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herbs from scely 
stolons « Leaves mostly pasel, jong-petioled, rotund 
cordate - ‘Lowers small, white oF greenish, jn slender racemes. Calyx cem~ 
panulete or saucer-shapeds forming ®& tube in the lower half which is more OF 
jess adnats to the ovarys stamens 10 oF 5, the filaments very short. Ovary 
ovate-conicel » either superior oF inferior, with 2 nearly pasal placentacs 
occasionally 2-Lobed + ’ Gapsule Qevalved, campanulate when open, 
29 styles, 
and Vv 
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of the sepals b 
4, Midvein 
of the petals ( 
segnents 
te \ lanceolate 
y, Midvein of the sepals, 
L petals linear 9° 
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4 ¢threadlike 
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unbranched § 
lb ( flowering fr 
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present; 
stamens 5, 
an the ape 
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rootstocks , f reque ntl 
in outline and deeply 
simpl9; segments of the : 
B. Me steuropetala 4 
y threadlike 
ovary 
y propagating bY 
r the base; 
or the pe 
I, Me trifida 
the divisions 5-15, 
: 
half inferiors styles , 
ith the petals; 
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alternate wit 
x down 
i 
: 
g from the base upward 
Pp stem leaves not present 5 flowerin 
4 Ovary superior $ styles ynbrancheds stamens 10 Ae Me nuda ’ 
4 Overy wholly snferior oF nearly 893 styles 2=lobeds | 
8 stamens os 
(> Stemens alternate with the petels Se Me Brewer 
6 Stemens opposite the petals 6 Me pentandrs 
5 glabrous 
coars 
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cme tall, finely glandular; 
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ovary 
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