OF NORTH AMERICA. 
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very long, stigmas thick oblong capsule 5 locu- 
lar.— Another Gr. ofUhe family Linidia besides 
those of my fl. tellur. Habit similar, but the 
inequality of calix is very striking and generic. 
The name means not true flax , and several sp. 
of it are perhaps blended in Linum. 
900. Nezera carnea Raf. stem terete vir- 
gate branched, leaves linear acute patent crow- 
ded, margin smooth, upper subulate distant, 
flowers racemose few, peduncles equal to flow- 
ers, calix segments ovate acute, 2 larger round 
retuse, petals flabellate — in Florida, bipedal, 
leaves semi uncial acute at both ends, some- 
times imbricate on sterile branches; racemes 
terminal simple sub-5flore, flowers large of a 
real flesh color or nankin, not incarnate. The 
segments of calix are very singular, two are dif- 
ferent larger rounded enerve retuse marginate 
of white, the petals are truly flabellatq shaped 
like a fan. 
901. Nezera albiflora Raf. Linum striatum 
Walter in Coll. herb, stem virgate simple, sub- 
angular, leaves linear acuminate adpressed, 
margin rough, upper subulate, flowers subco- 
rymbose few, peduncles equal to calix, seg- 
ments ovate acuminate uninerve, petals obo- 
vate — Hills of Georgia and Carolina, pedal 
slender, leaves smaller and not so crowded as 
in the last, flowers with 3 corymbose branches 
bearing 2 or 3 flowers, the lateral on short pe- 
duncles, calix with unequal segments but of 
uniform shape, petals white smaller than in last 
and narrower obtuse not flabellate. Stem not 
striate as it ought to be in L. striatum of Wal- 
ter omitted bv all our botanists. — I find in a col- 
lection of plants made in Texas by Drummond, 
(and sent me by Torrey without names, altho’ 
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