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A. Chamaenerion (Gesn.) Boehmer-Ludwig. 
Perennial herbs with alternate leaves, ‘lowers showy, slightly 
sygomorphic, borne in racemes or even panicles. Sepals 4, the calyx 
tube not vrolonged above the ovary. Fetals 4, rose-purple. stamens 8, 
the filaments deflexed. Style 4-lobed at the apex. Capsule linear, 
lightly angled, opening by 4-valves, vceds comose. 
Plants 1.2 m. tall, the flowers in showy racemes 
or even panicles { /, C. angustifoliun 
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Plants 50-40 cm, tall, the flowers in axils of 
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4« the uppermost leaves 2. C. latifolium 
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le Ce angustifoliun (Le) Scop, Fire Weed, An erect herb branching only 
in the inflorescence, 1-2 me. tall; leaves numerous, 10-20 cm, long, 12 
cm, wide, narrowed and more or less acute at both ends, nearly sessile, 
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glabrous, paler beneath; raceme terminal, showy or in vigorous plants a 
panicle 2-4 dem, long, the lower bracts leaf'-like, the upper linear, shorter 
than the pedicels; calyx lobes narrowly oblong, 10-12 cm, long, acute, 
purnle, soon reflexed, the lowermost somewhat longer than the uppers petals 
broadly obovate, ,the lowermost narrower than the upper pair; stamens 
declined somewhat; style strongly deflexed and closed during anthesis, 
erect and open afterverd, the lobes recurving; ovary canescent with short 
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hairs, 1.5 cm. long; neds 4-7 cm, long, erect or ascending on pedicels 
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1-1.5 cm, longs seeds scarcely 1,5 mm, long, the tuft 1 cm, long. 
A very comnon weed appearing especially in new burns, sometimes within 
a four months after a severe fire, 
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