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Class and Order. | 
‘PentTanpRiA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. infundibuliformis, fauce clausa fornicibus. Semina 
depressa, interiore tantum latere stylo aflixa. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Crnoctossum nitidum; corollis rotatis, foliis lanceolatis 
acutis nitidis; radicalibus petiolatis; caulinis sessili- 
bus, seminibus urceolatis margine dentatis. Willd. 
Enum. 181. 
Cynociossum lusitanicum ; foliis lanceolatis glabris ad mar- 
gines nervosis utrinque viridibus, caule flaccido sub- 
simplici, racemis paucifloris. Brot. lusit. 1. p. 296. 
nec lusitanicum Linnei. 
Ompuatopes nitida. Hoffmannseg et Link. p. 194. t. 25. 
ex Willd. Link. Enum. 1. p. 173. 
Ompuatopes lusitanica elatior Cynoglossi folio. Touwrnef. 
Inst. 140. : 
Picotia nitida; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis nervosis supra 
glabris nitidis subtus pubescentibus, inferioribus longe 
petiolatis; superioribus sessilibus. Roem. et Sch. Syst. 
Veg. 4. p. 84. | 
Cynociossum nitidum has a near affinity with Cynoeios- 
sum Omphalodes L. but is undoubtedly a distinct species. 
The synonym from Tournrrortr above quoted, has been 
usually applied to lusitanicum; but, according to Vaut, ~ 
that is a totally different species, nearly allied to linifolium. 
In the present rage for multiplying genera, the old name 
of Ompuaxopes given by Tournerort has been . and 
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