LINACEA.T! — GKRANIACE.E. 43 



of tbi* Nirk it ihA mnterial fmm which all linen fahrica are mnnufactunHl, and 



uni' i.irt of thi irsia of the 8«ed is used in mediciiir, uiul a fixed 



o\[. ' \ of llie aet-d, is lh<> cuniinon jnunten oii^ known under ihe 



Ordek XXIV. GERANIACE^. 



5r/xi/.* 5, persistent, with an imbricated a'stivation, ril)l)ed, 

 one sometimes spin red or saccate. Pcfah 5, liypofjynous, 

 unguiculate, distinct. SUiineiis hypog\ nous, moiKululpiious, 

 10. (M/r// coiDposed of 5 carpels arrangetl around the ex- 

 tended axis. Styles 5, cohering round the axis, the stigniatic 

 surface within the summit. Carpels distinct in iVuit, each 1 

 or ii-sceded, dehiscing by tlie inner suture. Seeds pendu- 

 lous, anatropous, without albumen. Embryo curved, cotyle- 

 dons plaited. Stems tumid and separate at the joints. 



Genus I. GERANIUM. 



Sepals .J, equal. Petals Ti, equal. Stajiiens 10, alternate ones 

 larger, with nectariferous scales at the base. Carpels termi- 

 nated bv lon^x awns. 



c 



1. G. !MAcrLATrM. Sf«n erect, retrorsely pubescent, dichotomous, some- 

 what aniilt i!. J A fives opposite, 3-5 par'cd, notched. Segments cuneate, pu- 

 bescent, /'/ufrer* iiew, the terminal ptdiincle2-Howered. Sepah hairy, ob- 

 long-lanceolate. retuU villous, obovate, cuneate, entire. 



Crowfoot. Spotted Crane's bill. 

 Purple. %. April— May. Common. 



2. G. Carolwia-vum. Stem procumbent, assurgent, pubescent, diffusely 

 branched, hutes opi)Osite 5-lobed, 3-clett. Flowers in the divisions of the 

 stem. Prflunrlrs 2-riouered. Sepals ovate, hairy, 3-nerved, niucronate. 

 r> ' •, equal in length lo the sepals ; five exterior sta- 

 nit > S<t(f."«" oval, minutely reticulated. 



Rose color. Q. March — June. Common about cultivated lands. 



Order XXV. BALSAMlNACEiE. 



Sepals 5, apparently only 4 from the union of the 2-upper 

 ones, and sometimes only 2; the lowest one spurred, a?stiva. 

 tion imbricate. Petals 4, united so as to appear but 2, hy- 

 pogynous. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Filaments subulate. 

 Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 5celled, with a central placenta. 

 Stigmas '),sp.ssi\c. Fruit 1 or 5.cclled, o-valvcd, many seed- 

 ed. &'Cf/^ suspended. £/»/>ryo straight, anatropous. Suc- 

 culent herbs. i'Voirer* axillary. 



GE5fs 1. I.MI'ATIENS. 



Sepals apparently only 4. Petals apparently only 2. Sta- 

 mens 5, more or less united at the summit. 



1. I. PALUDA. (/. Noli Tangere.of Bl.) S/em much branched, succu- 



