Thcsinm.] santalace.e (Hill). 14^; 



**^'**Flo\yers in compact rounded head^^, short compact 



spikes or deuse corymbose heads or clusters ; 

 leafy suhshrubs : 

 Flowers in corymbose heads or clusters : 

 Bracts conspicuous ; stigma sessile : 



Bracts broadly oblanceolate, foxy-red^ with con- 

 spicuous translucent margins ( ^^ ) fallas. 



Bracts lanceolate, greeni.'sU-yellow, margins in- 

 conspicuous (3S) helichrysoides. 



Bracts inconspicuous ; style elongate (97) umbellifemm. 



Flowers in rounded heads or compact spikes : 



Lea^'es and bracts covered with a fine pubescence : 



Leaves adpressed to stem ; stigma sessile ... ( 98 ) toissieranum. 



Leaves spreading ; style elongate : 



Leaves very dense ; bracts green ; flowers in 



rounded heads ... ... ... ,,. (DO) putescens. 



Leaves more scattered ; bracts ruddy ; flowers 



in compact spikes ... ... ... (100) rufescens. 



Leaves and bracts with scabrous margins... ... (101) scabrum. 



Leaves aud bracts glabrous : 



Stems woody ; flowering branches with re- 

 mote leaves (102) polycephalum. 



Stems herbaceous ; leaves numerous : 



Leaves imbricate, adpressed, stout, obtuse (103) micro- 



cephalum. 

 Leaves somewhat spreading, linear^ acute to 



acuminate ... ... ... ... ... (101) pycnanthum. 



' Leaves glabrous; bracts with broad hyaline and 



more or less scarious or rarely flnely scabrid- 

 puberulous margins : 

 Sterna prostrate ... .'.. (105) ecklonianum. 



Stems erect : 



Inflorescences dense spikes : 



Leaves recurved ; bracts glabrous ; style 



elongate (lOo) sonderianuni. 



Leaves erect ; bracts finely scabrid-pube- 



rulous on margins ; stigma subsessile... (75 ) gnidiaceum. 



Inflorescences globular or corymbose heads ; 

 lea\es erect or slightly spreading : 

 Style elongate, f-lg lin. long: 



Stems densely leafy especially near flower- 

 heads (107) capitatum. 



Stems with more or less scattered leaves, 



with very few below flower-heads ... (108) glomeratum. 



Style short, J lin. long ; perianth-tube 



markedly shorter than the segments... (109) fimbriatum. 



Stigma sessile : 



Perianth-tube very short ; segments 

 elongate, with a small beard at 



apex and papillose margins (HO) translucens. 



Perianth-tube well-marked ; segments 

 with dense woolly beard : 

 Bracts broadly ovate-lanceolate ; leaves 



scattered (Ill) clensiflorum. 



Bracts lanceolate ; leaves crowded^ 



imbricate (112) carinatum. 



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