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(8.) Caulescent. (Peduncles both terminal and 
axillary. (70-75.) 
Petioles with stipuloid, basal dilatations : 
Stem long, floating, few-leaved ; with a ter- 
minal tuft (71) natans. : 
Stem erect, leafy, leaves ‘distichous, crowded 
atop” .~. ... (72) disticha. 2 
Petioles not dilated or winged | at base: 
Peduncles not bracteolated ... ... ... (74) ebracteata. 
Peduncles bracteolated : 
Stem and peduncles puberulous ... ... (73) tenella. 
Stem and peduncles glandular ... ... (70) aganophila. 
Stem and peduncles glabrous... ...... (7§) inearnata. x 
(4) Leaflets deeply two lobed. (Sp. 76-81.) 
(a) Caulescent : 
Glabrous, sub-pruinose; stem leafy ... ... (76) comosa. 
Glabrous, green; stem naked below ... ... (79) bifida. x 
Villous ; leaf. refiexed, their lobes short, villous (78) heterophylla. 
Whitish- tomentose ; leafi. eerie forked, lobes 
silky beneath ... . : ... (80) bifurea, 
Glandular, sub-viscid. ... .. ... ... +» (77) caledonica. 
(8) Stemless; quite glabrous ... ... ... ... (81) Smithii. 
** All the leaves sessile or very shortly petiolate, the upper not crowded ; 
the petioles dilated at base. Peduncles axillary, never terminal. (Sp. 82- 
89.) 
Flowers purple, or violet : 
Pubescent or hairy : 
Leafl. narrow ; tube of petals narrow, 2—3ce as 
long as limb 4. (82) tubiflora, 
Leafl. narrow ; tube of petals wide, not longer 
than limb (83) hirta. a 
Leajfl. obovate, sub-rotund; ‘stem and branches 
Incano-silieh halen d Saye ad ren 
neano-pilose ; gland-tipped ane simp) 
linear, pubescent beneath . nes .-- (88) Meisneri 
Glandular-viscid ; lead. linear or oblong cuneate, “ies ne 
thinly glandular beneath ... .. (86) viscosa, — 
Glabrous, slender ; leafi, linear-emanginate, with 
dots and lines... .. (87) pardalis. 
Glabrous, stronger ; leafl. linear-cuneate, 1 I line 
wide, obtuse, dotted beneath ...  ... «+ (85) densifolia. 
Flowers oi Hairy tomentose... ... ... ... (89) cana, 
Leaf. ‘, niece not ‘callous-dotted ; ‘bulb 
blackish | 
(91) pentaphylloides. 
Leafl, 5, lin lin.-involute, with ‘two “calli; “bulb pale ae 
_ brown ... --» (92) pentaphylla, 4 
Leatl. 5, dbovito-cuneati ‘not callous-dotted (93) quinata. ae 
Flowers yellow : 
Leaft, = oblong-linear, channelled ; sepals equal (96) flava. _ 
Leafl. 5-9, lin.-lanceolate, or linear ; sepals unequal (97) ftabellifolia, 
Leafl. 5-7, —_* or obovate e oblong, — ; (o8) i 
sep. unequal 
