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well-dried specimens, I shall be glad to reconsider any of my present decisions. The 
following artificial table refers to the species I have actually examined :— 
ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Shrubs or undershrubs (rarely subherbaceous ). 
" (a) Ale coloured, broader than the capsule. 
4 * Leaves opposite... ... -. se. (2) Oppositifolia, 
a ** Leaves alternate ; lateral petals bifid or bilobed. @) 
+ Racemes terminal, or sublateral, erect or erecto-patent. 
Leaves ovate or lanceolate, oblong or linear (flowers showy. ) 
Shrubs. 
Leaves flat, ovate or lanceolate ... ... 2). myrtifolia. 
Lagene with 2 revolute ced linear, truncate: at @) 
—— with revolute margins, linear, tapering a at 
oh undershrub (leaves and pubescence va variable) .. 6 bracteolata. 
Leaves subulate, very narrow (flowers rather small ; (12) ericeefolia. 
tt Racemes lateral, horizontally patent or deflexed. 
Leaves linear, the margin reflexed or revolute. 
A shrub, with showy flowers... ... ... ... ... (8) peduncularis. 
An undershrub, with small flowers mcie cee eer 416) SES, 
Leaves subulate, or linear-lanceolate, flat. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate ; carina with a minute, un- 
divided crest... ... ... (19) Lehmanniana. 
Leaves subulate ; ‘carina with # multifid crest... (17) refracta. 
Leaves few and very minute ; stems filiform ... (18) macra, 
*** Leaves alternate ; lat. petals oblong, obovate or obcordate (not bifid ). 
+ Racemes terminal, or sublateral, erect. 
(1) Plants glabrous or nearly so. 
Anterior sepals connate into a bilobed sepal... ... (15) tenuifolia. 
Ant. sepals distinct ; leaves ciliato-denticulate  ... (13) ciliatifolia. 
Ant. sepals distinct ; leaves not ciliate or denticulate. 
Stems sharply triquetrous ; ale ovate,acute ... (7) triquetra. 
Stems terete, shrubby ; ale obtuse (flowers showy) (8) virgata. 
Stems terete, suffruticose ; ale obtuse (flowers smaller ). 
Capsules obcordate. 
Branches erect, vi ; seeds albo-tomentose hottentotta. 
Branches ; seeds half-glabrous (10) seminuda. 
Branches divaricate, much divided, soul ae Na 1 
oblong, bidentate .. ¥e é 
(2) Plants tomentose, villous, or pubescent. _ 
than the flower ; ale pubescent = _ (22) pubiflora. 
| Pedicels shorter than the the flower ; ale glabrous, ob- 
(24) hispida. 
Peddoctesbuactiat Wks: edie; ‘ale ginkeoul, ovese (25) Ohlendorfiana. 
Pedicels as long as the flower, or longer -. +e. (23) gracilipes, 
+t Racemes lateral, patent, or reflexed. 
Leaves subulate, glabrous... (20) Ludwigiana. 
Leaves minute, ovate-oblong or oblong, mucronulate, : 
pubescent .. ose ‘jax Ps a ‘ (21) brevifolia. 
Ale nish or green, narrower © caps ~~ 
™ Delos erect, terminal or lateral, pluri-flowered ... ... (26) Bowkere. 
Racemes lateral, , patent or reflexed ; leaves obtuse or mu- - : : “al 
dia elliptical mucronate, albomarginate ; petals claw- oe ae 
alg geting curved, acuminate, green ; ims aia eee 
