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hardly viscose pubescent entire obtuse, flowers 

 axillary subsessile, calix hispid striate, petals 

 white cuneate small in the Alleghanies of 

 Pennsylvania, only found once in 1833, north 

 of Carlile, annual, semipedal,quite distinct from 

 C. viscosissima having many purple flowers, 

 stem much branched and clammy, leaves nar- 

 rower lanceolate 4^ 



269. COMANDRA OBOVATA Raf. stem ramose 

 angular striate, leaves oboval subobtuse, urn- 

 bellules 3-5flovvered,, pedicels equal to flowers, 

 bracts obovate equal to pedicels mts. Allegha- 

 nies pedal. The Thesium umbellatum of L. 

 has been well described as a N. G. Comandra 

 by Nuttal, but he neglected the species thereof, 

 and so have done all our botanists, there are 

 now 7 or 8 sp. of this G. and I will distinguish 

 5 sp. of it, all blended by our careless Authors. 

 All have white estival flowers. 



270. COMANDRA ELLIPTJCA Raf. stem angu- 

 lar hardly branched, leaves broad oblong ellip- 

 tic acute, umbellules sub 5flowered, pedicels 

 shorter, bracts lanceolate equal to pedicels 

 common, pedal, estival, probably the C. urn- 

 bellulata of Nuttal and most of our Botanists. 



271. COMANDRA OBTUSIFOLIA Raf. stem an- 

 gular branched above, leaves imbricate narrow 

 oblong obtuse, umbellules 3-5fl. pedicels very 

 short or wanting, bracts subulate Ohio to 

 Illinois, semipedal. 



272. COMANDRA MEDIA Raf. stem terete stri- 

 ate ramose, leaves broad oblong acute, umbell- 

 ules l-3flore, pedicels equal, no bracts in New 

 Jersey and Virginiaj pedal. 



273. COMANDRA CUNEIFOLIA Raf. stem slen- 

 der subangular, leaves lax cuneate nearly acute 

 umbellules 3-5flore, pedicels very short, bracts 



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