22. LIXACEJE. 75 



seeds transversely ribbed, root flbroiis.— iJ. v. 199. — Fl. yellow. 

 L. mostly in pairs. — Waste STouud in Devon and Cornwall. A. 



VI.— ix: ^ - ^ E. 



*S. O. stric'ta (L.) ; st. erect, stipules 0, ped. 2^-fl. longer 

 than the 1., fl. cymose, fruitstalljs erect, stoloniferous. — M. t. 199. 

 — Cymes close, terminal ; fl. yellow. L. in imperfect whorls. — 

 Naturalized in CflrnwaU, Devon, Glamorgan, &c. B. VII. \'III. 



E. 



Order XXH. LINAGES. 



Sep. 4 — 5, persistent, imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, twisted in the 

 bud, clawed, deciduous. Stam. as many as the pet., connected 

 into an hypogynous ring with intermediate teeth (abortive sta- 

 mens). Ovaiy with about as many cells and styles as the sepals, 

 stigmas capitate. Caps, generally tipped with the hardened base 

 of the styles, with 3 — 5 complete and 4 — o incomplete dissepi- 

 ments, and no central axis. Seeds 1 in each spurious cell, pen- 

 dulous, with albumen. — L. without stipules, alternate. 



. ij ; ■ .■ ■ ' I . {' I ■ , ! ■■' 



1. LrNUM. Sep. 5. Pet. 5. Stam. 6/ Styles 6. Caps, with 

 10 cells and 10 valves. 



2. Eabiola. Sep. 4, connected below, deeply trifid. Pet. 4. 

 Stain. 4. Stj'les 4. Caps, with 8 cells and 8 valves. 



1. Ja'thxts. Li^n. Flax.' 

 * Leaves scattered: Margins of the sep. not fflandidar. 



1. Z. angvstifiilinm (Huds.) ; caps, dbwuy withiti, sep. elliptic 

 pointed ciliate, 1. linear-lanceolate, st. many. — Fl. pale blue. St. 

 I — 2 feet long, lax, diffiise, branching irregukrly.' — ^Sandy and 

 chaliy places in the South and West. P. VII. E. I. 



[i. zisitatis'simum (L.); caps, glabrous within, sep. ovate 

 pointed ciliate, 1. lanceolate, st. solitary. — St. 26. 12. — Fl. 

 blue. St. 1 — 15 foot high. Sep. 3-veihed.-^3' crepitans 

 (Schub.) ; smaller and more branched, caps, opening with elas- 

 ticity, seeds paler. — Escaped from cultivation. A. VII. Com- 

 mon Flax.'] ■ ■ . . I 



L. perenlne (L.) ; sep. ohovate obscurely S-veined glabrous, 

 iiiuci' Sep. very blunt, 1. ' linear-lanceolate, st. many, fruitatalks 

 erect. — Fl. blue. St. 1 — 2 ft. long, erect or decumbent.- — Chalky 

 places, rare. P. VI. VH. E. 



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