74 22. LiNACEa!. 



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

 into an liypogynous ring with intermediate teeth (abortive sta- 

 mens). Ovary with about as many celk and styles as the 

 sepals, stigmas capitate. Caps, generally tipped with the 

 hardened base of the styles, with 3 — 5 complete and 4 — 5 in- 

 complete dissepiments, and no central axis. Seeds 1 in each 

 spurious cell, pendulous, with albumen. — L. without stipules, 

 alternate. 



1. LiNUM. Sep. 6, entire. Pet. 5. Stam. 5. Styles 5. 

 Caps, with 10 cells and 10 valves. 



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

 Stam. 4. Styles 4. Caps, with 8 cells and 8 valves. 



1. Li'htjm Linn. Max. 



* Leaves scattered. Marffins of the sep. not glandular. 



1. L. angustifolium (Huds.) ; caps, downy within, sep. elliptio 

 pointed cUiate, 1. linear-lanceolate, st. many. — E. B. 381. — FL 

 pale blue. St. 1 — 2 feet long, lax, diifuse, branching irregularly. 

 —Sandy and chalky places in the South. P. VII. E. I. 



[L. usitatis'simu77i (L.) ; caps, glabrous within, sep. ovate 

 pointed ciliate, 1. lanceolate, st. solitary. — E. B. 1357. St. 26. 

 12.— FL blue. St. 1— IJ foot high. Sep. 3-veined.— ^. crepi- 

 tans (Sohub.) ; smaller and more branched, caps, opening vrith 

 elasticity, seeds paler. — Escaped from cultivation. A. VII. 

 Common Flax.'\ 



2. L. peren'ne (L.) ; sep. obovate obscurely 5-veined glabrous, 

 inner sep. very blunt, 1. linear-lanceolate, st. many, fruitstalks 

 erect. — E. B. 40. — FL blue. St. 1 — 2 ft. long, erect or decum- 

 bent.— Chalky places, rare. P. VI.- VII. E. 



** Leaves opposite. 



3. L. cathar'ticum (L.) ; sep. elliptic pointed, 1. obovate, 

 upper 1. lanceolate.— .B. B. 382. — FL white, small ; sep. serrate ; 

 pet. acute. St. one or more, slender, 2 — 6 in. high. Panicle 

 forked, spreading. In dry pastures. A. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 



2. Eabi'dla Gmel. Flax-seed. AH-seed. 



1. B. millegrdna {&m.).—E. B. 893. R. linoides DC, Koch. 

 — St. 1—2 in. high, repeatedly forked, with solitai-y minute 

 white fl. in the forks as well as at the ends of the branches. 



