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A. HAPLOSTEPHANJE. Crown of stipules consisting of a simple series 



of cells. 



a. A simple cell at the base of each leaf. (UNISTIPULAT^:). 

 a) Ecorticatae; stem and leaves naked. 

 * Dioecious. 

 -|- Bracts minute or wanting. 



(} Terminal segment of leaves acute or apiculate (a 



minute mucro). r. ausiralis A. Br. 

 QQ Terminal seg. of leaf short, obtuse. 2. plebeja (R. Br.) 



A. Br. 



-}- -\- Bracts longer. 3. Wallichii A. Br. 

 * * Monoecious. 



a Antheridia and sporophydia conjoined. 

 X Antheridia and sporophydia, also aggregated in the 



fundus of the verticil. 4. corallina Klein. 

 X X Antheridia et sporophydia not in fundus of verticil. 



1. Bracts on all the nodes of the leaf. 5. (Fig. 49.) 



Coronata A. Br. 



2. Bracts even at the base of the leaves. 6. socotrensis 



Ndst. 



Fig. 49. 



