TETRANDRIA— TETRAGYNIA. Radiola. 243 



Small, herbaceous. Stem repeatedly forked. Leaves oppo-' 

 site, entire. Fl. from the forks and summits of the stem, 

 stalked. We know but one species, referred by Linnaeus 

 to Linum, from which it differs in structure, as ■well as in 

 number and habit. 



1. R. miUegrana. Thyine-leaved Flax-seed. 



R. millegrana. Fl. Br. 202. Ensl. Bot. v. 13. t. 893. HooIc.ScoLGO^ 



R. linoides. Gmel. Si/st. r. 2. 289. 



R. vulgaris serpyllifolia. Dill, in Rail Syn^ 345. t. 15./. 3. Jacob 



Faversh. 92. 

 Linum Radiola. Linn. Sp. PL 402. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. v. 2. 225. 



Willd. V. 1. 1542. Huds. 134. Dicks. H. Sice. fasc. 10. 7. Fl. 



Ban. t.\7S. 

 L. n. 840. Hall Hist. v. 1.374. 

 Linocarpum serpylli folio, niulticaule et multifloruirl. Mich. Gent 



23. i. 21. 

 Millegrana minima. Raii Syn. ed.2. 207. Gcr. Em. 569-/- 

 Chamselinum vulgare. FailL Par. 33. t. 4./. 6. 



In wet sandy ground. 



Annual. July, August. 



Booi fibrous, small. ifer6 smooth. Stem \ — 2 inches high, erect, 

 repeatedly forked, leafy, many-flowered, moderately spreading, 

 and somewhat corymbose. Leaves sessile, small, ovate, 3-ribbed. 

 Fl: stalked, solitary, from the forks of the stem, as well as its 

 ultimate branches, white, very minute. Caps, light brown, ra- 

 ther depressed. 



