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COLLOMIA* linearis. 
Linear-leaved Collomia. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. PoLEMONIACER. 
COLLOMIA Nutt. — Calyx membranaceus, obconicus, 5-fidus, glandu- 
losus, laciniis 3-veniis. Corolla sub-hypocrateriformis, limbo 5-fido. Stamina 
intra faucem corolle inserta, inequalia. Ovarium disco cyathiformi lobato 
insertum. Capsula trilocularis, 3-valvis, loculicido-dehiscens, axi libera 
trialataé. Semina solitaria mucosa. Herb (Americana), foliis integris, 
rarius divisis, floribus sepiis roseo-luteis, involucratis. 
C. linearis ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis opacis uniformibus : supe- 
rioribus subtis pubescentibus, floribus capitatis, caule ramoso piloso. 
C. linearis. Nuttall gen. 1.126. Douglas journ. ined. 
Annua.  Caulis erectus, ramosus, subpubescens, supernée glandulosus. 
Folia alterna, sessilia, ovato-lanceolata, integerrima, glabra, v, minutissime, 
presertim superiora, glandulosa. Flores in capitulis terminalibus, glandu- 
losis, foltis involucratis, aggregati, rarits axillares, solitarit. Calyces obco- 
nici, glandulosi, membranacei, angulati, 5-fidr, laciniis anguste ovatis, obtusis, 
herbaceis, tubo corolle triplo v. quadruplo brevioribus. Obs. lacinie 
calycis trivenie, venis lateralibus intramarginalibus, angulis aveniis dia- 
phanis. Corolla sub-hypocrateriformis, tubo filiformi, rufo, piloso, apice 
paululum dilatato, limbo plano, roseo, 5-partito, laciniis brevioribus, ovali- 
bus, obtusis. Stamina 5, intra faucem tubi inclusa, irregulariter inserta. 
Antheree oblonge. Oyarium parvum, oblongum, intra discum viridem 
cyathiformem 5-lobum isertum, 3-loculare, trispermum ; ovulis peltatis. 
Stylus jiliformis, tubi longitudine. Stigma trilobum. Capsula calyce 
tecta, obovata, 3-locularis, 3-valvis, valvis loculicido-dehiscentibus ab axt 
trialaté liberd secedentibus. Semina solitaria, brunnea, hilo facialt, em- 
bryone plano in axt albuminis cornet, radiculd brevi conicd inferd. —— Obs. . 
Testa constat &é VASIS SPIRALIBUS, numerosissimis mucilagine envolutis, — 
tenerrimis, aqud effusd facillime cum elasticitate prosilientibus, demum in 
annulis solitariis undequaque partitis. 
eae edn del pdt phe cevaneelt Lauper es ee 
A neat little hardy annual, more remarkable as a 
Botanical curiosity than for its beauty. Tt was found by 
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* So named by Nuttall, from x/aaw, glue, in allusion to the sticky muci- 
laginous coat of the seeds. 
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