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depressa glandulosà corollae marcescenti insidente, Supra 
nuda; seminibus obovatis obliquis sub lente rugulosis.* 
Copiose in provincia St. Jago de Tucuman, La Plata, 
T'weedie! 1191, in Hb. Hooker. — Flores pedicellis brevibus eras- 
sis, ampli, expansi, 1'/,"" circa longi; ovarium magnum, tubum fere 
explens, subglobosum abrupte in stylopodium annulum earno- 
sum referens inerassatum; stigma minimum, pallide flavescens; 
capsula apertura intrastylari minima; semina brunneo-rubra, 
0,7^' longa, hilo oblongo perpendiculari aut oblongo. Differt a 
C. racemosae var. nuda et a C. Gronovii, cui arctius affinis, 
cuique in America australi substituta videtur, floris forma, sty- 
lis, stigmatis : 
61. €. Grenosi, Willd! rel. R. et Schult, VI. 205. (oo; 
Choisy! Cusc. 185, t. 4, f. 3; D. C. Prod. IX. 459; C 
Americana, Lin. spec. 180, et auctt. Fl. am. bor. ex parte; 
C. vulgivaga, Engelm.! Sill. Journ. l. c. p. 338, t. 6, f. 12 
—16; C. umbrosa, Beyrich! in sched. ex parte; Hooker! 
Fl. bor. am. 11. 78; Torrey! Fl. N. Y. — Haee species 
Americae borealis vulgatissima distineta est inflorescentia 
laxe panniculata, raro deinceps magis compacta, demum dense 
glomerata; tubo profunde eampanulato; laciniis obtusis, pla- A 
nis, patulis, vix unquam. reflexis; squamis magnis, ovali- 3 
bus, profunde fimbriatis, ovario ovali, subconico. Semina 
0,6— 0,9" longa, oblique ovalia, raro rostrata, hilo oblongo- 
lineari, plerumque perpendiculari. Haecce disaaguautpe va- 
rietates : 
Var. c. wulgivaga [508], forma vulgaris, descripta 
et pieta in Sill. Journ. et Choisy Cusc., genuina est C. 
Gronovii Willdenowiana in Hb. ejus sub nro. 3160 (spe- 
cimen valde laxiflorum) servata. — In herbis robustis et 
frutieibus, in humidis umbrosis plerumque, inde a. Ca- 
nada et Maine usque ad Floridam, Oecidentem versus 
usque ad Missouri, Arkansas, Texas; e montibus ,,Rocky 
imountains* et e litore Oceani Pacifiei specimina non vi- 
dimus. — Flores 1'/,—1!/," longi; calycis lobi vulgo 
carinati, sieut laeiniae tubo profundissime campanulato 
corollae breviores; squamae tubo plerumque breviores, 
supra ovarium incurvae; corolla in capsulae basi rema- " 
nens. Variat florum magnitudine; ,forma parviflora est E. 
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