Syndesmanthus. | KRICACEA, (Brown). 
into a slender tube below (or in 
var. B, tapering from apex to base) (8) elimensis. 
Corolla 14-2 lin. long : 
- Corolla oblong -tubular to some- 
what funnel-shaped above, 
rapidly narrowed into a siender 
tube below the middle (10) articulatus. 
Corolla gradually tapering from 
apex to base : 
Branchlets not crowded; 
leaves thinly villous ‘to 
nearly glabrous, rugulose (9) seaber. 
Branchlets rather crowded ; 
leaves glabrous or the 
younger tipped with 1-5 
hairs (11) similis, 
§§ Angles of the calyx alternating with the 
teeth : 
Stigma minute, capitate or distinctly 
thickened ; calyx usually 3-angled : 
Corolla scarcely 1 lin. long, the ex- 
serted part shorter than or equal- 
ling the calyx : (12) breviflorus. 
Corolla 13-14 lin. long, the exserted 
part longer than the calyx (13) venustus. 
Stigma simple, not or scarcely thicker 
than the style; calyx acutely 3~4- 
angled : 
Corolla 13-2} lin. long, the exserted 
part 2-8 times as long as the calyx, 
tubular, gradually tapering from or 
below the middle into the slender 
basal part, 3-lobed : 
Plant 8 in. or more high, 
copiously much branched —_.,. (14) Zeyheri, 
Plant 23-5 in. high, annual- 
like, with few (5-25) ultimate 
branchlets vi (15) pumilus. 
Corolla 1-1} lin. long, the exserted 
part from shorter than to 14 times 
as long as the calyx, funnel- or cup- 
shaped, abruptly narrowed at or 
above the middle into a very slender 
tube: 
Leaves 4-nate, or in 8. gracilis 
sometimes also 3-nate, glabrous 
to pubescent; calyx usually 
ciliate or villous on the angles 
of the tube as well as on the 
lobes : 
Leaves linear or linear-lan- 
ceolate : 
Calyx usually 3-angled, 
the dorsal face 3-4 
lin. broad, marked 
with a whitish stripe (16) globiceps. 
Calyx 4-angled, } lin. 
in diam., without a 
white erp on the 
faces a5 .. (17) gracilis. 
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