SONOGRAPHY OF THI 
i central flowers of the infloresc 
r , ies regularly 4-parted, in others ue 
r eff hat irregularly 4- to 5-paited, an 
[ I* cylindric, urceolate, or campar 
r ^ persistent at the base of the ca, 
teteitiue » “ 8ome s P ecies “early i 
are united with the tube of th. 
rtecoi* they bear a scale, which 
lei ire present in all the species w 
I late of the filament (as in C. 
livided; but in all either 
d to the tube in several s| 
1 ^js always 2 -celled, 4-ovulate ; the i 
I jifef cases supported by a stylopodi 
CH globose or depressed, crowned b 
Iiad sometimes 4-seeded ; but more g 
ptsstes by circumscission from its base, 
I iasnot appear to open regularly, but it 
1 few abnormal irregularities it 
| srtailT or entirely changed into a at 
uCephalaxthi, n. sp.: stem high, 
ijflindric (after flowering ventricose), t 
slobes of the calyx; stamens shorter tl 
1 ovary ; capsule depresse 
o on Vernonia, Aster, Bo 
St Louis, where it is the i 
:tin the immediate vicinity of Ceph&l 
ipbt is whitish or pale yellow; the 
k bat generally more or less pedunct 
lire rery unequal, ovate, or round is 
f is perfectly cylindrical ii 
i somewhat urceolate. The 1c 
* fl° were are mostly ^-parted; 
from tho 
n. sp.: stem branching 
* ac 
battle shorter than the limb; | 
Rrlopodium; capsule depress 
Ylr - 3- sTTLoe* ; , tJ 
a lbe Unou west of St. Loui, 
‘■“flf (dated to the forworn* 
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