Brica.] pricacea: (Guthrie & Bolus). 19 
Leaves 3- (or occasionally 4-) nate : 
Corolla-tube 4 lin. by 1 lin., 4-gonous; anthers 
muticous; seeds not (or narrowly) margined... (116) tetragona, 
Corolla-tube 3 lin. by 14 lin., cylindrical ; anthers 
minutely aristate; seeds broadly winged _.., (117) heliophila. 
§ 12. Myra. Inflorescence axillary, in at least two species strictly racemose, 
or sometimes terminal and umbellate. Bracts small and inconspicuous, remote or 
approximate. Sepals small, glabrous or gland-hispid. Corolla subtubular, 
urceolate, rarely subampullaceous, mostly pubescent. Anthers generally in- 
cluded, lateral, appendiculate. Ovary sessile or shortly stipitate, glabrous or 
rarely thinly puberulous ; limb mostly flattish and stellato-patent. Leaves 3-4- 
nate below, scattered on the upper branches, irregular and often distant. Well 
characterized by the branches, leaves, pedicels, and sometimes the bracts and 
sepals, being more or less densely hispid and viscid with gland-tipped hairs. 
ExcEPTIOoN : corolla-segments spreading, but scarcely stellato-patent in E. 
armata, ‘ es 
Sepals glabrous ; anthers crested : , 
Corolla-tube about 4 lin. long; anthers cuneate- 
CUION av Ls ot 2 Ey aes eee ... (121) glutinosa. 
Corolla-tube 7-12 lin. long; anthers narrow-cuneate.. (120) rufescens. 
Sepals gland-hispid ; anthers crested : 
Corolla-tube 6-8 lin. long ; pedicels 4-6 lin. long... (119) irrorata. 
Corolla-tube 3-4 lin. long ; pedicels 13-2 lin. long ... (118) glandulifera. 
Sepals gland-hispid ; anthers aristate ite ive ... (122) armata. 
III. EUERICA, Bentz. 
§ 18. Epaesus (Lasianthe, Bartl.). Inflorescence mostly terminal, rarely 
terminal and axillary; flowers usually 3—4-nate, sometimes solitary, rarely 
clustered or umbellate, corolline rarely subcalycine. Sepals usually small and 
inconspicuous, Corolla variously shaped, rarely over 3 lin. long, most usually 
with indumentum, dry or rarely viscid. Anthers usually included, rarely 
exserted or subexserted, lateral, appendiculate or muticous. Leaves 3—4-nate. 
Generally erect and rigid shrubs. 
Exceptions : inflorescence terminal and lateral in E. caterveflora, Atherstonei, 
aggregata, globosa, aud sometimes so in H. podophylla; clustered or subcapitate 
in E. caterveflora, distorta, turgida, nidularia, aggregata; flowers solitary, or 
occasionally so, in E. podophylla, propendens, pyramidalis, chrysocodon, tricho- 
phora and cyrillefora ; subcalycine in LE. podophylla and BE. Lerouxie ; corolla 
glabrous in vars, of EH. Alopecwrus, pyramidalis, caterveflora, intervallaris, 
oresigena, or becomes glabrous in HE. Atherstonei ; and exceeds 3 lin. in length in 
E. propendens, pyramidalis, chrysocodon, oresigena, Fianagani, and coffra; 
anthers exserted in EZ. turgida and subexserted'in HE. algida, Atherstonei, perlata, 
and globosa ; ovary sometimes 8-celled in E. propendens. 
The shape of the corolla.is necessarily taken in most cases from dried or boiled 
specimens. In either state it often appears wider at the mouth than in the living 
plant, and, notwithstanding care, may be sometimes thus described. 
I. SULCAT.A. Leaves sulcate, or only occasionally subopen-backed. 
: 1. Leaves 3-nate. 
Inflorescence a dense narrow pseudo-spike, 1-3 in. long ... (133) Alopecurus. 
Inflorescence not a dense narrow pseudo-spike : 
Corolla-mouth more or less widened at maturity : 
Ovary glabrous : 
Leaves subpungent ; corolla dark-purple, viscid- 
pubescent ae iis ei leu 
Leaves not pungent; corolla white or pallid, 
_very minutely oe ia oye, oor (Ae) Omale. 
(136) siewfolia. 
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