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LINEiE. Decand. 
LINUM Linn, 
Radiola Dill. 
Calyx pentaphyllus, persistens. Corolla infundibuliformis pentapetala, 
basi exteriori tubi staminei inserta; petalis unguiculatis, sequalibus, 
caducis. Stamina decem, basim versus membranaceo-dilatata et con¬ 
nata ; quinque, laciniis calycinis opposita, antherifera; quinque alterna 
castrata, multo breviora. AntherjE oblongae, biloculares, basi bifidae, 
longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Ovarium superum, sessile, decem- 
loculare; ovulum i in quolibet loculo ejusque angulo interno affixum, 
pendulum. Styli 5 (tres et ovarium 6-loculare in Lino trigyno). Capsula 
subglobosa, acuta , pentacocca; axi centrali nullo; coccis bilocularibus , 
tardius inter dissepimenti duplicem laminam in duo partibilibus seg¬ 
menta monosperma (io-valvis, valvis geminatis ex Juss.). Semina ovata, 
compressa, splendentia, infra apicem hilo notata, humectata externe 
mucilaginosa. Integumentum simplex, coriaceum, tenue. Endospermium nul¬ 
lum \ Embryo rectus. Cotyledones ellipticse, subfoliacese. Radicula supera. 
Herbae aut suffiutices. Folia plurimorum alterna, pauciorum opposita 
aut quaterna, integerrima. Pedunculi uniflori, solitarii, terminales, axil¬ 
lares, alares, laterales aut oppositifolii, corymbosi, spicati aut sparsi. 
Corollae caeruleae, roseae, albae aut flavae. In Lino Radiola Linn. quinta 
pars numeri eximitur. 
i. LINUM mexicanum. 
L. glabrum; caulibus apice paniculato-ramosis, multifloris; foliis sparsis, superioribus sub- 
oppositis, oblongis aut ovato-oblongis, acutis, basi rotundatis; laciniis calycinis ovato-subro¬ 
tundis, acutis, trinerviis, ciliatis; corollis flavis; capsulis acuto-mucronatis. 
Crescit in sjlvis, prope S. Rosa Mexicanorum , ait. i3oo hex. Floret Septembri. 
Radices fibrosse. Caules complures, erecti, 12-18-pollicares, apice paniculato-ramosi et multiflori, qua¬ 
drangulares, striati, glabri, foliosi; ramis alternis, patulis, filiformibus, angulatis, apice paucifloris. Folia 
sparsa, sessilia, approximata, superiora interdum opposita et brevissime petiolata, oblonga aut ovato-oblonga, 
acuta, basi rotundata, integerrima, venosa, membranacea, glabra, viridia, subtus pallidiora, 11-12 lineas longa, 
4-6 lineas lata. Flokes terminales et laterales, breviter pedunculati, magnitudine floris Lini tenuifolii; pedun¬ 
culi 4 - It lineas longi, angulati, glabri, apicem versus instructi bracteis duabus, lanceolatis, inaiqualibus, 
altera duplo majore, glabris, viridibus. Calyx pentaphyllus, glaber, viridis; foliola ovato-subrotunda, acuta, 
1 Endospermium tenue, carnosum, embryonem undique obtegens: in Lino cathartico test. Aug. de Saint-Hilaire, Mem. sur 
les placentas, p. 3u 
