494 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE, 
shorter than in any other form - a species.—Fezogl, Cor- 
dofan, Figari! in Hb. Mus. Flore 
40. C. CHLOROCARPA, Engelm.t i in n Gray Man. ed. 1, p. 850; 
yo 2, p. 387; C. Polygonorum, Engelm.! in Sillim. Joum 
342, t. 6, f. 26-29; * DC. Prod. IX. dare 
rales ponds and wet places, mostly on different s 
* shes eto: and also on other plants of these | 7" 
Louis, Missouri, Drummond! Lindheimer! Engelmann 
nois, Engelmann! Wisconsin, Lapham! Indian pore 
of Arkansas, Bigelow! eastward thus far only in Delaware, 
Tatnall !—Closely allied to the last species, especially to var 
brevifiora ; the a — —_ in the triangular, 
acute lobes o f-alys and rs usually 4-parted, 
about one line long ; scales pa  pilobed or tohene consisting 
of small lateral teeth; in a specimen from Delaware they até 
pit incomplete, or sometimes almost wanting ; large ovary 
filling the ow tube of the corolla; capsule comp 
nish w color, 
whence the name, which I saad a oad 
ie oe hg Goe Beyrich! in sched. 5 
id 2 336.—The different vari 
fe ines more paovwte Be clusters, which ap 
those of the next species; lobes of cal 
of corolla almost ala 
ly accuminate, r 
broadly oval or “rounded 
briate, often ex ‘the 
