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fe C. rhomooidea Dougl. Stems 15-30 om, (rarely 50 em,) tall, simle 
or branching, crisply puberulents-leaves mostly elliptical, 1-4 cm, 
long, narrowed at the base to a petiole 4-6 mm, long; flowers fow, 
the buds nodding, borne on pediccls 3 mm. long, 4-5 ma. long in fruit, 
each subtended by a sessile leaflike bracts; calyx-lobes 6-8 mm, long, 
acute, sparsely puberulent, spreading then reflexed; petals roseé=purple 
with a darker red spot on the Claw, 8-10 xm, long, rhombic or rhombices =i 
ovate, not lobed, narrowed to a claw 1-5 mn. long, spreacing; stamens 
and stvle subequal, 5-6 m, long; capsule erect, 1,5-2 om, long, 
appressed-hirtellous, 4-angled, 2.5 mm. in cliameter, seeds angular, 1.5 
mm, long, the sutre and the entire Surfaces of the flattened apex and 
base papillose, 
Occasional at low elevations in dry ground, 
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