StnUhiola.] tiiymel^ace.e (Wright). 27 



membranous. Seed compressed ; testa crustaceous, shining; albumen 

 scanty ; cotyledons rather thick. 



Heath-like shrubs or under^hruba ; leaves opposite or more rarely alteniate, 

 small, coriaceous, more or less imbricate ; flo\ver;5 sqsaiIc m the axiU of the upper 

 leaves, solitary, rarely geminate ; bracteoles 2, 



DiSTiuB, Species about 40, all South African. 



*Petals 4 : 



Leaves ovate-oblong ; calyx -lobes oblong, acute ... (1) striata. 



Leaves lanceolate ; calys-lobes lanceolate, acuminate ( 2 ) tetralepis. 

 ♦*Petals 8 : 



f Calyx glabrous : 



Leaves broad : 



Calyx-tube 6-11 lin, long : 



Leaves patent ; flowers axillary all down 



the branches (3) epacridioides. 



Leaves imbricate ; flowers axillary a long way 



down the branches (4) Macowani. 



Leaves imbricate ; flowers (except in var. 

 lanceolata) confined to axils of upper 



leaves : 



Branches glabrous ... ... (5) ovata. 



Branches puberulous (6) tuberculosa. 



Calyx -tube 4-5 liu. long : 



Leaves hirsute beneath (7) Mrsuta. 



Leaves glabrous beneath, ciliate ... ... (8) pondoensis. 



Leaves quite glabrous ... ... (9) congesta. 



Leaves narrow : 



Calyx-tube 11 lin. long (10) eckloniana. 



Calyx-tube not more than 7 lin. long : 



Calyx -lobes linear (11) lineariloba. 



Calyx-lobes oblong ... (12) cicatricosa. 



Calyx-lobes more or less ovate : 

 Leaves acute : 

 Flowers slightly longer than the leaves (13) parviilora. 



Flowers much longer than the leaves : 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, 3 lin. long ... (14) erecta. 



Leaves oblong, 6-7 lin. long (15} longifolia. 



Leaves obtuse (16) ericoides. 



ft Calyx hairy : 



Calyx-tube 7-12 lin. long (see also 26, rirrjaUt^ var, 

 pahcscens) : 

 Branches not virgate (17) Schlechteri. 



Branches virgate : 



Leaves oblong, obtu.se, glabrous (18) leptantha. 



Leaves oblong, obtuse, pilose (19) floribunda. 



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Leaves ovate- or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 



at first ciliate ... C^O) longiflora 



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Calyx-tube 6 lin. long or less : 



Flowers slightly longer than the leaves : 



Calyx pubescent (21) fiavescens. 



Caly 



... (22) rustiana. 



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