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208 BYTTNERIACEH (Harv.) [Mahernia. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
Group 1. Verticillate. Leaves spuciousl whorled ; that is, the sti- 
pules large, resembling the leaves, and parted to the ‘base into two or 
three leaf-like segments. (Sp. 1-6.) 
ee hay kw lly. Calyx inflated, s-toothed... (1) grandistipula. 
So! and woolly. in 5-toot 1) grandistip 
ag or thinly pubescent. cade deeply 5 parted (2) heterophylla, 
** Procumbent :— 
Bracts linear, leaf-like, separate ... (3) verticillata. ~~ 
Bracts connate into an amplexicaul jnvolucre ; : 
Leaves, stems and calyces densely glendule. ... (5) humifasa. 
Leaves glabrous, pinnatifid ... .. ... (4) diffusa. 
Leaves thinly stellate, bi-pinnatipartite... .. os. (6) multifida. — 
Group 2. Pinnatifide. Stipules simple. Leaves alternate, deeply 
inciso-pinnatifid, the lobes linear or oblong. (Sp. 7-14.) 
* Erect or sub-erect :-— a 
Stellato-pubescent. Capsule bladdery, much inflated _(7) vesicaria. r 
Stellato-pubescent. Capsule not inflated... ... (8 
Glabrous ; branches exuding a gummy substance ... (9) pulchella, 
<* Prcomuant or very diffuse. : ee 
Bracts separate ; stipules linear, entire ...... ... (11) sisymbriifolia 
Bracts connate ; stipules ovate ; 
_ Branches scabrous, leaves stellulate ... . (10) pilosula. 
Glabrous, or glandular ; leaf-lobes flat and broad... (12) bipinnata. 
Pubescent ; leaf-lobes very narrow, channelled ..._ (13) anthemifolia. 
Stellulate and canescent ; peduncles very short ... (14) marginata. 
Group 3. Lacerifoliz. Leaves unequally inciso-lacerate, or crenato- 
lobulate ; not regularly pinnatifid, nor equally toothed. (Sp. 15-19.) 
Casals 2-3 times as long as the calyx :— 
gs Fee suffruticose, glabrescent or paces? eos 
” ... (15) coccocarpa 
' ‘Trailing, herbaceous, scabrous and glandular ... ..» (16) seabra. 
Capsule not much longer than the calyx ; 
Petioles much shorter than the leaves, 
Hispid and scabrous ; bracts distinct... (17) rutila. 
Glabrous, stellulate, or glandular ; bracts comiate .. (18) erodioides. 
~ Petioles long ; pubescence whitish... --- (£9) nana. 
~ Group 4. Dentatz. Leaves linear, ovate, sub-rotund, obovate or ob- 
oe long, cP toothed or sub-entire, sub-glabrous (not tomentose). (Sp. 
Stems ory aren —m distant... ...  ... (20) gracilis. 
) or Sot close set ... (21) Linneeoides. 
Pube wee Pied. as variously ss = Abyssinica. 
¥ stipules cu 24 
"ee stellate and viscid ; 3 Stipules dhities ; leaves 
Lea ant ink oh ee. 2 slomrene: 
ves linear-lanceolate ; peduncles yery short é inearis. 
Leaves oblong or oval; towers evap ee = parvifors 
