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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. rLAvus, Schult. f. Corm 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 
14 or 2 lines long, shorter than the filaments: capsule 1 to 2 inches 
long. — Baker, 1]. c. 808, with syn. Guanajuato to Oaxaca. 
31. C. GuiesBreGutTi. 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). 
* * * x 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. Catarina. Stem 2 feet high, branching, from a small 
oblong-ovate corm: 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. U. perroxiata, Linn. Glaucous throughout: stem } to 1} 
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 lines 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. GRANDIFLORA, 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 in its brighter yellow flowers. 
