4 §L, 
— TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 20 
c 
: -aavepnts n. ae : caulibus capillaceis ; glomerulis par- 
vis paucifloris bractea ovata acuminata suffultis ; floribus arcte 
sessilibus plerumque 4-meris; calycis fere ad basin divisi lobis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis crassiusculis tabum corolle superan- 
mum capsule arcte cincte adpressis) tubo fere longioribus 5 
staminibus quam lacinie multo isevioribiusy pehrie5 parvis 
closely penn the whole So ange styles very short and 
slender, not as much divaricate as in the allied species.— 
owers 1 line land: ps aes in proportion, 0.5-0.6 lines 
lon 
oO C. Perstca, DeCaisne in Hb. Mus. Par.: caule fili- 
formi; floribus sessilibus arcte glomeratis bractea ovata seu 
orbiculata suffultis ; calves campanulati lobis ovatis acutis 
corolle tubum superantibus; laciniis tubo vix lo ngioribus 
ovatis abrupte acuminatis sepe papillosis, erectis demum pa- 
tulis; staminibus brevibus; squamis spatulatis laciniato-fim- 
irae faucem Pascoe incurvis ; stylis brevibus subula- 
sv 
pide =| castanian suberectis 
han, Pe ersia, Aucher-Eloy! Herbier d’Orient in Hb. 
is, without 
us. Pa ut mre ee apparently on some species 
of Lactuca.— A ve net species, of which a single 
specimen only has come cae my observation. The tough 
cor totally i a uld se pports 
the extremely t » just asi capitata, to which it 
is also allied by the subulate styles; scales larger than in any 
allied form, their fringes covering the top of the capsule.— 
Flowers 14 lines long, seeds } line One: strongly reticulate. 
INUM, eihe, Archiv dd. Apoth. Vill. 54, 
- IV. 281 (1826); c. tay: Koch & Ziz, Cat. sn 63.0. 
vulgaris, Presl, cech. 56 3 linella cuscutoides, Pfeiff. Bot. 
Zeit. Oct. 1845, p. 673 ; Des . Et. 64.—This well known and 
