42 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



petals, inserted with them into the base of the sepals. Anthers 

 versatile. Sf?/7es S-cleft, stigmatose within. Cap^w/e 1 -cell- 

 ed with a transverse dehiscence. Placenta central. Seeds 

 numerous, campulytropous. Embryo curved. Succulent 

 plants. Leaves without stipules. 



Genus I. CLAYTONIA. 



Calyx 2-sepaled. Petals 5, hypogynous, ob-cordate, emar- 

 ginate bifid, sometimes entire, ungniculate, the claws more or 

 less connate. Stamens 5 inserted into the claws of the pe- 

 tals. Style 3-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, few seeded. Seeds 

 smooth and shining. Herbs with simple stems. 



1. C. Cakoliniaka. Eoot tuberous. Radical leaves long-petioled, spatu- 

 late, cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate, or oval, one or two pair on a stem. 

 Flowers in racemes on a nodding pedicel. Sepals obtuse. Petals nearly 

 round, with purple veins. 



Rose colored. %. March. Mountains. 



2. C. ViRGiNicA. Radical leaves few, linear-lanceolate ; cauline ones a 

 single pair, linear attenuate at the base, glabrous. Flowers in a simple ra- 

 ceme, peduncles 1-2-inches long, nodding. Sepals lanceolate acute, per- 

 sistent. Petals oval, obtuse, striate much longer than the sepals. Anther» 

 erect, oblong, rose colored. Spring-beauty. 



Rose colored. %. March — April. Near Columbia & Macon. 



Order XXIII. LINAGES. 



Sepals 5, persistent, with an imbricated aestivation. Petals 

 5, alternate with the sepals, with a twisted aestivation, hypog- 

 ynous, unguiculate. Stamens 5. Anthers attached by the 

 middle. Pistils 5. Styles few, spreading. Stigmas capi- 

 tate. Capside globose, or by false dissepiments, 10-celled, 

 dehiscence septicidal. Seeds suspended, anatropous, ovate, 

 compressed; mucilaginous when moistened. Herbaceous plants, 

 annuals. 



Gentjs I. LINUM. 



There is but this genus belonging to this order, and the description of the 

 order will suffice for the genus. 



1. L. VrRGiNiANr3i. S^ewi erect smooth, branching above, glabrous. Rad- 

 ical leaves ovate, spatulate, cauline ones alternate, linear-lanceolate. Flowers 

 in corymbose panicles, lax. Sepals acute, ovate, petals small. Capsule 

 nearly globose. Wild Flax, 



Yellow. \v). May— June. Common in Middle Car. & Geo. 18-36 in. 



2. L. RiGiDUM. Stem angled, branched above. Leaves linear, acute, 

 rigid with scabrous margins. Sepals broad-lanceolate, cuspidate, with sca- 

 brous margins, with 3 strong nerves. 



Yellow. #. 



Remarks.— 'I^he Linum Usitatissamum, the common Flax has become almost naU 

 uralized in some parts of the United States, and is the the only species which is ap- 

 propriated to any tise, but the others possess similar useful properties. Tlie woooy 



