49 Horkelia Cham.& Schlecht. 
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; : anes aes, 
Perennial herbs with short rootstocks and pinnately canpound leaves. — 
Flowers in cymose panicles. Calyx 5=parted, the tube campamlate to : . 
~  saucer-shaped, the sepals alternating with sepal-like appendages. ‘Petals 
white or cream-color, mostly obovate or oblanceolate. Stemens 10, insert d 
on the throat of the calyx-tube, the filaments dilated, subulate, persisten 
Receptacle conic or hemispheric. Styles Slender, attached at the apex of | 
the ovary, deciduous. Fruit a cluster of achenes. 4 
An odorous 
(Gusoa subspo) de H-\capitate(Lindt.) cect ee herb with short stout rootstock; 
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basal leaves several, 30 om. long, the petiole equal to the blade, glanduls 
leaflets commonly 7 pairs, the lower 2-2.5 em. long, oval or orbicular, : 
rounded-truncate at the base, Sharply toothed and incised, the uppermost coj 
fluent, wedge-shaped, all subglabrous or the upper surface sparingly hirsut 
flowers in a densi 
hemispherical cluster, 3-4 om. in diameter, the bracts foliar, the bractletj 
subequal to the calyces; calyx-lobes about 6 mm. long, narrowly lamceaplees 
triangular-lanceolate, very acute, hirsute, purplish, the appendages subula 
the tube hemispherical, half ag long; petals wedge-shaped, about 7 mm. long; 
white; stamens 10, inserted in the throat of the calyx, the filaments trians 
lar-subulate, 2 mm. long; pistils numerous, the styles about thrice the leng 
of the ovary. 
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Forks of St. Marids R., 3250 fikg, Leiberg 1120. 
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