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markably thick in proportion to the stems; stigmata oval, al- 
most twice as long as they are yes a form that I have not 
seen in any other species. The only specimen examined is 
barely in flower; the ovary is probably Chea as in the last 
species, 
Pes Flowers closely sessile, crowded in compact_and often continuous 
usters. 
64. C. squamaTa, n. sp.: caulibus filiformibus aurantis 
cis ; glomerulis compactis ; bracteis 2-5 sub flore singulo arcte 
sessili late ovatis cuspidatis membranaceis adpressis set- 
sim in sepala exteriora similia et interiora longiora obtusiors 
tubum cylindraceo-obconicum sequantia transeuntibus; sta 
minibus brevioribus, antheris oblongo-linearibus filaments 
subulata equantibus ; squamis ovatis laciniato-fimbriatis me 
io tubo adnatis faucem excedentibus conniventibus; stylis 
capillaceis ovario ovato-conico multo longioribus prs 
re seminibus subglobosis lenticularibusve, hilo oblong? 
brevi: 
Fields and pEdetea on the Rio <> on Artemisia Lu re 
dovici rem ve us ciliatus other : 
Paso, Weg! § 318 Mean, 1849) por 1628 ae sn ae Bigs 
down to Presidio de Parry !—Clae 
ta 5-6 lines in diameter, a — flowers, 7 
p. hee A356 C. 
nat. 1830p, De. Le. 461 ?—Prairie r 
North ne hvala; om end, Sl, a 
