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COLLEGE BOTANY 



LiNACEiE (Flax Family). — Herbs, occasionally shrabs; 

 leaves alternate, simple; flowers in racemes or corymbs, sym- 

 metrical ; sepals five (sometimes four or six) ; petals same iu 



Fig, 200. — Peanut plant with the elongated stems sending seeds into the soil shown at right 



and left. 



number as sepals; stamens equal to petals and alternate with 

 them, united at the base; carpels three tO' five, united at base to 

 form a compound, dr>', capsular fruit. The most important 

 member of the family is tlie flax plant. 



