Alsinacese. Elatinaceaa. Line®. 
101 
111. Malachium. Water-Starwort. X, 27. 
1. Ls cordate-oval. Easily'distinguished from B81 by the 
5 styles and the sessile upper caul. ls. Stellaria penta- 
gyna Gaud.—Damp places, hedges, ditches; distrib. 6 
aquaticum Fr. 403. 
14. Elatinacese. 
) 
112. Elatine. Elatine. VIII, 23, VI, 33. Ill, 80. 
1. Ls whorled, sessile. Stem 15—40 cm, erect in the land 
form.—Inundated places; formerly near Bale, Constance.8 
*Alsinastrum L. 404. 
— Ls opp., petioled. Stem 3— 10 cm, prostrate . 2 
2. FIs sessile, or very shortly pedicelled, 4-merous. Seed 
curved like a horse-shoe, with unequal sides.—As the 
last; Yeltlin, Aostatlial. 8 . . * Hydropiper L. 405. 
— FIs pedicelled, 3-merous. Seed feebly curved. E. palu- 
dosa Seub. p.—Yersoix, on the lake of Geneva. 9 
hexandra Dec. 406. 
15. Lineae. 
113. Linum. Flax. V, 149. XVI, 4. 
1. Ls (at least some of them) opp., the lower ones obovate, 
the upper lanceolate. Pets white, yellowish at the base. 
—Fields, meadows; everywhere. 6 catharticum L. 407. 
— Ls altern., linear or linear-lanceolate. Pets blue or lilac 
2 
2. Seps glandular-ciliate. FIs pale lilac. —Stony, sunny 
slopes; here and there (wanting in G. U. L. A.). 6 
tenuifolium L. 408. 
— Seps not glandular-ciliate. FIs blue ... 3 
3. Ann. pi.; stem solitary. Stig. clavate. Flax. Cultivated. 6 
f usitatissimum L. 409. 
— Perenn. pi. with several stems. Stig. capitate. L. mon- 
tanum Schl.—Alp.; G. W. Y. B. O. U. A.; Dole and Mont 
Tendre in the Jura. 6, 7 . . . alpinum L. 410. 
114. Radiola. Allseed. IV, 22. 
1. Ls opp., oval. PI. very small, branching in a corymb. 
—Damp, sandy places; formerly near Bale. 7 
* linoides Roth. 411. 
