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DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA, 59 
Calix partly lobed, but monophyllous, segments 5, long, 
linear, and acute. Upper lip of the corrolla bifid; lower 
trifid, and plaited, purple. Anthers whitish, lobes acute 
at the base. 
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“ GyMnocautis. Calix nll” cobelle almost oqully 
5-cleft. 
3. * fasciculata. Stem short and simple; peduncles 
many, naked, nearly terminal, and about the length 
of the stem; scales few, ovate and concave, pubescent; 
lobes of the corolla very short, rounded, and naked on the 
margin. Haw. With theabove. Flowering in June and ee 
July. Very nearly allied to the following. Ons: 4 or 5A em: 
inches high, densely and pulverulently pubescent. Stem 
angular, with few scales, terminating in 6 or more naked - 
filiform peduncles, 2 to 2 1-2 inches in length. Calixcam- 
panulate, semiquinquefid, segments sublanceolate, acute, 
little more than one-third the length of the corolla. Corol- 
la curved, tubular, dilute purple; segments of the border 
scarcely more than a line long; lower lip producing a 
grooved palate. Stamina smooth, lobes of the anthers 
— below, opening marginally and longitudinally, the. 
lobes bei 
2 
* bi often obsolete; m« 
2-flowered, peduncles scapiform, naked; scales smooth, — 
concave; lobes of the corolla oblong-oval, with a pubes- 
cent coloured margin. O.unifora.L. Has. Common 
in shady woods throughout the Atlantic states. Ops. 
Stems rarely more than an inch, often several together, 
producing 5 or 6 smooth scales; peduncles naked, 4 to 6 
inches long, somewhat pubescent. Calix and corolla as 
the preceding, tube also recurved, lobes flat, and nearly 
equai, twice as deep as in the preceding, yellowish white, 
‘as well as the whole corolla, marked withfaint blue veins, 
margin elegantly bordered with an azure blue pubescent 
line, very conspicuous in the early stage of the flower; un- 
_der side of the tube also furnished with a grooved pulate 
fer the manner of the genus; the ridges yellow on the 
inner side. Anthers obcordate, and with the filaments 
‘smooth, pubescent on the margin of the cells, lobes paral- 
lel and acute below; stigma Bilammellate, perforate, lobes _ 
rounded and acuminate, nearly smooth, lower lobe arch- 
ed over the stamina. Capsule 1-celled, parietal placentus~ _ 
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lz 4; seeds minute. ™ sop 
A genus principally indigenous to Europe and the tem=— 
perste petest Africa in both hemispheres, with afew spe 
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cies also in Siberia. 
ng parallel. sule 1-celled, ovate, acuminate. 
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