PI. ex. thai. 71. LINEiE. 395. Linum. 641 



Sandy and chalky pastures ; perennial ; July. 



Twigs panicled ; leaves 3 to 5-ribbed : petals sometimes 

 notched, sometimes not, light purple ; stamens short ; stig- 

 mata rather clublike. 



b. Chamselinum. Flowers white ; leaves opposite; petals 5; 

 stamens 5. 



4f. Linum catharticum. Purging Jiax. 



Stem forked, above ; leaves opposite, reverse ovate, lan- 

 ceolate ; sepales serrated ; petals acute. 



Linum sylvestre catharticum, Raii Syn. 362, fi ; Ger. em, 560, 5, 

 Chamaalinum Clusii flore albo, sive Linum sylvestre catliarticum. Park, 

 1336. 



Linum catharticdm, Lin. S. P. 401. 



Mill-mounfain. 



Stem upright, simple at bottom ; Jlowers drooping before 

 expansion; sepales 1-ribbed, serrated; stigmata headed. — 

 Dried plant infused in wine purgative, useful in rheu- 

 matism. 



c. Radiola. Flowers white ; leaves opposite ; petals 4 ; 

 stainens 4; styles 4. 



5. Linum millegranum. Thousand-seeded flax. 



Stem very much forked; leaves ovate; petals reverse- 

 ovate; sepales 5-lobed. 



Radinia vulgaris serpyllifolia, Raii Syn. 345. 



Millcgrana minima, Ger. em. 669, 2. < 



Millegrana minima, sea Herniaria minor, Park. 447, 



Linum Radiola, Lin. S. P. 402. 



Radiola linoides, Gmel. Sy.st. Nat. 2, 269. 



Radiola millegrana. Smith Fl. Brit. 202. 



All-seed. Swarf all-seed. Least rupture-wort. 



Inundations on sand ; annual ; July and August. 



Stem corymbose, 2 inches high ; Jlowers solitary, from 

 the forks of the stem ; calyx i-cut ; stamens equal ; stigmata 

 headed. 



Fam.VII. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE, Jussieu. 



Calyx persisting, 4 or 5-toothed, or 4 or 5-sepaled ; petals 

 4 or 5, hypogynous, clawed, alternating with the calyx- 

 lobes ; stamens twice as many as the petals, rarely equal in 

 number and alternating with them ; ovary simple, some- 

 times rather stipitated; styles many; capsules i or many- 

 celled, many-valved, opening at the tip ; seeds fixed to the 

 bottom of the capsule, or to a central placentariuin ; peri- 



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