A Plant in flower. B Flower cut lengthwise. C Fruit. D Fruit-valve. E Seed. F Seed cut lengthwise.
LINACEAE.
FLOW. PL. AFR.
Pl. 70.
J. Fleischmann del.
Hugonia acuminata Engl.
A Flowering branch. B Flower cut lengthwise. C Cross-section of ovary. D Tendrils.
2. Valves of the fruit finally spreading. Leaves pinnate, sensitive.—Species
15. Tropics. Some are used medicinally. (Under Oxalis L.) (Plate
69.) Biophytum DC.
Valves of the fruit persisting around the central column. Leaves usually digitate.—Species 140. Some are used as salad or fodder or for preparing chemical drugs and medicaments. (Including Bolboxalis Small). Oxalis L.