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CoLLOMIA LINEARIS. SMALL-FLOWERED 
CoLLoMIA. | 
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Class and Order. ~ 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Potemontacez. ) — 
Generic Character. 
Cal. obconicus, glandulosus, 5-fidus. Cor. subhypo- 
crateriformis, limbo 5-fido. Stam. intra faucem tubi inserta, 
inequalia. Capsula trilocularis, trivalvis, valvis obcordatis 
loculicido-dehiscens, axi libera, trialata loculis mono- di- 
Spermis. Semina mucosa. (Flores involucrati.) 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cottomra* parviflora ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis lato-lanceo- 
latisve opacis plerumque glabris, ramis superioribus 
patentissimis pubescentibus, corolle limbo patentibus 
tubo gracillimo triplo breviore. 
Cottomia linearis. Nutt. Gen. v. 1. p. 126. Douglas 
Journ. ined. Bot. Reg. t. 1166. : 
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Descr. An annual, erect, much branching plant, with 
founded, glabrous stems; the uppermost branches ren-ark- 
ably patent and pubescent. Leaves two to. four or five 
inches long, linear lanceolate, lanceolate, or broadly lance- 
olate, the shorter ones almost ovate, alternate, patent, ses- 
Sile, waved, entire, opaque, glabrous, the younger and 
- Upper ones only pubescent: pubescence glandular. The 
uppermost leaves form an involucre around the terminal, 
Sessile, dense heads of flowers. Calyx large, obconical or 
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* From xoAa, gluten, in allusion to the character of the seed. 
