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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



XXXVIl. LINAGES. 



1. FLAX SEETES. 

 The Flaxes ^ (fig. 69- 76) have regular hermaplirodite flowers, with 



Zimim mitattsstmum. 



Fig. 69. HaMt (| 



1 Zimim DiLLEN. ex L. Gen. n. 389.— Adans. Fruct. ii. 146, t. 112.— Lamk. Diet. iii. 618 

 Fam. dea. PI. ii. 269.— J. Gen. 303.— Gr^asBiN. Suppl. iii, 441 ; III. t. 219.— DC. Frodr. i. 423. 



