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CoLtomiA CAVANILLESII. -CAVANILLES’ 
CoLLoMIA. 
KKK KKK KEE KEK EK K KEKE 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Po temontAcem. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx campanulatus 5-fidus vel sub 5-partitus, lobis lan- — 
ceolatis linearibusve zequalibus integris. Corolla hypocra- 
teriformis, tubo tenui exserto, limbo patente 5-partito, 
laciniis oblongis integris. Stamina versus medium tubi 
mserta. Anthere ovato-subrotundx. Capsule loculi 1—2- — 
spermi.—Herbe, folia alterna, rarius inferiora opposita, in- — 
tegra inciso-dentata vel rarius pinnatifida. Flores dense 
capitati, bracteis late ovatis integerrimis suffulti. Benth. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cottomia Cavanillesii ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus supremis 
ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis vel apice profunde 3—4- 
dentatis, calyce semi-5-fido, laciniis lato-lanceolatis 
obtusis, corollis calyce plus duplo longioribus, stami- 
nibus inclusis, capsule loculis monospermis. Benth. 
Cottomsa Cavanillesii. Hook. et Arn. Bot. of Beech. Voy. 
©. 4. p. 37, 1831. | 
Cotiomia coccinea. Lehm. Hort. Hamb. 1832. Benth. in 
Bot. Reg. t. 1662. 
Cottomia lateritia. Sw. Br. Fl. Gard. t. 206. 
Putox linearis. Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 17. t. 527. (uot Collomia 
linearis, Nutt. ) 
It is singular that two authors, who have described this 
plant, should both have overlooked the figure and descrip- 
tion of it in Cavanittes. Nurratn mistook them for ee 
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