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D. Corolla with subregular limb; ovaries distinct. 
E. Bractlets ovate, acute, about half as long as ovary; 
corolla white, ventricose at the base; fruit red; 
plant quite glabrous. 
11. Subsect. PYRENAICAE (sp. 58). 
_EE. Bractlets and bracts large, enveloping the ovaries 
and the base of the corolla, glandular; corolla 
yellow to orange scarlet, gibbous or saccate at 
the base; fruit black, surrounded by the enlarged 
red bractlets. 12. Subsect. DISTEGIAE (sp. 59-60). 
DD. Corolla 2-lipped with the tube shorter than or as long 
as limb. 
E. Bracts minute, caducous; bractlets usually indis- 
tinct; leaves oblong, obtusish, finely pubescent 
on both sides; flowers yellowish, pubescent with- 
out; fruit red, seeds smooth, about 2 mm. long; 
pubescence of plant not glandular. 
13, Subsect. OBLONGIFOLIAE (sp. 61). 
EE. Bracts and bractlets persistent and conspicuous 
(except in ZL. conjugialis which has dull purple 
flowers); glands present, at least in the floral 
region, rarely entirely wanting. 
F. Winter buds ovate, obtusish, scales usually 
ovate, caducous; peduncles long, generally 
in the axils of the lower leaves, usually thick- 
ened toward the apex; calyx with short 
obtuse teeth, deciduous; corolla yellowish 
or greenish-white, often tinged dull red; 
fruit red, seeds 3-6 mm. long, yellowish- 
white, smooth; leaves often glandular. 
14, Subsect. ALPIGENAE (sp. 62-75). 
FF. Winter buds ovate-lanceolate, sharply four- 
angled with acute, lanceolate, keeled and 
persistent scales; calyx teeth usually acute, 
persistent; corolla violet, purple or rarely 
yellowish-white; fruit red or black, seeds 2-4 
mm- long with granulose brownish testa; 
leaves not glandular. 
15. Subsect. RHODANTHAE (sp. 76-88), 
Subsect. 3. Purpurascentes, subsect. nov. 
A group of about 16 species, most of them Asiatic, dis- 
tributed from the Himalayas eastward to Japan, west to 
Afghanistan and north to the Chinese province Kansu: of 
