PL ex. thal. 
71. LINEiE. 395. Linum. 
641 
Sandy and chalky pastures; perennial ; July. 
Twigs panicled ; leaves 3 to 5-ribbed : petals sometimes 
notched, sometimes not, light purple ; stamens short ; stig- 
mata rather clublike. 
b. Chamselinum. Flowers white; leaves opposite ; petals 5 ; 
stamens 5. 
4. Linum catharticum. Purging flax. 
Stem forked, above ; leaves opposite, reverse ovate, lan- 
ceolate ; sepales serrated ; petals acute. 
Linum sylvestre catharticum, Raii Syn. 362, 6 ; Ger. em. 660, 5. 
Chamaelinum Clusii flore albo, sive Linum sylvestre catharticum, Park. 
1336. 
Linum catharticum, Lin. S. P. 401. 
Mill-mountain. 
Stem upright, simple at bottom ; flowers drooping before 
expansion; sepales 1 -ribbed, serrated; stigmata headed. — 
Dried plant infused in wine purgative, useful in rheu- 
matism. 
c. Radiola. Flowers white ; leaves opposite ; petals 4; 
stamens 4 ; styles 4. 
5. Linum millegranum. Thousand-seeded flax . 
Stem very much forked ; leaves ovate ; petals reverse- 
ovate; sepales 5-lobed. 
Radiola vulgaris serpyllifolia, Raii Syn. 345. 
Millegrana minima, Ger. em. 569, 2. 
Millegrana minima, seu Herniaria minor, Park. 447. 
Linum Radiola, Lin. S. P. 402. 
Radiola linoides, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2, 269. 
Radiola millegrana, Smith FI. Brit. 202. 
All-seed. Dwarf all-seed. Least rupture-wort. 
Inundations on sand; annual ; July and August. 
Stem corymbose, 2 inches high ; flowers solitary, from 
the forks of the stem; calyx 4-cut; stamens equal ; stigmata 
headed. 
Fam. VII. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. Jussieu. 
Calyx persisting, 4 or 5-toothed, or 4 or 5-sepaled ; petals 
4 or 5, hypogynous, clawed, alternating with the calyx- 
lobes ; stamens twice as many as the petals, rarely equal in 
number and alternating with them ; ovary simple, some- 
times rather stipitated; styles many; capsules 1 or many- 
celled, many-valved, opening at the tip ; seeds fixed to the 
bottom of the capsule, or to a central placentarium ; peri- 
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