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 iobes 4-5, persistent, somewhat enlarged on the fruit; ovary glabrout; sty^s 3 

 nearly separate, divided near the top into two curved branches. Capsuk «c^-*rcely f 

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 Weak, succulent, 3-10 in,, glabrous or slightly glandular-pubescent, fr^uently 

 proliferouH, or the peduncle going off into a runner. Leaves l--li by 1-1^ in.> nie^ly 

 glabrous, obscurely acuminate, obtuse at the apex, base equal or Unequal ; petiole J in. ; 

 stipules small, ovate, glabrous. Pedufich weak, terminal, dichotomous, lax, slightly 

 glandular-pubescent; F(fow'^r« small (whice ex Kurz), Male: sepals 2, obovate, 

 glabrous or with few paleaceous hairs; ^tals 2, much smaller; stamens mona- 

 ^elphous, about 8, anthers obovoid, conncctiTe apiculate, but not produced. FsifAXE: 

 p^nanth-s^ments 5; ovary 3-celled, glabrous, placentas bipartite {Kurz); styles 3, 

 nearly distinct, divided only near the top, stigmas lunate. Capsule less than ^ by 

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 very obliquely subtruncate ; petiole 1^-2^ in.;^ stipules small, lanceolate. Vyi 

 elongate, narrow, slightly panicled ;' bracte small, lanceolate, ciliate, caaucot . 

 flowers numerous, small, white. Male : sepals 2, petals 2, smaller; stamens, (abpr. 

 12), free ex Kurz (^'ihtiuctly monadelphous ex Parish), anthers obovoid, connect - 

 slightly produced in a triangular point. Femaxb : perianth-segments 5, much S*"- 

 larged in fruit; ovary glabrous, 3 -celled, placentas 2-partite; styles 3, nearly disUWy^ 

 broiider upwards, stigma lunate. CapsuL rather more than ^ by 1 in. incliHl-ii; 

 the wincfs ; styles deciduous ; 3 wings prominent, their upper margins horizontal, ;ter 

 often very greatly produced; capsule dehiscing by the three faces. Seeds shin. 

 ellip8oid.~Kuri: placed this species next B. sctttata, but the 6 female perianth ^\ 

 ments refer it to Knesebeckia proper, and not to Trilobaria, A. DC. Possibly two 

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 of the wings ve»y long produced. . B. Lobbiana, A, DC. ww. ^lot B. Lomh 

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