fy) 
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d. Suffruticose, or low annual; Calyx 5- (rarely less) parted, often 
accrescent, on long pedicels and often reflexed; ovaries 2- to 3- 
celled; capsules 1- to 3-seeded. 
C. corymBuLosus Engelm. in Torrey, Bot. Wheeler Exped. 
242. 1878; Coulter, Bot. West. Texas 397. 1894. 
C. Lindheimerianus Torrey, Bot. U. S. and Mex. 
Bound. Surv. 194. 1859; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. 
157:579. 1866. Oxydectes Lindheimeri Kuntze, Rev. 
Gen. Pl. 612. 1891. 
Suffruticose, the several erect ligneous stems springing 
from the root, simple below, somewhat corymbose above, 
argenteous throughout; leaves broadly oval to oblong, 2 to 
4.5 cm. long; apex mucronulate; base rounded; stellate 
pubescence closely appressed above, slightly looser below; 
petioles of stem leaves long, one half or more as long as the 
leaves; stipules subulate to foliaceous, deciduous; inflo- 
rescence compact and oval when young, at length becoming 
loose and corymbulose or cylindrical, 1 to 3 cm. broad, 2 to 
4 cm. tall, the peduncle exceptionally elongating to 8 to 10 
em.; unisexual or bisexual, sometimes staminate, sometimes 
pistillate flowers predominating, or even dioecious forms fre- 
quent; staminate flowers on pedicels 4 to 6 mm. long; bracts 
setaceous, 1 to 2 mm. long; calyx 5-parted, petals spatu- 
late, and densely bearded; stamens 6 to 18, ciliate along 
their tumid bases, 5 to 8 mm. long, one-half exserted ; pis- 
tillate flowers on slender pedicels 6 to 12 mm. long at 
maturity of fruit or exceptionally longer (3 to 6 cm.), 
spreading or reflexed, apetalous, or subulate rudiments often 
present; glandular disc 5-lobed; styles 3, biparted, 3 to 
8 mm. long, slender; capsule oval or oblong, 4 to 7 mm. 
tall, the calyx often one third as long; seeds oblong, 
truncate at both ends; caruncle prominent, stipitate. — 
Plate 23. 
Specimens examined from Texas (Wright, 1848, no. 641, 1849; Buck- 
ley, 1883; Gregg, nos. 71, 288; Duffy, 1860; Jones, no. 4201; Letterman, 
no. 57; Girard, 1880; Nealley, nos. 367 = 455, 795 = 455, 459 = 462 in 
part; Reverchon, no. 134, in Eng. Herb. = Curtiss, no. 2525d; Boyd; 
