1^0 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



bricated. Corolla convolute in a?stivation, hvpogynous. 

 Stamens definite, hypogynous, alternate with the petals ; 

 styles distinct, stigmas capitate. Pod 10-celled, and split- 

 ting when ripe in 10 pieces, with one sepd in each cell. 

 Inner bark of tough fibers. Oily seeds with a mucilagi- 

 nons coat. 



LINTJM. . 



Sepals, petals, stamens, and styles 5. Capsule 10-celled. 

 CeZZ^ 1-seeded ; seeds oilj', sz'em slender ; 7f«i'e5 narrow and 

 mostly alternate; peduncle 1-flowered, borne above or op- 

 posite the leaves. 



L. YiRGixiANUii, L. ( Wild Flax.) Leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, the lower ones opposite and obtuse ; floioers scatter- 

 ed in corymbous racemes; seimls smooth, ovate, acute; 

 styles distinct ; capsule depressed-globose, 10-celled. Va- 

 ries with glandular sepals, larger globose-ovate capsules, 

 and linear leaves ; perennial. Floiuers yellow, stem slender, 

 branching, 2° high. 



L. PEREXXE, L. {Perennial Flax.) Glabrous, with vir- 

 gate brances; leaves linear, acute, scattered ; /oz6'er5 sub- 

 axillary and terminal; sepals oval, margins membranous, 

 shorter than the globose capsule ; petals retuse, 3-4 times 

 the length of the sepals, blue. — Torry. 



30. WOOD-SOKEEL FAMILY. Order, Oxalidace^. 



Herbs, with alternate trifoliate leaves, with an acid juice. 

 Floicers regular, hy]DOgynous, and symmetrical; 10 stamens, 

 somewhat monadelphous, those opposite the petals being 

 the longest. Septals 5, persistent, imbricated. Petals 5, 

 convolute in aestivation. Styles 5, separate. Capsule 

 5-celled, two or more seeds in each cell. 



OXALIS. Wood-Sorrel. 

 Capsule 5-lobed ; the cells loculicidally dehiscent on the 



