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nectaries will not fail to excite the attention and admi- 
ration of the botanist. 
Order V. Pentagynia. 
Statice. Gen. char. — Cal. one leafed, entire, fold- 
ed, withered ; petals five ; seed one, superior. 
Stat. Armenia, Thrift, or Sea-gilliflower ; with sim~ 
pie stem, flowers capitate, leaves linear ; perennial $ 
flowers in July and August, and is common on slimy 
shores, and in moist alpine regions. 
Stat. Limonium, Sea-Lavender, with a round pani- 
culated stem ; perennial; flowers in July and August, 
and grows also on muddy shores, but is less common. 
Linum. Gen. char. — Cal. five leaved ; petals five ; 
caps, superior, ten valved, ten celled, seeds solitary. 
Lin. Usitatissimum, Common Flax ; with the leaves 
of the calyx ovate, acute, three nerved, petals crenated, 
leaves lanceolate, alternate ; annual ; flowers in July, 
and sometimes appears among corn, but is well known 
as the cultivated species of flax. 
Lin. Catharticum, Purging Flax ; with leaves oppo- 
site, stem divided above, petals acute ; annual, flowers 
from June to August, and is not uncommon in dry ele- 
vated pastures. 
Lin. Arhoreum, Tree- Flax ; with wedge-shaped leaves 
and arborescent stem ; is a native of the Levant, but 
has been admitted to tfie green-house on account of its 
beautiful yellow flowers, which grow in succession 
throughout the summer. 
