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126 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
- This hardy and ornamental genus, within its, proper li- 
limits, is entirely peculiar to North America, with the so- 
litary exception of P. sibirica of Northern Asia. 
194. *COLLOMIA.} i: > 
 Calix cyathiform, rather large, border 5-cleft, 
acute. Corolla funnelform, 5-lobed, lobes oval- 
oblong, very-short, tube straight, long, and slen- 
der. Capsule 8-cornered, 3-celled, 3-valved, 3- 
_ seeded, valves obcordate. Seed oblong, angu- 
Jar, enveloped by a tenacious mucilaginous in- 
_ tegument, (visible when mvistened.) 
- Annual, leaves alternate, simple, and entire; flowers 
_ small and inconspicuous, conglomerated in a terminal fas- 
~~. eile, tesembling a capitulum, subtended by several brac- 
= tes which are broader than the leaves. ss . 
~~ A genus appertaining to the Natural Order PotEmo- 
IDES an intermediate with Phloxand Polemonium. 
Species. 1. C. linearis. Minutely and pulverulently 
“pubescent; ‘leaves oblong-linear, or sublanceolate; involu- 
_ efate leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute; bractes and calix 
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ee gs 
__ Yiscid. * 
_ Phlox linearis? Cavan. °% 6. p. 17. t. 527. 
t _hbrous sional 
‘near-oblong, sessile, with the margin scabrous and some- 
times revolute, rather thick and opaque, without distinct 
dateral nerves, after the manner of Phlox, from 10 to 15 
amplexicaule, or ovate-lanceolate, acuie, with the base 
Near the capitulum diaphanous, and distinctly nerved, 
er bractes ovate, about the length of the calix, viscid 
ent. Calix cyathiform, (or in the shape of a 
her large and membranaceous below the 
5-parted, green, segments semi-lanceo- 
equally 3-nerved. Corolla monopetalous, 
(only about a line long), tube 
Aindrie and erect, about twice the 
: ggeerds the border, open 
fib Stem round, simple, somewhat» 
pubescent than the leaves, from 4 to 12 inches. ~~ 
a 
alternate, the lowest pair sometimes opposite, lie 
~ Tines tong, 2 or 3 lines wide, and attenuated towards the — 
‘point, upper and floral leaves wider at the base, somewhat 
orm, S-lobed, lobes oyal-oblong, obtuse, — 
character ofthe seed. 
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