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14. CHERLERIA (Cyphel). 



1. C. sedoides (Mossy Cyphel). A mountain plant 

 with long roots and numerous densely tufted stems, 

 which scarcely rise above the ground, bearing crowded 

 narrow leaves and solitary greenish flowers, which are 

 generally without petals. Highland mountains. Fl. 

 June August. Perennial. 



CHERLERIA SEDoiDEs (Mossy Cyphel). 



OED. XV. LHSTACEJE. THE FLAX TRIBE. 



fiepals 3 5, overlapping when in bud, persistent ; 

 petals equal in number to the sepals, twisted when in 

 bud, falling off very soon after expansion ; stamens equal 

 in number to the petals, and alternate with them, united 

 at the base into a ring with small teeth between them ; 

 ovary of about as many cells as there are sepals, and as 

 many styles ; capsule approaching a globular form, tipped 

 with the hardened base of the styles, each cell incom- 

 pletely divided by a partition extending from the back 

 inwards ; seeds 1 in each imperfect cell, pendulous. Her- 

 baceous, rarely shrubby, plants, with undivided leaves 

 and remarkably fugacious petals, principally but not 



