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M uJ /,y X.3Ì,
IJNUM monogynum.
Monogynous Flax.
Linnean Class and Order. P E N T A N D R I A P E N T A G Y N I A .
Natural Order. L I N E j E . Decand. prodr. \. p. 423.
L IN U M . Calyx o - p h y l l u s : fo lio lis in te g r is . P e ta la 5. Stamina 5, b a s i
m o n a d e lp h a . S ty li5 ,io v ò 3 . Capsula globosa, a c um in a ta , 10 - lo c u l a r i s ,
1 0 - v a l v i s ; loculis m o n o s p e rm is .
H e rb te v. S u f f r u t ic e s , fo liis integris plerumque sparsis, floribus axillarihus
solitariis, a u t terminalibus corymbosis v. paniculatis.
L monogynum, p e r e n n e , e r e c tum , g l a b r um ; fo liis la n c e o l a t i s a c u ti s 3 - n e r v l is ,
f lo r ib u s c o rym b o s is , fo lio lis c a ly c in is o v a to - l a n c e o l a t i s a c u ti s c a r in a ti s , s ty lis
c o n c r e tis !
L in u m m o n o g y n um . Forst, prodr. p. 2 3 .
Plant perennial, glabrous, of a glaucous green. Stems
erect, rigid, furrowed, leafy, about a span high, branched at
the top, and slightly woody at the base. Leaves lanceolate,
acute, spreading or occasionally deflected, attenuated at the
base, but scarcely stalked, 3-nerved, flat, entire, marked
with numerous whitish dots, about an inch long, and 3
lines broad. Flowers large, campanulate, in a corymbiform
panicle. Pet/Mrec/es one-flowered, angular, half an inch long,
very much thickened at the top. Calycine leaves ovate-lanceolate,
acute, keeled, connivent, with a white, cartilaginous,
entire border, the 3 outer ones rather larger. Petals pure
white, double the length of the calyx, broadly obovate,
entire, even, traversed by many forked nerves, the claws
very short and callous, with a membranous border. S fl-
niens 5, monadelphous, about as long as the calyx. Fila-
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