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«- *- Stem usually branching, often tall: leaves narrowly linear, narrow at 

 base: flowers small, nodding or erect, the pedicels erect in fruit: petals 

 oblong-obovate, cuneate or rhombic. 



30. C. flavus, Schult. f. Conn fibrous-coated: flowers yellow- 

 petals and sepals acute, rhombic-oblong, with a dark somewhat hairy 

 gland ; petals hairy and usually denticulate, 8 to 12 lines long : anthers 

 H or 2 lines long, shorter than the filaments : capsule 1 to 2 inches 

 long. — Baker, 1. c. 308, with syn. Guanajuato to Oaxaca. 



31. C. Ghiesbreghtii. Flowers erect, white tinged with lilac 

 the sepals darkest: sepals and petals (6 to 8 lines long) with a some- 

 what hairy gland near the base; petals cuneate-obovate, obtuse, hairy 

 below the middle: anthers 1* lines long, little shorter than the 

 filaments: capsule 1£ to 2 inches long. — Chiapas (n. 104, 661 

 Ghiesbreght). 



* * * * Flowers unknown : capsule narrowly oblong, obtuse, loculicidally 

 dehiscent at the summit : seed flat and horizontal in one row in each cell 

 with close white testa. ' 



32. C. Catalog. Stem 2 feet high, branching, from a small 

 oblong-ovate conn: leaves and bracts very narrowly linear: ovary 

 winged : capsule triangular, an inch or two long by 4 or 5 lines wide, 

 very obtuse: seeds thin and very numerous, 2 lines in diameter; testa 

 minutely pitted. — Santa Catalina Island (Paul Schumacher, June, 

 1878). « 



31. UVULARIA, Linn. 



1. IT. perfoliata, Linn. Glaucous throughout: stem J to U 

 feet high, with 1 to 3 leaves below the fork: leaves glabrous, glau- 

 cous beneath, oblong- to ovate-lanceolate, acute: perianth-segments 

 8 to 16 hues long, granular-pubescent within: stamens shorter than 

 the styles, the tip of the connective acuminate: ovary somewhat 

 triquetrous; capsule broader than high, the cells with two prominent 

 acute ridges and horn -like projections. — Smith, Exot. Bot. 1. 97, t. 49. 

 Canada to Florida and Mississippi. 



2. U. graxdiflora, Smith. Yellowish-green, not glaucous : stem 

 naked or with a single leaf below the fork : leaves whitish-pubescent 

 beneath, usually somewhat acuminate: perianth-segments smooth 

 within or nearly so, 12 to 18 lines long: stamens exceeding the 

 styles, obtusely tipped: ovary obtusely triangular; capsule obtusely 

 lobed.-Exot. Bot. 1. 99, t. 51 ; Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 1112. Canada to 

 Iowa and south to Georgia. U. flava, Smith (1. c, t. 50), appears 

 to differ only m its brighter yellow flowers. 



