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§ 9. Curamvs. Inflorescence terminal ; flowers umbellate or 3~4-nate, rarely 
pseudo-corymbose. Bracts usually remote, or subremote and small, rarely sub- 
approximate and rather large. Sepals narrow, small, rarely equalling the corolla- 
tube. Corolla ovoid-urceolate, or obovoid-urceolate, rarely urceolate, glabrous, 
dry; throat mostly much constricted. Anthers included, lateral, mostly equal 
at the base, rarely prognathous or slightly so, usually appendiculate, more 
rarely muticous, Ovary stipitate or at least narrowed at the base, glabrous. 
Leaves 3-nate, 4-nate or scattered. 
Exceptions : anthers prognathous, or slightly so, in Z. incarnata. 
Leaves 3-nate ... qe Hi os ee ... (96) incarnata, 
Leaves 4-nate : 
Leaves 5-10 lin. long: 
Virgate; leaves very slender; corolla 
3-4 lin.long ... op one --» (99) inflata, 
Much branched ; corolla 5-10 lin. long ... (100) ventricosa, 
Leaves 1-4 lin. long: 
Anthers very minutely cristate; leaves 
2-3 lin. long re sve bo ..» (97) Savilea, 
Anthers muticous ; leaves 3-4 lin. long ... (38) precox. 
§ 10. Caxtista (Stellanthe, Salisb.). Inflorescence terminal ; flowers usually 
4-nate, rarely solitary. Bracts approximate, Sepals linear, lanceolate-oblong, 
ovate, obovate or spathulate, mostly ciliate, denticulate or lacerate, scarious, 
Corolla narrow-tubular, urceolate, or narrow-ovoid-urceolate, from 2-10 lin. 
long, mostly glabrous and dry, the spreading limb often covered on tbe 
upper surface by a pallid thickish mealy film. Anthers included, lateral, basi- 
fixed or subdorsifixed, muticous or very rarely minutely aristulate, usually 3-4 lin. 
long. Ovary sessile, rarely elongate, glabrous. Leaves 4-nate, mostly linear, 
rarely broader, usually glabrous. Erect, rigid shrubs with glabrous rarely 
pubescent branches. 
The section is a natural one; but the last four or five species are difficult of 
definition and limitation. 
EXxcePtions: flowers usually solitary in HE. Lawsonia ; ovary elongate, some- 
what contracted at the base in E. cylindrica. 
Corolla tubular, not, or scarcely inflated ; sepals linear 
or lanceolate-linear : 
Flowers solitary, or generally so... .». (101) Lawsonia. 
Flowers 4-nate, or sub-4-nate: 
Sepals less than half as long as the corolla- 
tube: 
Corolla-tube 8-10 lin. long, about 4 lin. 
wide, slightly inflated at the throat ... (102) pavetteflora. 
Corolla-tube 6-7 lin. long, about # lin. 
wide, slightly contracted at the throat (103) cylindrica, 
Sepals from 3—§ the length of the corolla- 
tube: 
Corolla-tube not inflated, 4 lin. by 1 lin. (104) fastigiata. 
Corolla-tube slightly inflated, 5-6 lin. 
by 1-1} lin. : 
Corolla-segments ovate-oblong, 2 : 
lin. Jong ... see ov .-. (104) fastigiata, var. y. 
Corolla-segments ovate-lanceolate, : 
3 lin. long... ‘uy . se. (104) fastigiata, var. 8. 
Corolla-tube scarcely inflated; sepals lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate : 
Corolla-tube 2-24 lin. long re ove ... (105) transparens, 
Corolla-tube 34-7 oe long : " ee 
Sepals ; lin., subequal corolla-tube ; : ‘ i 
Te olla-denmeute® het by 2} lim (106) Vallis-Gratin. 
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