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Ilil/Leriia,] ii. dilleniace.e. 19 



Leaves nearly flat, rigidly pungent 27-/7". acicularis. 



Flowers sessile or shortly peduncled. Leaves loose, channelled 



nnderneath. Sepals rather obtuse . ........ . . .. 2^, ff. sfricta. 



Flowers sessile. Leaves crowded, coavex underaeath. Outer 



sepals mucronate or aristate , , , 28. II. mucronata. 



{Fleurandra reticulata^ Hook. Joura. Bot. i. 245, described from a single specimen in 

 leaf only, Is probably some Pulieticea,) ' * - 



Sect. IV. T^xihxhhevtld,,— Stamens placed all round the carpels, vjith occasionalhj 

 small staminodia outside, 



§ L Tomentosa. — Carpels usiuxiU tomentose or scaly and 2-ovulate. Stamens numerous, 

 without any or rarely with small staminodia outside. Leaves flat or the margins slightly 

 revolute, usually stellately tomentose or scaly. Flowers pedunculate, axillary. 



Leaves oval, oblong, or cuncate. 

 Tomentum rigid, stellate, mixed with simple hairs. Leaves cu- 



neate, i to S in 29. ZT, hermanmafoltJ. 



Tometituni soft aud velvety. Leaves oblong, 1 to 2 in. . . . ^50. E. velutina, 

 Tomentum close and whitish, stellate with a scale-like base. 

 Leaves f to 1 in. long, with an intraniarerinal vein underneath. 



Peduncles 1 to 2 lines long . . ,^ 31. //. ohlongata. 



Leaves i to i in., without intramarginal veins. Peduncles 1 



to 2 lines long 32. ILiomentosa, 



Leaves \ to li in., without intramarginal veins. Peduncles ^ 



Itoliin. loug %^, E.cutifoha. 



Leaves scabrous with scattered stellate hairs. Sepals very 



scaly. Peduncles 1 to 2 lines 34. IT. echiifolia. 



Leaves naii-ow-linear. 



Tomentum stellate. Peduncles | to li in 35. E scalrci 



Tomentum of peltate scales. Peduncles 1 to 3 lines .... 36. II. lepidota. 



.§ 2. r^ftV^.—Carpels (nsnally 3) villous, 4-6-ovulatc. Stamens with or without sta- 

 minodia outside. Leaves small, narrow, with revolute margins. 



ilowers sessile, or peduncles not exceeding the IcaTCS. 



Stamens above 30, with several staminodia . . . - -. • ■• f J- ^- *'^'^^^'f.> ,. 



Stamens under 15, without staminodia 38. H ^^rpjlhfoha 



Peduncles longer than the leaves. Stamens 15 to 25 . . • . 29. ILpedunculafa. 



§ 3. OcJiroIasia.—Ci^r^ch glabrous, 6-8-oviilate. ■ No staminodia. 

 Leaves mth revolute margins. Bracts small . ^0. //. ochrolasui. 



§ 4. Fascicaatce.~Q^rr>,\, glabrous, 2-6-ovulate. No staminodia. Leaves very nar- 

 row, convex underneath, the margins not revolute. Bracts small. Flowers scsMie. 

 Ovules 6 in each carpel. Plant glabrous, procnmbent . . • . 41. iT. procumbens. 

 Ovules 2, or rarely 3 or 4 in each carpel. Leaves usually fine, 



much clustered, often hir.,nte or mrbescent -^S- H.fasciculata. 



§ 5. Bradeatce.-C^v^^h glabrous, 1-2-ovulate. No staminodia. Leaves flat or con- 

 vex underneath. Flowers (except in H. rostellata) closely sessile within broad biown shmin^ 

 tracts, like those of some of the HemihiLheriiae. 



tracts, like those of some of the neinihihberii<r 

 Leaves very narrow, convex underneath. 



Leaves obtuse. .. j. - _i- 



Glabrous and green. Leaves not dilated at the top . . • -43. -"- ^^"g^^' 



More or less hoary. Leaves mostly slightly cuneate - . * T- ' /r' rostellata 



Leaves recui-ved and mucronate at the top ^^' ^^' 



gabrou3 x^eaves seldom above i in. ....•■- ' ^7 7/.!.y../.^. 



tensely ailvery-tomentose. Leaves i in. or more ^'' ^ g 



