184 
eell dehiscing with 2 valves at the apex: seeds solitary, com- 
pressed, pendulous: albumen thin, fleshy or. wanting: embryo 
straight, 
GENUS I. LINUM. 
Pentandria Pentagynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From the Celtic word Llin, a thread, whence the Greek 
Linon, and Latin Linum. 
Gen. Cuan. Sepals 5, distinct, entire or serrated: petals 5: 
styles distinct from the base, or combined to the middle or apex. 
(1) L. Mysorznsze. (Heyne. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 134. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ill. I. t. 60. 
Spec. Cuar. Glabrous, erect: leaves oblong, tapering to the 
base: sepals ovate, somewhat acute: petals scarcely longer than 
the calyx: styles connate at the base: capsule acutely- mucronate: 
flowers corymbose, terminal, yellow. 
Mysore. Neilgherries, Khandalla. 
(2) L. trigynum. (Roxb.) 
Ident. Roxb. fi. Ind. II. p. 110.—W. & A. prod. I. p. 134.— 
Dec. prod. I. p. 425. 
Syn. Reinwardtia trigyna, Planch.—Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 16. 
Engrav, Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1100. 
Spec. Cuar. Glabrqus shrub: leaves elliptical, pointed, serru- 
lated: sepals lanceolate: petals obovate, with 2 small teeth at the 
top of the claws: styles 8, distinct: capsule globular, obtuse: pe- 
duncles solitary, bracteated at the base: flowers large, yellow. 
Mountains of the Peninsula, flowering in the cold season. It is 
commonly cultivated in gardens, being a very ornamental plant. 
(8) L. usrratissrmum, (Linn.)' 
‘ Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 184.—Dec. prod. I. p. 426.—— 
Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 110.—-Drury’s Useful Plants, p, 286. 
Engrav. Eng. Bot. XIX, t. 1357, 
Srec. Cuan. An erect, glabrous annual: leaves lanceolate, 
acute: sepals ovate, with membranaceous margins, 3-nerved: pa- 
nicles terminal, corymbose: petals slightly crenated, much larger 
than the calyx : flowers blue. 
: Neilgherries, flowering in. the cold season. This is the common 
flax plant. It is much cultivated in Northern India for the seeds 
from which the natives extract the oil. The unripe capsules are 
eaten by tlhe natives, - ; 
