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cymules, which form a compound spike or raceme; withered 
corolla remaining, hoodlike, on the very top of the large 
ca) 
rs arasitic mostly on = —— Of the 8 species of 
this section, 5 belong to the continent of Asia, 2 of whic 
extend into Europe; 1 is Yelm to he island of Timor, 1 
to South Africa, and 1 to 
C, EXALTATA, N. Sp.: caule funiculari ; oe brevi- 
erecto-patulis ; antheris cordato-orbiculatis ad faucem sessili- 
bus; squamis bipartitis dentatis tubo multo brevioribus ; stylo 
apice bifido ovario ovato-globoso «quilongo, stigmatibus 
subg 
arasitic on Diospyros Mexicana, Ulmus crassifolia, 
_ virens, Juglans, Rhus, etc., 10-20 feet high, in west- 
rm Texas, on the Guadaloupe and ‘Cibolo, Lindheimer! 472; 
a athe Colorado and Blanco, Wright! on the Leona and at 
the mouth of the Pecos, Bigelow! on the Rio Grande, 
oe embryo is coiled up in 2-3 rounds; on “the: upper 
a 
This is the only species of this section, where the styles are 
not comple, united. I formerly distributed it under the 
ostyla. 
atis verrucosis corollz tubum latum breviter cylindricum 
includentibus ; laciniis qn obtusis vix basi imbricatis erec- 
tis tubum equantibus; antheris cordato-ovatis ad faucem ses- 
bauer gperees truncato pauci-dentatis 
tubo brevioribus; stylo ovario ovato-conico equilongis, stig- 
mate capitato bilobo ; si ovata; seminibus ovato-trian- 
gulatis pry verru i 
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