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Leaves densely hispid : 
Verticils 4—-6-flowered ; fruiting calyx 
4 lin. long ia dew ... (23) strigosus. 
Verticils 6-flowered ; fruiting calyx 
23-3 lin. long ... oa ... (24) parviflorus, 
Stems erect : 
Leaves less than 2 in. long, glabrous : 
Leaves 1} in. long; verticils 4-6- 
flowered ; pedicels 13 lin. long ... (25) zuluensis, 
Leaves 1 in. long; verticils 4-6- 
flowered; pedicels 2 lin. long ; 
corolla 4} lin. long te ... (26) Bolusi. 
Leaves 3in. long; verticils 6-flowered ; 
pedicels 2 lin. long ; corolla 34 lin. 
long = gi see ... (27) purpuratus. 
Leaves reaching 4 in. or more long: 
Verticils 6-flowered : 
Leaves truncate or subcordate at 
the base, puberulous ; pedicels | 
2 lin. long; nutlets almost 
black ; a tall undershrub 2-3 
ft. high ... ey ten ... (28) Galpinii. 
Leaves cuneateatthe base, pubescent ; 
pedicels 4 lin. long; nutlets 
dark yellow ; a tall herb ... (29) Pegleree. 
Verticils 4—-6-flowered ; leaves cuneate 
at the base, glabrous; pedicels 
8 lin. long ; nutlets smooth, brown (30) natalensis, 
Corolla-tube deflexed (usually sharply so) : 
Stems procumbent, sometimes rooting at 
the lower nodes : 
Leaves densely hispid; lower teeth of 
calyx longer than the lateral ; 
verticils 6-16-flowered iba ... (31) hirtus. 
Leaves with short hairs ; lower teeth of 
calyx nearly equal to the lateral ; 
verticils 6-flowered ... co ... (32) nummularius. 
Stems erect, suberect or ascending : 
Leaves sessile or subsessile : 
Shrubby ; root fibrous ; inflorescence 
of elongate spike-like racemes ; 
bracts 4 lin. long and as broad as 
long ie aie ao .». (33) neochilus, 
Herbaceous; root tuberous, edible ; 
racemes short ; bracts 1 lin. long, 
elliptic oh ae ... (34) esculentus. 
Leaves petiolate : ‘ : 
Low plants not exceeding 1 ft. high : 
Stems 6 in. high; leaves fleshy, 
4-# in. long ; verticils 6-flowered (35) pachyphyllus, 
Stems 8-12 in. high, slender ; leaves 
membranous, scarcely 1 in. long ; 
yerticils 6-10-flowered ... (36) elegantulus. 
