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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Linaceae

LINACEAE

Fls perfect, regular, 5-merous, us. in cymes; sepals imbricate, petals contorted; stamens alt. with petals, staminodes 5 or 0, filaments connate at base. Ovary superior, 3-5-celled; ovules 2 per cell, often separated by a false septum. Fr. a capsule; seeds with straight embryo. Herbs or shrubs with simple, us. alt. lvs. About 14 genera of tropical to temperate regions.

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