20. LINACEH. 63 
beak hairy, 1. pinnate, leaflets sessile pinnatifid cut, stip. lanceo- 
late.—E.B.1768.—Very hairy. Fi. purplish or white. Leaflets 
very deeply divided, their segments lanceolate or linear, acute. 
In Jersey specimens the |. are ovate and short, and their seg- 
ments short broad and bluntish.— Waste ground. A. VI.—IX. 
2. E. moschatum (Sm.); st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 
many-flowered, perfect stam. toothed at the base glabrous, beak 
downy, 1. pinnate, Jeaflets nearly sessile ovate unequally cut, stip. 
oval.—E. B. 902.—Much larger than the preceding and diffusmg 
a strong musky scent when handled. Leaflets less deeply eut.— 
Waste places, rather rare. A. VI. VII. 
3. E. maritimum (Sm.); st. prostrate slightly hairy, peduncles 
1—2-flowered, pet. very minute, 1. simple ovate-cordate stalked 
lobed and crenate.—E. B. 646.—St. often very fleshy. Fl. very 
small. Pet. pale red, very minute, often wanting.—Sandy and 
gravelly places, particularly near the sea, rare. P. V.—IX. 
Order XX. LINACEA. 
Sep. 4—5, persistent, imbricate. Pet. 4—5, twisted in zsti- 
vation, clawed, fugitive. Stam. as many as the pet., connected 
imto a hypogynous ring with intermediate teeth (abortive sta- 
mens). ee 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 dissepiments (of 2 membranes), 
and 4—5 incomplete dissepiments. Seeds | in each spurious 
cell, pendulous, with albumen.—L. without stipules, alternate. 
1. Linum. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. 5. Stam. 5. Styles 5. 
Caps. with 10 cells and 10 valves. 
2. Raproua. Cal. of 4 sepals, connected below, deeply trifid. 
Pet.4. Stam. 4. Styles 4. Caps. with 8 cells and 8 valves. 
1. Linum Linn. 
* Leaves scattered. Margins of the sep. not glandular. 
1. L. angustifolium (Huds.) ; caps. downy within sep. elliptical 
ointed ciliated, 1. linear-lanceolate, st. numerous.—E. B. 381.— 
"l. pale blue. St. 1—2 feet high—Sandy and chalky places. 
Pp. VII. E. I. 
*2. L. usitatissimum (L.); caps. glabrous within sep. ovate 
ointed ciliated, 1. lanceolate, st. solitary.—E. B. 1357. St. 26. 
2.—Fl. blue. St. 1—J4 foot high. Sep. 3-nerved.—B. erepi- 
tans (Schub.); smaller and more branched, caps. opening with 
elasticity, seeds paler.—In cultivated fields. A. VII. Common 
Flax. 
