.* : tila- 

 nients commonly united 

 at the bottom. Pisiils 

 5 i^rown into one, that 

 is, all united to a lon^' \ 

 beak of the leceptaole 

 (except the 5 stigmas) ; 

 and when the fruit is 

 ripe tlie styles spli t away 

 from the beak and curl 

 lip or twist, carrying 

 \\ itli them the five , ^. 



331. Lc.if, and, W-'. Flow.Ts of Willi Oemnliini. ;«;!. Stamens .iml ]il.slil. ,^U Fniit bur»tlii(f, 

 llltle I-Seedod pods, as SXi. Soeil, 3;iti. S.mic. cut arrosa. 



yhown in Fig. 334. There are three genera, viz., Geranium or r'ramsbill ; Erodium, 

 V liich diilers in having only 5 stamens with anthers, and the fruit-bearing styles bearded 

 inside ; and Pelargonium, which has the corolla more or less irregular, generally 7 stamens 

 with anthers, &c. The latter are the House Geraniuin.s, from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 of several species and many varieties. "We describe only the wild species of true 



