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yield cordage, and from O. oppositifoUa a paper is made. — Ed.J The bitter and resinous barls; of 

 Elceocarpus is renowned as a tonic. Their acidulous sugary fruit is eatable, and a stomachic. The kernel^ 

 of several species, which are elegantly marked, are made by the Indians into necklaces and bi'acelets. 

 [E. Hinau, of New Zealand, yields an excellent dye. — Ed.] 



XXXIX. LINEJE. 



(LiNEiE, D.C — Linages, LindL) 



li'lax. 



Transverse sectiou of 



ovary (mag.)* 



Flax. 

 Exalbuminous seed, 



entire and 

 cut vertically (mag.) . 



U 



riax. 

 (Linum usitatissimnm.) 



Plax. 

 Androecmm and pistil (mag.). 



Calyx 5-4-meroMs, imlricate. Petals 5-4, hypogynous, contorted. Stamens 

 fertile, as many as the petals, with usually as many staminodes. Ovabt of 5—4 2-ovuled 

 cells. Ovules pendulous, anatropous. Styles 3-5, free. Capsule globose, septicidai. 

 Seeds more or less albuminous, rarely exalbuminous. Embeyo straight. 



Stem sometimes herbaceous, annual or perennial; sometimes sub-woody oi 

 woody. Leaves alternate or opposite, rarely whorled, simple, sessile, . entire, 1-3 

 nerved, sometimes biglandular at the base, exstipulate {Linum, Radiola) or with 2 

 minute lateral stipules, caducous {Beinwardtia) or intra- axillary (Anisadenia), 

 Flotvees 2 , regular, usually terminal, in racemes, panicles, corymbs^ heads, fascicles 

 or spikes. Calyx persistent, imbricate in aestivation, of 5 entire sepals, or rarely 

 4-partite with 3-fid lobes {Badiola). Petals clawed, usually 5, rarely 4 (Radiola), 

 claw naked, or furnished with a sort of crest {Anisadenia, Beinwardtia), inserted on 

 the torus, contorted in aestivation, caducous. Stamens equal and alternate with the 

 petals, sometimes accompanied by as many toothed staminodes opposite to the petals ; 

 filaments flattened-subulate, usually connate into a short cup furnished on the out- 



