70 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
-3 pairs, with a terminal odd o Flowers pale viet payne or lilac-colored 
Drepe re! a soft yellowish pulp, and ia ‘obtiiaaly angular nut 
Cultivated. Nat , Persia, and the far East. Fl. April. Fr. 8e 
Obs. This tree so snap introduced into the Southern States 
— sage tree, and is now perfectly saberaliand ‘tare and 9 site 
Arka It will n vania. ( 
most patie point at w. I have seen trees of any considerable size, 
was Norfolk, Virginia, a even nee ey. are sometimes killed by frost. 
The bark of the repu a good vermifuge. In the south 
of Europe, the nuts are often se for beads ; ort one of its English 
and French names. 
Orper XIII. LINA’CEA. (Fiax Famry.) 
Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves, without stipules, ook regular hypogyn ap s flowers, 
with Calyz imbricated and petals c yolute in the bud. Stamens 
mited at the base into a ring. Capsule globose, with twide'’ as many 1 L-seeded cells as 
there are styles. 
An order pretty much limited to the i 
which is its type. 
1. LUNUM, di Frax. 
classical name for the plant fe 
— of 5 united taal each 2-seeded, but divided into 2 single- 
cells by a false partition, es ee Se fom ite back of the carpels. 
. L. vsrr ves alternate, 
decesltaoeae ony ey aattos ; flowers on long 
pedicels ; capsules globose, mucronate. 
Mosr Uszrvut (on common) Linum. Flax. 
a Lin. Germ. Gemeiner Flachs. Span. 
Root annual. Stem te feet high, Penis terete, 
smooth, Bor pintisety at sum: Leaves an 
inch to an ed bes a half long. Paals alice large, 
he os a inge of Ade very caducous, Seeds 
lance-ova a, or oth and shini 
and pe ie at spontaneous in cultivated 
grounds. Native of Europe. Fl. June. Fr. July. 
so indispensable am the cro 
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perseded by Piunos— 
every rural al family cultivated and manufac- 
oe as much flax as was required for 
mestic purposes. But now, the Cotton-plant 
43 of the South has near! ished the Plax- 
plant from the Middle and Northern States. _ 
Nor is te revolution thus effected a subject of regret, with she ae farmer. 
Obs. This valuable pant ae considered 
Fig. 48. Flax (Linum usitatissimum), reduced. ae 
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